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Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 19 & 20, 2019
Jerry Krikheli

Jerry Krikheli

VP Engineering · Houzz

About Jerry

Jerry Krikheli is the VP of Engineering at Houzz where he oversees all infrastructure, platform, and engineering across Consumer, Marketplace, and Industry Solutions initiatives. Prior to Houzz, Jerry was an engineering director at Google responsible for developing early versions of the display ad serving infrastructure and launching YouTube ads as well as video ads on mobile apps. He has a passion for building high-performing systems, products, and people.

Speaking Sessions

  • Building Distributed Teams

    • 3:45 PM Saturday
    • Room Fireside A
    Practical advice and considerations for how to identify, build, and grow a distributed team. The talk will cover issues like considerations for identifying a location, recruiting and building a team, effective and efficient communication channels, and ensuring remote offices are set up for success.
  • Q&A Panel with Engineering Managers

    • 5:00 PM Saturday
    • Room Town Square B
    How do I handle an unreasonable boss? What if I don't trust my team to deliver good code? How can I improve your team's attitude about agile? Why do I have so many bugs???
    In this unscripted format, speakers from the Management and Agile tracks answer audience questions. Bring your toughest questions about agile, management, leadership, careers, terrible bosses and the pains of moving from Programmer to Manager.
    Feeling shy? Email your question advance to Ron@RonLichty.com