Speakers

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  Kyle Fritz

  Kyle directs engineering at OrderUp. He’s passionate about building people-centric and real-time technology. He worked previously at Vigilant Medical and Infinite Biomedical Technologies. Kyle studied biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins.

  @kylefritz
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  Doug Lay

  Doug Lay is a software engineer and technical project manager with over 20 years of experience with database management systems. He is currently Vice President of IT for DinnerTime.com, a baltimore-based meal planning startup. Prior to this he spent 11 years at US News and World Report, where he was instrumental in building out most of their Web-based applications. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and a master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Maryland.

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  Flip Sasser

  Flip Sasser A Baltimore almost-native, Flip is Head of Product at OrderUp where he focuses on translating transforming problems in delivery and customer experience into awesome software. He also has a family and a dog and a VW TDI he may have to return.

  When you need a product team (and, incidentally, what it should do) The need for a product team usually becomes clear only after it's been met - which kinda sounds like business as usual at a startup. BUT, a growing company that waits too long is missing important opportunities to move their offering to the next level. This talk will introduce you to the idea of Separation of Product & Technology and discuss when and why it should happen for your startup. If you dream of a world where the customers' needs are always met and your engineers get enough sleep at night, this talk is for you. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you should still attend for the Office Space references.

  @flipsasser
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  Chris McFadden

  Chris McFadden is a technology professional with experience leading teams in various environments including commercial software, SaaS, e-commerce, and digital media. Mr. McFadden held several Director level roles at Discovery Communications for 11 years before moving to Message Systems in 2012 to lead product development initiatives as Director of Software Engineering. Chris holds a BS in Computer Science from George Mason University and a MS in Information Systems and Technology from Johns Hopkins University. Chris is an advocate for lean/agile product engineering processes, practices, and tools and is passionate about helping organizations successfully adopt better ways of delivering value to customers.

  @cristoirmac
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  Cliff Casey

  Cliff Casey is a Software Engineer with 10+ years of Java and PHP experience. He brings sector-specific experience in e-commerce, Federal Government / DoD, marketing, education, non-profit organizations, transportation, IT infrastructure management, workflow / process management, and civil engineering. He has been the Lead Engineer of the OPIUM system for the past two years, and has recently moved on to become the Development team's Solutions Architect. In that role he has been exploring the use of new and alternative technologies to solve our Ecommerce needs in Publishing Services.