A G E N D A
Day 1
Event opening — Anatoliy Kochetov, Evgeniy Bachinskiy
global business growth. word from ceo — Valery Krasovsky
Presenting Sigma Software business growth and our globalization strategy as well as the global ecosystem today and tomorrow.
Practical aspects of globalization — Julia Ostroukh
Getting global is not just an intention, but a major change in how we work, in our processes and organizational structure. Let’s review practical aspects of our globalization: countries we operate in, processess of global hiring, people management, culture awareness, and performance management.
coffee break
From local to global teams: shifting mindsets and turning risks into opportunities — Svitlana Blyzniuk, Veronika Sheina
PM who builds an international team deals with fundamental changes. During this workshop we will find ways to adapt in terms of mindset, language, culture, timezone, daily routines, and team organization so that our global journey goes smoothly.
Lunch, networking
Network of superpowered people — Anatoliy Kochetov
A personal insight into the evolution of the company’s culture and values, as well as understanding if and how it influences our day-to-day work. Stories that bring a better understanding of interrelation of our goals, principles, values, and mission. And, finally, a practical framework of how to keep the best of it as we get global.
Controlling project portfolios: from reporting to effectiveness boost — Evgeniy Bachinskiy
How we are building our capability to manage delivery with a growing number of clients and projects and why it is important.
Diversity thoughts cloud – Anatoliy Kochetov, Evgeniy Bachinskiy
coffee break
DEI panel discussion. Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are important when going global — Hanna Khrystianovych
Panel discussion that will engage Sigma Software location heads. We will discuss what DEI mean to us, how they affect day-to-day work, company brand, reputation, culture, and business at the end.
The end of the official part
Dinner
Teambuilding
Day 2
Sigma Software in our customer eyes - Artem Petrenko
How do we present Sigma Software? Who are our clients? What is that unique value that we bring when we present ourselves.
Supercharged by Sigma Software: Unlocking potential with clients — Oleksandr Plyska
Building client relations, especially in an enterprise-scale business, can be challenging, but it’s also rewarding. Here I will be sharing real-life stories about us losing and winning, but eventually building relations resulting in long-lasting and stable projects, strong Sigma Software brand in customer eyes, and, in the end of the day, feeling accomplishment and joy.
PM role in the company brand and network development — Katherine Tuluzova, Anastasia Prozor
Let’s talk about PM role in the company business network development, tips and tricks of meeting people, and how to build connections.
coffee break
Practice the algorithm of extending the business with your client, which you can start applying right at the next meeting.
Lunch, networking
My networking is not working — Vlad Khodzinskiy
Even though it’s only 3 months in London, I’ve already had jam-packed sessions of networking and meeting new people. This is the upshot of my personal experience in networking, as the one who has always tried to avoid it. The comfort zone exit, if you will. I want to share stories, challenges, and findings, hoping it helps us get more out of our joint network.
Internal incubator: Creating opportunities to innovate — Daria Yaniieva
We will discuss the role of a venture wing within the company’s core business and synergies of product and service businesses.
clean.io — a journey from customer service to a product business and exit – Alexey Stoletny, Valery Krasovsky
This is a story about a product that was born from Sigma Software’s ecosystem, its vision of serving customers and solving their problem rather than providing engineers, and how one meeting resulted in a 5-year-long business journey culminating in an acquisition by a billion-dollar company.