Digital  Transformation  of  YPGPaul  T.  Ryan,  CTO,  YPG

February  28,  2014

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Who We Are

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Expertise with national brands

Largest deals community in Canada

7.3 million Monthly unique visitors

6.5 million Downloads!26% of Canadians online

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CHANGE

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DNA  Of  Change

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The  important  nucleotides

Tech  Standards Cool  TechFreedom  to  Innovate

Corporate  Culture

UrgencyAccountabilityTeam  Culture

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Change  Is  Hard

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Beware  the  Iceberg

Hard Factors

Soft Factors

Processes

Company Objectives

StructuresIndicators

PowerInfluence

FearCultural Norms

Believe

RelationshipsWishes

Envy

Ethics

Habits

Privileges

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1. Agile  Organization  – Development  – Product  formulation  – Measure  and  Fail  Fast  

2. Key  enabler  for  Agile  Org  is  DevOps  3. Build  quality  in  –  part  of  the  process    

– Automate  the  hell  out  of  it  – Use  consolidated  tools  and  approaches  –  innovate  where  it  matters  

4. Search  platforms  and  capabilities  are  very  very  very  important  5. Near  real-­‐time  analytics  allow  you  to  iterate  quickly  6. A  global  architecture  can  help  ☺  7. Build  a  culture  of  engineering  8. Make  it  fun  –  people,  environment,  rewards

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We’re Hiring!

!http://jobs.jpg.com

!100+ open positions

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Blatant self-promotionon the stage!

FOUL:

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