Simon Raik-Allen
Founder & CEOThe Big Crunch
Simon is a hands on technology professional. He has worked across a varied array of industries and technologies such as trading exchanges, instant messaging, ecommerce, and IPTV with companies such as Sony, eBay, and AOL. Recently he was CTO at MYOB for 7 years and has since founded a start up called The Big Crunch. He also likes to dabble in the future.
Talks I've Given
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Panel Discussion
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
Simon Raik-Allen will chair a revolving panel discussion on topics ranging from strategy to ethics
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From the Caveman to the Spreadsheet and Beyond
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
In this talk Simon will take us on a historical voyage through the representation of information in software and the internet. From tables and charts, through mind maps, info-graphics, multi-dimensional views, and Minecraft. On the way he will explore tooling such as spreadsheets, 4GLs, RADs,...
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Keynote: What You Need to be a CTO
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
CTO Keynote Talk:
This talk covers the varied aspects of being a CTO in both large enterprises and small start ups. The skills you need, your technical drivers, the political landscape, technology and architecture strategy, and 101 other things you didn't know were required in the role. If you...
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From the Caveman to the Spreadsheet and Beyond
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
In this talk Simon will take us on a historical voyage through the representation of information in software and the internet. From tables and charts, through mind maps, info-graphics, multi-dimensional views, and Minecraft. On the way he will explore tooling such as spreadsheets, 4GLs, RADs,...
software-development -
What You Need to be a CTO
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
This talk covers the varied aspects of being a CTO in both large enterprises and small start ups. The skills you need, your technical drivers, the political landscape, technology and architecture strategy, and 101 other things you didn't know were required in the role. If you want to one day be a...
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So you want to be a CTO
Featuring Simon Raik-Allen
In this keynote, Simon will be talking through various aspects in the life of the CTO and sharing experiences and learnings from his 6+ years in the role.
He will give you the CTOs angle on building great products with real world examples on topics such as business transformations, agile,...
software-development