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Holly Cummins is a Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus team. Before joining Red Hat, Holly was a long time IBMer. In her time at IBM, Holly has been a full-stack javascript developer, a WebSphere Liberty build architect, a client-facing consultant, a JVM performance engineer, and an innovation leader. Holly led the developer community in the IBM Garage for several years and became a bit of a methods geek. During her time in the IBM Garage, Holly led projects for enormous banks, tiny startups, and everything in between. Holly has used the power of cloud to understand climate risks, count fish, help a blind athlete run ultra-marathons in the desert solo, and invent stories (although not at all the same time). Holly is also an author and regular keynote speaker. You can follow her on twitter at @holly_cummins or at hollycummins.com.
Where do ideas come from? How to make time to innovate Have you got an innovation funnel or an innovation fizzle? How to design your MVP (and why you shouldn’t call it an MVP) Why you’re not releasing often enough
A presentation on practical innovation strategy, exploring how organisations can ensure technology investment, internal R&D and collaborative pilot projects can be effectively translated into tangible business outcomes, product improvements and better customer experience.