Top 67 CTO Influencers You Should Follow

Mar 22 9 min read

If you’re interested in technology leadership or want to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from industry experts, following top CTO influencers on social media can be incredible wow.

In this article, we’ve compiled a list of CTOs who have made significant contributions to the tech industry and have a large following on social media.

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  1. David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails. Founder & CTO at Basecamp. Author of Shape Up & It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhh

Twitter Followers: 447,400

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heinemeier-hansson-374b18221/

LinkedIn Followers: 25,629

Blog: https://dhh.dk/

GitHub: https://github.com/dhh

  1. David Schwartz

CTO at Ripple. Cryptographer. Distributed Systems Expert. Inventor.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoelKatz

Twitter Followers: 420,200

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoelkatz/

LinkedIn Followers: 3,808

Blog: https://www.distributedagreement.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/JoelKatz

  1. Werner Vogels

CTO at Amazon.com. All things are distributed. ACM Fellow. MIT Alumni.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Werner

Twitter Followers: 336,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wernervogels/

LinkedIn Followers: 39,269

Blog: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/articles.html

GitHub: https://github.com/wv

  1. Greg Brockman

CTO at Stripe. Co-founder of @hacker_news. Invests at @openai.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gdb

Twitter Followers: 204,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegdb/

LinkedIn Followers: 6,997

Blog: https://blog.gregbrockman.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gdb

  1. Anders Larsson

CTO at Ericsson. Passionate about #5G #IoT #AI #innovation & #sustainability. @ericsson CTO since April 2020.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctoLarsson

Twitter Followers: 155,600

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctolarsson/

LinkedIn Followers: 9,728

  1. Mark Russinovich

CTO at Microsoft Azure. Author of the #Sysinternals tools. Creator of Winternals.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/markrussinovich

Twitter Followers: 146,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrussinovich/

LinkedIn Followers: 78,392

Blog: https://trojanhorsethebook.com/wordpress/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/markrussinovich

  1. Kelly Vaughn

Founder of @taproomagency. Shopify expert. Podcaster. Writer. Runs on coffee and chaos.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kvlly

Twitter Followers: 114,900

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyvaughn/

LinkedIn Followers: 14,568

Blog: https://www.kvlly.com/

  1. Lee Robinson

Developer, writer, and teacher. Creator of Mastering Next.js and the React2025 course.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeerob

Twitter Followers: 79,500

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeerob/

LinkedIn Followers: 2,210

Blog: https://leerob.io/blog

GitHub: https://github.com/leerob

  1. Charity Majors

CTO and co-founder of Honeycomb.io. Advocate for observability, ops, and software engineering.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mipsytipsy

Twitter Followers: 77,700

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-majors/

LinkedIn Followers: 4,525

Blog: https://charity.wtf/

GitHub: https://github.com/charity

  1. Tony Dinh

Co-founder and CTO of Postman. Passionate about building great developer tools and products.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tdinh_me

Twitter Followers: 72,900

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tdinh-me/

LinkedIn Followers: 4,104

GitHub: https://github.com/trungdq88

  1. Eric Elliott

Author, speaker, and trainer. JavaScript expert and advocate for functional programming and test-driven development.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ericelliott

Twitter Followers: 64,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgelliott/

LinkedIn Followers: 113

Blog: https://medium.com/@_ericelliott

GitHub: https://github.com/ericelliott

  1. Ankur Tyagi

CTO of a stealth-mode startup. Passionate about technology, product, and entrepreneurship.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAnkurTyagi

Twitter Followers: 54,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theankurtyagi/

LinkedIn Followers: 3,471

Blog: https://theankurtyagi.com/blog/

Medium: https://theankurtyagi.medium.com/

  1. Bryan Cantrill

CTO at Oxide Computer Company. Advocate for open source software and technology innovation.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bcantrill

Twitter Followers: 38,200

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-cantrill-b6a1/

LinkedIn Followers: 2,845

Blog: http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/about/

GitHub: https://github.com/bcantrill

  1. Nathan Benaich

General Partner at Air Street Capital. Expert in AI and machine learning.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanbenaich

