Having held senior engineering leadership roles at ASX, Macquarie Bank and globally at Nasdaq Katherine Squire knows what it takes to run and support national infrastructure.
As one of the top female technology leaders in the region, Katherine shares deep insights into market changes, software engineering, how to deal with tech debt and where/which metrics make sense.
Learn about the importance of 'Fear Free Development', Defensive Delivery VS Defensive Design strategies, human capital and what hiring managers look for compared to 20 years ago.
Enjoy Katherine's lighthearted way of sharing deep experience and our buzzword bingo.
Topics by time index:
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- Career in Capital Markets
- Acceleration & job tenure
- Human capital, skills in the market and how it affects technology choices
- What skills to hire
10+
- The Dead Sea effect and culture
- Talent & technology - hyperscalers VS Open Source communities
- Hybrid talent strategies
20+
- Fixing the next bottleneck, practical steps for continuous improveents
- Waterfall and where to go from there
- Choosing the right metrics, measuring waste and impact on team morale
- Developer utilisation
- How Consistent innovation and confidence create a virtuous circle
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- Fear Free Development
- Automation
- Defensive Delivery VS Defensive Design Strategy
- Security & shift left and organisational change
- Tech debt addressed consciously & accelerators
- Digital Transformation & why they are failing
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- The "Brent’s" from the Phoenix Project
- Career Advice