Berlin

November 4 & 5, 2024

New York

September 4 & 5, 2024

Nick Smyth

Nick Smyth is the VP of Engineering at Harness

Nick Smyth is a seasoned leader in engineering with a career spanning decades, currently serving as the VP of Engineering at Harness since January 2021. With a tenure at Puppet for six years, Nick has demonstrated expertise in various leadership roles, including an executive team engineering lead. Their significant contributions include establishing a 30-resource team and setting up the Belfast base for Vello Systems, playing a pivotal role in the transition of Q1 Labs to IBM, and delivering key security products. Starting their career at Nortel Networks in 1994, Nick has consistently shown a strong commitment to engineering excellence and leadership.

How to build a culture of accountability in your teams

In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.

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