Transparency in Tech: Truth of a Tech Leader

Hello from the Techs & The City team!

We’re delighted to announce our next meetup happening on…. 18th April!!

We love bringing new and exciting topics to our meetups, and the feedback we’ve had from the community is they want to hear more from the innovators behind the projects!

Our objective is to connect likeminded individuals, create new opportunities and share stories, so we invite you to delve into the mind of a tech leader, no…. we don’t mean the classic mantra’s that you’re bored of hearing from your LinkedIn feed, we are getting down to the juicy truths and we know you won’t be disappointed!

Introducing… Transparency in Tech: Truth of a Tech Leader

Here's a snippet of what to expect…

The theme of this month’s meet up will be about seeing the truth of a day-to-day in the life of a tech leader, behind the slogans, fake positivity and optimism, how to manage people whilst also managing yourself, and really helping understand the mentality and commitment required to lead major technical teams when one mistake can cost the business millions. How to handle the internal pressure, and external pressure, whilst also not projecting self-emotion onto your team.

HUGE THANK YOU to the awesome folks at DiSH for hosting us again, in their brand new space.

MASSIVE THANK YOU to the wonderful folks at Naimuri https://naimuri.com/about for sponsoring this event with the food and drinks! If it wasn't for our sponsors we wouldn't be able to have these events so a huge thank you!

We’ll be hearing from:

Richard Fallon, Co-Founder and CTO at Naimuri

Leigh Rathbone, Engineering Manager

Mhairi Davidson, Head of Portfolio and Delivery Consultant

Mark Evans, Director of Engineering at Moonpig

We’ll then be opening up the floor for a live AMA (Ask me Anything ) where you will have the opportunity to ask our Tech Leaders anything you’d like to know - be kind :P

Agenda:

17:45pm - Arrival, Registration and Networking (with food and drinks)
18:30pm - Introduction to the group, housekeeping, and warm up
18:45pm - Mhairi Davidson, Head of Portfolio and Delivery Consultant
19:05 - Richard Fallon, Co-Founder and CTO at Naimuri
19:30 - Break
19:45 - Leigh Rathbone, Engineering Manager at cinch
20:05 - Mark Evans, Director of Engineering at Moonpig
20:25 - Live Q&A and Wrap Up
20:45 - Potentially sneaking to the pub for a few quiet shandies (absolutely no pressure to drink alcohol it is not a boozy event)

Please note: We appreciate times are hard for everyone, but if you can we politely ask that if you are able to could you please bring a donation for our food bank partners. We are asking for baby food, nappies, infant formula, hygiene wipes, tampons, sanitary pads, halal food and socks. If your religion prevents you from touching or purchasing any of the previous items you are welcome to bring packaged bars of soap. We are desperate for donations and your contribution makes a very real difference to the service users that vitally require these items.
Food and drinks will be provided, please email any dietary requirements to [amy@manchestertechfestival.co.uk](http://mailto:amy@manchestertechfestival.co.uk/)