Joel Beasley
Tech Analyst · Host, Modern CTO Podcast · Author of Modern CTO
Joel Beasley is a tech analyst and the founder of Modern CTO. He built companies before he started covering them — then turned that operator experience into a research practice: primary conversations with practicing CTOs, published category analyses, and clear recommendations when the evidence supports a call.
He founded Modern CTO in 2017 while writing The Modern CTO. The podcast became the research engine — hundreds of conversations with technology leaders, including Microsoft’s CTO Kevin Scott, T-Mobile’s CIO Cody Sanford, LinkedIn’s CTO, Stripe’s CTO, and operators across NASA, IBM, AT&T, Mastercard, Reddit, and Pinterest.
Today that work reaches 150k+ CTOs, lead developers, and rising tech leaders. Alongside the show, Joel publishes ongoing analyses of the shifts reshaping tech — grounded in how leaders actually decide, not vendor talking points.
Notable conversations
CTOs and operators featured on Modern CTO.
Selected press
- Forbes Technology Council: Three Steps To Transition From Engineer To Leader
- Entrepreneur’s Top Entrepreneurs Under 40. Coverage