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Waltz Team - Introducing Waltz an Open Enterprise Project

September 17, 2020

 

Guest speakers: David Watkins, Director at Deutsche Bank and the Waltz Team, presented "Introducing Waltz, an Open Enterprise Project".  

This video was from a live FINOS virtual "Meetup" on August 12, 2020. Join us live for future "Meetups" to see real examples of successful collaboration, hear a few top tips from active contributors, and learn about some innovative approaches to maintaining open source projects.

THE WALTZ TEAM'S Presentation

 

 

The Waltz Team's  Presentation: Introducing Waltz, an Open Enterprise Project - August 12th, 2020

In a nutshell, Waltz is Deutsche Bank's open source project, recently contributed to FINOS, that allows you to visualize and define your organization's technology landscape.

Think of Waltz as a structured Wiki for your enterprise architecture.

A core belief behind Waltz is that technology information should be accessible by everyone within your organization. Furthermore, employees are your best source of information about your technology landscape and should therefore be empowered to enhance and correct data.

Join Dave, Jessica, Kamran, and Mark from the Waltz open source team as they introduce the project, the evolution of Waltz, and what it's like to be open source contributors in banking.

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David Watkins' Bio:

David Watkins - Director at Deutsche Bank

David is a London-based director at Deutsche Bank currently working in finance within the Enterprise Architecture group. David primarily works on the FINOS open source Waltz project, which allows organizations to document, visualize, and define their enterprise level technology landscapes

Jessica Woodland-Scott's Bio:

Jessica Woodland-Scott - Technology Analyst

Jessica is an analyst developer working on an open source application, with experience in SQL, Java 8, and AngularJS. Previously she was BA/scrum master for an Agile team. Jessica is a recent graduate from the University of Oxford, with research experience in the Senn and Goodwin groups, specializing in NTE behaviour.

Kamran Saleem's Bio:

Kamran Saleem - Senior Software Developer

Kamran is an experienced senior software engineer with a history of working in the financial services industry. Skills include WPF, HTML, JavaScript, AngularJS, databases, unit testing, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Kamran is a strong engineering professional with a Master of Engineering degree (MEng) focused in Computer Science from Imperial College London.

Mark Guerriero's Bio:

Mark Guerriero - Lead Business Analyst/ Product Manager

Mark is a Singapore-based senior business analyst with a strong foundation working within change in the bank teams. Mark has worked in  the banking industry for over 15 years, specializing in analyzing current state problems through to delivering the requirements that meet the needs of the key business stakeholders.

 

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