— fuzzy data, software artists, quick managerial decisions

Speaker: Mickey W. Mantle
Meeting Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Time: 6.00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking; 7:00 pm sandwich dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Location: RAMADA Silicon Valley – 1217 Wildwood Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089 

 
Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.
 
Presentation: Managing Using Intuition and Rules of Thumb
Are you managing software artists / engineers?  Are you dealing with incomplete data? fuzzy data? contradictory data?  Do you have a schedule to keep?  Are you about to pull your hair out?  Then come hear tonight’s presentation and learn how to use borrowed experience to complement fuzzy data and produce quick managerial decisions.  The presentation is based upon two books Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, and –  Managing the Unmanageable – Rule, Tools, and Insight For Managing Software People And Their Teams.  The presenter is a co-author of the second book. 

Bio:
Mickey W. Mantle has been developing software for more than forty years as a software and hardware product creator, manager, and executive for companies that include Evans & Sutherland, Pixar, Brøderbund Software, and Gracenote ( a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony).  He currently develops mobile/tablets applications heading his own company Wanderful interactive storybooks, writes, and consults.