The Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference
Where: Prince Conference Center at Calvin College
When: April 29th, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
All presentations will be made by regional software developers, project managers, strategists, and entrepreneurs.
Parking: The Prince Conference Center is East of East Beltline on the Calvin College Campus. The most common access is on the North bound side of East Beltline road. Take the first entrance after turning North off of Burton. For those coming South on East Beltline, take the first exit after you pass Lake Drive. Once on the campus, take a left to go South until you come to the first four-way stop intersection. Take left, go through the underpass and go to the right. The road will take you to the front of the Prince Conference Center. More detailed directions are at http://www.calvin.edu/prince/
Parking for the conference is available at no charge. Unless marked otherwise, you may park anywhere in the lot immediately in front of the Prince Conference Center. The main door to the conference center is in the middle at the front of the building. The registration table will be at the main entrance. However, you may enter the Prince Conference Center through any door that is open.
Detailed program is below
GLSEC 2013 Schedule
Time | Event(s), Activity | Speaker | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:30:00 AM | Late registration, coffee and snacks | Lobby | |
| 08:30:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Dr. Paul Jorgensen | |
| 08:45:00 AM | Keynote address | Dorothy Graham | |
| 09:45:00 AM | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:00:00 AM | 1st Session | Stephen Anderson Co-Founder Bendyworks My Adventure Building a Software Shop Based on Quality | Agile Development |
| Joel Adams Professor and Chair Dept. of CS Calvin College Multicore Programming in C/C++ Using OpenMP | Hi-Tech & High Performance Computing | ||
| Becky Bertram Owner Savvy Technical Solutions What's New in SharePoint 2013 | Mobile and Web Applications | ||
| Craig Taetsch VP Sales, Eastern US Parasoft Corporation Service Virtualization - Game changing to the SDLC | Software Process | ||
| 11:00:00 AM | 2nd session | Zach Seindler Chief Architect Olark Reliable Software Lessons from Firefighters, Stage Managers, and Nuclear Reactor Technicians | Agile Development |
| Kathy Smith Systems Engineer Software Center of Excellence GE Avionics Developing Mission-Critical Software | Hi-Tech & High Performance Computing | ||
| Tim Bugai Software Developer Collective Idea iOS Automated testing | Mobile and Web Applications | ||
| Tom DeVries Principal & Co-founder Thoughtfull Design Surviving The Company | Software Process | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | Buffet Lunch | |
| 12:30 | GR Current | Jeff Royce | |
| 01:00:00 PM | 3rd session | David Crosby Software Developer Atomic Object Time-based Estimates Are For Suckers; Size-based Is The Way To Go | Agile Development |
| John Michael Hauck Manager Software Research and Engineering LECO Corporation High Performance Scientific Computing in C# using the Graphics Processing Unit | Hi-Tech & High Performance Computing | ||
| Joe Johnston Dir. of UX and R&D Universal Mind Its all about the context | Mobile and Web Applications | ||
| David A. Dahl Project Manager Spectrum Health Building an IT Service Catalog Its Not as Easy as You Think | Software Process | ||
| 02:00:00 PM | 4th session | Eric Potter Software Architect Aptera Software Switch On-the-Fly: Changing from Waterfall to Scrum Mid-Stream | Agile Development |
| Paul Skentzos DornerWorks Safe & Secure: Best of Both Worlds in an ARINC 653 Hypervisor | Hi Tech & High Performance Computing | ||
| Brian Anderson Lead Software Architect Brian Scaturro Application Developer Open Systems Technologies (OST) How To Build Business Applications Leveraging a Domain Driven Architecture | Mobile and Web Applications | ||
| Jace Browning Software Engineer Corporate Adoption of Distributed Version Control | Software Process | ||
| 03:00:00 PM | Afternoon ice cream break | ||
| 03:30:00 PM | 5th session | Drew Colthorp Software Craftsman Mike Marsiglia Vice President Atomic Object Nurturing Top-notch Tech Teams | Agile Development |
| Ross Wagner IS Quality Architect Gordon Food Services The Implementation of Software Quality Control Processes at a Food Service Company | Hi-Tech & High Performance Computing | ||
| Jonathan Engelsma Associate Professor School of Computing and Information Systems GVSU Mobile Gamification | Mobile and Web Applications | ||
| Joseph Starwood Enterprise Strategy Architect Microsoft Corporation Get that monkey off your back!: How CIOs go from Information to Innovation | Software Process | ||
| 04:30:00 PM | "What's hot and what's not" | Pat Bailey and Victoria Fleenor | |
| 05:00:00 PM | Closing remarks Conference ends | Dr. Paul Jorgensen |
