Dev StackUp: The Tech Behind Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: November 19, 2019

What's a StackUp?

A StackUp is an event where the lead technologists or designers of a pre-screened set of companies show off what they do and how they do it - from a tech point of view. For this StackUp, only engineers/developers can attend. 

Topic: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll

Speakers:

Mark Sost, VP of Engineering, LeafLink

LeafLink, the cannabis industry’s wholesale marketplace, is defining the way that thousands of cannabis brands and retailers manage and track their orders and relationships so they can focus on growing their businesses.

 

Janet Lieberman-Lu, CTO/CPO, Dame Products

Dame Products was founded by smart women with the purpose of making phenomenal sex toys.

 

Joe Donino, iOS Developer, Aavia

Aavia is improving healthcare, and the health and wellness of individuals, starting with the first-ever smart case + app that learns and improves birth control pill-taking habits.

Cole Ingraham, Music Systems Architect, Amper

Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their background, expertise, or access to resources. Amper builds tools powered by our Creative AI to help people create and customize original music

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Past: Dev StackUp: Open Sourcing of Internally Created Technologies: July 16, 2019

Topic: Open Sourcing of Internally Created Technologies

At this StackUp, we’ll be hearing from companies who have open sourced products—either their main product or other tools. They’ll discuss the advantages and challenges, how they care and feed the product and the community around it, the tools they use and how they run their product development in an open source environment.

Speakers:

Matvey Arye: Matvey is Core Architect at Timescale.  

Andrew Kofink: Andrew is a Software Engineer at Red Hat. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.

Zohar Babin: Zohar is VP, Platform & Growth at Kaltura. Kaltura provides live and on-demand video PaaS and SaaS solutions powering video experiences and apps to thousands of organizations around the world, engaging hundreds of millions of viewers at home, at work, and at school. 

Tarek Sherif: Tarek is Senior Software Engineer, Visualization at Uber. He will be presenting on vis.gl: Open-source Tools for Large-scale Geospatial Data Visualization.

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Past: Dev StackUp: Tech Management: June 6, 2019

Topic: Tech Management

At this StackUp, hear lead engineering managers share best practices on managing tech teams. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their engineering management strategy.

Speakers will share engineering management methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well and what hasn't, unique choices they have made, and more. This is a developers only event.

Speakers:

Jean Barmash: Jean is VP of Engineering at Komodo Health. Komodo Health uses patient data to help enterprise customers reduce the burden of disease by launching new treatments faster and making better decisions.  

Nitya Oberoi: Nitya is Senior Engineering Manager at charity: water. charity: water is a tech focused non-profit company that helps bring clean water to people in developing countries.

Dan Ubilla: Dan is Engineering Manager at VTS. VTS is building the modern operating system for commercial real estate.

Lee Matos: Lee is Support Engineering Manager at GitLab. 

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Past: Developer Peer Sharing StackUp: iOS Applications: April 24, 2019

Stackup is a peer sharing community where developers, designers, marketers, etc. share what they're working on, what tools they use, etc. It's a pretty straightforward format--20 min or so on a dev stack in front of an audience of other devs.

This Stackup is focused on iOS applications. It will help audience members get to a place where they can say "Oh, I get what being a mobile dev at XYZ Company would be like and what I'd be working on, and with what tools..." and hopefully inspire great questions about best practices so peers can help each other out.

Speakers:

Andrew Boryk: Andrew is CTO at Lunchbox. Lunchbox's platform gives Restaurateurs the ability to build online ordering apps, websites, and kiosks both simply and affordably.

Leo Shemesh: Leo is CTO of Jackpocket. Jackpocket is a mobile-first startup helping to modernize state lotteries, with a mission to create a more convenient, fun and responsible way to play.

Julien Veneziano: Julien is Head of Engineering at Journey Meditation. Journey LIVE is a first-of-its-kind meditation app where people come together to join daily live-streamed group meditations guided by experienced and diverse teachers.

