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Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Keynote idea: Amazon inside
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I like the idea. Any opinion?
Bernd
2011/6/6 Simon Kaufmann <simon.kfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi all,
> here is one more idea for a keynote:
> Cavit Yilmaz, General Manager at Amazon
> As a GM, he is leading the fulfillment center in Leipzig with a couple of
> thousands of employees. We all know Amazon "as a website" and as a company
> offering some cool IT services. He could give us insights on how the company
> is working "behind the scenes" - only few are aware that there is a lot of
> stuff going on and that those are the things that actually make Amazon be
> the world best online store. So funny enough, they win the game in the
> offline world...
> Cavit is none of the IT guys, but a really good manager who can step back an
> reflect what's going on there - it would be more of the "change perspective"
> kind of keynotes. For us there is a lot to learn about what it actually
> takes to run an innovative, agile and rapidly growing company. What makes
> them successful and how they actually live "agile", "lean", "kaizen",... -
> some aspects we can learn from in the software industry.
> There also is a downside of this proposal: I actually have no clue if he
> would do a keynote - especially as ECE is in november. Q4 is hell in retail,
> so chances might not be high. Still, I would approach him with that idea if
> you are interested.
> Cheers,
> Simon
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