Public Speaking Experience and Thought Leadership

2025

March 2025 - QCon London, program committee member (track champion TBC). Guiding discussions that shape modern engineering practices.

March 2024 - QCon London, program committee member. Championed tracks:
- "Architecture Through Different Lenses” - Exploring how technical, business, and organizational perspectives shape modern software architectures and drive decisions that impact scalability, sustainability, and long-term success.
- "Performance Engineering Unleashed: Powering Efficiency and Innovation” - Showcasing strategies for optimising systems to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive innovation without sacrificing performance.
LeadDev StaffPlus webinar host. Facilitating knowledge sharing tailored for staffplus engineers navigating organisational impact.
LeadDev StaffPlus advisory board and review committee for LeadDev London. Ensuring content aligns with the evolving needs of senior ICs and organisational leaders.

June 2023 - LeadDev StaffPlus London, “Solving the puzzle of StaffPlus time management” resources. Supporting senior engineers in balancing technical leadership with execution.
May 2023 - LeadDev StaffPlus Webinars, How to better understand business context as a StaffPlus engineer, webinar host and panel moderator. Enabling engineers to bridge the gap between technical leadership and business alignment.
March 2023 - QCon London, program committee member. Championed:
- "Staff+ Engineering in Practice” - Practical insights for senior technical leaders.
- "Architectures in 2025” - Anticipating near future architectural needs.
March 2023 - LeadDev, “How to navigate uncertainty as a senior individual contributor” panel moderator. Helping ICs develop resilience in dynamic environments.
February 2023 - LeadDev StaffPlus London, review committee

September 2022 - LeadDev, “Building happy and effective data teams” panellist. Fostering collaboration and high-performing teams through data-driven approaches.
August 2022 - LeadDev, “Common mistakes new staff engineers make… and how to avoid them” panel moderator. Guiding senior engineers on avoiding common leadership pitfalls.
May 2022 - Docker, Invited by the Mental Health Awareness ERG “Q&A with Blanca Garcia Gil - career highlights and tips for managing the ups and downs of working in tech”. Sharing lessons learned from navigating a career in tech.
May 2022 - QCon Plus, “5 Behaviours to Become an Effective Staff-Plus Engineer”. Practical strategies to increase influence and technical leadership impact.
April 2022 - QCon London, StaffPlus track, “5 Behaviours to Become an Effective Staff-Plus Engineer”
March 2022, DevoxxUK Track review team (tracks: Data & AI, Build & Deploy)
February 2022, LeadDev London review committee
January 2022 - LeadDev panel moderator“Understanding the role of a Principal Engineer”

December 2021, LeadDev Together, “Measuring Success in Your Organization” panel host. Driving discussions on organizational metrics that matter.
September 2021, LeadDev StaffPlus Live co-host, Luminary Interview with Ada Ehmke and Luminary Interview with Lea Kissner. Highlighting diverse perspectives on leadership and engineering excellence.
July 2021, DV8, “Sprinboards and pitfalls for your career in tech”
July 2021, LeadDev meetup, “Forging the path to faster shipping in enterprise orgs” panel moderator. Empowering senior engineers to deliver value in complex environments.
May 2021, DevoxxUK track review team (tracks: Data & AI, Build & Deploy)
April 2021, LeadDev, “Carving a modern engineering organisation from an enterprise” panellist
April 2021, London Microservices, “Beyond the distributed monolith”
February 2021, InfoQ Live, “Evolving analytics in the data platform”
January 2021, LeadDev, “Evaluating when it’s time to tackle technical debt” panel moderator

December 2019, London Java Community, DevoxxUK new speaker academy
September 2019, LeadDev London Meetup, “Getting excited about maintaining legacy systems” (slides)
May 2019, DevoxxUK, Birds of a Feather session facilitator on “Getting Started with Public Speaking”
April 2019, UXDX London, Q&A session

September 2018, Bristol Voxxed Days, co-presented “7 Serverless Recipes for Big Data Architectures”
June 2018, London Serverless Days, co-presented “7 Serverless Recipes for Big Data Architectures”
May 2018, DevoxxUK, co-presented “7 Serverless Recipes for Big Data Architectures”
April 2018, London Java Community, co-presented “7 Serverless Recipes for Big Data Architectures”