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Technology Issues for Early Stage Founders

In this 3 hour clinical workshop, experienced tech developers from uSpark, Maurice Pizzo, Anthony Walker and Pamela Wilson, highlighted the types of technology problems often experienced by early stage founders and how to solve them.

A FREE interactive workshop that will assist early stage founders to make the best technology decisions for their business.

Maurice Pizzo and Anthony Walker are advisers to uSpark, an accelerator founded by Unico Computer Systems (a 30+ year IT services company) in 2020 with the core mission of giving start-ups access to technical skills.

When they aren’t advising uSpark founders, Maurice and Anthony work diligently in senior development roles at Unico.

Topic

In this Meet Up the pair will highlight the types of technology problems often experienced by early stage founders and how to solve them.

  • Finding the Right Tech Partners
  • What is Fit for Purpose
  • Design for Scale, Build for Now
  • How to Validate
  • Meeting Security & Compliance Needs
  • Free Stuff

Speakers 

Maurice Pizzo - Product Architecture Specialist

Maurice has a passion for working with people to identify and solve complex problems through innovative approaches. Currently serving as the Head of Solution Design within Unico, Maurice leverages over 20 years of broad IT experience delivering solutions for some of the largest brands in the world. His experience includes Ericsson, PwC, Toyota and the Victorian Government. Maurice leads from a place of empathy and thrives on helping others succeed in the learner mindset and in the application of technology to provide great experience in unique ways.

Anthony Walker - Solution Design Specialist

Anthony is a highly experienced solution designer with over 20 years experience over many industries including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, consumer health, manufacturing and IT consulting. His specialties are in complex web and digital systems, data-driven applications and business process optimization; skills that give him rapid insight into how to bring ideas to life in software solutions.

 

This Startup Central Victoria and Digital Innovation Futures Victoria event is funded by the Victorian State Government, led by the City of Greater Bendigo, and resourced by La Trobe University’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship team and partners.