Continuous Delivery

THE EVENT

In addition to watching a series of presentations, we discussed the problems and solutions relevant to today’s technical leaders. These events are part of Heavybit’s larger effort to:

Help corporate partners understand the cutting edge technology and approaches in the space;
Allow our member companies to deepen their customer relationships and further validate their enterprise offerings; and,
Establish an ongoing dialogue about the challenges of producing agile, reliable and scalable software solutions.

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DEVGUILD SLACK

UPCOMING EVENTS

DEVCOJOBS

WATCH THE TALKS

These influencers kicked off our larger discussion groups for the afternoon.

CHRIS SATCHELL, CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT NIKE

As Consumer Technology Officer at Nike, Chris helps the world’s leading innovator in athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories shape the digital future. Satchell oversees strategy and execution related to all consumer-focused technology. Most recently, Satchell was CTO and Executive Vice President of R&D at IGT, the world leader in legalized gambling content, platforms and systems. Prior to IGT, he held the position of CTO for the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) at Microsoft, where he was responsible for technical strategy and execution across the gaming business at Microsoft.

This talk was off the record. Read the wrap-up blog post here.

CI/CD – WHAT THE DONKEYS ARE UP TO

Pivotal Labs’ Michael Coté (formerly 451 Group) offers his “State of the Industry” presentation to Heavybit’s Wheelhouse attendees including insights on where commercial enterprises are adopting continuous delivery tools and where they need to invest further in order to improve their CD/CI pipelines. For more info, check out his wrap up post on the Pivotal blog.

PUSHING THE CI/CD ENVELOPE WITH CONTAINERS

Paul Biggar is the Founder of CircleCI and co-host of To Be Continuous, a podcast about continuous delivery and software development. He previously worked on the Firefox Javascript engine at Mozilla, and is a graduate of YCombinator. Paul holds a PhD in static analysis of scripting languages from Trinity College in Dublin.

“BUT IT WORKS ON MY MACHINE…”

Brad Micklea is the COO of Codenvy, responsible for Marketing (market awareness, content marketing, SEO, analytics), Product Management, Technical Support and Renewals. Previously he was the VP of Product Management & Strategy at Bluecat, and spent 8 years in Product Management at Quest Software.

SOLVING ENTERPRISE BUILD CHALLENGES

Hans is the founder of Gradle and Gradleware. He has 13 years of experience as a software developer, team leader, architect, trainer, and technical mentor in a vast array of industry sectors such as automotive, finance, public transport and business intelligence. He’s a thought leader in project automation and has successfully led numerous large-scale enterprise builds.

CI & MICROSERVICES: MANAGING MICROSERVICES COMPLEXITY

Jakub Nesetril is co-founder & CEO of Apiary, where he makes API design and documentation enjoyable. Prior to Apiary Jakub has gathered 10 years of experience leading API products and engineering teams in companies like GoodData and APN.

SOLVING THE AGILITY AND RELIABILITY CONFLICT IN CI/CD

Tal is the CEO at Takipi, responsible for overseeing the company’s strategy and operations. Previously, he was co-founder and CEO at VisualTao, a Sequoia backed start-up which was acquired by Autodesk. Following the acquisition, Tal served as the Director responsible for product management, development and social marketing for Autodesk’s flagship web and mobile product line used by millions of professional users worldwide.