Memphis Agile Meetup - FIT room 225

Topic:

Business Architecture as an Enabler for Business Agility

Bill and Jo will use examples to walk through how Business Architecture enables companies to achieve better results with their Business Agility efforts. The presentation will start with brief explanations of key Business Architecture and Business Agility concepts, then move quickly to real-world examples and interactive discussion.

Bill Garland
Bill is currently a Sr Lead Solution Architect at Hilton. He has 15 years of experience across aspects of enterprise architecture, scaling agile, business architecture, and customer master data management. He holds certifications in Business Architecture and SAFe® for Architects. He lives in Memphis, TN with his wife and enjoys finding new restaurants while traveling for concerts.

Jo Gilmore
Jo is the Commercial Business Agility Office Manager at FedEx, where she has been working in the product development space for much of the past 15 years. She is a Certified Business Architect, and serves on the Business Architecture Guild Council of Executive Advisors. She is also a SAFe Practitioner Consultant, and looks for ways to use a wide range of frameworks and practices to connect strategy to execution. Her dog, Gracie, is less interested in strategy than dinner. J

Both Bill and Jo welcome LinkedIn connection requests – just give us a quick note on how we know you!

We hope to see everyone there!!!!

Agenda:
6-6:30 Arrive and network
6:30-7:30 Speaker

We will have light snacks and beverages for the meeting courtesy of
The 334 Group (www.the334group.com)

We generally have a group that meets at Venice Kitchen for drinks after the meeting, so make plans to join them if you'd like.