Sioux Technologies partners with companies abroad (Romania, Germany, Vietnam and China) to extend their possibilities worldwide. Working with teams abroad can be challenging. You work on different locations and even in different time zones. In addition to that, you also need to overcome the language barriers and cultural differences. Making it feel as one team is challenging, but certainly not impossible. In this talk you will get insights in working with remote teams, the practical side, and the benefits. The talk is given by Koen van Langen.

Koen is a Senior Software Designer and has worked with remote teams on several projects. In his role he is responsible to collect requirements from the customer, create designs out of it and together with the team members abroad solve the problems of the customer. Koen guides and coaches the abroad team members to get to a qualified software solution. He combines a technical role, e.g., writing code, design, etc., with a more process-oriented role, by guiding the process and the team members from design to delivery.

GEWIS members will get the opportunity to receive free lunch, either by picking up a free Hubble lunch box (online participation) or there will be lunch facilitated (on campus participation). Currently we can not guarantee that the lecture will be hosted on campus. There will be a maximum of 30 places available for on campus participation.