Speaking

Speaking

If you are interested in inviting me to speak at your event, please contact me .  

Here are some of my favorite talks and podcasts:

https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/dominica-degrandis/

 

Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Episode 81, Transformational Leadership

 

 

Previous Events

2019

DevOps Enterprise Summit London Crowdchat (#DOES19),
Apr 16, 8am PT

DevOpsDays SeattleSeattle, WA
April 23-24

Flow 101 workshop at large bank, Wash DC
May 7-8

CHEFCONF, Seattle, WA
May 21

Keynote: DevOpsDays Toronto, Toronto, CA
May 29-30

Internal speakership at large bank, New York, NY
Jun 3

DevOps Enterprise Summit, London, UK
Jun 25-27

Agile 2019, Wash DC
Aug 7-8

Experience Agile conferenceLisbon, PT
Sep 30 – Oct 1

Internal speakership at CSG, Chicago, IL
Apr 10

Flow 101 workshop for Sales org, Wash DC
Apr 3 – 4

Webinar, Value Stream Management vs. Value Stream Mapping: What you need to know
Mar 26

Lean Coffee facilitation at large telecom, Seattle, WA
Mar 12

Flow 101 workshops at large retailer, Seattle, WA
Jan 28 – Feb 1

Keynote: DevOpsDays NYC, New York, NY
Jan 24-25

Keynote: Internal DevOpsDays at PNC, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 8

2018

Tasktop Connect, Washington DC
Dec 6

Agile Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
Nov 16

Internal Ticketmaster event, Phoenix, AZ
Nov 15

DevOps Enterprise Summit, Las Vegas, NV
Oct 22-24

Verizon Tech Days, NJ
Oct 11

Internal BECU event, Seattle, WA
Sep 26

Agile18, San Diego, CA
Aug 6-9
DevOps Metrics101 deck

DevOps Enterprise Summit, London, UK
Jun 25-26
video

DevOpsCon, Berlin, DE
May 28-30

Agile & Beyond, Detroit, MI
May 16-18

GOTO Chicago 2018, Chicago, IL
April 26, 2018

Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Episode 86, Human Factors
Apr 3, 2018

Lean Agile US Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Feb 26 – 27, 2018

Internal Nationwide Insurance onsite, Columbus, OH
Feb 6-8, 2018

Private Kanban for ITOps workshop,  San Antonio, TX
Jan 18 – 19, 2018

Agile Austin,  Austin, TX
Jan 17, 2018

Cloud Austin,  Austin, TX
Jan 16, 2018

RunAsRadio, the IT podcast
Jan 3, 2018
Making Work Visible

2017

DevOps.com Interview DevOpsTV, San Francisco, CA
Nov 14, 2017

DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco, CA
The Balanced Calendar: How to Optimize your Time
Nov 14, 2017

Presentation deck

Discovering Dark Debt in your Culture, DevOps.com Webinar
Nov 3, 2017

Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Episode 81, Transformational Leadership
Oct 24, 2017

Lean Agile Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 4 – 6, 2017
3 Lean exercises for a DevOps Win

Internal Expedia event, Bellevue, WA
Aug 23, 2017

Agile 2017, Orlando, FL
Aug 7 – 11, 2017
Time Theft – How Hidden & Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect Crime (not recorded)

Internal Salesforce event, San Francisco, CA
Aug 2, 2017

DOES17: Live video chat with Gene Kim
July 6, 2017
DOES17: Learning from Leaders and Their Careers in Tech

DEVOPS Enterprise Summit, London, UK
June 5-6, 2017
Making Work Visible – How to Unmask Capacity Killing WIP

Presentation Deck

DevOpsDays AustinAustin, TX
May 4-5, 2017
The Art of Lean Performance

DevOpsDays SeattleSeattle, WA
April 26-27, 2017
Open Space facilitator and Speaker Wrangler

LEAN AGILE US, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Feb 26-27, 2017
Time Theft – How Hidden & Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect Crime

2016

DEVOPS Enterprise Summit, San Francisco, CA
Nov 7-9, 2016
Time Theft – How Hidden & Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect Crime

LEAN AGILE SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 5-7, 2016
Getting Executive Buy-in for Architecture Changes

Dominica Degrades: Aligning technology & Business Teams from Lean Agile Scotland on Vimeo.

