Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Keynote idea: Amazon insi

[Benjamin Cabé <bcabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1
Bernd, you also mentioned the possibility to approach the Amazon CTO ;
have you approached him yet? If we want to secure the possibility to have
someone from Amazon, we should probably contact both of them

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Le 06/06/11 23:20, « Bernd Kolb » <b.kolb@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

>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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