Abstract
In today’s complex engineering landscape, Staff+ engineers, architects, and technical leaders can no longer operate solely as technical experts. The most effective leaders shape not just systems of code, but sociotechnical systems— the interplay of architecture, team dynamics, culture, and organizational structures.
This talk explores how these senior roles can embrace a Holistic Engineering mindset, acting as architects of sociotechnical systems. Attendees will discover practical strategies to influence team practices, organisational norms, and architectural decisions to foster sustainable engineering, resilient software, and long-term impact. By aligning technical choices with human and organisational realities, Staff+ engineers and technical leaders can drive meaningful, lasting change.
Speaker
Vanessa Formicola
Principal Architect and Head of TASC (Technology, Architecture and Software Craft) @Prima, Ex Thoughtworks/Microsoft
Principal Architect and Head of TASC (Technology, Architecture and Software Craft), 15+ years of industry experience (Microsoft/ThoughtWorks) and 7+ years in leadership roles.
Primarily focused on the transformation of socio-technical systems: impacting software systems, the enablement of teams and engineering best practices.
Experienced with high scale backend systems, legacy modernisation and infrastructure as code across multiple domains and tech stacks. Experienced working with distributed global teams (multi-tz).
Public speaker, creator of knowledge sharing/D&I communities and social change advocate.
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Date
Monday Mar 16 / 11:45AM GMT ( 50 minutes )
Location
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
