Speaking
If you have an idea for a talk or workshop or would like me to speak at your meetup, conference, hackathon, or company, please get in touch.
Upcoming Speaking Gigs
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Past Speaking Gigs
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That Conference - Automating CI/CD on AWS with GitHub Actions
26 May 2022 - Round Rock, TX
Learning Live with AWS & HashiCorp Livestream
February-May 2022 - The Internet (playlist)
AWS re:Invent 2021 - Build an app to find your next favorite brew
1 December 2021 - Las Vegas, NV and The Internet (video)
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2021 (various)
29 November - 2 December 2021 - Las Vegas, NV and The Internet (live)
JAWS PANKRATION 2021 - Bringing Software Development Practices to Your Infrastructure
20 November 2021 - The Internet
HashiTalks Canada - Bringing Software Development Practices to Your Infrastructure
18 November 2021 - The Internet (live)
Cloud Engineering Summit - Bringing Software Development Practices to Your Infrastructure
20 October 2021 - The Internet (video)
AWS DevDay - Modern Application Development - Many Infrastructure as Code frameworks, one way to test them all
20 October 2021 - The Internet (video)
Grace Hopper Conference - Open Source Day - Automating CI/CD on AWS with GitHub Actions Workshop
1 October 2021 - The Internet
Twin Cities Startup Week - Building and Scaling Your Community AMA
21 September 2021 - Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN and The Internet (video)
DevOpsDays MSP - Bringing Software Development Practices to Your Infrastructure
21 July 2021 - Minneapolis, MN and The Internet (video)
Modern Applications for Startups - How Credit Genie Launched their MVP with AWS
15 June 2021 - The Internet
AWS Startup Day - Growing Up on AWS: How We’ve Been Able to Scale our Startup and Live Q&A
8 April 2021 - The Internet
Open Source North Speaker Series - Setting yourself up for failure: cultivating a culture where failure is celebrated
18 February 2021 - The Internet
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2020: Industry Live Financial
17 December 2020 - The Internet (video)
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2020: AWS What’s Next ft. Amazon Neptune ML
15 December 2020 - The Internet (video)
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2020: AWS What’s Next ft. AWS Glue Elastic Views
09 December 2020 - The Internet (video)
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2020: Industry Live Healthcare
03 December 2020 - The Internet (video)
AWS re:Invent - AWS on Air 2020: AWS What’s Next ft. AWS Amplify’s new Admin UI
02 December 2020 - The Internet (video)
TechTogether Boston - Building an AWS-powered Web App with AWS Amplify
07 November 2020 - The Internet (the code we wrote)
5 LAKES Front - Does Your Codebase Spark Joy?
13 November 2020 - Milwaukee, WI Cancelled due to COVID-19
Computer Science Association - Building a Web App with AWS Amplify
28 October 2020 - The Internet (the code we wrote)
Computer Science Association - Workshop: Building a Static Website with AWS Amplify
21 October 2020 - The Internet
Computer Science Association - Web Development on AWS
14 October 2020 - The Internet
NDC Oslo - Does Your Codebase Spark Joy?