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Past: Dev StackUp: Strategies for Increasing Performance: March 13, 2019

Focus: Web Performance

This Stackup is focused on performance. Engineering and development leaders will share presentations on how they think about and improve performance out of their applications. They will present on their technical stack, how they keep it running as fast and efficiently as possible, as well as their dev success stories and challenges.

Speakers:

Alex Steingart: Alex is an Engineering Director at SevenFifty. SevenFifty is an online marketplace and communications platform for the beverage alcohol industry that helps importers, producers, distributors, and retail buyers connect with each other and do business in a modern world.

Tim Brown: Tim is currently a senior software engineer at Harry's, Inc. Harry’s is a men’s grooming brand founded in 2013. Harry’s is building a platform to launch the next generation of consumer brands, the first of which is Flamingo, a new women’s care brand.

Xuan Smith: Xuan is the co-founder and CTO of Upsider. Upsider's mission is to help companies achieve greatness through more strategic, data-driven recruiting. Upsider is a system of intelligence based SaaS platform that automates 90% of the candidate sourcing process.

 
 
 
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Past: Dev StackUp: Starting a Company as a Technical Founder: January 22, 2019

Technical Entrepreneurship

This special edition StackUp will feature a technical talk about entrepreneurship. Speakers will discuss what it was like to start a company as a technical founder, to develop an executive team, to learn the business side, and other stories.


Speakers:

Dan Bentley: Dan is CEO of Windmill, a Developer Tools Startup in NYC. Before that, he was a Software Engineer at Google and Twitter, working on developer tools, open source, Google Sheets, and others. He has a check from Donald Knuth, has opened for the Who, and you probably don't want to get him started on why the metric system is bad.

Kurt Schrader: Kurt is currently co-founder and CEO at Clubhouse Software, where he's building software to help you build a better software company. Prior to Clubhouse he was CTO at Intent Media where he grew the engineering team from 1 person to 40 people. Prior to that he was a team lead at Thoughtworks and helped build engineering teams at several start-ups, including Collaborative Drug Discovery, Triggit, and Ten Ton Labs, where he was a co-founder.

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Past: Dev StackUp (Javascript and Front End): August 22, 2018

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their software development work with Javascript. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy.

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc.

Presenters from some of the best development teams in NYC:

Rolando Garcia, Senior Front End Engineer at Amplify: Amplify collaborates with educators to create rigorous and riveting learning for all students.

Dan Karney, CTO at Arturo: Arturo is an end to end solution for producing, playing, and monetizing Stories

Joel Zimmer, Senior Software Engineer at SquareSpace: Squarespace empowers people with creative ideas to succeed.

Rolando Garcia (Amplify)
StackUp Talk -- Aug 22, 2018

Joel Zimmer (SquareSpace)
StackUp Talk -- Aug 22, 2018

Dan Karney (Arturo)
StackUp Talk -- Aug 22, 2018

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Past: Dev StackUp (Data Engineering): July 11, 2018

6:30pm at Betaworks Studios, 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

At this Stackup, hear lead technologists share best practices on Data Engineering. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy.

Speakers will share data engineering methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well/what hasn't, unique choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event.

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Alex Newman, Vigilant: Vigilant helps users make informed decisions about their world by providing search and monitoring of public records data sets.

  • Tim Lantz, Addepar: Addepar is the first investment management platform that easily handles all of your assets, connecting your financial goals and objectives with real world actionable insights.

  • Gabrielle Gianelli, Etsy: Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. It’s home to a universe of special, extraordinary items, from unique handcrafted pieces to vintage treasures.

  • Steve Sklar, Predata: Predata's predictive analytics platform enables customers to anticipate global events and market moves by better understanding human behavior through the use of alternative data and machine learning.

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Past: Dev StackUp (React/React Native): June 13, 2018

6:30pm at StackOverflow, 110 William St., 28th Floor · New York, NY 10038

At this Stackup, hear lead technologists share best practices on React & React Native. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy.

