Vanessa Formicola

Track Host: Vanessa Formicola

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Engineering Leader & Sociotechnical Architect, Creator of Holistic Engineering & SDRs, Ex ThoughtWorks/Microsoft

Engineering Leader and Sociotechnical Architect with 15+ years of experience, from big tech at Microsoft to consulting at ThoughtWorks and a unicorn startup at Flo Health, across a wide range of domains and tech stacks. Specialises in sociotechnical approaches to software delivery and people growth. A strong technologist as well as a leader, comfortable moving between system design and team design. Creator of Holistic Engineering (published on InfoQ) and Social Decision Records (featured on the Team Topologies website). InfoQ author and panellist on the InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends 2026 podcast, DevoxxUK Architecture Track programme committee member, and international speaker at QCon London, Fast Flow Conf UK and NL, DevoxxUK, DevoxxBE and AOmA (formerly Agile meets Architecture).

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Track

Staff+: Beyond the Tech

What it really takes to operate at the Staff+ level. From influencing without authority to driving technical strategy across teams and organizations.

Date

Thursday Apr 15 / 10:35AM BST

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