Over the years I have had an opportunity to speak to a range of audiences - from a handful of people to hundreds. Some of these sessions have been recorded and can be viewed on my YouTube channel.
I have found that speaking on things I have personal experience with leads to deeper insights for both myself and those in attendance.
I’ve had the opportunity to speak in the following cities around the world…
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- South Jordan, Utah, USA
- Melbourne, Australia
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Durban, South Africa
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Conferences / Events I’ve spoken at…
2018
2017
- MYOB Richmond, Melbourne, Australia: topic “Modern Day Apprentices”
- MYOB Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: topic ‘Modern Day Apprenticeships & Software Craftsmanship”
- 8th Light University, Chicago, USA: 3 Years of Mob Programming
- Frontmatter Podcast - Mob Programming
- AUT Lecture on Mob Programming, Auckland, New Zealand
- DevConf 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “Mob Programming”
- Agile Auckland Meetup, Auckland, New Zealand: topic “Mob Programming”
- Auckland .Net User Group Auckland, New Zealand: topic “Mob Programming”
- Aconex Melbourne, Australia: topic “Mob Programming”
- MYOB Melbourne, Australia: topic “Mob Programming”
- CarSales.com Melbourne, Australia: topic “Mob Programming”
- TradeMe Auckland, New Zealand: topic “Mob Programming”
2016
- Auckland University of Technology Panel Discussion Auckland, New Zealand: topic “Careers in IT”
- MYOB Auckland, New Zealand: topic “Getting the best of everyone into all the code using Mob Programming”
- TradeMe Auckland, New Zealand: topic “What is technical debt”
2015
- Let’s Test Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “Story mapping - the art of contextualizing stories into thin slices of deliverable value”
- Agile Roots Utah, USA: topic “Team Tourism”
- DeveloperUG Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “All about code”
- Agile Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “The natural order of progression for technical practices”
- JoziJug, Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “Speaking to Geeks”
- Scrum Gathering, Johannesburg, South Africa: topic “How Super Hero’s make Toast”
2014
- Scrum Gathering Cape Town: topic “TDD Club Initiation”
- Scrum Gathering Cape Town: topic “Missing link in agile developer practices”
- Tech4Africa Cape Town: topic “Kent Beck’s four rules of simple design”
- Tech4Africa Johannesburg: topic “Kent Beck’s four rules of simple design”
- BASA2014, Johannesburg: topic “Documentation in an Agile World”
- Agile Africa Conference, Johannesburg: topic “Documentation in an Agile World”
- Agile Africa Conference, Johannesburg: panel discussion on “Has agile software development in South Africa delivered on its promises?”
- Jozi.rb User Group, Johannesburg: topic “High Performance Teams”
- JsInSa Conference, Johannesburg: topic “High Performance Teams”
- IIBA, Johannesburg: panel discussion on “Do we need a BA in an agile team”
2013
- Developer User Group, Johannesburg: topic “Agile Code”
- JSInSA, Johannesburg: topic “Do’s & Dont’s of Pair Programming”
- Microsoft TechEd South Africa, Durban, topic “Panel discussion on Software Development in South Africa”
- Microsoft TechEd South Africa, Durban, topic “Stubbing, Mocking and Shimming in VS2012”
- Microsoft TechEd South Africa, Durban, topic “MVVM Pattern in XAML”
2012
- Code Labs, topic “Practical Implementation of Specification by Example”
- JSInSA, topic “5 things I have learnt as a Programmer”
2011
- Microsoft TechEd Africa, “MVVM Programming”
- Microsoft TechEd Africa, “Tackling complexities of async programming in Silverlight and WPF”
- Microsoft DevDays, “Pimping Silverlight with Expression Blend”
- Microsoft Dev4Devs, “Rich Interactions with Expression Blend”
2010
- Microsoft South Africa Dev4Devs, “Cracking .Net”
2009
- Microsoft South Africa Dev4Devs, “MVVM Pattern with WPF”
Workshops I’ve Facilitated
- 2014 Gauteng Autumn CodeRetreat (1 day)
- 2014 Driven Software Craftsmanship (6 days)
- 2013 Driven Software Craftsmanship (6 days)
- 2013 Durban Winter CodeRetreat (1 day)
- 2012 Driven Introduction to Git (2 days)
