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Kim van Wilgen

Connecting business and technology | Head of software development | Leading Agile and Continuous delivery transformation
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ABOUT ME

I'm an experienced Head of IT in a technologically advanced environment. I’m an innovator and think out-of-the-box. When working on new topics or technologies I get passionate about it and drive the change or migration. With that passion, I’m able to move people to change and coach them in the transition with humor, attention and feedback. I learn quickly and can oversee things from different perspectives. I have in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and I have a good overview of modern technologies and architectures in IT. I can cope with the political environment of senior management and can be quite persuasive, also for people who are higher in hierarchy. I use this to get things done as I’m particularly result oriented.

I’m passionate about topics such as agile, Kanban, DevOps and continuous delivery, and the management of the cultural, organizational and technological changes associated with these approaches. I’m experienced in working agile with self-organizing teams. I also supported and coached the transition from a traditional environment to the agile way of working as a senior manager. I believe in enabling people to thrive at work by being transparent and by empowering them, all to deliver value in the hands of the customer. 

Although a nerd at heart, I also have over a decade of experience in product development and comparable managerial roles on the other side: the business. I can understand the language of product owners and users to bridge the gap between IT and business. I’m also a speaker at national and international conferences on topics such as agile and continuous delivery.

Kim van Wilgen At Buildstuff Odessa

CONFERENCES

Continuous security

European women in tech, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 2019


Continuous security

DevDays Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2019


Flow: the worst software methodology in history

Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
SwanseaCon, Swansea, Wales, September 2019


Continuous delivery

Tools4ever, Bussum, the Netherlands, June 2019


Flow: the worst software methodology in history

Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
Voxxed Athens, Greece, June 2019


Continuous security

Voxxed Athens, Greece, June 2019

Video Voxxed Athens


Flow: the worst software methodology in history

Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
SDD Conf, London, UK, May 2019

Video SDD Conf


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

SDD Conf, London, UK, May 2019


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

DevConf, Krakow, Poland, September 2018

Video DevConf


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

Meet Magento, Den Haag, the Netherlands, April 2019


Continuous security

Codemotion, Amsterdam, April 2019


Continuous security

Codemotion, Rome, Italy, March 2019


DevSecOps

DevOn Summit, Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 2019


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

DevConf, Krakow, Poland, September 2018

Video DevConf


DevSecOps

SwanseaCon, Swansea, Wales, September 2018


Continuous delivery in 10 easy mistakes, and how to do better

Codemotion, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2018


We came, we saw, we kicked its ass

Software Design and Development, London, UK, May 2018


We came, we saw, we kicked its ass

Buildstuff summer, Malloca, Spain, May 2018

Video Buildstuff summer


Flow, the worst software delivery methodology in history

Buildstuff summer, Mallorca, Spain, May 2018

Video Buildstuff Summer


The continuous culture

The Lead Developer, New York, US, April 2018

Video The Lead Dev NY


Flow, the worst software delivery methodology in history

Wroc#, Wroclaw, Poland, March 2018

Video Wroc#


The continuous culture

Buildstuff, Vilnius, November 2017


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

Trondheim Developer Conference (TDC), Trondheim, October 2017
Video TDC


The continuous culture

TopConf Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf DE, October 2017


The continuous culture

Agile Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL, September 2017


The continuous culture & Lightning talk Learning organisations

SwanseaCon, Swansea UK, September 2017


The continuous culture

SDD, London UK, May 2017


The continuous culture

Buildstuff summer, Mallorca ES, April 2017


How continuous delivery will change the DNA of your company

Devon Summit, Delft NL, March 2017


The continuous culture

SDN, Zeist NL, March 2017


Travel guide to continuous delivery

Continuous delivery conference, Bussum NL, December 2016


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

GSE NatConf, Almere NL, November 2016


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

Guest speaker at IT works course on microservices, October 2017


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

GeeCON, Prague CZ, October 2016


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

SwanseaCon, Swansea UK, September 2016


Continuously delivering continuous delivery

Buildstuff on the beach, Odessa, July 2016

VIDEOS

Here you'll find some videos of my talks. I hope you enjoy them.

SLIDES

PICS OF CONFERENCES

CONTACT ME

I'd be happy to hear from you for feedback on my talks or workshops, or to see if we can work together on some challenges.

I live in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

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