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OUR SPEAKERS

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Vicki Kalmanovich is a software leader. In her last role, she has led the engineering behind Walmart-Aspectiva's data products, where she created search and personalization experiences based on the company's NLP domain expertise. Prior to that, she served as Head of R&D in the Israeli Navy's technological unit, where she specialized in data products revolving around the Industry 4.0 domain.
She is also the founder and host of the Israeli technology podcast Barvazgumi (rubber duck in Hebrew), a passionate technology and diversity speaker, and a strong musicals enthusiast.

Victoriya Kalmanovich

SW Engineering Manager
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English, Hebrew
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Herzeliya, Israel
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Can also give an online talk/webinar
Paid only. Contact speaker for pricing!

MY TALKS

Interview skills I learned from Musicals

Software Engineering, Soft Skills, Inspirational, Leadership, Professional Development

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We all know what software engineering interviews are about., But have you ever thought that these interviews could go hand in hand with... musicals?

In this talk we will see how concepts from the musical theatre can be useful when looking for a new job. Some of these concepts can help us better prepare for an interview, while others can help us find our strengths and make a bigger impact. All of the musical theatre concepts combined can help us get better at interviews and drive us to become better software engineers and managers.

The world is full of drama - let's add a spark to our job search!

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How I Became a Better People Manager by Watching Musicals

Software Engineering, Soft Skills, Professional Development, Inspirational, Leadership, Innovation

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Yes, we're all great software managers. But have you ever thought that you can become an even greater people manager by watching... musicals?

In this talk, we will see how concepts from the musical theatre can be useful for software managers. These concepts can encourage us with finding our unique managerial voice, better understand our people and the people we work with and lead us towards the best path for growth within our teams and companies.

The world is full of drama - let's add some spark to our management jobs!

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Top Skills for a Post Acquisition World

Software Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Inspirational

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Was the startup you worked at acquired by a corporation? This talk is for you.
Some startups get the chance to be acquired and gain the prestigious "post acquisition" status. But what happens with the employees and products?
Join me for top skills of when startup mode and corporate mode meet.

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Building bias-aware environments

Inspirational, Women in Tech, Diversity and Inclusion, Software Engineering, Soft Skills, Professional Development

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Onboarding new members into an engineering team is not easy on anyone. In a short period of time, the new team member is required to be able to bring professional value and become an impactful member on the one hand, and on the other hand — to be an integral part of the team’s and the company’s culture.

In this talk Victoriya provides tips and examples on how to build a bottom up bias-aware environment, where new team members will feel welcome from the moment the hiring process begins and all the way up to promotions. Let's build great environments which will allow our engineers focus on doing great engineering in a great environment!

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Predictive Maintenance - How Does Data Science Revolutionize the World of Machines?

Software Engineering, Data / AI / ML, Business Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational

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In today's world of machines, there are two leading maintenance techniques to support a standard machine lifecycle. Predictive maintenance revolutionizes the future of machines. It tracks each of the machines' unique lifecycle and doesn't generalize. It allows us to know if our machines need to be attended to in advance.
In this talk, I will share a special maritime case study and discusses the big promise of predictive maintenance. In a world full of machines, we need to be the bridge connecting the methods of the past to the opportunities of the future.

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Software Managers - Focus on What’s Important

Software Engineering, Soft Skills, Professional Development, Leadership, Business Development, Product

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Software managers - you're all familiar with the many stages of leading a product from ideation, through delivering the first versions, scaling it up and finally maintaining it. Each of these stages require having a different mindset, so we’re able to shift our focus and work on what’s important for the product, in its specific state. How do you balance prioritizing the technical needs over the product needs? How do you answer to both your team and your users? When and why should you make infrastructure and architecture changes? And how do you reflect all the technical details to your business stakeholders who don’t speak the technical language? In this talk, I’ll share my view on how to find the right focus for your team based on the specific product’s state. Let’s see how we can make our day to day more focused so our delivery is more valuable!

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