Twitter Followers: 37,700

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbenaich/

LinkedIn Followers: 19,495

Blog: https://www.nathanbenaich.com/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/nathanbenaich

  1. David Talby

CTO at John Snow Labs. Expert in natural language processing and machine learning.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidtalby

Twitter Followers: 29,600

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtalby/

LinkedIn Followers: 16,009

GitHub: https://github.com/davidtalby/

  1. Mark Russinovich

CTO at Microsoft Azure. Author of the #Sysinternals tools. Creator of Winternals.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/markrussinovich

Twitter Followers: 146,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrussinovich/

LinkedIn Followers: 78,392

Blog: https://trojanhorsethebook.com/wordpress/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/markrussinovich

  1. Shane Wall

Chief Technology Officer at Ping Identity. Former CTO at HP. Board Member at the Colorado Technology Association.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShaneWallCTO

Twitter Followers: 29,100

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanewallcto/

LinkedIn Followers: 8,379

  1. Eldad Fux

Senior Engineering Manager at Google. Author of “Engineering for Scale”.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eldadfux

Twitter Followers: 26,000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldadfux/

LinkedIn Followers: 19,710

Blog: https://eldadfux.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/eldadfux

  1. Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner at Accel. Formerly, CTO at Pivotal and VMware.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriancolyer

Twitter Followers: 25,100

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriancolyer/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,702

Blog: https://blog.acolyer.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/acolyer

  1. Jonas Bonér

Founder and CTO at Lightbend. Creator of Akka, Reactive Manifesto.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jboner

Twitter Followers: 23,400

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasboner/

LinkedIn Followers: 2,766

Blog: http://jonasboner.com/posts/

GitHub: https://github.com/jboner

  1. Ryan Burgess

Head of Engineering at Netlify. Co-host of Frontend Happy Hour podcast.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/burgessdryan

Twitter Followers: 22,600

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanburgess/

LinkedIn Followers: 4,538

Blog: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/ryanburgess

  1. Thiago Ghisi

Senior Software Engineer at Uber. Creator of Typefully.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thiagoghisi

Twitter Followers: 17,500

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiagoghisi/

LinkedIn Followers: 18,529

Blog: https://typefully.com/thiagoghisi

GitHub: https://github.com/thiagoghisi

  1. George Kurtz

Co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike. Author of “Hacking Exposed”.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/George_Kurtz

Twitter Followers: 15,500

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgekurtz/

LinkedIn Followers: 28,526

  1. The Polymathic Engineer

Founder and CEO of Polymathic Engineering. Author of “The Polymathic Engineer”.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Franc0Fernand0

Twitter Followers: 15,100

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-franco-4696708/

LinkedIn Followers: 371

Blog: https://www.francofernando.com/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/francofernando

  1. Sarah Constantin

Founder and CEO of Durable Futures.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_r_constantin

Twitter Followers: 9,857

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-constantin-ba71b02b/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,213

Blog: https://srconstantin.github.io/

GitHub: https://github.com/srconstantin

  1. Lisa DeLuca

VP of IBM Systems, Hybrid Cloud Development.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaSeacat

Twitter Followers: 8,110

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaseacat/

LinkedIn Followers: 769,423

GitHub: https://github.com/ldeluca

  1. Stefan Wolpers

Agile coach, Scrum master, product owner, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StefanW

Twitter Followers: 7,515

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanwolpers/

LinkedIn Followers: 19,731

Blog: https://stefanw.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/ebookmakr

  1. Reza Rassool

CTO at Real Time Innovations, Inc.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RezaCTO

Twitter Followers: 7,321

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rezarassool/

LinkedIn Followers: 10,741

GitHub: https://github.com/RezaCTO

  1. Matt Senter

Senior Engineering Manager at Netflix.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattSenter

Twitter Followers: 6,857

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msenter/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,078

GitHub: https://github.com/MattSenter/

  1. Luca Rossi

CTO at Beintoo.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucaronin

Twitter Followers: 6,595

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaronin/

LinkedIn Followers: 8,591

  1. Nick Tune

Independent Technical Coach, Author, and Speaker.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ntcoding

