Speaking

Want me to speak at your event?

I’d be honored to be asked to speak at your conference or private event.

I take every event seriously and make an effort to be a part of the event rather than just a quick pop in to do my talk. If I am speaking, you can expect me to deliver a talk that aims to inspire, delivers insite and give actionable takeaways to your audience.

What I’ve given talks on in the past

I’ve spoken at more recent events like Silicon Beach Fest, Rennaisance Dinner, & Uncoded. I also speak at a few meetups a year as well as present workshops.

I’ve recently been submitting proposals to speak at various tech conferences. You may have stumbled upon this page after reading it to get more background on me.

In the past I have presented research at academic conferences in the US and Europe such as ISMIR, NIME and SMC. Dorkbot anyone?

Topics

I generally speak on matters of technology, product development and DevOps.

Below is a list of the kind of subjects I’ve spoken on in the past.

  • Trends in artificial intelligence
  • Product and project roadmaps
  • Leveraging Docker for team development
  • Go development with Docker
  • Microframeworks
  • Headless CMS development

I don’t pitch anything from stage

I realize that your attendees are often taking time off from work to attend your event or conference. Perhaps they are even paying their way there, so I understand they want a talk that is informative. We have all sat through talks with promise only to reliaze it is a sales pitch, I avoid those.

Quick bio

I started and scaled a web agency to 5 employees.

I am a software engineer, but love architecture, product and leading talented teams a bit more these days.

I have managed teams from 2-10 people.

I created and manage multiple open source projects.

I have started multiple companies over the years… some failures and lessons learned along the way.

I have a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineer (CMU) and master’s degrees from Columbia and Dartmouth.

Some unique things about me

In my youth I released music and DJ’ed.

I have performed in a dozen states and half a dozen countries.

I spent 2 years writing perl code, I hope to not have to do that again.

I used to snowboard, now I raise identical twin daughters.