Upcoming Events

Join us in a virtual "Lean Coffee" every other week. We appreciate hearing from all voices about whatever puzzles you about Lean & Agile topics... As well as other workplace challenges!

Pro tips:
• When possible, use a laptop so you can fully participate by adding questions to the board
• Consider turning on your camera so we network more effectively!
• Look for email 24 hours before our Meetup, where we share the password

Use the following Zoom info to join the discussion:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87077189170?pwd=U0lLNmZZVldTYkU4ODJseDZ1UFFUUT09

Meeting ID: 870 7718 9170

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Join us for an in-person, free resume review* on **September 10th** at *Computer Coach. This event is open to the public and offers a fantastic opportunity for candidates to have their resumes reviewed by experienced recruiters, talent acquisition professionals, and career coaches.

WHY ATTEND?
Did you know that 75% of resumes are never seen by human eyes due to applicant tracking systems (ATS)?
Having an up-to-date and well-crafted resume can significantly increase your chances of landing an interview.
We understand the frustration of applying to jobs online and feeling like your resume is disappearing into a black hole. This event is designed to help you stand out!
Don’t miss this chance to get valuable feedback and improve your resume!

PLEASE REGISTER FOR A TIMESLOT AND ARRIVE 10 MINUTES EARLY!

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Tampa QA Meetup* and *Tampa Bay Product Group are collaborating for our joint September event.

About the event

In this session, Alex Brodsky will explore the synergy between strategic product management and technical teams to drive business growth. Alex will address aligning technical decisions with business goals, implementing effective testing strategies, and using data-driven decision making to guide feature development. He'll discuss fostering collaboration between product and engineering teams and optimizing development processes to enhance product quality.

This presentation will empower engineering stakeholders to participate in strategic product decisions. Attendees will learn to balance innovation with stability, manage technical trade-offs, and contribute to a product roadmap that delivers both customer value and business results. Alex will provide a framework for creating robust, scalable products that meet user needs and drive growth.

Venue sponsor: Kforce \| Midtown Tampa
Food sponsor: Idelsoft.com, Full-cycle Technology Services For High-Growth Companies
Information: Any spot that is not reserved in the parking garage
Light refreshments and food will be served - please be sure to RSVP so we can be lean!

• Note that the doors automatically lock at 6pm, Kforce team will be there to let you into the building.
• Elevators automatically lock at 7pm, be sure you are present before 7pm as we will not be able to let anyone in after this time.

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Join us to work on your stuff, bounce ideas off of members and socialize. If it is your first time or you haven't been to see us in a while, we'll be giving tours as well.

Occasionally, we'll throw in a small class.

Free and open to everyone.

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Tampa Bay Product Group* x *Tampa QA meetup are collaborating for our joint September event.

Tampa Bay Product Group
Empowering Tampa Bay’s creators of physical and software products through education, collaboration, and industry connection.
Do you build software or physical products? Are you looking to connect with peers and stay abreast of industry trends? The Tampa Bay Product Group calls all product enthusiasts no matter your role.
This group is for professionals who are passionate about Agile, Product Development, and Product Creation. We connect to share experiences, knowledge, and best practices in Lean Product Development. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, this group is the perfect place to network, learn, and grow in the field of product development. Let’s collaborate, innovate, and elevate our skills together!

Tampa QA Meetup
A community of QA professionals in the Tampa Bay, Florida area who come together to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices related to software testing, quality assurance, and related topics. The group typically holds regular meetups or events where members can network with peers, learn from guest speakers, participate in workshops, and engage in discussions on a variety of QA-related topics.
The events can be a great opportunity for QA professionals to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in the industry, as well as to meet and connect with others in the field.
Connect here: https://www.meetup.com/tampa-software-qa-and-testing-meetup/

About the event
In this session, Alex Brodsky will explore how to drive business growth through strategic product management. Product leaders are often overwhelmed with customer and stakeholder requests, leading to a political approach to prioritization. Alex will share insights on building what truly matters by making informed, strategically aligned decisions that resonate with business goals. He will discuss how to influence executive stakeholders, prioritize effectively, and ensure that every product initiative contributes to measurable business outcomes. This talk will empower product leaders to focus on growth-driven strategies rather than chasing every request.

Venue sponsor: Kforce \| Midtown Tampa
Food sponsor: Idelsoft, Full-cycle Technology Services For High-Growth Companies

Information: Any spot that is not reserved in the parking garage
Light refreshments will be served - please be sure to RSVP so we can be lean!
Note that the doors automatically lock at 6pm, Kforce team will be there to let you into the building. Elevators automatically lock at 7pm, be sure you are present before 7pm as we will not be able to let anyone in after this time.

