I'm typing up this final "Meet the Staff" blog while on my way to Las Vegas for CA World '15! (Thank goodness for free JetBlue Wifi). If you're on your way, or getting in on Monday or Tuesday, don't forget you can attend the awesome Pre-Conference Education Sessions hosted by our Product Management team. I've posted a list of all the sessions here for your reference - CA World 2015 - DevOps Sessions and Content
Also, be sure to get on the CA World Mobile App early and connect to the CA folks you want to meet up with. We'll be posting our status (i.e. location) and sharing the latest news via that app and Twitter (follow @CAWorld and #CAWorld).
Last, but not least, I want you to meet the rest of the CA Team that will be at CA World this year:
Mark Braemer - I'm a Senior Principal Consultant in our Pre-Sales organization out of Ohio. Since this is my first time at CAW I really don’t know what to expect. But I am exciting to have the chance to talk to many or our customers face-to-face. I will spend most of my time in the CA Test Data Management (TDM) Demo area in Theater 4 talking about our integrations with CA DevTest and Rally. Come check it out.
My Session Recommendation: My favorite session is “Case Study: Nordstrom Takes Retail Relief for Test Data Management” - search for it in the CA World mobile app.
Ulrich Vogt - I'm a Senior Principal Engineering Services Architect, also known as SWAT team member working on best practices and helping with customer implementations. This is my 6th CA World attendance (approximately ) and I think the best thing at CA World is to listen what customers and partners are saying about their ideas, plans and requests for help for their business needs. If you're looking for me, I'll be demonstrating CA Continuous Application Insight (CAI) at a DevTest demo booth in Theater 4 on Wednesday and Thursday.
My Session Recommendation: I’d recommend to attend Pre-Con Education: It's the 2010's. Why are you Still Manually Writing Tests? To learn what CAI can do for accelerating your test automation. If you are interested to see what customer can accomplish using DevTest you may want to join Case Study: Nordstrom Succeeds in E-Comm. w/ Innovative Perf. Test to Reduce Time and Improve Quality
Other Tips: Watch out for the latest additions to our DevOps product portfolio, CA Test Data Manager and CA Test Case Optimizer. This is what I shall do on Tuesday.
Rick Bansal - I'm a Senior Principal Consultant in Pre-sales out of Texas. I'm really looking forward to meeting with our customers and listening to all of the great ways they are getting value from our products. I'll be spending most of my time in the Application Test Demo booth in DevOps Theater 4 showing the latest Mobile, UI and API testing features in CA Application Test 9.0.
My Session Recommendation: DO3X110S Case Study: American Airlines Takes Flight with Service Virtualization
Other Notes: This is my 4th CA World and each one has been better than the previous one so I’m really excited to be at CA World 15 to see all of the great things CA has to offer to our customers!!
Martin Salgado - I'm an Advisor in Pre-sales out of Texas. At CA World this year, I will be spending most of my time at the Smart Bar DevOps Theater 3... covering Service Virtualization and related questions.
My Session Recommendation: I’m looking forward to the Analyst View: Leading your DevOps Enterprise Journey with Gene Kim session.
Other Notes: See you at CA World!
James Chan - I'm a Senior Principal Consultant in Pre-sales out of California specializing in Test Data Management and Test Case Optimization. This year at CA World I'm looking forward to co-mingle and network with some of the best and brightest minds in the IT industry. I have couple pre-con and tech talks that will be centered around how the most mature organizations are approaching test coverage and test data today.
My Session Recommendation: DO4T26T: Tech Talk: Fines in the Millions Levied Every Year Coming Soon—The Business Case for Synthetic Data Generation - This session is in Theater 4 on Wednesday, November 18th at 2pm.
Other Tips: I challenge everyone to think about how you are currently getting the data you need to test today and whether or not you’re in compliance (or will be in compliance) with upcoming laws and regulations. If you’re not there yet, it’s okay. We’re here to help!
Arif Muhammad - I'm the Product Manager for CA Test Data Manager and CA Test Case Optimizer based out of NY. CAW is always an exciting place to be as a Product Manager. I look forward to meeting our customers to listen to innovative way they solve their business problems using our solution set. I'll be spending most of my time in DevOps Theater 4 near the Test Data Manager and Test Case Optimizer booths.
My Session Recommendation: DO4TO5S Vision & Roadmap: The CA Roadmap for Test Data Management in Theater 4 on Wednesday at 1pm.
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!
Countdown to CA World 2015 - Meet the Staff Part 3!
Countdown to CA World 2015 - Meet the Staff Part 4!
See you at CA World!