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SUMMARY:SAO: Life Inside an Iteration
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DESCRIPTION:Life Inside an Iteration\nDate: 	Thu\, Nov 20th\nTime: 	6:00pm-
 9:00pm\nLocation: 	Governor Hotel 614 SW 11th Avenue Portland\, OR 97205\nC
 ost: 	$10 for members $30 for non members\nRegistration Deadline: 	11/18/20
 08\nTopic: 	Life Inside an Iteration\n\nBuffet Dinner is included\n\nAgile 
 software development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP)\, Scrum\, a
 nd Lean Software Development have become mainstream in many organizations\,
  but what is "Life Inside an Iteration" really like? Find out as our paneli
 sts talk about what activities help let QA and Development work in sync\, w
 hat the hand offs are and how they happen\, how they have managed the inevi
 table change within the iteration. Our panelists include developers\, teste
 rs\, customers and consultants to bring a broad perspective of best practic
 es to these issues.\n\nPanelists\nBrian Jamison\, Founder and CEO\, OpenSou
 rcery\nBrian is a seasoned entrepreneur with many technology-related compan
 ies to his credit. He has worked with Linux\, open source\, and the Interne
 t professionally since 1995. Brian serves as President for the Portland Ope
 n Source Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE) and as advisor\, mentor\, or board 
 member for numerous startups. He actively promotes safe\, renewable biodies
 el as a locally-produced fuel source.\n\nChris Jones\, Engineer\, Yesmail\n
 Chris has led the adoption of agile practices on several projects and teams
  ranging from 'by the book' XP to a blend of XP and RUP. Chris is well vers
 ed in adapting agile processes to a diverse set of development organization
 s. He is currently contributing to the google web toolkit.\n\nWayne Allen\,
  VP of Software Engineering\, Integrated Services\, Inc.\nWayne is the lead
 ing supplier of point of sales solutions for the Quick Lube and Car Wash in
 dustry. Wayne has a passion for the craft of software engineering that he h
 as developed in his 20 years as a programmer\, consultant\, manager\, execu
 tive and small business owner. This passion has led him to the new crop of 
 "agile" software development processes such as XP and Scrum. Wayne is a reg
 ular speaker both nationally and internationally on the topic of agile soft
 ware development. You can read about Wayne's thoughts on software developme
 nt at blogs.consultantsguild.com\n\nSumant Vashisth\, Senior QA Manager\, M
 cAfee\, Inc.\nSumant had more than 10 years of experience in software devel
 opment and testing having worked at IBM and Ford prior to joining McAfee. H
 e has successfully driven testing on multiple product releases at McAfee\, 
 including one of the first large scale project at the company to adopt and 
 follow the Agile software development process. The current agile developmen
 t project for which he is managing the QA team\, requires integration and t
 esting with multiple cross site engineering product development groups. Sum
 ant also developed the software and is co-author of the book "Software For 
 Emission Rate Modeling Of Accidental Toxic Releases".\n\nTodd Whitaker\nTod
 d has nearly 14 years experience working with teams and organizations to de
 velop software products ranging from web and enterprise applications to des
 ktop software. He has held positions in Product and Program Management with
  a number of software companies including Inspiration Software\, Serena Sof
 tware\, Extensis\, Concentrex\, and Group 3 Consultants. Todd is an advocat
 e for simple and excellent user experience\, highly collaborative and adapt
 ive product development processes\, and Agile methodologies. He is a gradua
 te of Oregon Institute of Technology\, and holds a Bachelor of Science degr
 ee in Industrial Management with an Electronics Engineering emphasis.\n\nTa
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