Agile at Scale
In this talk, Chris will share his perspectives on the challenges of scaling agile development teams to service high-quality predictable product delivery.
About the speaker
Chris Karr, has held technology leadership positions at companies like Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) where he led product development for consumer branded products, supervising teams in Southern California (Irvine) and designed WD’s facility in Hsinchu County Taiwan, combining WD corporate values with Chinese Feng Shui traditions into a modern, aesthetically pleasing and highly functional workplace.
Discussion Panel: Journey to Acquisition
Panlists will share their individual journeys to getting their company and platforms acquired.
About the speakers
David Anderson, General Manager Agents & Teams - LoneWolf - Is a 2X exit entrepreneur, his last successful venture was the leading CRM for Real Estate agents LionDesk. While working with Arkus the company experienced 5X growth led by David and a stellar product management and software dev team. LionDesk was acquired by Lone Wolf technologies in 2021.
Krijn van der Raadt, Sr Director of Engineering - Appfolio - is currently the Sr Director of Engineering at a publicly traded property management platform company. Prior to that he was the CIO for GreatCall a senior tech mobile and web technology company, Great call was acquire twice in a period of less than 5 years. The last acquisition was by Best Buy Health for $800M.
Chup Aubry CTO - Independence Pet Group - Chip led the scaling and product development of Figo’s pet cloud the largest pet insurance company in the US during 2019. His leadership allowed the company to deliver product expansions and integrations to Costco which catapulted the company’s growth to eventually be acquired by JAB - a major global holding company based in the UK
Discussion Panel: Journey to Acquisition
Panlists will share their individual journeys to getting their company and platforms acquired.
Panelists
Marc Mendez, CTO - Trapac | John Gayeski, CEO - Advanta Health Solutions | Jeff Boyes - CEO Evolution Nutrition | Paul Stewart - CEO, Ambry HIll Technologies | Rossen Petkov / Paul N. - Taylormade Golf
Borderless Innovation
The border region shared by California and Baja California is a dynamic cultural, economic, gastronomic and technological phenomenon. The trade activity that goes on here is observed by the global community and sets the tone for international collaboration.
About the speaker
Regina Bernal, Director of Strategic Inclusion, SD Connect.
Regina has held positions at the University of San Diego’s School of Business primarily leading startup programs. She has been a long lasting advocate of binational collaboration, in her own words building bi-national bridges is her calling.
Fireside Chat
About
The global pandemic transformed the way we operate, collaborate and do business. Even though e-commerce had been around before 2020, it wasn’t until quarentenes and stay at home guidelines set the stage for a digital commerce revolution. Our panelists will provide insights and some of their strategic focus in 2023
Discussion Panel: The impact of dev culture in a tech company's success
It’s a known fact that a strong developer work culture is a key element in a tech company’s success. But how do you create one? And also importantly how do you maintain a scale? In our talk, our speakers will share their experiences in doing so.
About the speakers
- Kyle Campbell, CEO/ founder - CTO.ai
Kyle founded Reslty and MLS data platform than was later acquired by Zillow. During his tenure at Zillow he managed the platforms group.
- Daniel Marashlian, CTO/ Co-founder - Drata
- Adam Perry-Pellier, CTO / Co-founder - House Call Pro
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