Bay Area IT/Software development Execs March Meetup

Welcome to our March meetup!
Here is more info about our speakers and the discussion topic:

Agile in distributed team environment.

Last time when we talked Agile we did not discuss on whether Agile could be used with distributed development team environment and I received lots of requests to continue Agile talks especially focused on its use with development team distributed across multiple locations.

So we have 2 great panelists coming to this event to share with you their experiences in using Agile.

Sachin Saxena
Sachin has over 20 years experience with technology start-ups and established software companies. His experience spans leadership roles in Product Development, Alliances and Professional Services. At GlobalLogic, Sachin heads the Version 1.0 & the Product Management Service offering.

Prior to GlobalLogic, he was Vice President of Product Management at E2open, where he worked with many Fortune 1000 companies to define a scalable and secure platform that generates multi-million dollars in ROI. This SaaS platform was been covered by AMR Research and Gartner as ?Visionary?.

During the course of his career, Sachin has worked in US, India, Japan, Singapore, Canada, and Europe. He also Volunteers with PVC Ventures as part of their Business Advisory Program.

Sachin has a BTech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, MS in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Georgia Tech and a MS in Management from Stanford.

Matt Hately

Matt is General Manager of Macadamian?s Bay-Area office. Macadamian is a software design and engineering lab that does new product development for software, telecom, and medical device companies. Macadamian delivers upwards of 60-70 projects a year, following agile methods with the team distributed across four engineering labs and two usability labs, across three continents.

Distributed agile software teams are commonplace with companies having several sites throughout the world. Lifestyle, environmental, and business reasons exist, though, to extend the level of distribution to a greater degree with individuals largely working at home or community centers.

Dinner and drinks will be provided!

Look forward to seeing you all!

Tatyana