Agile 2016, Atlanta, GA
July 24-29, 2016
The Misaligned Middle – Getting IT Managers On Board with Change

Devopsdays Silicon ValleyMountain View, CA
June 24-25, 2016
From Divided to United – Aligning Technology & Business Teams

Devopsdays Seattle, Seattle, WA
June 12-13, 2016
Why Weekends Matter

Mile High Agile, Denver, CO
April 4, 2016
From Divided to United – Aligning Technical & Business Teams

Solutions IQ Interview, Denver, CO
April 3, 2016
It’s Time for Alignment

LeanKit Webinar
March 27, 2016
From Divided to United — Aligning Technical and Business Teams

2015

Lean Kanban Central EuropeMunich, Germany
November 16-17, 2015
How Kanban helps Operations teams become more Predictable

20 by 20 with Dominica DeGrandis, Pawel Brodzinski, Chet Richards, Nadja Schnetzler, Karl Scotland at LKCE15 from Lean Kanban Central Europe on Vimeo.

DEVOPS Enterprise Summit, San Francisco, CA,
October 20, 2015
Interview – Ideas for becoming more predictable

DEVOPS Enterprise Summit, San Francisco, CA,
October 19-21, 2015
The Shape of Uncertainty

Interview at Agile 2015, Washington DC
August 5, 2015
Interview – Dealing with a World of Uncertainty

Agile 2015, Washington DC
August 3-7, 2015
The Shape of Uncertainty (not recorded)

Agile Israel, Tel Aviv, ISR
June 9, 2015
Handling Shifting Priorities using a Lean Flow Approach

ALM Forum, Seattle, WA
May 18-22, 2015
The Shape of Uncertainty (not recorded)

LEANUX, New York, NY
April 15, 2015
Kanban for DevOps and the Value of Lean Flow

“In a world of conflicting priorities, uninterrupted focus is priceless” – Dominica DeGrandis from William Evans on Vimeo.

2014

DEVOPS Enterprise Summit, San Francisco, CA,
October 21-23, 2014
How we used Kanban in Operations to get things Done

Devopsdays Silicon Valley, Mountain View, CA
June 27-28, 2014
Why don’t we just say No?

2013

FlowCon, San Francisco, CA
Nov 1 , 2013
Balancing Dev Agility with your IT Ops Mission using Kanban

DevOpsDays, Austin, TX
Nov 1 , 2013
Who is the Enemy – Us or Motionless?

Who is the Enemy – Us or Motionlessness? – Dominica DeGrandis from info@devopsdays.org on Vimeo.

2012

Lean Kanban Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
Oct 25-26 , 2012
Emergent Patterns for Kanban Systems in IT Operations

Lean Kanban Central Europe, Vienna, Austria
Oct 22-23 , 2012
Emergent Patterns for Kanban Systems in IT Operations

Lean Kanban France, Paris, France
Oct 18-19 , 2012
Emergent Patterns for Kanban Systems in IT Operations

Lean Systems & Software, Boston, MA
May 18-19 , 2012
Emergent Patterns for Kanban Systems in IT Operations

Business 901 Podcast
May Sep, 2012
Uniting Development and Operations

2011

Devopsdays Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
June 17-18, 2011
Keep your promises with Predictability (Ignite Talk at 19:22 min in)

First ever Kanban for DevOps Class, Mountain View, CA
September, 2011
First Impressions with Damon Edwards, John Willis, Gene Kim, Luke Kanies

Kanban and DevOps from dev2ops.org on Vimeo.