Jon Gettinger
Date: May 24 - 4:00 PM
Track: Tools and Technology
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Session Abstract: Enterprises that undertake efforts to improve build operational performance can look forward to significantly improved software quality, reduced delivery time and most importantly, decreased stress on the build and CM team. This is because of the simple fact that nearly every single member of the software development organization at one or more points during their day relies on a software build to perform their job. This translates into an enormous leverage point for any organization looking to get further, faster.

PerfectBuild from Codefast is the first product to provide a comprehensive performance acceleration and optimization solution for the build operation.

Key features of PerfectBuild include:

• Automatic acceleration of build execution speed from 3X - 20X, even hundreds of times faster across a variety of platforms and languages
  

   

• Integrated Dependency Management for improved reliability and automation
  

   

•  AJAX based visual Build Management that integrates job management, reporting, adminsitration and provisioning into a single secure interface for the entire build operation
  

   

• Utilizes existing build scripts and processes with virtually no impact on development
  

   

• Integration with SCM tools for continuous builds and advanced reporting

In this session we will examine some of the root causes of poor performance and look at various approaches that have been taken to address problems. We will then present PerfectBuild  and look at some of the ways PerfectBuild has been used to improve performance in large-scale development operations.

Speaker Bio:  Jon has over fifteen years of experience in the development and marketing of sophisticated software solutions, with the last six years at an executive level. Most recently, Jon was at Acteva, an ASP providing online registration and payment solutions for event organizers, where he was responsible for all product marketing and corporate communication activities.

Prior to working for Acteva, Jon was founder and Vice President of Marketing at iSharp, an early ASP focused on identifying, characterizing, and resolving performance problems in online applications. Jon successfully launched the company's initial service offering, a hosted performance testing service. During this period, he also conceived of and launched the MSP (Management Service Providers) Association (now part of the ASP Association), a 50-member industry association focused on hosted management services.

Jon worked as Director of Product Marketing at Intellicorp, a software solution provider for enterprises using SAP/R3. Prior to this he spent six years at Pure Software (acquired by Rational Software in 1996, which in turn was acquired by IBM in 2003) in various sales and marketing roles.