Are you interested in sponsoring an event? Please reach to Nisha via email at: Nisha@tampabayproductgroup.com.

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OOUX & ORCA: Untangling Complexity in Your Design Process
Navigating the complexities of product development can be daunting, especially when teams need a complete picture. This session explores the ORCA method, an object-oriented approach that bridges the gaps left between research and design by traditional frameworks. Attendees will dive into real product scenarios, discovering how OOUX and ORCA can be applied from different angles. By understanding system pieces and relationships, teams can improve planning, enhance data strategies, and be confident with designs that align with user thinking. Attendees will learn the principles of Object-Oriented UX (OOUX) and how ORCA fosters a shared understanding, leading to intuitive solutions and efficient development processes. This approach ensures seamless collaboration among product managers, designers, data analysts, researchers, content designers, and engineers, resulting in intuitive solutions and efficient development processes.

About the Speaker
Gabriela Ospina is a dynamic product design leader and strategist with a decade-plus track record. From shaping digital products in NYC to steering DoorDash’s global B2B2C presence across 16+ markets with Wolt, she brings a nuanced understanding to every project. Her forte lies in deciphering complex challenges, leveraging her experience in diverse domains—hospitality, HRIS, commerce, and insurance—to craft effective solutions. Gabriela's focus on the big picture ensures that she and her team consistently navigate and excel in the ever-evolving landscape of product design.

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Hosted by the Tampa Java User Group please register here. Deliver 15-Factor Applications on Kubernetes with Spring Boot, Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Interested in DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2024, we will be giving away a limited number of free tickets at this Java event. More info on DevOpsDays please checkout....
devopsdays Tampa Bay 2024

Details

Agenda
6:00 - 6:45: Networking & Food.
6:45 - 8:00: Intro followed by tech talk and ending with raffles for DevOpsDays Tampa
Abstract
Are you ready to elevate your application development skills? Immerse yourself in our interactive session where we dive into the realm of 15-factor, cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Kubernetes. We start by dissecting the 15 factors and then guide you on how to harness Kubernetes' built-in cloud-native features. We will construct new Spring Boot applications from the ground up, demonstrating "better" practices along the way. You will gain hands-on experience with observability, testing, security, and inner-loop development, all while enjoying the amazing developer experience Spring Boot provides. Lastly, we'll walk through documenting, debugging, maintaining, and containerizing your applications to make them truly 'bootiful', 15-factor, cloud-native, and ready for deployment on Kubernetes. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your development skills and stay ahead of the curve.
Topics covered:

• 15-factor applications
• Spring Boot
• Spring Cloud
• Spring RESTdocs
• Observability
• Testcontainers
• Buildpacks
• Scale to Zero
• and more

DaShaun is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience. Throughout his career, DaShaun has held various leadership roles including VP of Engineering, Senior Partner Solution Architect and Technical Lead Engineer. His experience spans across a wide range of industries including consumer electronics, engery, fintech, healthcare, advertising, digital asset management, cybersecurity and e-commerce. DaShaun is passionate about building high-performance, scalable software and is a recognized expert in Spring and Redis. DaShaun is also a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, Testcontainer Champion, former professional cheerleader, keynote speaker, and Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom. Deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster. When he's not coding, DaShaun is a youth sports coach, and a struggling triathlete.

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Agenda
6:00 - 6:45: Networking & Food.
6:45 - 8:00: Intro followed by tech talk and ending with raffles for DevOpsDays Tampa

Abstract
Are you ready to elevate your application development skills? Immerse yourself in our interactive session where we dive into the realm of 15-factor, cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Kubernetes. We start by dissecting the 15 factors and then guide you on how to harness Kubernetes' built-in cloud-native features. We will construct new Spring Boot applications from the ground up, demonstrating "better" practices along the way. You will gain hands-on experience with observability, testing, security, and inner-loop development, all while enjoying the amazing developer experience Spring Boot provides. Lastly, we'll walk through documenting, debugging, maintaining, and containerizing your applications to make them truly 'bootiful', 15-factor, cloud-native, and ready for deployment on Kubernetes. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your development skills and stay ahead of the curve.
Topics covered:

• 15-factor applications
• Spring Boot
• Spring Cloud
• Spring RESTdocs
• Observability
• Testcontainers
• Buildpacks
• Scale to Zero
• and more

DaShaun is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience. Throughout his career, DaShaun has held various leadership roles including VP of Engineering, Senior Partner Solution Architect and Technical Lead Engineer. His experience spans across a wide range of industries including consumer electronics, engery, fintech, healthcare, advertising, digital asset management, cybersecurity and e-commerce. DaShaun is passionate about building high-performance, scalable software and is a recognized expert in Spring and Redis. DaShaun is also a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, Testcontainer Champion, former professional cheerleader, keynote speaker, and Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom. Deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster. When he's not coding, DaShaun is a youth sports coach, and a struggling triathlete.

