Speaker: Vanessa Formicola

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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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Session

The Sociotechnical Staff Engineer: Architecture, Culture and Organizational Change

In today’s complex engineering landscape, Staff+ engineers, architects, and technical leaders can no longer operate solely as technical experts.

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