The challenging times we live in caused a lot of businesses to jump into working from home unprepared. Not being able to set the team priorities, find ways to stay productive, and adapt to this new normal can cost a lot.
On the other hand, we have companies like GitLab and Theorem that have been working fully remotely even before the pandemic. And Facebook, that declared that they will permanently embrace remote work, even after coronavirus lockdowns ease.
Bringing a lot of insights into how their companies do it, we’ll have Lindsay Kerr, Engineering Manager at GitLab, Kristen Williams, Tech Recruiter at Theorem, and Yuliya Kaleda, Tech Lead at Facebook to share more about their approach to remote working. The panel will be moderated by Katerina Trajchevska, CEO at Adeva, a fully remote network of software engineers.
Moderator
Katerina Trajchevska
CEO at Adeva
Katerina is co-founder and CEO of Adeva, an exclusive developers’ network that partners with companies to scale their engineering teams on demand. She’s a remote work advocate and a strong believer that the future of work is not about where you work from, but what you deliver.
Katerina stands for equality, inclusion, and giving back to the community, both personally and professionally. She actively takes part in initiatives for women in tech, contributes to the local tech community, and volunteers as a mentor in different programs and initiatives.
Kristen Williams
Tech Recruiter at Theorem
Kristen is a life long proponent of remote work and entrepreneurial environments, being involved in both for over 15 years. Kristen embraces learning from discomfort. While her career history encompasses many disciplines including, technology, performing arts, and food and wine, recruitment has always been the common thread. Kristen’s recruitment philosophy is to connect with others to lift them up, creating value and opportunity.
Yuliya Kaleda
Tech Lead at Facebook
Yuliya is a Tech Lead at Facebook. She works on Facebook Stories in NY office. She is passionate about app performance and optimization tuning of products. One of the most exciting products she recently worked on is Facebook Rooms, which connects people via video chats in a seamless and very efficient way.
Lindsay Kerr
Engineering Manager at GitLab
Lindsay is a collaborative engineering professional with extensive experience leading globally distributed teams. She is passionate about agile methodologies, continuous integration, and asynchronous communication strategies. She has proven herself to be a creative problem solver who can balance expedient feature delivery with long-term technical investments.
