You didn't come this far to stay on the technical side of the table.
There's a moment in every senior tech leader's career when being the most technically capable person in the room starts working against you.
Not because the technical skills stop mattering. Because the game changes. The conversations shift from how does this work to what should we do - and the leaders who thrive in that shift aren't the ones who know the most. They're the ones who've learned to translate what they know into language that moves people and decisions.
Most tech leaders never get explicit instruction on how to make that shift. So they do more of what worked before. They go deeper on the technical detail. They over-prepare for the room. They speak in systems and solutions while everyone else speaks in risk and tradeoffs. And they quietly wonder why their contributions aren't landing the way they used to.
That's not a skill gap. It's a translation problem. And it's solvable - but not with more technical knowledge.
I'm Cory Berg.
SVP of Technology. Career tech leader. Coach to senior leaders who are ready to stop being the most technically capable person in the room and start being the most influential one.
I started writing code at 18. I still do. I've held Chief Architect, VP, and CTO roles at companies large and small, led 140+ engineers, and I'm currently SVP of Tech at a growing SaaS company.
I coach from inside the arena - not from a career I finished.
What this work is about
This site is for senior tech leaders who are good at the job and know their ceiling isn't technical anymore. The gap is in how you lead, how you show up, and how you're perceived beyond your function.
The work is organized around three things:
Clarity
Define what success actually looks like for you - professionally and personally - and build a real plan to get there.
Foundation
Build the daily practices that keep you operating at your best. How you manage your energy, your mind, and your time affects how you lead. This gets treated as seriously as the career work.
Performance
Develop the leadership range - managing up, communicating with clarity, building influence, leading teams - that moves you from technical expert to trusted business leader.
Where to start
If you want to understand why leadership gets hard at the senior level:
→ Recognize the Pattern
If you want a structured system you can work through on your own:
→ See the Free Course
If you're ready to work directly with me:
→ Private Coaching
Start with the framework
The free course covers 7 modules on the systems, mindsets, and daily practices that make leadership consistent under pressure. No pitch. No paywall. Just the work.