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Lone Star Software Symposium: Austin

July 8 - 10, 2016

Confessions of an Agile Product Manager

Friday - Jul 8 5:00 PM CDT - BLUEBONNET

Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of wearing the hat of “product manager” for the Spring Cloud Services team at Pivotal, operating using a distributed variant of the Pivotal Labs process. Along the way I’ve learned many valuable lessons that I hope you’ll be able to apply to your product development efforts.

In this presentation we’ll examine the relationship of product management to engineering and to your customer, and how you can be an effective broker between the two groups.

Matt Stine

Matt Stine

I Enable Early-Career Enterprise Software Engineers to Continuously Improve

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About Matt Stine

My passion is taking a metaphysical approach to software engineering: what is the nature of the collaborative game that we continuously play, and are there better, more contextually-aware ways to play that game?

By day I lead a team tasked with taking a first-principles-centric approach to intentionally enabling programming language usage at the largest bank in the United States.

By night I write and teach my way through a masterclass in software engineering and architecture targeting early-career software engineers working in large-scale enterprise technology organizations.

What is the primary goal?

To win the game. More seriously: to get 1% better every day at providing business value through software.

Who am I?

I'm a 22-year veteran of the enterprise software industry. I've played almost every role I can imagine:

  • Software Engineer
  • Software Architect
  • Technical Lead
  • Engineering Manager
  • Consultant
  • Product Manager
  • Field CTO
  • Developer Advocate
  • Conference Speaker
  • Author
  • Technical Trainer
  • Technical Marketer
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • Desktop Support Specialist

I've worked at Fortune 500 companies, a tenacious teal cloud startup, and a not-for-profit children's hospital. I've written a book, and I've hosted a podcast. I've learned a lot along the way, including many things I wish I'd known when I first got started. And so now I want to pass those learnings on to you, especially if you've only just begun your career.