FIND YOUR NINJA PROJECT : COOL PROJECTS IN APRIL
10+ cool tech companies meet 100+ Coding Ninjas
Want to find a great CTO, or developers? Want to find a a job at an interesting tech company?
Skills Matter and MiniBar have teamed up to bring great developers, software architects, testers and coders together with interesting tech companies and start ups (and vice versa).
At each evening event, up to 10 Tech Companies will pitch their coding projects – young web start-ups as well as more established ones, with innovative projects – to software developers looking for interesting, agile projects using progressive technologies.
The format is straight forward: we start with ten lightning sessions where the developer team and/or CTO of each company can pitch their software project and open position for 5 minutes. Following the lightning talks, the ten companies take a space where attendees can come and 'speed date' with them and if there is mutual attraction, swap cards!
And we hope to attract an audience of around 100 developers, architects and other software professionals with an interest in cool positions. For and by developers, this event should give you an good idea of the technologies and practices at some of the most exciting projects today.
During the event there will also be an opportunity to talk to the developers, CTOs and CEOs of the companies present and have a drink, or two.
Are you part of a company and would like the chance to pitch to attendees at this event? Please apply through findninja@skillsmatter.com and we will come back to you with further information on how you can get involved!
Monday 23rd April 2012
Track 1
LIGHTNING TALKS: SIMPLY BUSINESS
 Lukas Oberhuber: Simply Business’ impressive growth and dynamic web culture has ensured that they are the UK’s largest and fastest growing on-line commercial insurance broker, attracting an impressive and high calibre Tech Team. View the podcast here...
HUDDLE
  Ian Cooper & Colin Grossman: Huddle is the leader in enterprise cloud collaboration and content management. Using Huddle, you can securely manage projects, share files and collaborate with people across the firewall. View the podcast here...
7DIGITAL
 Rob Bowley: Tapping into the burgeoning demand for digitally delivered media, 7digital operates both direct-to consumer services as well as powering a diverse range of media services for a growing number of global partners. View the podcast here...
APPS FOR GOOD
  John Rotherham & Iris Lapinski: Apps for Good is an award-winning and exponentially growing education programme where young people in schools learn to create apps that solve problems they care about and change their world. We currently operate in 40 schools training 1,300 students but are aiming for 10,000 students by the 2012/2013 school year and a global movement from 2013 onwards. View the podcast here...
MILLIMAN
 Adrian Withy: MG-ALFA (part of Milliman) provides the market-leading life insurance modelling tool for actuaries. With recent inroads into the European market, we are looking to expand our development presence with a fulltime team in London. View the podcast here...
BEYOND
 Mark Allen: Beyond are a digital agency with offices in London, San Francisco and New York. We work with some of the biggest brands and technology partners in the world. Including...Apple, Google, YouTube, RIM, EMI, GE, American Express, Hilton, Facebook, Cisco, Kiehls, UBS, Guggenheim, eBay, Mail Online, NSPCC. View the podcast here...
ELEVATE
 Michael Delaney: Elevate is a next generation SAAS platform for IT contractors and hiring clients, built using Amazon Web Services. Contractors build profiles which clients can search on and contact directly via the platform, reducing the current dependency on 3rd parties such as agencies and job-boards. Payment services are also built in, via a global payments partner. View the podcast here...
THOUGHTWORKS
 Nick Hines: ThoughtWorks - The custom software experts. A company wholly devoted to the art and science of custom software. We make it, and we make our clients better at it. Our bottom line is to design and deliver software fast and predictably. View the podcast here...
LOVEFILM
 Steve Webster: LOVEFiLM is an Amazon company and is the leading European film subscription service with over 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. LOVEFiLM members have generated over 80 million film ratings and written more than 1 million reviews. View the podcast here...
BAZAARVOICE
 Brendan Sterne: Bazaarvoice is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that enables consumers to engage with retailers and manufacturers by posting reviews, asking / answering questions, and sharing their stories. Our software is integrated into 1000+ of the biggest brand sites on the web, including John Lewis, Thomas Cook, Boots and many more. View the podcast here...
CAUSATA
 Neil Ferguson: Causata is a well-funded 3-year old startup with headquarters in Silicon Valley but the whole engineering team (currently 15, but growing fast) in Victoria, London. We combine big data, low latency, and machine learning, to drive real-time marketing decisions - what to show on a website, whether to send an email, what to suggest at a store checkout, etc. View the podcast here...
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