Speaker: Rachel Davies

Team Lead at Unruly

Rachel Davies is author of the first “Agile Coaching” book and an invited speaker to software conferences worldwide. Rachel started out working as a software developer and became fascinated with debugging software organisations. Her mission is to create workplaces where developers enjoy delivering valuable software. Rachel is a team lead at Unruly and an organiser of Extreme Programmers London meetup.

Find Rachel Davies at

http://agilecoach.typepad.com/

@rachelcdavies

Talk: Growing Up Unruly

Track: 21st Century Culture from Geeks on the Ground

Location: Westminster, 4th flr.

Day of week: Monday

Duration: 2:55pm - 3:45pm

Note: This talk replaces a cancellation for "How to copy Spotify in 30min."

Unruly is the leading global platform for social video advertising, we're celebrating our 10th birthday this year. Unruly has grown from a tiny startup to global organisation recently acquired by News. Its secret weapon is passionate people on a mission to #DeliverWow. Anyone who walks in the door of our offices sees our culture at work. Our workspaces are full of personal touches that help our teams work together around the globe. Come to this talk to hear how we keep our values alive and kicking.

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