GOTO Night: The Agile Hype

Host: Alexander Grosse

When: 17. Feb 2014 at 19:00 - 21:00

Where: Kosmos, Karl-Marx-Allee 131a, 10243 Berlin

Abstract

We invite you to an interesting GOTO Night with

Alexander Grosse

on behalf of GOTO Berlin.

 

Date February 17, 2014

Time 19:00 / 7PM
Venue Kosmos Berlin
Address Karl-Marx-Allee 131a, 10243 Berlin 

Cost Free of charge

Snacks & refreshments included

Speaker Alexander Grosse

"The Agile Hype" by Alexander Grosse

Abstract:
Today, every company claims to do agile software development and agile unfortunately degenerated to a pure Buzzword (with the consultants earning a lot of money). This talk explains what agile software development really means, showing what went wrong in the last 10 years and how SoundCloud develops software.

Bio:
Alexander is currently VP Engineering at SoundCloud, the world’s leading social sound platform. Before SoundCloud he worked as R&D director at Nokia, where he headed Places Development at Nokia’s Location Services and had overall responsibility for the Operations department. Alexander has worked in a wide range of positions (Development, Consulting, CTO) in the software industry since 1996, including co-founding two start-ups.He holds a Masters in computer science from the University of Oldenburg and an Executive MBA from FOM Berlin. Besides computer science Alexander works(ed) as a techno DJ in Berlin’s party scene.

Twitter: @klangberater

You can download the presentation here.

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