Meet the Speakers: Volume 2
Steven Boutcher
1 Step Behind You
Steven Boutcher (he/him)
I've been a QA Automation Engineer for 3 years, but if you asked me 5 years ago, I couldn't have guessed I'd end up here. I started off learning web development on freeCodeCamp. Most of my career before tech was customer service roles, including the one that led to my first QA role. As someone who comes to tech from a non-traditional background, I'm passionate about helping people break into tech, especially QA, and over the past year, I've been exploring ways to help people do that. When I'm not working, my favorite things to do are traveling with my wife, playing with our 2 cats, and doing parkour around my city. My favorite state park is Devil's Lake.
Here’s what he has to say about his talk:
“Mentorship is often viewed as something you do later in your career (after 5-10 years of XP), but there's always someone you can help who's 1 step behind you on their career journey. I want more early-career devs to consider what they have to offer right now, not 10 years in the future. Mentorship is a good way to build an authoritative personal brand in the digital age. You can build your network and meet interesting people by mentoring. Mentoring helps you grow as a professional as much as it helps your mentees.”
Jen Remsik
Confidently Lead in a Culture of Safety
Jen Remsik (she/her)
Jen Remsik, CEO of Training Tracker, thrives on detail, transforming the burden of safety, compliance, and HR into manageable solutions. With over 20 years in event planning and operations, she acquired Training Tracker in 2018, revolutionizing company training management. Her vision simplifies training, enhancing safety and culture. A recognized leader with an MBA, Jen balances work with cozy moments at home in Wisconsin alongside her husband, Jim, and their French Bulldog, Riesling.
Here’s what she has to say about her talk:
“Workplace safety and culture don‘t happen by chance. Both safety and culture are developed and maintained intentionally, and they go hand-in-hand. When you develop a culture of safety, you improve both safety and experience the benefits of a stronger company culture. When I talk about workplace safety, we’re talking about more than just keeping your team safe physically, although that is critical. Workplace safety extends beyond the emotional and psychological aspects of your employees’ daily experience. Not only is it the right thing to do, but embracing a safety culture is also suitable for your bottom line.
In this talk, we will cover how to keep your safety efforts an ongoing part of your culture with the 5 steps to creating a safety culture:
Defining your culture
Why it matters
Investment cost and return
Embracing a coaching style to bring staff on board and get their buy-in and commitment to the process
Consistent implementation
Objectives: Join us for this talk and learn the 3 C’s of safety culture:
Circular commitment (from the top & bottom and from the bottom to top)
Embrace a Coaching style
Consistency”