11 June 2020 - Oslo, Norway Virtual due to COVID-19 (video)
Open Source North - Setting Yourself Up for Failure: Cultivating a Culture Where Failure Is Celebrated
20 May 2020 - Bloomington, MN Cancelled due to COVID-19
MinneAMA: How to Rock Pair Programming
22 April 2020 - The Internet
IoT Hack Day 2019 - Judge
26 October 2019 - Saint Paul, MN
Geekettes @ Twin Cities Startup Week - Inclusion & Diversity in Tech Panel
10 October 2019 - Saint Paul, MN
WIT Twin Cities - Podcast
08 October 2019 - Minneapolis, MN
Hack the Gap - Judge
5-6 October 2019 - Saint Paul, MN
Cream City Code - Shiny objects are cool, but so is building products people use
4-5 October 2019 - Milwaukee, WI
NDC Oslo - Shiny objects are cool, but so is building products people use (video)
19 June 2019 - Oslo, Norway
MPLS Junior Devs: Shiny objects are cool, but so is building products people use
14 May 2019 - Minneapolis, MN
Minnebar - Shiny objects are cool, but so is building products people use (video)
27 April 2019 - Bloomington, MN
Lunch & Learn: Building Your Tech Team
4 April 2019 - Minneapolis, MN
Lunch & Learn: Building Your Tech Team
31 January 2019 - Minneapolis, MN
Lunar Startups Lunch & Learn: Building out your tech team
18 December 2018 - Saint Paul, MN
5th Annual WE* Conference: Start Small, Think Big + Grow - Failure is Good for Business (Closing Keynote)
22 March 2018 - Minneapolis, MN
Silicon Northstars - Mentor Meetup
18 November 2017 - Minneapolis, MN
Silicon Northstars
23 September 2017 - Minneapolis, MN
Saint Paul Innovation Cabinet: Conversations on Innovation
21 February 2017 - Saint Paul, MN
3rd Annual Hack the Gap All-Women Hackathon
14-15 January 2017 - Minneapolis, MN
The Iron Yard - Don’t Let the CLI Scare You: A Command Line Crash Course
2 December 2016
Fireside Chat with Local Diversity and Inclusion Leaders
28 September 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Pitch Fest 2016 - Twin Cities Startup Week
23 September 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Women in Tech and Startups - The Real Journey - Hack the Gap at Twin Cities Startup Week
20 September 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Women in Tech and Science: Making the Work Accessible and Communicating with our Next Generation of Girls - Northstar Science Film Festival
17 September 2016 - Saint Paul, MN
Twin Cities Geekettes - Don’t Let the CLI Scare You: A Command Line Crash Course
14 September 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Women in Engineering and Science at Target Meetup
26 May 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
2nd Annual Hack the Gap All-Women Hackathon
14-15 May 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Community: Making the leap from attendee to organizer @ Minnebar
23 April 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
Coach/Mentor for Twin Cities Startup Weekend Education
26-28 February 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
6th MN Entrepreneur Kick Off
23 February 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
IEEE UMN Student Branch - Startup Panel
30 November 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Why we all need more women who can code: An open discussion on closing the gender gap
13 November 2015 - Bloomington, MN
Moderator and Co-organizer for 2015 Pitch Fest
11 September 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Judge for 2015 Minnesota Cup
August 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
DevOpsDays MSP - Stop Blogging About Women in Tech
8 July 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
HackTheGap.MN
16-17 May 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Judge for 2015 Technovation[MN] Appapalooza
3 May 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Panelist for “Platform for the Future” - More info on Kinetic Enthusiasts Group (KEG) Conference
5 May 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
CoCo DreamCast with Don Ball & Garrio Harrison - CoCo DreamCast Episode 9
23 March 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Twin Cities Geekettes - Don’t Let the CLI Scare You: A Command Line Crash Course
11 March 2015 - Minneapolis, MN
Grace Hopper Celebration - A Day in the Life of a Technical Consultant
8-10 October 2014 - Phoenix, AZ
That Conference - Leave No Trace: Test Driven Development Using the SOLID Principles
11-13 August 2014 - Wisconsin Dells, WI
MinneBar 9 - A Talk About Talks (video)
12 April 2014 - Minneapolis, MN
Twin Cities Code Camp 16 - Agile Testing with a Side of TDD
5 April 2014 - Minneapolis, MN
Google Dev Fest Twin Cities - How to Succeed as an Independent Developer
8 February 2014 - Minneapolis, MN
Chippewa Valley Code Camp - Developing Productivity
2 November 2013 - Eau Claire, WI
Twin Cities Code Camp 15 - Developing Productivity
19 October 2013 - Minneapolis, MN
Agile Day Twin Cities - The Buddy System: A Look at Pair Programming
2 November 2012 - Minneapolis, MN
Twin Cities Code Camp 12 - Gain Confidence with Continuous Integration
14-15 April 2012 - Minneapolis, MN
Code Freeze - Continuous Integration Basics with Jenkins
12 January 2012 - Minneapolis, MN