Leadership Skills for Developers

Dan Appleman is a well known author, software developer, and speaker. He is the author of numerous books, ebooks, and online courses on various topics (technology and other). His latest book is "Advanced Apex Programming" - advancedapex.com.

Michael is a consultant and Pluralsight author. He recently traded the corporate world of Accenture back into his passion: IT professional development and authoring for Pluralsight. Previous to Accenture, Michael was General Manager of Fairway Technologies Inc. at the Orange County offices located in Irvine, California. In 2017, Fairway Technologies acquired PDSA Inc., where Michael was Vice President/COO at PDSA, Inc. His responsibilities were to manage all projects and personnel while ensurin... moreg quality services are delivered on time and on budget to our valued clients. He has been instrumental in defining and executing a solid internal business and engineering process to ensure quality services, including using Agile and Scrum techniques, and excellent customer service. Before joining PDSA Inc., Michael was the Director of Information Technology at the Long Beach division of Boeing. He was responsible for all aspects of computing – strategic planning, architecture, application lifecycle, asset management, and outsource management. Michael also was an instructor at UCLA and University of California, Irvine's extension program. He has been a speaker at industry conferences, such as DevIntersection, Advisor’s Conference, DevConnections, Code Camp and Informant Conferences specializing in best practices of management, project management, leadership, communication, requirements gathering, estimation, sprint planning and Kanban. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a master’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA, and has published several articles on computer technology. Since 2013, Michael has been a Pluralsight instructor having developed and published 10 courses on project management, project requirements, project estimating, team management, leadership and communication, Demand and Work Management: A Practical Approach, Developing Effective Agile Sprint Plans, The Technical Business Analyst, and two courses on Kanban.

Jason Alba has been a Pluralsight Author since 2012, specializing in soft skills and professional development. He started his IT career as an intern developing tools for a robust intranet. He transitioned to an IT manager at another company where his job included web development as well as other IT functions. After an acquisition Jason became VP and then general manager at a newly formed tech company. He founded and manages JibberJobber.com, a CRM for job seekers. Jason has authored three books.... more He speaks and blogs regularly about soft skills, professional development, and career management. He has a CIS undergraduate and an MBA from Idaho State University.

Shelley has 20+ years of experience in IT as an Entrepreneur, Manager, Trainer, Docker Community Leader, and Sitecore MVP. She has a passion for tiaras, technology, gaming, and general nerdery. She loves to learn new things as well as mentor and teach others. She teaches leadership, communication, Docker, and Sitecore development. Shelley aims to provide her students with an immersive learning experience, not just a bunch of lectures and handouts. She has studied learning and instructional desig... moren so that she can combine her skills in development and training effectively. Many of her courses include entertaining animated scenarios using real experiences from her career to walk students through common workplace events to help visualize learning objectives. Shelley is currently a Co-Owner of HoffsTech, LLC, an organization that she started with her family to provide training and digital media production.

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Paul is the CEO of SQLskills.com, a Microsoft Regional Director and a SQL Server MVP. He worked on the SQL Server Storage Engine team at Microsoft from 1999 to 2007. Among other things, he wrote DBCC CHECKDB/repair for SQL Server 2005 and was responsible for the Core Storage Engine during SQL Server 2008 development. Since leaving Microsoft, Paul has been a full-time consultant and trainer on SQL Server around the world, including authoring and teaching the prestigious Microsoft Certified Mast... moreer certifications on SQL Server and SharePoint for Microsoft. He regularly presents at conferences such as SQL PASS, SQLIntersection, and TechEd, and has written or contributed to numerous white papers and books on SQL Server. He also writes regular columns and articles for SQL Server Pro magazine and TechNet Magazine, and is a Contributing Editor of both. He blogs at SQLskills.com/blogs/paul, and you can find him on Twitter at @PaulRandal. When he's away from work, his main passion is scuba diving with his wife, fellow SQL expert Kimberly Tripp, and their two daughters.