Speaker

Paul Sobocinski

Paul Sobocinski

Engineering Director at Thoughtworks

Toronto, Canada

Over the course of his 20-year professional career, Paul has led talented individuals and teams across a variety of software engineering disciplines. His leadership experience spans both tech startups that have grown to the point of becoming acquired, as well as both digital native companies and enterprise organizations that have successfully scaled into new business and technology domains. Whether it has been as a Team Lead, Engineering Director, CTO, Coach, or Mentor, Paul’s professional mission has stayed constant: empower software engineering teams to deliver on their best work by elevating their technical practices, while maintaining a clear connection between those practices and the business outcomes they enable.

Since the start of 2023, Paul has been busy evaluating how Generative AI (GenAI) can be used to boost Engineering Effectiveness. Through the lens of AI Assisted Software Delivery, he has led initiatives to conduct evaluation-based market research, perform practices-oriented deep-dive assessments, and train software engineers in GenAI-oriented best practices. Through this work, Paul has helped infuse GenAI across multiple clients and partners of Thoughtworks in various industries such as Banking, IT Managed Services, and EdTech.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Agile Coaching
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Extreme Programming
  • Pair Programming
  • TDD
  • Test Driven Design
  • Evolutionary Architecture
  • Domain Driven Design
  • GenAI
  • Github Copilot
  • ruby on rails
  • ruby
  • JavaScript & TypeScript

ProductWorld 2021 Sessionize Event

February 2021

Paul Sobocinski

Engineering Director at Thoughtworks

Toronto, Canada