Maria Gutierrez is an Engineering executive and advisor with over 20 years of experience working at companies ranging from early-stage to large public tech companies. A big focus of her work is building healthier and more impactful Product and Engineering organisations at scale. In her previous role as VP of Engineering Strategy and Operations at Twitter, she led operational excellence programs across Twitter’s large global product and engineering organisations.
Building the operating system of a healthy and responsible tech business
This talk will cover how you can tackle common challenges tech companies face by aligning your strategy, execution and people more systematically.
Healthy and Effective Leadership Teams
How can you set up the foundations for fostering healthier leadership teams?
Healthy and effective leadership teams
The foundations of a high performing leadership team are built on strong relationships that are rooted in mutual trust and common goals.
Building and conveying vision
Until a certain point in your career you’re likely to be told the strategy for your company. If you need guidance, you’re able to look up to the people above you.
Prioritising personal development as en engineering leader
What should I focus on to become a better leader and to better support my team? Where do I find the time to keep my technical skills relevant? How do I learn more about the business so I can understand the needs of the organisation better?
The challenges and rewards of distributed teams
Distributed teams offer many benefits for employers and employees alike. Having a distributed team can make recruiting and retention easier, and it can help you build a diverse team.
Imperfect Processes: Navigating the fuzzier parts
It may sound clear cut, but we know that no process is 100% foolproof and it's much messier in the real world.
Scaling up sustainably through better processes
In this talk we’ll take a look at processes and scaling up, thinking about the types of processes that help to establish growth, when it’s too early or late to introduce a process, and the times you’d choose to not apply a process.
