How to Step Up and Lead? Nick Caldwell @ DeveloperWeek 2019

How do you get people to step up and lead? It's a common questions, particularly as organizations scale past a certain size.

In this session experienced growth executive, Nick Caldwell, describes the key elements for igniting new leaders in your organization and provides a handfull of practical tools to spark the flames. Best suited for technology managers, directors, and executives.

– Who is Nick Caldwell?

Nick Caldwell is the Chief Product Officer at Looker. Previously, Nick was VP of Engineering at Reddit where he was responsible for building and operating the 4th most visited site in the US. Prior to joining Reddit, he held various positions in engineering leadership at Microsoft, including work on natural language processing, enterprise search, machine learning, in-memory databases, and business intelligence.

Nick's most significant executive role at Microsoft was as General Manager of Power BI where he rapidly transformed the company's business intelligence suite.

Nick holds a degree in computer science and electrical engineering from MIT and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He's a native of P.G. County Maryland, but is happy to call San Francisco home.

– About Us

DeveloperWeek is produced by DevNetwork; a technology conference company that produces many of the nation's largest technology events. Delivering content that provides thought leadership, thousands of technologists build applications, and find tech jobs; ultimately helping drive the technology industry forward in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle.