Shipping has begun... presentations prepared... last minute logistics being settled and we're all very excited to share with you our latest products at CA World 2015! Here is the next installment of our "Meet the Staff" series to give you a face to each name before you hit the trade show floor.
In case you missed the other blogs in this series, here they are:
Countdown to CA World 2015 - Meet the Staff! (DevOps Theater 3)
Countdown to CA World 2015 - Meet the Staff Part 2!
Let's start with one of my favorites...
Simon Cockayne - I am the Sr. Principal Product Manager for the innovative CA App Services Orchestrator (ASO) product and am all about Nurturing Happiness. I am excited to LISTEN to customers telling stories about the problems and pain they face, and figure out if and how me and my CA buddies can bring a little more happiness to their days. You can find me mostly in the DevOps area talking about the Vision and Roadmap for ASO…and demoing our developer-delighting API orchestration capabilities.
My Session Recommendation: I am looking forward to the “Women in Technology Breakfast”. I am the father of two children. A son, Gabriel, 8. A daughter, Abigail, 5. I hope they grow up in a future where they are not judged by their gender, but rather by their talents, experience and potential. I strongly applaud and try to support any effort, that moves society towards that vision.
Other Notes: I’ll be talking to anyone and everyone, not just about WHAT we are building here at CA, but HOW we are building stuff. I want to share stories of how our principles-driven approach is allowing us to move faster, to build stuff that really matters.
and my taco buddy when ever we visit Plano, TX...
Alan Baptista - I’m responsible for CA Service Virtualization Product marketing. I am looking forward to hearing from so many SV customers at CA World 2015. We have never had SO MANY customers presenting on SV (12 sessions in all). I will be EVERYWHERE. I am responsible for our DevTest Solutions content, so if I’m not opening sessions or introducing speakers, I’ll be on the two expo floor demo areas dedicated to our solutions.
My Session Recommendation: My favorite session is DO3X118S: Technology Primer: The Why, Where and How of Service Virtualization Adoption (well.. because I get the pleasure of presenting with Stefana Muller on how many of our customers have implemented their Service Virtualization solutions and how we at CA may help).
Other Tips: Wear comfortable shoes, visit the demos and make sure to stay tuned to GREAT Service Virtualization news @ CA World 2015. Hope to see you there.
our Launch manager extraordinaire...
Jeff Hughes - I'm the Product Marketing Manager for CA Application Test and am also running our Launch for the 9.0 release of DevTest. I'm looking forward to meeting customers and hearing about their challenges and discussing how we can help them! When not presenting, my time will be spent visiting with customers in Theaters 3 and 4.
My Session Recommendation: I am looking forward to hearing Nordstrom present their case study regarding how they are using CA’s DevTest solutions for E-Commerce (DO3T21S: Case Study: Nordstrom Succeeds in E-Commerce with Innovative Performance Testing to Reduce Cycle Times and Improve Quality)
Other Tips: CAWorld is going to be fantastic and to top it off we will all enjoy music from Fall Out Boy and Sheryl Crow!
and a few new team members who are excited about TCO and Test Data Management!
Ben Riley - I am a Principal Consultant in our Pre-Sales team in the UK and am a newbie to CA Technologies from the recent acquisition of GridTools. I'm really looking forward to customer interaction and meeting some of the most innovative people around. I'll be speaking a few times (come see!) but mostly I'll be at the Test Case Optimization (TCO) demo booth, in Theater 4 - definitely worth checking out.
My Session Recommendation: Biased but definitely see this: DO3T21S: Case Study: Nordstrom Succeeds in E-Commerce with Innovative Performance Testing to Reduce Cycle Times and Improve Quality
Other Tips: TDM/TCO = The future. You heard it here first!!
Tom Finch - I'm a Senior Consultant in our UK based Pre-Sales team. I'm also from the recent acquisition of GridTools and am excited to be at CA. I am looking forward to hearing about our customers’ digital transformation journey and how we can help! You will find me hanging out at the Smart Bar in Theater 4 or at the TDM/TCO booths or speaking at a session.
My Session Recommendation: DO4T15S: Case Study: Nordstrom Takes Retail Relief for Test Data Management
Other Tips: Ask me about a product trial or proof of concept to see how TDM can deliver valuable test data for development, unit test, functional, load/stress and UAT.
We have more to come next week. Look for our next installment of "Meet the Staff" as we head into T-7 days!!