Today we’re announcing some exciting new additions to the Jama Software leadership team. Chris Cook of New Relic joins the board of directors. Ian Miller, most recently President of Workday Asia Pacific, has been named the Jama VP of Worldwide Sales. Cook served as President and Chief Operating Officer New Relic, a SaaS web application […]
As all fast-growing software companies know, recruiting talent can be a big challenge. You’ve probably hired some of the best and brightest nation-wide and paid their moving costs, and are ready to sponsor working visas, all to keep your business innovative and moving forward. At Jama our recruiting efforts were eased this year when we found a great […]
In August Jama partnered with Women Who Code and hosted a panel of Jamanians titled “Lesson’s Learned in the Tech Industry.” The panel featured Hang Dao (Senior QA Engineer), Kristina King (Support Community Manager), Robin Calhoun (Product Manager), Laura Andrews (Visual Interaction Designer) and Jess Stetson (Solutions Architect) and was moderated by Caterina Paun, Director of the local chapter […]
Environmental responsibility is one of Jama’s core values. Like many in the Pacific Northwest, we strive to live in harmony with our environment. Earlier this year we moved to a new headquarters office, and much of the planning around the office design and amenities centered on making sure that the office was as environmentally friendly […]
On July 12, 2015 we celebrated eight years of Jama. The Jama team (and families!) came together to celebrate eight years of creativity and collaboration. A few snapshots from our day of celebration… We started off the day with breakfast on the patio from Fried Egg Love. My Bartender and Sterling Catering & Cookies helped […]
If there’s a constant theme for VPs of Sales, it’s pressure. In times flush and lean, driven by forecasts definitive and dubious, sales teams are the shock absorbers and the turbo chargers that sustain and propel a company. Sales always has a journey mapped out, but it also always has to be prepared to reroute […]
“Engineers are relatively good at logical decisions. The problem is with the assumptions. Testing the assumptions is the most important trait of a good systems engineer. Keep the critical-to-customer requirements always in mind; everything else supports these. Must not strangle the project with many meetings. System Level cannot be the only verification approach—Need to do […]
VPs of Product shoulder a formidable set of full-time challenges. Accountable to both business and engineering plans, a wise Product leader recognizes that clear communication and meaningful collaboration are a means to an end, and therefore matter as much as the goals. Whether you’re managing performance and production with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or a hybrid […]
The next time you feel like your professional life has gotten too complicated, get some face time with a seasoned Quality Assurance pro. The job? Easy stuff such as exposing the production flaws in embedded systems, integrated systems and connected devices. What seems like a negative focus requires positive determination to straddle the line between […]
An unfair truth: Project Managers are expected to be janitors. When there’s a mess, the PM must finagle and finesse the problematic actions, unexpected errors and sidetracked key players back into one clean and streamlined product-building machine. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: No other team member has as much of an […]
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