Speakers will share security methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well/what hasn't, unique choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event.

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Mae Capozzi, InRhythm - Mae will discuss the process of building a library of reusable pieces, almost like lego pieces, that will allow you to build your applications in a modular fashion.

  • Dylan Watt, HelloAlfred - Hello Alfred combines app-based home management software with dedicated hospitality professionals to provide help inside the home.

  • Matthew Ratzloff, Noken - Noken is a a HBS-born startup looking to reimagine organized travel for millennials. It aims to simplify the travel experience, with a service that crafts memorable trips for groups of friends to explore new countries, on their own time and at their own pace.

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Past: Dev StackUp (Security): December 6, 2017

6:30pm at StackOverflow, 110 William St., 28th Floor · New York, NY 10038

At this Stackup, hear lead technologists share best practices on security. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their security strategy.

Speakers will share security methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well/what hasn't, unique choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event.

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Luka Kladaric, Sekura Consulting - Don’t get pwned in 2018 - webapp lockdown checklist. Luka will cover techniques that should be employed by anyone operating a website to minimize the risk of their website being used to harm its users.

  • John Edwards, Cybersecurity and IT consultant (https://johnedwards.io) - Don’t get pwned in 2018, Password Systems Checkup

  • Radu Sion, Private Machines - Tamper-proofing clouds and data centers

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Past: Dev StackUp (Managing Tech Teams): March 22, 2017

6:30pm at Stack Overflow, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this StackUp, hear lead engineering managers share best practices on managing tech teams. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their engineering management strategy.

Speakers will share engineering management methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well/what hasn't, unique choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Lambert Wixson, Arrowsight (deck) - Provides Web-based remote video auditing and motion detection software solutions to provide game-changing insights for businesses

  • Morgan Evans, Condé Nast (deck) - Premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the world's most influential audiences

  • Justin Moses, MongoDB (deck)- Database for GIANT ideas

  • Micah Smith, Gooten (deck) - Custom print fulfillment service that enables businesses to simplify product fulfillment through the world's best manufacturers

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Past: Dev Stackup (AI): Feb 20th, 2017

6:30pm at Data Future Labs (NYU Tandon School of Engineering), 137 Varick St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013

At this stackup, hear lead technologists share their latest technology achievements in AI-related technologies. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their tech strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers and technologists only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Paul Eastlund, Imagen Technologies - Medical tech startup building AI-based software that can detect clinically-meaningful pathologies within medical images

  • Jeff Smith, x.ai (deck) - Builds and maintains an artificial intelligence powered personal assistant that schedules meetings for the business customers

  • Konstantin Itskov, FindMine - Award-winning digital platform that leverages AI technology to offer personalized fashion advice to online shoppers

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Past: Dev Stackup (iOS): Jan 31st, 2017

6:30pm at Foursquare, 568 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10012

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their latest dev achievements in iOS-related technologies. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Sam Grossberg, Foursquare (deck) - Technology company that uses location intelligence to build meaningful consumer experiences and inform business decisions
  • Brian Papa, theSkimm (deck) - Curates news and info across all topics for the female millenial by providing fresh, "snackable" content through pointed and humorous editorial
  • Vera Kern, Noom - A leader in mobile health coaching, combines the power of technology with the empathy of real human coaches to deliver successful behavior change at scale
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Past: Dev StackUp (Managing Tech Teams): July 26, 2016

6:30pm at Stack Overflow, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this StackUp, hear lead engineering managers share best practices on managing tech teams. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their engineering management strategy.

