Talk

Achieving Moonshots: Incredible Results in Impossible Timeframes
Quickie (INTERMEDIATE level)
MC3
Creating complex software is very common today and usually presents a well-known set of challenges. When those include extremely tight deadlines, rapidly changing requirements, inexperienced teams and the procedural complexities of larger organizations, things start to get interesting. Focusing on a case study detailing the rapid development of an innovative product, this session aims to provide attendees with actionable insights and techniques that can be applied to their own ‘moonshot’ projects.
Manolis Katsifarakis
Epignosis
Manolis works for Epignosis, an award-winning provider of learning solutions, serving over 12,000 customers and tens of millions of users. He leads the development of the company’s native mobile apps, as well as the TalentCraft AI-powered content-creation tool. An avid coder since the age of 10, with a software development career spanning over 20 years and multiple sectors, he has worked on everything from embedded systems all the way up to mobile and full-stack web development. Manolis is passionate about creating an amazing experience for both users and developers alike, and is a firm believer that those two are in fact absolutely intertwined.