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Business Model Canvas Workshop

Presented by
Jonah Bailey
at
Business + Tech: Fintech Challenge
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February 2023
February 2023

Bank of America Client Advisory Council

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
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July 2022
July 2022

Marketing's Marketing Problem

Presented by
Elaine Ezekiel
at
|
July 2022
July 2022

Generous Acts of Attention

Presented by
Elaine Ezekiel
at
Small Giants Summit
|
May 2022
May 2022

Routines and Flourishing at Work

at
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
|
February 2022
February 2022

Tech Talk for Women in Computing

at
Michigan State University
|
November 2021
November 2021

Job Crafting as an End to the Endless Work-from-Home Debate

Presented by
Elaine Ezekiel
at
A2 Tech Talk, SPARK's A2 Tech 360
|
October 2021
October 2021

Masked Up and Mission Driven: How (And Why) Small Giants Are Returning to the Office

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
Small Giants 2021 Summit
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April 2021
April 2021

Culture of Learning

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
Small Giants Leadership Academy
|
March 2021
March 2021

The Challenge of Ethical Design

Presented by
The Challenge of Ethical Design
at
UXOK
|
February 2021
February 2021

The Atomic Accelerator: Staffing a 100-Year Company

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
GLSEC@home
|
November 2020
November 2020

How to Render Twenty Thousand Rows without Crashing Chrome

Presented by
How to Render Twenty Thousand Rows without Crashing Chrome
at
Code PaLOUsa
|
August 2020
August 2020

Defining Your Culture

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Atomic Object — Ann Arbor
|
January 2020
January 2020

Tidying Up Design

Presented by
Tidying Up Design
at
MWUX 2019
|
October 2019
October 2019

Writing Code that (Practically) Writes Itself with Typescript

at
Strange Loop
|
September 2019
September 2019

Scaling Your Impact with Shared Ownership

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Good for Michigan
|
July 2019
July 2019

Thinking in SQL: Going beyond “find record 5”

Presented by
Thinking in SQL: Going beyond “find record 5”
at
Kansas City Developer's Conference
|
July 2019
July 2019

Let's Sort Out Sorting: How to Think About Sorting like a Computer

Presented by
Let's Sort Out Sorting: How to Think About Sorting like a Computer
at
Beer City Code
|
June 2019
June 2019

AIGA Case Studies

Presented by
AIGA Case Studies
at
AIGA Detroit
|
May 2019
May 2019

Amplify Your Culture of Ownership Through Employee Ownership

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Small Giants Summit 2019
|
May 2019
May 2019

Mind the Gap: Bringing Design, Management, and Development Practices Together

Presented by
Mind the Gap: Bringing Design, Management, and Development Practices Together
at
Agile & Beyond 2019
|
May 2019
May 2019

Think Long Term

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Positive Business Conference 2019
|
May 2019
May 2019

How to Grow as a Leader

Presented by
Brittany Hunter
at
Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing
|
March 2019
March 2019

Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing: Panel Discussion

Presented by
Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing: Panel Discussion
at
Grand Valley State University, Eberhard Center
|
March 2019
March 2019

"Tidying Up" Information Architecture

Presented by
"Tidying Up" Information Architecture
at
2019 World IA Day Ann Arbor
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February 2019
February 2019

Seeking System Zen with Universal TypeScript

Presented by
Rachael McQuater
at
Full Stack Toronto
|
November 2018
November 2018

Making Work Matter

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
REBar GR
|
September 2018
September 2018

Understanding TypeScript's Structural Type System

Presented by
Drew Colthorp
at
Strange Loop
|
September 2018
September 2018

The Modern Command-line Tool Stack: Pipenv, Click, and Friends

Presented by
Mattie Behrens
at
PyOhio 2017
|
July 2018
July 2018

Electron in the Real World

Presented by
Mattie Behrens
at
Beer City Code
|
June 2018
June 2018

The Art & Craft of Secrets: Using the Cryptographic Toolbox

Presented by
The Art & Craft of Secrets: Using the Cryptographic Toolbox
at
Fluent
|
June 2018
June 2018

Buckets of Testing – working in a multi-project environment

Presented by
Phil Kirkham
at
Kitchener Waterloo Software Quality Assn
|
March 2018
March 2018

Introduction to Test-Driven Development

Presented by
Introduction to Test-Driven Development
at
Grand Valley CIS Computing Club
|
October 2017
October 2017

Compassion

Presented by
Kimberly Crawford
at
Creative Mornings Grand Rapids
|
September 2017
September 2017

