César Gon, Ci&T

César Gon, Ci&T

César Gon is an entrepreneur in the digital/IT space. In 1995, at the age of 23, he founded Ci&T (ciandt.com), a pioneering IT service company with the goal of transforming the archaic global IT industry through High Performance Teams. Currently he is the CEO of Ci&T, and also investor and board member of several startups. Gon is a Computer Engineer, with a masters degree in Computer Science from the State University of Campinas.
Philippe Blayo, France Billet

Philippe Blayo, France Billet

Philippe is a developer at ticketing service company France Billet. He has been gradually using Agile practices since 2001. He started his Lean journey in 2009, searching for a better way to do continuous improvement in software development. In 2010, along with Antoine Contal, he co-founded an A3 Lean-Agile community with support from the Agile Alliance. See the session about Agile and A3 Back to list of...
Vivek Goel, Tata Consultancy Services

Vivek Goel, Tata Consultancy Services

Vivek Goel is a Service Delivery Manager at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). With over 13 years of experience, he leads a team of 100+ engineers to deliver production support services to more than 13,000 users across the globe. An engineer by qualification, Vivek is also ITIL V3 Service Operations Certified. Vivek distincts himself with his passion for improvement and has received recognition from clients as well as within TCS. See the session about Fat to Fit: Recipe for a Lean IT Service Back to list of...
Matej Kastner, Tieto

Matej Kastner, Tieto

From frustrated software developer demotivated by a few years of waterfall development, Matej Kastner has turned into an enthusiastic team leader who strongly believes in iterative methods, transparency and democratic leadership principles. Matej has 15 years of experience in programming, last 6 years working at Tieto, an IT company based in Finland and Sweden. His main focus is to create a great environment for his team to perform at their best. See the workshop about “Lean@TIPS: Lean transformation of large distributed product development” Back to...
Richard Mathis, MEI

Richard Mathis, MEI

After 7 years as a software architect, Richard became the manager of the recognition software department at MEI. For 4 years Richard has been applying Lean principles to the department’s current activities. Richard’s presentation covers the significant challenges and successes at increasing productivity when faced with substantial growth expectations. See the session about Doubling the output of the team and still freeing up resources for the future Back to list of...