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Join Tampa Bay Women in Agile for an evening of networking at Graze 1910 in South Tampa! Don't miss this opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, gain valuable insights, and empower yourself to excel in your career. Whether you are a seasoned Agile practitioner, looking to advance in your career, or learning about agile, this community is filled with knowledgeable and openminded professionals. Let's come together to support and uplift each other on our professional journeys!
Come and connect with your Tampa Bay Agile community. All are welcome who support Women in Agile!

Looking to sponsor? Reach out to TampaWomenInAgile@gmail.com to see how we can help each other further our reach!

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Join us for an awesome social gathering at Magnanimous in Seminole Heights on Florida Ave., where you can enjoy beers, socialize, and network with awesome local techies. Whether you're new to Microsoft 365 or an experienced M365 IT Pro / Developer, this event is a great opportunity to meet new faces and get to know your local counterparts.

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Join us in-person for our next Homebrew Hillsborough at Convergint, a global systems integrator focused on delivering results for customers through unparalleled service excellence. At Convergint, their top priority is service in every way — service to customers, colleagues, and community.

As an integrator, Convergint works alongside a global network of partners and manufacturers to design, install, and service security, fire alarm, life safety, audio-visual, and building automation solutions for enterprise customers.

We will learn about new trends in technology like biometrics, drone detection, and more.

This Tech Talk and Tour will be held at the Tampa International Airport’s SkyCenter Boardroom. The airport will discuss the forward-thinking projects recently implemented by Convergint that include LiDar solutions for Traffic Management, Biometric Self Bag Drop, in addition to future concepts like Electric Powered Air Taxis.

Bring your EDi2 coffee mugs and see you there!

Homebrew Hillsborough is a collaborative coffee networking for techies and entrepreneurs. We’re taking the conversation to a community business resource near you and providing real-time relevant tech talks and tours.

* PARKING *
4th Floor Boardroom can be accessed by elevator or escalator.
Parking – Visitor parking in the front of the Skycenter

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This is an online event. URL will be shared closer to the event date.

As your AWS infrastructure grows, so does the need to monitor your environment in real time. Whether it is to identify trends, assist in troubleshooting, or optimizing performance, observability is key.

As the open-source tools continue to gain traction in the industry, this session focuses on AWS's managed open-source solutions designed to meet this growing demand. We will highlight tools like Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon OpenSearch Service and Amazon Managed Grafana, demonstrating their effectiveness in observing and scaling containerized environments.

Join us to see these powerful Amazon managed open-source solutions in action and discover how they offer secure, scalable observability tailored to your needs.

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No membership required!

We're thrilled to invite you to an exclusive networking event at the downtown Tampa coworking space, Sorry Not Public. This gathering is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow members, enjoy refreshments, and expand your professional network in a relaxed atmosphere.

About Sorry Not Public:
A members-only coworking space offers a unique blend of productivity and community. With its prime downtown location, Sorry Not Public provides the ideal environment for collaboration, innovation, and networking among Tampa's brightest professionals.

Parking Information:
Street parking is available or you can use one of the lots or parking garages in the area. Carpooling recommended!

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Tampa Bay Data Scientists!

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND SUPPORT.

It takes at least three things to keep a tech meetup going:
1) Great speakers
2) Great hosts, and
3) Great sponsors.

This date is available for all three!

We've been fortunate lately. While we obviously always need new speakers, it's clear that having several hosts for venues, and sponsors for refreshments, would help lighten the load on our regular contributors.

Message Mike T (de facto organizer) if you would like to present a data science related talk to our community. My personal favorites are talks presenting real life applications, whether professional or hobbist, but all data sciency (scienceish?) talks are welcome.

Further, if your place of work has space for 30 - 40 polite and respectful data scientists, let us know. I often refer to the Tampa Bay area as a "Doughnut Metropolis." Barring a big enough boat for us to assemble in the doughnut hole, locations scattered around the bay area would increase accessibility and alleviate gephyrophobia.

Finally, we want to keep these events free and open. One or two hundred bucks for food and drinks may not sound like much, but it adds up over time and we don't want to take any contributors for granted. So if you or a business or institution you know might be willing to pony up for one of our meetings, please get in touch. Of course, we can show our appreciation in various ways.

If you have any ideas or interest, send me a message now!

Respectfully,
Mike T.

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Are you studying for a certification, school, or need to catch up on extra work? Ready to meet new friends in the Tampa Bay Technology area?

Join us on September 28th for our September Study Group, where you'll be surrounded by like-minded IT students and professionals.

This is a space to socialize, show off your current projects, ask questions with others studying for similar topics, and enjoy a nice cup of coffee! ☕🫱🏾‍🫲🏼✨

Whether you just started studying, about to take an exam, or still trying to figure out which certification path to take, our study groups are the perfect setting to share knowledge, learn some new study tips & tricks, and ask questions to current industry professionals.

Although we schedule the study session from 9am-12pm, attendees are free to come and go as they please.

➡️ Not currently preparing for an exam? Whether you are doing school work, a passion project, or extra side work, we love to create a workspace for our techies to socialize and be productive while out of the office.

We host our study sessions every third Wednesday of the month and all of our events, including our study groups, can be found on our Meetup. Remember to check out our website and subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the know with Tampa Bay Techies! 💌

What to expect at our study groups:
⭐ An inside/ outside venue and casual group setting
An opportunity to network with other students, professionals, and enthusiasts
⭐ A productive work environment to study, learn, and create
⭐ A safe space to discuss career or school advice with other attendees
⭐ A creative space to show off your home projects/ gadgets to other tech enthusiasts!

What to bring:
📚 Study materials including text books and practice questions
💻 Laptop/ tablet for information sharing
✍🏾 Notebooks/ pens to take notes & learn from other attendees
📲 Contact information such as a business card and your LinkedIn profile
💡 Any independent projects ready to be shown off!

So grab a cup of coffee and join Tampa Bay Techies for our monthly event! ☕🫱🏾‍🫲🏼

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About Tampa Bay Techies:

Tampa Bay Techies is a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes personal and professional growth for individuals in the technology community through networking, mentorship, volunteering, and training. Tampa Bay Techies hosts a variety of in-person events, open to the public and at no cost to attend.

Our organization brings together a passionate and diverse team of individuals who are united by a shared vision: to empower individuals from all walks of life to thrive in the technology field. We strive to bridge the opportunity gap by providing comprehensive training programs, mentorship, and resources that equip individuals with the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the tech landscape.

Our mission is rooted in the belief that everyone, regardless of their background, should have equal access to opportunities and resources in the technology sector. Our mission is to help aspiring tech professionals break into the dynamic tech industry by providing a network of resources, a supportive community, and opportunities for professional and personal growth and development.

We strive to create an empowering and interconnected community where individuals from diverse backgrounds can come together to share their expertise, learn from one another, and build meaningful connections.

Through our efforts to connect the technology community, we aim to break down barriers, encourage collaboration, stimulate innovation, and promote opportunities for all individuals to succeed.

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Did you know October 3rd is National Techies Day? A day dedicated to celebrating and acknowledging the contributions of individuals in the field of technology.

At Computer Coach, our passion lies in technology and the brilliant minds behind it. As a company founded, led, and operated by tech enthusiasts, we're thrilled to mark October 3rd as our favorite day of the year – #NationalTechiesDay.

We're hosting an all-out Techie social event in collaboration with Tampa Bay's largest tech meetups. It's a great opportunity to network and unite everyone from various tech communities.
Date: Tue Oct 03, 2023
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Location: Vaco, 5411 Skycenter Dr, Ste 675, Tampa, FL 33607

If you're an organizer of a local meetup and want to join us, please reach out! All are welcome!

COMMUNITY PARTNERS & MEETUPS
Tech Success Network
Tampa Cybersecurity Training
Front End Creatives
High Tech Connect
Tampa Bay User Group (TBUX)
Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship
Tampa Bay Techies
Lean Beer for All Things Agile
Agile Lean Beer
Tampa Java User Group
InfraGard Tampa Bay
Pinellas Tech Network
Salesforce Trailblazer Community
Black Innovation Leaders of Florida
Tampa Bay Product Group
Tech4Good Tampa Bay
DevOps Days Tampa Bay

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The D4 data conference is back in 2025!
I'll post details, links, and registration info here as we get it put together.

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