Paula Paul
OpenJS Foundation, Greyshore Distinguished Engineer and CTO
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Paula has served as a technical advisor, distinguished engineer, and fractional CIO in a number of organizations. Paula championed cloud, identity, and platform strategies as a Distinguished Engineer with ThoughtWorks and led cloud adoptions on AWS, GCP and Azure prior to her work as CTO of Greyshore. Paula is passionate about Open Source, and has served on the board of the OpenJS Foundation and the Open Source Day committee for the Grace Hopper Celebration.
Paula is an author and speaker on multiple dimensions of technology as it impacts communities, industries, and personal experiences. She keeps an anthology of her work on Medium:
https://medium.com/@paulapaul/anthology-1982-to-2019-my-formative-years-in-technology-243458d15845
Zen and the Art of Organizational Open Source
Open source software and communities can drive meaningful change in organizations. What lessons can we take from open source to drive change in our own organizations? According to the Linux Foundation, it has been estimated that Free and Open Source Software constitutes 70-90% of any given piece of modern software solutions.
In order to reach true organizational open source zen, organizations need to take a stepwise approach to embracing open source. Learn how to categorize your organization's open source zen level, what steps it should take to level up, and why leveling up will ultimately bring more value and help differentiate your organization from the competition.
What does it mean to go deep and maximize the value of open source in your organization? Open source enlightenment can bring a huge return on investment for an organization. Let’s talk about how we can reach true open source enlightenment.
The Business Case for Responsible AI in FSIs: Practical Steps for Tackling Bias in Gen AI
Diversity is a cornerstone of innovation, driving better outcomes in technology and innovation. Despite the known benefits, DEI continue to pose challenges in software development for FS. Open Source is a crucial space for addressing algorithmic fairness, and FSIs have an outsized influence on society, so focusing on this sector is set to be game-changing
Building on the DEI SIG's June 2024 OSFF London panel, we will explore strategies & actions for building diverse teams; creating the right environment and building the right processes for embedding Responsible AI not just in your engineering teams, but across your organizations. Drawing on the best practices of our members and AI fairness/accessibility experts, FINOS will share best practices on tackling bias around new Gen AI models to avoid bias, drive inclusion and ensure conformance to regulation such as the ethical & responsibility standards set forth in the AI Act and beyond. Equally, we will draw on FINOS' AI and DEI work, bringing together FSIs & tech players to ensure that trust, inclusion, and safety are at the heart of AI & software development; raising the bar towards a more equitable and inclusive future in tech.
A Silver Bullet for Software Engineering?
The essay "No Silver Bullet" was first published by Dr. Fredrick Brooks in 1986, and republished in the 25th anniversary edition of his seminal collection 'The Mythical Man Month'. The essay questioned whether it was possible to achieve tenfold improvement in software engineering productivity within ten years.
This session offers insights on software engineering productivity from my own journey in computer programming, which began in 1976, leading to mainframe product development at IBM during the years Dr. Brooks first published his essay, then product engineering in ‘shrink wrap’ software and cloud native products, to current adventures in software engineering with Google’s Duet AI.
As a mainframe programmer I spent my time very differently than I do today. Software estimation and productivity metrics have evolved, but are elusive and even controversial. We've come from a mythical man month to mythical '10x programmers'. Will AI bring us 10x improvement? With the help of Google's Duet AI, we will explore whether we’ve finally found the silver bullet.
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