Working in a global team Vikas Sinha Senior Vice President, Software Engineering Data Management Business Unit, Mainframe Division CA Technologies

Background  Working in Software Engineering field – 23yrs  Engineering management – 18 yrs  Previous employers – Florida Atlantic Univ, SPSS, IBM  Taught undergrad courses in College of Engineering  Operating system development – OS/2, AIX  Statistical applications, Predictive Analytics  Universities attended  Northwestern, Florida Atlantic, Sri Venkateswara (India)  SVP Software Engineering, CA Technologies  Part of the Mainframe division  Responsible for technology and products in the areas of Databases, DB Tools, Security and Compliance, and Big Data  Areas of interest: Data Management, Analytics, passionate about lifelong learning

Global Team 3 -Lisle, IL -Ewing, NJ -Plano, TX -Framingham, MA -Santa Clara, CA -Prague, Czech Republic -Hyderabad, India

Development Approach  Agile methodology  Customer participation  Charter, Release plans, EOS reviews  User groups  Scrum teams  Co-located  Approx size ~8-10  Self-directed teams  “Full stack” engineers  Governance  Values driven leadership through empowerment and encouragement  Roles:  Functional (R&D) managers, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Product Manager  Frequent incremental releases  Fail fast

Complexities of a globally distributed team  Thought Leadership  Execution  Strategic  Tactical  Creative Thinking  Intellectual Thinking  Design  Implementation  Customer facing  Back office  Language and Communication skills

Working in a global environment Single unified development process Structured dev organizations Defined responsibility – no ambiguity in ownership Encouragement to ask Why? Big picture view. Appreciation for global colleagues and organization - treat everyone equally - understand cultures, understand time zones, rotate meeting times so all global participants are equally inconvenienced/accommodated, communication technologies that work for all. Global consistency - same performance metrics, same rewards

My World PredictabilityAccountabilityTransparency Product Frequent incremental releases End of sprint reviews “Zero defect” initiative Scorecard approach: Who/What/When Weekly status check Deep dives – organizational visibility Process Change control Understand failures and proactively change to prevent re-occurance Clear ownership of responsibilities Consistent reporting (one way to count beans) Well defined single unified development process Team velocity charts Sprint burndown charts Meetings open to all Participation by all stakeholders People Commitment (once committed, will deliver) Eliminate surprises Clear absolute goals Single owner (one throat to choke) No tolerance for finger pointing Performance evaluation Compensation planning

We foster high-performing, inspired teams through leadership and coaching, creating an environment that attracts and retains the best talent. We delight customers by fulfilling their unmet IT needs, delivering innovative solutions through design-led practices. We are deliberate in our investment, managing the portfolio to achieve revenue growth.

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