This talk will describe how GitLab makes agile development shine with team members spread across many time zones. It will explain how agile teams can produce better outcomes by leveraging values such as collaboration, a focus on efficiency and results, transparency, and inclusion.

About the Speaker:

Wayne Haber is a Director of Engineering at GitLab. He has 20+ years of experience in security and engineering, has mobilized teams in agile transformations, and has led team-building efforts. Wayne focuses on security, growth, and machine learning, and advises startups on engineering best practices. You can learn more about Wayne on his GitLab README page.

About the Panelists:

Aletha Barnes, Senior Technical Program Manager, Pluto TV Aletha has over 20 years of experience serving in just about every capacity of the software / product development lifecycle across a wide range of industries.  Her areas of focus are agile delivery, team development, and workflow improvement. Aletha prides herself on leveraging curiosity and empathy to extract and address the root causes of business issues.

Peter Fernandez, Product Manager, Google
Peter has spent the last 25 years building large scale internet applications for travel, publishing, healthcare and education. Having written code, managed large enterprise projects with external vendors, and driven large scale product features end to end, Peter has experienced agile from many perspectives.

Wayne Haber, Director of engineering at GitLab
Wayne is director for the threat management and growth departments. He has 20+ years experience in security and engineering and has mobilized teams in Agile transformations from Scrum to Spotify.

Michael Hilborn, Director, Platform Engineering & Operations, Harvard Business School Online
During his tenure with the Academic Technology Group at Harvard University, Michael and his team enhanced their software development lifecycle by adopting resourceful Agile project management processes. He continues his work with Agile teams and processes at Harvard Business School Online.

Kim Robinson, Enterprise Agile Coach, Assurant Consulting
Kim is a seasoned Agile and software delivery consultant with 18 years of
success transforming, coaching and managing large scale programs within large to midsize companies. Her experience includes 10 years implementing Agile in a technical capacity.

Stijn Van Even, VP Development, Speech Recognition Solutions, Nuance Communications
Stijn has more than 20 years of experience in software development for the consumer and healthcare industries, focusing on efficient processes implementation, performance, analytics, and AI speech recognition.