Industry speaker: Flowtopia 2026
Virtual conference presentation: Flow Is Necessary, Not Sufficient: Why Leadership Maturity Determines Whether Flow and Realization Survive.
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Isaac Newton
The best insights come from sharing experiences
Like many, my career has been both challenging and incredibly fulfilling. I’ve been fortunate to contribute through two major waves of technical change, and I enjoy drawing on 25 years in software engineering, leadership, and digital transformation to share what I’ve learned. That’s why I’m devoted to spreading this message through Rethinking Your Understanding.
Today, I’m energized by the challenges facing modern engineering organizations and the broader technical community. I’m committed to giving back by volunteering my time and expertise, making a positive impact, and continuing to learn and grow along the way.
“There are books that change your life in a sentence and people that change your life in an instant. Both books and people have the power to transform you. That’s why it’s important to know what to read and who to surround yourself with.”
Alberto Garcia
How I engage
Here are a few examples of the ways that I enjoy engaging with you, your organization, or team.
Speaking engagements
Corporate presentations and industry conference talks on engineering transformation, value stream management, flow, and leadership.
Panels
Technology and leadership panel discussions, sharing practical experience from scaling engineering teams and transforming delivery.
Roundtable discussions
Senior leadership roundtables on digital transformation, team design, M&A integration, metrics, culture, and change management.
Consulting conversations
Digital transformation consulting: connecting software engineering to business outcomes, architecture and team design, optimizing delivery efficiency, value stream management, and technology leadership.
Coffee calls
Informal conversations to bounce ideas off each other, explore industry trends, and share experiences. Some of the best learning happens over a simple call.
Mentoring
Developing first-time engineering managers. The shift to management is a career change, not just a progression — it requires a new mindset, different skills, and a passion for investing in your team.
“Leadership behaviour will make it or break it.”
Jonathan Smart
Industry conversations and collaboration
Since 2021, I have appreciated the opportunity to discuss my and other organizations’ leaders’ digital experiences, transformations, contexts, challenges, and practices. Some of these talks, presentations, and discussions include:
2026
Quoted contributor — Harvard Business Review
HBR Analytic Services briefing paper (sponsored by Broadcom): Connecting the Data That Powers Real-Time, Value-Generating Insights. Shared perspectives on shifting from time-boxed project funding to funding products and long-lived teams, and on applying value stream mapping and outcome mapping to align investments to strategy.
2025
Siemens Germany workshop
Co-hosted and co-facilitated Siemens Germany’s Transforming Measurement Culture: From Metrics to Meaning workshop with Steve Pereira, helping leaders shift from metric theater to meaningful measurement tied to outcomes, flow, and actionable improvement.
2025 Executive Accelerator cohort
Hosted an interactive AMA with the Future of Tech Leadership cohort focused on what changes as leaders move from senior engineering roles into director/VP scope: executive communication, influence, decision-making, budgeting, and building an executive brand.
VSM workshop series: mapping
Panel member — Value Stream Mapping and nVeris implementation roadmap workshop.
VSM workshop series: vision
Panel member — Creating a Value Stream Vision implementation roadmap workshop.
Flow Engineering Retreat
Hosted by Steve Pereira and Visible.is (Telchac, Yucatán, Mexico). An exclusive three-day event for leaders looking to master Flow Engineering through open sessions, case studies, and hands-on workshops focused on improving performance and building sustainable, high-performing systems.
AI copilot early adoption program
Collaborating with a leading Value Stream Management product team and other enterprise experts to explore Generative AI use cases. Biweekly discussions focused on how AI, automation, and decision-support tools can enhance efficiency, improve value stream visibility, and deliver data-driven insights for technology and business leaders.
2024
Industry speaker: Flowtopia 2024
Virtual conference presentation: Lessons Learned Adopting Value Stream Management.
2024 Project to Product Summit
Executive Experience panel in NYC with Mik Kersten, Keith Buehlman, Sejal Amin, Laura Barnard, and Mike Carr. Moving to a product operational model — experiences and Q&A session.
VSMC office hours
Reference panelist for monthly sessions connecting industry experts.
Connecting product and engineering
Day-to-Day DevOps panel with Helen Beal and guest experts on connecting product management and software engineering.
Planview Global Accelerate 2024
Interview session: Parchment: Getting Started with Planview Copilot — Set Your AI Journey Up For Success.
Flow Engineering case study
Published May 2024: Evolving Measurement from Individual Metrics to Team-Level Metrics at Parchment, Chapter 13 of Flow Engineering by Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis (IT Revolution Press).
2023
Planview case study
Parchment — Rethinking Metrics: A Journey from Legacy Measures to Team Success.
VSMC case study
Parchment — Inspecting Value Streams. Featured as a Flowtopia 2023 VSM story.
Flowtopia 2023 — live in Las Vegas
In-person conference at the Aria Resort and Casino. INSPECT session with Broadcom’s Lance Knight on value stream management.
Planview Accelerate 2023
Virtual conference: Parchment — Rethinking Metrics: A Journey from Legacy Measures to Team Success.
Leadership roundtables
- Replacing agile leadership with combined technical roles and exploring AI in leadership
- Project to product transformation strategies
- M&A strategies and SOPs: system integration, data management, standardizing process, PE firm profitability expectations, and AI adoption
2022
Roundtable highlights
- Competition for talent: Skill set mismatch, burnout, driving and managing change
- Team Topologies: Value streams, team structures, cognitive load, metrics, and platform teams
- Cynefin framework: Closed roundtable with Dave Snowden
- Metrics that matter: ROI, cost of IT services, business value, uptime, user experience, and aligning IT metrics to executive leadership
- Gene Kim: Top takeaways from the 2022 DevOps EU Summit and open discussion forum
2021
Where it all began
- CEO conference panel: How leadership impacts transformation success
- Transformation leader of the year: Quarterly collaboration with Arizona business leaders
- Digital transformation: objectives, measurable benefits, timelines, and communication
- Change fatigue, measuring value, and Scaled Agile with Dean Leffingwell
- Roundtables with Gene Kim on DevOps Enterprise Summit themes
- OKRs and accelerating the flow of business value
- Technical debt — estimated to cost companies up to $85 billion annually
- Value Stream Management and Flow Metrics with Tasktop Viz
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