Anand Deshpande
Founder and Chairman, Persistent Systems
Webinar
An exclusive virtual event to discuss Evolution of Agile as a part of a Digital Engineering Leadership Series with Zinnov.
It’s the 20th year of Agile Manifesto being published, and we are celebrating this milestone.
Zinnov in partnership with Persistent Systems is hosting a virtual event to discuss Evolution of Agile where we take a look back on the idea of Agile – that started it all, how it has progressed, and where it is headed. This session will also share insights on the transformation and implementation of Agile. Structured as a set of interesting keynotes and a riveting panel discussion, this session guarantees some nostalgia, mixed in with anticipation for the future of Agile methodology.
Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder and Chairman, Persistent Systems
In this keynote talk, Dr. Anand Deshpande, talks about the 20 years of Agile and how is it relevant in 2021.
Scott W. Ambler, Vice President and Chief Scientist – Disciplined Agile, Project Management Institute
In this keynote talk, Scott talks about the scope of disciplined agile, a three step strategy of digital agile transformation.
In this panel discussion, Shelesh Chopra, Senior Director, Software Engineering, Dell Technologies, Vinaya Muralidharan, Enterprise Agile Coach, Director, Fiserv, Gaurav Mittal, Product Leader, Intuit, Madhava Manthri, Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, ServiceNow, Padma Satyamurthy, Enterprise Transformation Leader, Walmart Global Tech India ( Session Chair) discuss the agile role in the new normal.
Founder and Chairman, Persistent Systems
Vice President and Chief Scientist - Disciplined Agile, Project Management Institute
Senior Director, Software Engineering, Dell Technologies
Enterprise Agile Coach, Director, Fiserv
Product Leader, Intuit
Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, ServiceNow
Enterprise Transformation Leader, Walmart Global Tech India (Session Chair)
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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