Speakers will share engineering management methodologies/philosophies, what makes their team unique, the challenges/constraints they come across, what has worked well/what hasn't, unique choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Jon Chan, Stack Overflow (deck) - A question and answer platform for professional and enthusiast programmers
  • Yony Feng, Peloton Cycle (deck) - Offers cloud-based live streaming of instructional cycling exercise content on a multi-touch console equipped with social elements
  • Franklin Angulo, Squarespace (deck) - SaaS-based content management system offering a website builder, blogging platform, and hosting service
  • Will Howard, Meetup (deck) - The world's largest network of local groups whose mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize
  • Daniel Doubrovkine, Artsy (deck) - Online platform providing collection of contemporary art for art lovers
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Past: Dev StackUp (JavaScript): June 14, 2016

6:30pm at Stack Overflow, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their software development work with JavaScript. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Peter Berg, TheSquareFoot (deck) - Provides online search and concierge services for businesses looking to relocate, expand, or open a new location
  • Ben Halpern, Argo Tutors (deck) - Over-the-air tutor service dedicated to delivering students a great experience helping them get the best grades & The Practical Developer - Helping programmers stay informed and make the best possible decisions on a day to day basis
  • Chris Lock, Plated (deck) - Delivers pre-portioned fresh and seasonal ingredients to cook chef-designed recipes at home in your own kitchen
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Past Dev Stackup (iOS): May 17th, 2016

6:30-8:30 at Canary's office, 606 West 28th Street (Corner of 11th Ave) New York, NY 10038

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their latest dev achievements in iOS-related technologies. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Luke Geiger, Uber (deck) - Mobile app creating possibilities for riders, drivers, and cities
  • Ronak Patel, Audible (deck) - Platform providing spoken audio information and entertainment
  • Michael Klein, Canary (deck) - Smart home security system that helps make people safer and more connected to their homes
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Past: Dev StackUp: Tech

April 13, 2016, 6:30pm at Stack Overflow, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their tech stack. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Chris Johnson, Crisis Text Line (deck) - Platform that provides free 24/7 crisis intervention services through text 
  • Ben Ragheb, LogCheck (deck) - Simple mobile tool that helps building maintenance staff automate their routine checks, tasks, and reporting in their field
  • Tamir Duberstein, Cockroach Labs (deck) - Platform that provides world class open source infrastructure solutions
  • Felix Lung, Zola (deck) - Innovative wedding registry that is transforming how couples and guests share, buy, and ship wedding gifts
  • Sara Chipps, Jewelbots - Customizable mesh network of programmable jewelry aimed at cultivating the interest of teenage girls in engineering and coding
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Past: Dev StackUp: Video Tech

March 15, 2016, 6:30pm at Stack Overflow, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their software development work. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy around streaming and video. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Marco Scoffier, Canary (deck) - Smart home security system that helps make people safer and more connected to their homes
  • Justin Ruggles, Vimeo (deck) - Video sharing platform that allows users to upload, share and view HD videos 
  • Dave Yeu, Livestream (deck) - Live video-streaming platform that allows users to watch, like, and share live events
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Past: Dev StackUp: Code to Change the World

February 17, 2016, 6:30pm at Stack Exchange, 110 William Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10038

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their software development work. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy at companies that are building products making a positive change.

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

  • Jason Camp, Agrilyst (Deck) - Data platform for improving the efficiency of indoor food systems.
  • Alex Lo, Flatiron Health (Deck) - Data driven platform for health data.
  • Matt Jacobs, CommonBond (Deck) - Student loan platform aiming at lowering the cost of education. 
  • Kevin Roche, Wellthy (Deck) - Healthcare platform organizing experts, services, and answers for chronic and elder care.
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Past: Dev StackUp (JavaScript): October 13, 2015

6:30pm at Gawker Media, 2 West 17th Street (enter from street entrance and walk up stairs), New York, NY 10011

At this stackup, hear lead developers share their software development work with JavaScript. Get an inside look into how New York City startups develop their dev strategy. 

Speakers will discuss what makes their team unique, the dev challenges/constraints they come across, hacks and tips they are proud of, the company's long term technical strategies, unique tech choices they have made, etc. This is a developers only event. 

Some of our Presenters include:

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