Speaking

I’ve spoken across the United States, Middle East, and Europe on a variety of topics, but usually focusing on teams, technology, the importance of mental health, and growing successful startups.

If you’d like me to speak at your event, let me know!

Past Speaking Engagements

• AgileByExample in Warsaw
• ArabNet in Beirut
• ATD
• Chamber of Commerce events in Aberdeen and Edinburgh
• CodeBase Edinburgh and Aberdeen
• DevLearn
• Digital Shoreditch 2013
• FrontEnd Conf (2013, 2014)
• Lean Agile Scotland (2012, 2013)
• Learning Technologies in London
• Scotland Can Do Scale (2015, 2016)
• Scotch on the Rocks 2013
• TICE
• Turing Festival (2014,2015,2016,2017,2018)
• Universities: Taylor, Purdue, Central Florida, Texas State, UT Austin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Glasgow Caledonian University

Some Feedback I’ve Received

• Rated the #3 overall best speaker of TuringFest 2016, #3 overall in TuringFest 2017, and #2 overall at TuringFest 2018.
• “One of the best of LAScot!”
• “Excellent (I don’t say this lightly) pres about team building!”
• “John easily made it to my own Top 3 list”
• “It was superb, John is very engaging, I didn’t lose the attention at any point throughout the talk”
• “…one of the best talks I’ve seen (probably helped as it was so relevant)”
• “First of all – today’s talk by John was absolutely amazing! Very engaging and inspiring yet down to earth.”