Twitter Followers: 5,786

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-tune/?originalSubdomain=uk

LinkedIn Followers: 2,796

Blog: https://ntcoding.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/NTCoding

  1. SVS

Founder of engineeringorg.com.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_svs_

Twitter Followers: 5,372

  1. Asier Marqués

CTO at GFI Software.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/asiermarques

Twitter Followers: 4,874

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asier/?originalSubdomain=es

LinkedIn Followers: 1,120

Blog: https://asiermarques.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/asiermarques

  1. Marcus East

Co-founder and CEO at TaskRabbit.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcuseast

Twitter Followers: 4,745

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcuseast/

LinkedIn Followers: 14,578

Blog: https://www.marcuseast.org/blog/

  1. James Stanier

Author of “Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager,” engineering leader, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jstanier

Twitter Followers: 4,742

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jstanier/

LinkedIn Followers: 3,806

Blog: https://www.theengineeringmanager.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/jstanier

  1. Victor Janulaitis

President of Janco Associates, IT management expert, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ITManagerCIO

Twitter Followers: 4,496

  1. Conor Bronsdon

Software engineering leader, mentor, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConorBronsdon

Twitter Followers: 3,756

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorbronsdon/

LinkedIn Followers: 3,730

  1. Stephan Schmidt

CTO, software engineer, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KingOfCoders

Twitter Followers: 3,534

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjschmidt/?originalSubdomain=de

LinkedIn Followers: 2,058

Blog: https://medium.com/@AmazingCTO

GitHub: https://github.com/StephanSchmidt

  1. Martin Hochel

Software engineer, open-source contributor, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/martin_hotell

Twitter Followers: 3,101

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hochelmartin/

LinkedIn Followers: 745

Blog: https://medium.com/@martin_hotell

  1. Michael Beckley

CTO of Appian, software engineering leader, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AppianCTO

Twitter Followers: 2,917

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckley/

LinkedIn Followers: 4,220

  1. Marc Rutzen

Co-founder and CTO of Enodo, real estate tech expert, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcrutzen

Twitter Followers: 2,836

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcrutzen/

LinkedIn Followers: 19,064

Blog: https://marcrutzen.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/mrutzen

  1. Peter Hilton

Software engineer, technical author, and blogger.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterHilton

Twitter Followers: 2,661

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhilton/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,563

Blog: https://hilton.org.uk/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/hilton

  1. Tamas Piros

Developer Advocate, Trainer, and Consultant.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tpiros

Twitter Followers: 2,190

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tpiros

LinkedIn Followers: 1,640

Blog: https://tpiros.dev/blog/

GitHub: https://github.com/tpiros

  1. Daria Caraway

Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft Azure MVP, and Speaker.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dariacaraway

Twitter Followers: 2,043

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daria-caraway/

LinkedIn Followers: 947

GitHub: https://github.com/darcar31

  1. The Weekly Hagakure

Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and Trainer.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/prla

Twitter Followers: 1,973

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulorlandre/

LinkedIn Followers: 3,849

Blog: https://evolutionarycoach.medium.com/

  1. Gary Seymour

Engineering Manager, Trainer, and Mentor.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/codenutz

Twitter Followers: 1,940

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-seymour-30871a1/?originalSubdomain=uk

LinkedIn Followers: 2,391

Blog: https://medium.com/@gary_38728

GitHub: https://github.com/mattwhetton

  1. Fahim ul Haq

Engineering Enablement Manager, Speaker, and Trainer.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fahimulhaq

Twitter Followers: 1,742

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahimulhaq/

LinkedIn Followers: 14,176 

  1. Danielle Merfeld

VP and CTO, GE Renewable Energy.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DWMerfeld

Twitter Followers: 1,724

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-merfeld-re/

LinkedIn Followers: 9,506

  1. Greg Radzio

CTO at a leading company. Regularly shares insights on the latest tech trends. Writes tech blogs on Medium.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/greg_radzio

Twitter Followers: 1,397

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-radzio/

LinkedIn Followers: 701

Blog: https://gregradzio.medium.com/

  1. Yvette Pasqua

CTO with extensive experience in the tech industry. Passionate about leadership and empowering people. Writes for LeadDev and GitHub.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lolarobot

Twitter Followers: 1,310

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ypasqua/

LinkedIn Followers: 2,140

Blog: https://leaddev.com/community/yvette-pasqua

GitHub: https://github.com/yvettepasqua

  1. Paul Lewis

CTO and tech enthusiast. Shares insights on software development and emerging technologies.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulLewisCTO

Twitter Followers: 1,286

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewiscto/

LinkedIn Followers: 9,865

  1. Aviv Ben-Yosef

CTO with experience in software development and product management. Shares insights on tech trends and entrepreneurship.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avivby

Twitter Followers: 1,240

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-neal-tacker-22590620/?originalSubdomain=au

LinkedIn Followers: 8,857

Blog: https://medium.com/@tom-neal

GitHub: https://github.com/abyx

  1. Duško Bajić

CTO with extensive experience in software development and project management. Shares insights on tech trends and software engineering.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bajicdusko

Twitter Followers: 1,177

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bajicdusko/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,934

GitHub: https://github.com/bajicdusko

  1. Dafna Rosenblum

CTO and tech enthusiast. Shares insights on software development and entrepreneurship.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafnaros

Twitter Followers: 944

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjschmidt/?originalSubdomain=de

LinkedIn Followers: 1,890

Blog: https://medium.com/@AmazingCTO

  1. Mohammed Alaa

CTO and tech enthusiast. Shares insights on software development and emerging technologies.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MohammedAlaa

Twitter Followers: 864

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimeshneema/?originalSubdomain=in

LinkedIn Followers: 5,816

Blog: https://medium.com/@nimeshneema

  1. Rian Van Der Merwe

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/elezea

Twitter Followers: 846

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rianvdm/

Followers: 2,749

GitHub: https://github.com/rvdm

  1. Jake Lumetta

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/jakelumetta

Twitter Followers: 822

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jekayinoluwa/?originalSubdomain=ng

LinkedIn Followers: 2,406

Link to the blog: https://jkaylight.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/jakelumetta

  1. Adam Klein

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/adamklein500

Twitter Followers: 790

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamklein500/

LinkedIn Followers: 2,970

Dev.to: https://dev.to/adamklein

GitHub: https://github.com/adamkleingit

  1. Kim Sia Sim

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/KimStacks

Twitter Followers: 663

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simkimsia/

LinkedIn Followers: 279

GitHub: https://github.com/simkimsia

  1. Jose Camoes Silva

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/josecamoessilva

Twitter Followers: 658

  1. Tiffany Jachja

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/TiffanyJachja

Twitter Followers: 543

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-seymour-30871a1/?originalSubdomain=uk

LinkedIn Followers: 1,820

Blog: https://www.jachja.com/blog

Medium: https://tiffanyjachja.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/tiffanyjachja/

  1. Pravin

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/pravin

Twitter Followers: 485

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/d-husni-fahri-rizal-76954235/

LinkedIn Followers: 1,445

Medium: https://dhfr123.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/pravin

  1. NMANMA

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/NMANMA

Twitter Followers: 468

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyjachja/

Followers: 1,466

Medium: https://tiffanyjachja.medium.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/nmertaydin

  1. Tomomi Menjo

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/tomomi_menjo

Twitter Followers: 380

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomomi-menjo/

LinkedIn Followers: 912

Medium: https://medium.com/@tomomi_3593

  1. Mayank Verma

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/MayankV_Tweets

Twitter Followers: 358

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vermayank/

LinkedIn Followers: 889

  1. Rob Hague

Twitter link: https://twitter.com/robhague

Twitter Followers: 347
Blog: http://rob.rho.org.uk/ 

  1. Bassem Allani

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bassem-allani/?originalSubdomain=de 

Medium: https://nextglabs.medium.com/ 

GitHub: https://github.com/nextglabs 

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