Meet the Speakers: Volume 4
Luke Burkey
Top 3 Ways to Run Evidence Based Software Experiment
Luke Burkey (he/him)
I'm a product manager, people leader, and strategy advisor. Solving painful customer problems in non-intuitive but simple ways is what excites me most about my work.
I'm a product manager who has built and launched tech products for startups as well as the Fortune 100. Growing up in a sleepy town between Milwaukee & Chicago, studying economics in a liberal arts environment, and building FinTech products in NYC all shape my perception and style of product management.
I enjoy both leading & coaching product managers and rolling up my sleeves to keep my skills sharp. I currently live in Madison, WI with my wife and two kids. In my free time, I enjoy a good jog, reading the physical newspaper (I must be behind "The Times" ha), reading non-fiction, experimenting with new ways of brewing coffee, and exploring state parks with the kids.
I'd be glad to connect with other people of like-minded and differing perspectives. Send me an email or connect with me on LinkedIn.
Here’s what he has to say about his talk:
“Running software product experiments is critical to building trust with users, making more effective products and creating a better future. In this talk, I'd like to show you how I've created these experiments effectively in startups and F100 companies alike and how running experiments puts evidence ahead of bias.”
Jim Remsik
Nothing New Under the Sun
Jim Remsik (he/him)
Jim Remsik is founder and CEO of Flagrant, a shop committed to discovering, designing and developing software solutions to answer the unique needs of each client. A computer software industry veteran of over 20 years, he is skilled in web applications, Javascript, databases, Ruby on Rails, mobile applications and test-driven development (TDD). He founded Adorable IO, was former director of 8th Light, and for nearly a decade chaired the Madison+ Ruby Conference, an event that’ll return under his direction in 2024. Jim also proudly served as publicly-elected Treasurer of Goose Lake Watershed District, and once, not-so-proudly, crashed a stock car into a cement wall while racing in reverse.
Here’s what he has to say about his talk:
“Let's explore repeating cycles of human behavior and technological advancements. By examining historical patterns and current trends, we will highlight how past innovations and societal behaviors often reappear in new forms. Many modern developments in technology and society are not entirely novel, but rather, reinterpretations or evolutions of age-old concepts. Together we'll take advantage of this knowledge to prepare us all for what's next.”