sbioi april 18 th ryan lemire, executive director ryan.lemire@geocent 843-609-8868
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SBIOI April 18 th Ryan Lemire, Executive Director [email protected] 843-609-8868. Centered on Solutions. Who we are?. Small Business Focused on Software Development and System Engineering Voted #1 Small Business to work at in South Carolina (2012) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Who we are?
• Small Business• Focused on Software Development and
System Engineering• Voted #1 Small Business to work at in South
Carolina (2012)• Prime Contractor on CASI MAC N65236-12-D-
4850 (5.4 managed contract)
What we do?Capabilities
Software Dev & Information Technology
Analytics
System Engineering & Technical Support
• Built Themis for CDCA C5ISR Conference
The Problem Asking Questions At the C5ISR Conference
• Traditionally Used Microphones• Can be intimidating• Often become sales pulpit
Thank you for taking my question...first let me tell you
all about me and my company…BLAH BLAH BLAH…
5 mins later…
”Where do you see your dept in 5 years”
Solutions?
• Needs to be anonymous
• Paper slips takes too long /hard to read handwriting
• Most people have smart phones...
• Any free apps out there?
• Twitter? #couldwork #backupplan
Commit!
• We had 2 weeks• Really only had nights and weekends• Geocent specializes in Agile/Scrum Dev• Just need some volunteers!
Build it!
Backlog Dev CICode repo Deploy
Google Docs Java / Eclipse GitHub Jenkins Apache Tomcat
Test / Defects
• Followed Agile Concepts• Used only what we needed• Didn’t waste time talking about “True Agile”• Leveraged Open Source tools• Distributed team NOLA/Chas – used Skype to collaborate
Go Live!
• Deployed the final code at 0300 before the conference• Capable of polling twitter• Ran for 3 straight days • 180 Questions Processed
Outcome
• Spawned a new virtual Org in Geocent www.geocentlabs.com
• Themis has been used at SBIOI, C5ISR, and AFCEA events for 2 years
• We had a lot of fun building it!
Give your people the freedom to innovate!…success will follow
Geocent, LLC
Ryan [email protected] Innovation Center1535 Hobby Street, Suite 103North Charleston SC
SPAWAR Prime Contract:CASI – N65236-12-D-4850
SPAWAR Subcontracts:All kinds of pillars