Intro to GraphQL

Presented by
Andy Peterson
at
BarCamp Grand Rapids
|
August 2017
August 2017

Using Higher Order Functions to Build SQL

Presented by
Andy Peterson
at
BarCamp Grand Rapids
|
August 2017
August 2017

Security Hygiene for Software Professionals: Lightning Edition

Presented by
Mattie Behrens
at
PyOhio 2017
|
July 2017
July 2017

"Ladies First" Women in Tech Conference

Presented by
Kimberly Crawford
, Nora Bouchard; Meredith Bronk, Kristian Grant, Brianna Marshall, Andrea Wallace
at
|
June 2017
June 2017

How to Make Data Make Sense: Choosing the Right Visualization

Presented by
Rachael McQuater
at
Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference
|
May 2017
May 2017

Design for the Design Illiterate

Presented by
Jonah Bailey
at
MHacks 9
|
March 2017
March 2017

Why Developers Should Care About Design

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
MHacks 9
|
March 2017
March 2017

The Importance of Diversity in the Technology Industry

Presented by
Brittany Hunter
at
Midwest Tech Project's G Code Gala
|
February 2017
February 2017

Testing your Swift Code

Presented by
Testing your Swift Code
at
CodeMash
|
January 2017
January 2017

Using iBeacons in iOS with Swift

Presented by
Using iBeacons in iOS with Swift
at
CodeMash
|
January 2017
January 2017

When Things Go Wrong: A Toolkit for Handling Harassment

Presented by
Rachael McQuater
at
Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing
|
January 2017
January 2017

IoT Made Easy with Particle

Presented by
Jordan Schaenzle
at
Embedded GR Meetup
|
September 2016
September 2016

SLICING UP FUN - Testing Out Your Mobile Apps

Presented by
Phil Kirkham
at
Targeting Quality 2016
|
September 2016
September 2016

A Tool for Reigning in Self-Doubt

Presented by
A Tool for Reigning in Self-Doubt
at
AndConf 2016
|
August 2016
August 2016

Panelist, PowerUp Tech Fair

Presented by
Brittany Hunter
Power Up Technology Fair
at
|
August 2016
August 2016

Command Injection, or How /bin/sh can rm -rf your server

Presented by
Mattie Behrens
at
PyOhio
|
July 2016
July 2016

Episode 37: Hybrid Xamarin Apps

Presented by
Drew Colthorp
at
Gone Mobile Podcast
|
July 2016
July 2016

Bringing Functional Concepts to OO Languages

Presented by
Bringing Functional Concepts to OO Languages
at
Grand Rapids Functional Programming Meetup
|
June 2016
June 2016

Diversity Is In Our DNA

Presented by
Kimberly Crawford
at
West Michigan Design Week
|
April 2016
April 2016

Welcome to the Dark Side: Anticipating Threats with Dark Personas

Presented by
Kimberly Crawford
at
Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference
|
April 2016
April 2016

We’re All Software Companies Now – How Software Can Help Companies Innovate & Serve Markets Better

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Techweek Detroit
|
April 2016
April 2016

Atomic's Process and 5 Design Techniques You Can Try Without "Design" Experience

Presented by
Atomic's Process and 5 Design Techniques You Can Try Without "Design" Experience
at
Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence
|
November 2015
November 2015

Careers in Software Development

Presented by
Jason Porritt
at
Hudsonville High School Java Class
|
November 2015
November 2015

Implementing the Elm Architecture in ClojureScript

Presented by
Implementing the Elm Architecture in ClojureScript
at
Clojure/conj
|
November 2015
November 2015

Monads for Real People

Presented by
Monads for Real People
at
GR Functional Programming Meetup
|
November 2015
November 2015

Startup Grind Interview with Carl Erickson

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Startup Grind Lansing
|
October 2015
October 2015

The Craftsperson's Toolbelt

at
GVSU Computing Club
|
October 2015
October 2015

Understanding DevOps

Presented by
Understanding DevOps
at
GVSU Computing Club
|
October 2015
October 2015

Communicating Sequential Processes

Presented by
Communicating Sequential Processes
at
SoftwareGR
|
September 2015
September 2015

Configuring Laptops with Ansible

Presented by
Configuring Laptops with Ansible
at
DevOps West Michigan
|
September 2015
September 2015

Drawing the Performance of your Web App

Presented by
Drawing the Performance of your Web App
at
SE Michigan JavaScript
|
September 2015
September 2015

From Code to Production

Presented by
From Code to Production
at
GRWebDev
|
September 2015
September 2015

Ember Data Roller Coaster

Presented by
Ember Data Roller Coaster
at
SE Michigan JavaScript
|
June 2015
June 2015

Team Health Checks

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
Agile Leadership Network West Michigan
|
June 2015
June 2015

Intro To Python

Presented by
Intro To Python
at
Girl Develop It Ann Arbor
|
May 2015
May 2015

The Burrows-Wheeler Transform: Better Compression with a Reversible Sort

Presented by
The Burrows-Wheeler Transform: Better Compression with a Reversible Sort
at
!!Con
|
May 2015
May 2015

