Panel discussion on what it takes to break free of your monolith. Bring your questions, bring your stories of success, bring your stories of failure.

[Speaker – Dustin Thostenson]Dustin Thostenson is an independent consultant, leading Delta3Consulting. He has been a developer, mentor, trainer and agile coach for almost 2 decades. His passion lies in helping people grow and teams deliver. To keep it interesting he helps lead the Iowa .NET User Group and volunteers in Central Iowa. To keep it real he spends time with his wife and 4 kids. To keep it random he tweets @dustinson

[Speaker – Brandon Weber]Brandon Weber has spent the past 15 years building software in and around the Des Moines area. He has worked in various roles from programmer to architect at small startups to large enterprise organizations. He enjoys teaching fellow developers and iteratively transforming large, unwieldy applications into smaller, scalable systems. He currently spends his days as the Principal Architect at Hy-Vee.

[Speaker – Ryan Bergman]Existing in the shadow world between developers, architecture, and management, Ryan Bergman wages a constant battle against technical debt, feature bloat and unshaven yaks. He has worked as a professional programmer, architect, and technical product owner for the past 18 years in the Des Moines area.

[Speaker – Max Zimmerman]Max Zimmerman is a developer who has a background and focus in dotnet development. He has been working in the dotnet ecosystem for the past 7-8 years. He has experience ranging from large to small applications, on prem to cloud services and all the things inbetween. He currently works as a consultant for Lean TECHniques alternating between development and coaching.

[Meeting Agenda]• 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Presentation

[Meeting Sponsor – QCI]

Since 1995, QCI has grown to be one of the largest, Iowa-based, technology consulting firms, one client at a time. There is no secret to our success. We simply hire the best people and support a culture that is obsessed with delivering excellent service to our clients. In QCI, our clients have a partner that is large enough to provide highly skilled consultants across a wide area of expertise. Our dedication to client service has resulted in a long-term relationships through which we understand that placing the interests of our clients first is the key to being a trusted partner.

For more information, visit http://www.qci.com

[Platinum Sponsor – QCI]

Since 1995, QCI has grown to be one of the largest, Iowa-based, technology consulting firms, one client at a time. There is no secret to our success. We simply hire the best people and support a culture that is obsessed with delivering excellent service to our clients. In QCI, our clients have a partner that is large enough to provide highly skilled consultants across a wide area of expertise. Our dedication to client service has resulted in a long-term relationships through which we understand that placing the interests of our clients first is the key to being a trusted partner.

For more information, visit http://www.qci.com

[Platinum Sponsor – Source Allies]

Source Allies is a local technical consultancy who values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. This is evident in the quality software we deliver to clients.

Learn about our “ownership mentality” at: http://www.sourceallies.com