Building and Managing Offshore Software Development Teams - Speaker Earl Coleman

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• published: 15 May 2017
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All projects have challenges. Having your team on the other side of the world only amplifies them. Knowing what to expect when working with an offshore group will help you avoid misunderstandings and keep the project on track. Learn from 3 experts who have lived through these challenges and can teach you to mitigate obstacles and maximize results. Earl Coleman is a serial entrepreneur. He currently serves as Co-Founder and President of Opportunity Hub in Atlanta, Georgia. Opportunity Hub is a multi-campus coworking space, entrepreneurship school, pre-accelerator for startups and early-stage companies. Earl is also the Co-Founder of Pearlio, an idea studio specializing startups, venture capital firms and new ventures. Earl graduated with a BA in International Business from Maryville College, where he served as Class President and held many other leadership positions. He also studied International Relations at Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica, successfully completing all course work in Spanish. He has received training and worked with national and international organizations such as the United Way, Upward Bound, the Children Defense Fund, the National Urban League, and, the Organization of American States. Earl is an innovative and compassionate leader who has been recognized for his ability to educate youth and adult professionals on various topics. Earl is an experienced facilitator that has led a plethora of presentations and workshops. He has done extensive research on issues of entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion, and innovation. Earl has a passion for people and believes that the spirit of thoughtful collaboration can enhance the lives of individuals and can better organizations. Bradley Kirkland is a serial entrepreneur in the software space. He is currently actively involved in and investing in several startups. He also has a passion for helping other entrepreneurs succeed. Some of his interests are meeting fascinating people (almost everyone has something fascinating about them), trying new foods, mobile apps, tech startups, complex web apps, photography, paying it forward, investing, consulting, and helping connect people. Bradley's core company focuses on custom software development with an emphasis on helping other interactive agencies. They have incredible strength in big data, artificial intelligence, native mobile apps, complex web apps, websites, and custom Windows software. They are launching a new division focused on wearables, so we are very interested in new interesting projects in that domain. For investment and advising, he is only interested and can provide real value to software-based solutions, especially those that are mobile-centric or have a core mobile component. He gets 3-5 pitch decks per day, so he can't reply to all. If yours is something that resonates with him, he will reply. If you think he overlooked it, follow up - multiple times if necessary. Matthew Ohlman is the Managing Partner at FiveBox, an Atlanta based provider or software development services. During his tenure in the software industry, Matthew has been at the forefront of the rapid technology shift that has transformed software into cloud-based web and mobile applications. Armed with this knowledge and experience, he drives the FiveBox team to continue pushing the boundaries of software in order to create user centric cloud software solutions. Prior to founding FiveBox, Matthew played a pivotal role building and leading several software development teams in Atlanta. In addition, he serves as an advisor to several startups. Matthew received a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science with high honors from Georgia Institute of Technology.