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SUMMARY:DevOps Vancouver Meetup: Feb 2020
DESCRIPTION:Our February DevOps Vancouver Meetup is sure to be a great even
 ing. We have three exciting presentations and our sponsor for this event\,
  Annex\, is generously providing a door prize and delicious appies\, so ar
 rive early to enjoy the food and refreshments!\n\nOur three presentations 
 for the evening are as follows:\n\nWorkSafeBC’s DevOps Journey:\nAndre K
 aminski - Director\, DevOps at WorkSafeBC\n\nIn May 2017\, WorkSafeBC init
 iated a transformation with its first DevOps team. Today there are 10 team
 s working on direct business value delivery\, with another 6 teams support
 ing them. In his presentation\, Andre will share the experiences so far\, 
 challenges\, and the road forward.\n\nBio: Andre Kaminski is a technology 
 leader with a passion for creating high performing teams for rapid deliver
 y of business solutions. Currently\, as a Director at WorkSafeBC\, Andre i
 s responsible for leading Agile DevOps functional teams to deliver busines
 s value. An entrepreneur with proven track record of successful software p
 rojects and products\, Andre has worked in engineering\, product developme
 nt and agile project delivery\, and held consulting advisory roles across 
 industries in both the public and private sectors over a 30-year career.\n
 \nHackathons! Innovation\, Insights & Ideas:\nKyle Young – Lead Develope
 r at Unbounce\n& Sangeeta Ben – Senior Scrum Master at WorkSafeBC\n\nLoa
 the it\, love it or like it\, Facebook innovated the "like" button in a ha
 ckathon. Hackathons are a proving ground for innovative new ideas\, collab
 oration and breaking through siloes. In their presentation\, Kyle and Sang
 eeta will share their insights in organizing hackathons\, the anti-pattern
 s\, and what to expect when you’re planning a hackathon.\n\nBio: Kyle Yo
 ung is a lead developer at Unbounce where he oversees the Data Engineering
  program. He has led DevOps efforts with various teams\, and is an organiz
 er for the Vancouver DevOpsDay Conference.\n\nSangeeta Ben is an energetic
  people leader\, consistently delivering results in demanding and fast-pac
 ed DevOps environments. She has been a key organizer of several hackathons
  of various sizes at Mobify and WorkSafeBC. Currently\, as senior scrum ma
 ster at WorkSafeBC\, Sangeeta is responsible for leading an Agile DevOps f
 unctional team to deliver business value.\n\nFeature Flag All the Things!:
 \nOwen Rogers - Director of Ecommerce at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC)\n\
 nOwen will discuss how the team at MEC is fanatical about feature flags. E
 very change to mec.ca is wrapped in a feature flag. This enables MEC to co
 ntinuously deliver value to their customers without compromising site reli
 ability. Feature flagging also allows MEC to incrementally roll out featur
 es and conduct split tests. In this presentation\, Owen will share his exp
 eriences and lessons learned applying this approach.\n\nBio: Owen Rogers h
 as over 25 years’ experience in the software industry\, working with sta
 rtups\, Fortune 500 corporations and everything in between. He is an Agile
  evangelist\, coaching teams to streamline software delivery since the ear
 ly days of XP. Owen runs Exortech Consulting\, helping teams deliver bette
 r software faster.\n\nSpace is limited\, so please book your seat early. P
 lease remember: update your booking if you can’t make it\, so others who
  get waitlisted can attend in your place.\n\nWhere: UBC Robson Square – 
 Room C680 (HSBC Hall)\n\nPlease feel free to network and socialize afterwa
 rds. You're welcome to stay on in the room until late.\n\nThank you to Ann
 ex for sponsoring this event:\nAnnex was incorporated in Vancouver in 1998
  with the mandate to provide hand-picked\, highly skilled IT professionals
  and management consultants to complete important projects for their clien
 ts. Annex has completed 3\,200 projects for 500 clients in the company’s
  history since 1998. Annex is a leader in recruiting for and screening Agi
 le and DevOps candidates in British Columbia. Contact Annex today at[maske
 d] or by email [masked].\n\nhttps://www.devopschat.co/meetings/devops-vanc
 ouver-meetup-feb-2020
URL:https://www.devopschat.co/meetings/devops-vancouver-meetup-feb-2020
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