It's almost 1 month until we all hit the ground running at CA World 2015 and we all recently got the final word on our staff assignments. I'm excited to attend the conference once again this year and will be hosting a few awesome sessions as usual. However, let's start this "Meet the Staff" blog series with a few new folks you may not have met in the past. Below is a fun group that will be demoing in our DevOps Theater 3 area. They each give you insight on where to find them at the conference and what session they recommend trying out.
Anand Kameswaran - You can call me AK for short. I'm the Product Owner for CA Service Virtualization and am looking forward to meeting our customers as well as colleagues from around the globe at CA World 2015. I'll be spending most of my time at the DevTest Demo booths during the conference. They're in DevOps Theater 3 and look for me especially at the SV innovations booth.
My Session Recommendation: CA DevOps Simulation Experience on Tuesday. Learning new ways to develop and deploy software is not usually fun. This is!
Other Tips: Make sure you get plenty of REST at CA World. It helps maintain your Swagger (2.0) at the tables. Yes, I went there. Oh, and I don't mind if you ask me about the Testing Goat.
Daniel Bingham - I'm the Architect for CA Service Virtualization (LISA) and this is my first ever CA World. I'm looking forward to showing everyone the latest on CA Service Virtualization 9.0 and I'll be helping out at the pre-conference training as well as demoing in the DevTest Demo booths in Theater 3.
My Session Recommendation: Pre-Con Education: Introduction to CA Service Virtualization
Other Tips: I'm researching different options to integration CA SV with source control tools. Would love to hear your thoughts on that as well as what your plans are for Docker and PaaS deployment.
Thomas Stolt - I'm a Partner Technology Architect out of CA Germany. I'm looking forward to learning together with Partners and Customers the newest things about CA Technologies and its solutions! I will spend most of my time in the DevOps area at CA World, but am determined to give all other areas at least a visit. Speaking to colleagues, product managers, executives and engineers is what I am looking forward to!
My Session Recommendation: Of course our CA DevOps Simulation Experience on Tuesday, that I will be leading!! It brings DevOps to life, like nothing else that we know, we have run almost a hundred of them World Wide, bringing this to almost 1,000 people; suffice to say that this is probably the most advanced, intensive, open, honest and fun(!) learning program around DevOps that exists worldwide.
Other Tips/Insights: My strategy is to “land and learn” – to land at CA World and learn what I can from the best in the industry.
Adi Pandit – I am a Sr. Principal Software Engineer for CA Service Virtualization. I work on virtualization and virtualization accessories. I am very excited to demo the Service Image Editor and Data Driven Signature features developed by my team. I am always inspired by the smart ways our field engineers and customers adopt our product and keep pushing the envelope of application testing and virtualization. Looking forward to meeting some of you at the conference. You can find me at the DevTest demo booths at DevOps Theater 3.
My Session Recommendation : Come see where we are headed and help us get there :-) DO3T06S: Vision and Roadmap: The CA Roadmap for Service Virtualization and the Dev and Test Portfolio
Other Tips: My favorite part of the DevTest stack are the extensions. I am eager to hear about what your teams have done or would like to do in that area.
Dewayne McNair - I lead Engineering for Service Virtualization and Application Test, and I’m excited about meeting our customers, partners, and other team members at CA World 2015. I will be assisting at several of the pre-conference sessions, and you can catch me during the show at the Executive Center and at the DevTest demo booths in Theater 3. We have an exiting array of new features to show and discuss - you don’t want to miss it!
My Session Recommendation: Don’t miss Pre-Con Education: Build Your Own Virtual API, and for those looking at containers, be sure to attend Tech Talk: Service Virtualization "Dockerized". Check out the program guide attached below for details.
Other Tips: Service and API Virtualization are still relatively new approaches of removing constraints in your development process. Coupled with Test Automation, you can get solid improvements in your throughput and reduce your cycle time for delivering value to *your* customers. Jump in with both feet - it’s time!