2025

• March: DevNexus - Mastering Logging in Java

• March: JavaOne - Preparing for the Java 21 Certification (or exploring new features)

• August: KCDC - Beyond JUnit and Preparing for the Java 21 Certification (hands on lab)

• September: Boston JUG- Java Does What Now - Java 25 Edition

• September: NYJavaSig- Java Does What Now - Java 25 Edition

2024

• February: NY JavaSig  - Preparing for the Java 21 cert and learning new featuresP

• April: Dev Nexus, Atlanta - Preparing for the Java 21 cert and learning new features

• Oct: Dev2Next, Denver

  • The Critical Path Game (and how to make a game)

  •  Managing your time for work, learning, and fun

• November: NYC Scrum User Group - Critical Path Game

2023

• June: CJUG, Chicago - Readable Java Regular Expressions

• June: KCDC, Kansas City

  • Java Idioms for Becoming a More Powerful Developer workshop

  • Readable Java Regular Expressions

• July UberConf, Denver

  • Readable Java Regular Expressions

  • Improving your code with static analysis tools

• August Philly Jug - Refactoring to Java 21

• December, NYC - StuySplash - Preparing to Apply to and Speak at Conferences

2022

• April: Dev Nexus, Atlanta

  • Hybrid Scrum, Location May Vary

  • Preparing for the Java 17 cert and learning new featuresPreparing for the Java cert and learning new features

• August: NyJavaSig - first (almost) hybrid event) - Refactoring to Java 17

• August: KCDC, Kansas City - Refactoring to Java 17

• October: JavaOne

  • Twelve Tips for Writing more Readable Java Code - with Ken Fogel

  • Part of Community Keynote

  • On panel: I Didn't know that about Java - with Erin, Freddy, Justin and Pratik

2021

• September: KCDC, Kansas City

  • Becoming one of the first Java 17 certified programmers (and learning new features)

  • Intro to testing with JUnit 5

• December: Presenting in person - StuySplash

• December: Remote Agile Games - NYC Scrum (online)

2020

• January NY Java SIG - Preview of "Java: Did you Know That?"

• Dev Nexus, Atlanta

  • Java Idioms for becoming a more powerful developer (Full day hands on training)

  • Java: Did you Know That?

• May: Online - planning committee and introduction for Big Apple Scrum Day

• June: Online - panel on Java Architecture from Deploy Friday

• September: moderated NYJavaSig's 25th anniversary panel with James Gosling, Brian Goetz, Venkat Subramaniam and Sharat Chander

2019

• Dev Nexus, Atlanta

  • Becoming the first Java 11 certified developer  (Full day hands on training)

  • Java 12 – Keeping the Java Release Train on the Right Track 

• Oracle Code NY

  • DevSecOps: The Java Developer's Guide to Automating with Groovy

  • Growing your Career in a Diverse Workplace Panelist

• QCon, New York

  • Modern Java innovations track lead

  • Which Java Vendor should I choose panelist

• Oracle Code One, San Francisco

  • Choosing the right Java Vendor and Strategy (with Chandra Guntur)

  • Java IDE Wars (with Ken Fogel and Scott Selikoff)

  • Hands on Java 11 Certification Prep (with Ken Fogel and Scott Selikoff)

• Chicago Java User Group - Mutation Testing

• San Diego Java User Group - Java Idioms and Choosing a Java Vendor/Strategy