Omaha .NET User Group September Meeting
Fellow .NET Users,
As September comes to a close, I wanted to take a few minutes of your time to recount some happy news in our community.
First, many of you know John (Mike) Haro who has been attending our meetings for longer than anyone I know. He's certainly been engaged with the user group longer than I have! I wanted to take a minute to congratulate Mike on his recent retirement from the workforce. He worked for many different organizations over the course of his long career starting with the US Air Force in 1973. He gained a lot of experience working for many diverse organizations over the years. Most of his career was spent consulting and I for one can vouch that this line of work can be challenging and intimidating. Somehow, he managed to stick with it for almost 30 years!
About 10 years ago, he volunteered to help Brian and I record the meetings after we had both failed at reliably getting it done. Ever since then, Mike has been a rock solid part of the group. I think he's probably attended more meetings than I have. Always behind the camera and in the background, he has humbly helped our group progress. He's never asked for or desired any acknowledgment. Our YouTube channel now has 107 videos on it. If you take that number divided by 11, which is the number of meeting in a year, you get almost 10 years of videos. If you've ever spent time recording and editing videos, you'll know the tremendous effort that Mike has given. What an amazing legacy to offer to our group.
Mike recently let me know that he also plans to retire from the work he's done for the Omaha .NET User's Group. Please join me congratulating Mike on a successful career and thanking him for the uncountable hours he has volunteered to the Omaha .NET User's group to make it better for all of us! I don't want to publish his personal email here, but you can contact him either on LinkedIn or on our Slack channel. I hope each and every one of you will take a minute to say thanks!
Second, I'm sure you all know Brian Olson. Personally, I first met him when he volunteered to give his first .NET User's Group presentation somewhere in the 2010 timeframe. At the time, Brian Swiger had recently stepped down as the co-leader of the group as he prepared to move to Florida. I was looking for someone to help which led me to ask Brian O if he would be willing to take a leadership role in our group. Thankfully, Brian agreed and he has been an amazing partner in the vision of improving the .NET Software Development landscape in Omaha ever since. Brian was recently engaged to be married and took the leap over the weekend. Please take a minute to let Brian know how much you appreciate his efforts and congratulation him and his new wife, Dana, on their recent marriage!
Oh, and after all of that, we have a meeting coming up! The next meeting will take place on Thursday, September 26th, starting at 6:00 PM. Food and drinks will be provided by our sponsor 15-20 minute before the meeting begins. Stick around until the end of the meeting when Akkodis will give away some prizes to those in attendance.
Host:Buildertrend
11818 I St, Omaha, NE 68137
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Topic:
The Six Tenets of Modern Software Engineering by Jim Kudirka
Our job as software engineers is to design and build loosely coupled, highly cohesive, logically consistent, service-oriented software systems that are extensible, testable, and maintainable. However, not everyone on the team knows exactly what this looks like. In this session we will walk through each of these six tenets of modern software engineering and explain how our architecture, our code abstractions, structure, and implementations make all of these a reality in our software.
Speakers:Jim Kudirka
With over 30 years of software engineering experience and 22+ years of leading development teams and projects, Jim Kudirka is the Founder and Chief Architect of Premier Software Systems, a company that helps organizations achieve sustainable and repeatable best practices in software engineering. He is an expert in software design techniques and engineering principles that optimize quality, time-to-market, and cost-effectiveness.
As a speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, Jim dedicates his time to sharing his knowledge and skills with other software professionals and organizations. He has a passion for creating and delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders. Jim has extensive experience in agile methodologies, .NET, and RESTful APIs, and has successfully led and implemented several large-scale and complex projects across various domains and platforms.
LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/in/jimkudirka
Akkodis
Akkodis (previously Modis) is a global IT & Engineering company and Smart Industry leader that has been in the Omaha market for the last 25+ years supporting various clients and industries. Modis acquired Akka Technology and we rebranded as Akkodis in 2023 to become the 2nd largest IT & Engineering partner in the world, operating in 30 different countries.
Akkodis specializes in Contract, Contract to Hire and Permanent/Direct Hire placement along with offering Project-based Consulting solutions, which includes onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery capabilities and Training offerings to our clients, consultants and candidates. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as software & technology services, mobility, testing, data security and AI & data analytics.
Our combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support businesses in rethinking their product development and business processes, improving productivity, minimizing time to market and shaping a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow.
Thanks,
Matt Ruwe
mruwe@omahamtg.com
.NET User's Group Co-Leader
Brian Olson
bolson@omahamtg.com
.NET User's Group Co-Leader
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