Fire up your summer at our rooftop BBQ!
Join us for an evening of great food, prize giveaways, and rooftop views—plus the chance to connect with peers and industry leaders. Enjoy inspiring talks, meaningful networking, and a fresh perspective on solving real business challenges.
We’re excited to welcome guest speakers Ed Gaile and Christopher Pepe from Appfire, who will explore how organizations can overcome the disconnect between strategy and execution.
In today’s fast-paced world, alignment across teams and tools is more essential than ever. Yet with executives in spreadsheets, developers in Jira, and sales in Salesforce, teams often optimize in silos—losing sight of the bigger picture.
Learn how to bridge these divides, unify your workflows, and drive clarity, efficiency, and visibility across your organization.
Not able to make it downtown? We're opening up the event to remote attendees beginning at 6pm PST so you can catch all the presentations from the comfort of your own home.
We hope you can join us in person or online!!
This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-vancouver-presents-rooftop-bbq-with-appfire-vancouver-june-ace/
or in person at
Suite 1600 - 980 Howe Street Vancouver, V6Z 0C8
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Agenda
5:00 PM: Welcome
5:30 PM: BBQ & Icebreaker
Enjoy Various BBQ from Memphis Blues BBQ and get to know other members of the community
6:00 PM: Introduction
Remote attendees should dial in to https://shorturl.at/kx8be at this time
6:15 PM: End to End Visibility in the Enterprise
Christopher Pepe from Appfire will discuss the challenges of alignment across all Teams
6:45 PM: Software Engineering Intelligence
Demonstration by Ed Gaile of modern approach to resolve these issues
7:00 PM: Prizes, Networking and Dessert
Wrap up with prizes (in-person only), networking and dessert
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Speakers
Ed Gaile - Appfire (Principal Solution Architect)
Christopher Pepe - Appfire
In the beginning I was an embedded systems engineer, and tinkerer. Back in my day several of my projects were featured on Make’s website, and I contributed to the uClinux Blackfin community with software and hardware.
I have been using Jira since 2004, and an Atlassian partner since 2010. After engineering I held roles that would now all be considered DevOps. As a senior member of a smal…
Moderators
Brendan Byers - Absolute Security (Senior Program Manager)
Frieda Tang - Atlassian Community Champion
Arielle Unterberger - Adaptavist (Associate Technical Consultant)
Hosted By
Brendan Byers, Atlassian User Group Leader
Brendan Byers is a Senior Program Manager and Jira Administrator with Absolute Software, a leading Cyber-security company located in Vancouver Canada.
He is an avid user of the Atlassian tool suite for the past 10 years, providing solutions of how to maximize its usefulness to empower his teams to achieve their best.
In addition to Jira and Confluence, particular areas of interest include Advanced Roadmaps, Automations and ScriptRunner.
He is one of the hosts for Atlassian Community Events in Vancouver, facilitating both local in-person events and virtual events frequently collaborating with other community leaders.
He lives in the Vancouver area with his wife and their French Bulldog, Promo.
Frieda Tang, Atlassian User Group Leader
Arielle Unterberger, Community Leaders
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Global Partner
Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.
Partner
Appfire (https://appfire.com/)
Appfire, the largest app vendor in the Atlassian ecosystem, makes work flow. Every day, we're helping organizations overcome the limitations of their ecosystems with products and solutions that help boost productivity and extend their platforms so their teams have better choices and the flexibility to make their workflows as personal as their work.
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