BDPA BDPA or BETF: Advancing IT Careers from the Classroom to the Boardroom

With adoption of agile increasing every day the movement has a big obstacle in front of it: How do we best transform thousands of people. Let's discuss what works best:

This session will be an interactive discussion with several facilitator-led activities to ensure we have a productive discussion.

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Date: 2/22/12
Cost: Free (Including Dinner)
Location: Platform Lab
1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212

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Facilitators:

Bob Myers: has over 20 years in the IT industry and is currently serving as the President of Pillar. Prior to joining Pillar, Bob served as a CIO, CTO, and IT Director. He was a consultant for CGE&Y and was a Director/Partner in one of the largest internet growth companies. Bob has also been a founding partner in the creation and sale of two Internet related start-up companies. For the past 10 years Bob has focused on strategic technology engagements that impact business process improvement, sales growth, cost displacement and new business operating models. Bob's primary skills are in the area of Business Process Re-engineering, IT Engineering and Object Oriented Framework Development.

Matt VanVleet joined Pillar in 2005 as VP of Fulfillment for the Ohio Valley Region after years of notable accomplishments. Matt has developed a testing practice focused on functional test automation and application performance management. Matt founded Solstice Software, a company that wrote Automated Unit and Integration Testing Products and continues to push the envelope with test automation. He is one of the key innovators around our Speed To Value (S2V) approach. Matt's skills and experience has been instrumental in the development of Pillar's Practice Management model that maximizes the impact of productivity by enforcing those proven concepts and training.

Daryl Kulak, Daryl is responsible for the connection between sales and the delivery teams. He grew up in Alberta, Canada and has worked for SHL Systemhouse, Claremont Technology Group (Covansys) and Perficient. He has worked on Agile delivery teams for more than a decade and enjoys helping clients link their IT efforts to business value. Daryl's clients have included many of the Fortune 500, as well as Silicon Valley startups.