Thanks for attending Altitude 2019! Catch session highlights here, and we'll see you in 2020!
BetterCloud Altitude brings together IT and SaaS Operations professionals to explore the changing digital workplace, define best practices, and build a network of their peers.
At Altitude, you'll learn from industry experts and SaaSOps leaders, celebrate your most innovative peers, and leave empowered to propel IT forward in the new SaaS landscape.
In this half-day workshop. BetterCloud experts Michael Stone, Michael Connery, and Devin Domingo will help you get the most out of BetterCloud. They'll guide you through BetterCloud's most useful features; reporting, alerts, and workflows, among others. BetterWorkshop is SOLD OUT, so make sure to add the "BetterWorkshop Waitlist" add-on to your ticket during registration.
(3 hours, 45 minutes)
SaaSOps isn’t just a set of technologies—it’s a movement! In his opening keynote, BetterCloud CEO David Politis will discuss how SaaSOps is changing IT’s role, the new challenges it solves, and how it unlocks the promise of SaaS. A panel of modern-day CIOs - Paul Chapman (Box), Uy Ut (Accel), and Eric Tan (Coupa) - moderated by Harry Moseley, CIO of Zoom, will discuss their SaaSOps journeys and share their best advice for you—the CIOs of tomorrow.
(2 hours)
The explosion of the digital workplace has created a management disaster. There’s minimal visibility into applications, yet IT is still responsible for managing and securing users and data. In this session, Lars Nielsen, IT Services Administrator at Unity3D; Dartanian Richards, IT Support Engineer II at Thumbtack; Michael McLaughlin Head of IT at Better; and Shams Mansoor, IT Manager of Evernote, will discuss the tools, processes, and workflows IT teams have put in place to get ahold of the digital workplace.Â
(45 minutes, Track B)
We’ve moved past the days of on-prem everything and the cloud wars, but what’s next? In this panel, Vicky Couturier, IT Systems Director at Invision; J. Scott Allen, Technical Lead - Google Services at Global Payments; Hichem Ben Marzoug, IT Manager at Getaround; and Chloe Becquet, Director of IT at BounceX will discuss the technology and processes they are investing in, and what they believe the next frontier has in store for us.Â
(45 minutes, Track A)
Drafting a detailed business case is an effective way to get the approval and support of senior management to implement new initiatives and purchase new software. Join this session with Karel vanBeekom, Manager of IT at Justworks, for a first-hand account about the benefits of SaaS Operations tools and how to write a business proposal that will justify a purchase to higher-ups from an experienced IT leader.
(45 minutes, Track A)
The notion that IT is only important when stuff breaks is outdated. IT is now the gatekeeper and enabler of business solutions and productivity. Join Blair Sammons, Lead of Corporate Engineering at Weedmaps, for a deep dive into the core skills you need as the IT industry shifts and how to leverage these skills to uplevel your career.
(45 minutes, Track B)
Successful IT leaders are continually seeking ways of making their teams more productive, impactful and business-relevant and advancing their own careers in the process. In this closing keynote, seven-time CIO and author Mark Settle will focus on the key organizational and personal competencies required to succeed in the 2020s.
(1 hour)Â
We’re constantly working to refine the BetterCloud user experience, and in-person time with our users is essential to our design process. Through interactive activities and discussions in a small group format, our Product team will gain an in-depth understanding of your unique needs, challenges and expectations. You’ll have a chance to share feedback about the current experience, and explore future product ideas with the team. Sign ups for the User Experience Labs will be sent out closer to Altitude and space will be limited.
The Day 2 opening keynote, led by BetterCloud’s Chief Product Officer, Jim Brennan, shares BetterCloud’s vision, demonstrates new product announcements, and presents our strategic roadmap. Jim will present on BetterCloud’s product pillars and the top use cases this functionality will enable. Throughout the keynote you’ll hear directly from customers on how BetterCloud has helped manage and secure their digital workplaces.
(1 hour, 30 minutes)
Join Product experts from BetterCloud’s top technology partners as they discuss trends in the SaaS ecosystem and how they’re partnering with BetterCloud to offer you a better management and security experience. BetterCloud's CBSO, Shreyas Sadalgi will speak with Rajmohan Rajagopalan, Head of Product - Enterprise Cloud at Atlassian; Eddie Fong, Director of Product Management at Dropbox; Colin Gibbs, Group Product Manager at Slack; and Hemant Sehani, Senior Director of Product Management, Employee Experience at VMWare.
(1 hour)
It’s a fine line to give users control over settings and their data, but not too much control. In this session, you’ll learn how Chad Ponder, VP Technology Service and Support at United Capital, Mark Bowling, Remote Chief Information Security Officer at United Capital, and Colin McCarthy, VP of Global IT at Essence, are creating workflows that give their users the flexibility they need to do their jobs, without compromising security.
(45 minutes, Track A)
Join us for a panel discussion on Spotify's journey with BetterCloud from a G Suite management tool in 2016 to a SaaS Ops platform today. They'll share the management and security challenges they faced prior to BetterCloud and the solutions they crafted in order to solve these issues and provide additional value to the business. On stage, Jay Feliciano, SaaS Ops Engineer; Ellinor Brattström, Senior Engineering Manager; Dan Havas, Product Manager- Identity & Access; and Jen Knode, Engineering Manager - Collaboration Tools.
((45 minutes)
We’re constantly working to refine the BetterCloud user experience, and in-person time with our users is essential to our design process. Through interactive activities and discussions in a small group format, our Product team will gain an in-depth understanding of your unique needs, challenges and expectations. You’ll have a chance to share feedback about the current experience, and explore future product ideas with the team. Sign ups for the User Experience Labs will be sent out closer to Altitude and space will be limited.
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