Craftsmanship as Competitive Advantage

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
HighEdWeb Michigan
|
April 2015
April 2015

Meet Atomic Object

Presented by
Jason Porritt
at
Western Michigan University
|
April 2015
April 2015

The Right Kind of Startups

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Techweek Detroit
|
April 2015
April 2015

5 Lessons from My First 5 Years in the Industry

Presented by
5 Lessons from My First 5 Years in the Industry
at
Kendall College of Art & Design IxDA Student Chapter
|
March 2015
March 2015

"What Is Good Design" A Research-Driven Investigation

Presented by
Matt Fletcher
at
Speaking of Design Meetup
|
February 2015
February 2015

Deconstructing Single Page Applications

Presented by
Deconstructing Single Page Applications
at
CodeMash
|
January 2015
January 2015

Companies for Craftspeople

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
1DEVDAY Detroi
|
November 2014
November 2014

Lean IT – Software Development & Deployment (Panel Discussion)

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
at
Information Technology Management Association
|
November 2014
November 2014

Sketchnotes: Harnessing the Messy Mind

Presented by
Sketchnotes: Harnessing the Messy Mind
at
AtomicCon
|
November 2014
November 2014

The Intersection of Clients and Design

Presented by
Taylor Vanden Hoek
at
WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014
|
October 2014
October 2014

make and redo for Building and Automation

Presented by
make and redo for Building and Automation
at
DevOps West Michigan
|
October 2014
October 2014

Configuration Management Testing with Chef

Presented by
Configuration Management Testing with Chef
at
DevOps West Michigan
|
September 2014
September 2014

Stage Fright: Don't Be Phased By Compilers

Presented by
Stage Fright: Don't Be Phased By Compilers
at
Detroit Lambda Lounge
|
September 2014
September 2014

Content Marketing at Atomic Object

Presented by
Shawn Crowley
at
Ann Arbor SPARK - Michigan Marketing Minds
|
August 2014
August 2014

Talent in the Tech Industry

Presented by
Shawn Crowley
at
The Right Place Investor’s Breakfast
|
June 2014
June 2014

The Path to "Software Developer"

Presented by
The Path to "Software Developer"
at
Samsung Mobile App Academy
|
June 2014
June 2014

Extinguishing the Flame War on Quality and Automated Testing

Presented by
Extinguishing the Flame War on Quality and Automated Testing
at
Google IO Extended Grand Rapids
|
May 2014
May 2014

Introduction to Emmet (Lightning Talk)

Presented by
Introduction to Emmet (Lightning Talk)
at
South East Michigan Javascript Users
|
April 2014
April 2014

Introduction to Machine Learning

Presented by
Introduction to Machine Learning
at
Ann Arbor Craftsman Guild
|
April 2014
April 2014

Why execution matters for innovation – Integrating software development and Human-Centered Design

Presented by
Shawn Crowley
, John Wettersten (IDEO)
at
Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference
|
April 2014
April 2014

Going Mobile: From Idea, to Development, to Final Outcome

Presented by
Mike Marsiglia
, Mark Van Holstyn, Josh Hulst
at
Mobile Technology Assn. of Michigan
|
March 2014
March 2014

Hey, Girl. You know you want to be a software developer.

Presented by
Hey, Girl. You know you want to be a software developer.
at
Oakland University Women in Computing Lecture Series
|
March 2014
March 2014

Practical Abstraction

Presented by
Drew Colthorp
at
Detroit Lambda Lounge
|
March 2014
March 2014

14 Years of TDD: What We’ve Learned at Atomic Object

Presented by
Carl Erickson
at
Agile Groupies
|
January 2014
January 2014

Whirlwind Tour of Writing Games in Ruby

Presented by
Whirlwind Tour of Writing Games in Ruby
at
Scale 12x
|
January 2014
January 2014

Communicating with a Fist Full of Wires

Presented by
Communicating with a Fist Full of Wires
at
CodeMash
|
December 2013
December 2013

Cocoa Auto Layout – Part Deux

Presented by
Cocoa Auto Layout – Part Deux
at
Ann Arbor CocoaHeads
|
November 2013
November 2013

Inclusive & Accessible UX Practices – How Low-Fidelity Artifacts Promote Whole-Team Collaboration

Presented by
Brittany Hunter
at
Balanced Team Conference
|
October 2013
October 2013

The Role of UX and Usability Testing at Atomic Object

Presented by
Brittany Hunter
at
Grand Valley State University, CIS 368
|
October 2013
October 2013

Kicking and Screaming: Bringing Agile Practices to the Reluctant

Presented by
Kicking and Screaming: Bringing Agile Practices to the Reluctant
at
Agile Groupies
|
September 2013
September 2013
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