Bridget_822i4b Atlassian Team

For fun, @Valerie rides bicycles, motorcycles, runs, hikes, and skis. She also manages thousands of Jira tasks and processes for Jira and Confluence. In this interview, you will discover that there's simply no challenge Valerie can't conquer. Enjoy! What are some of your day-to-day responsibilities as Manager of Corporate…

Describe the career path that led you to become a Project Software Engineer / SCRUM master extraordinaire at Philips Respironics! I started out pre-med with a computer science major as a backup. After a summer internship and a stint as an Emergency Medical Technician, I decided I liked computer science more than medicine…

 Atlas Camp is our developer event which will take place in Barcelona, Spain from the 6th -7th of September. This is a great opportunity to meet other developers and get new information first hand. Registration for Atlas Camp is now open and for a limited time, you can save with early bird registration. With Atlas Camp,…

I am Walter. When I was a young boy back in the late eighties, I thought that studying languages and journalism was a good idea. But look––now I find myself somewhere in the middle of my career in IT. I have been able to taste from most of the slices of the IT pizza: supporting and training end users, programming, business…

A lot can be said in just one year! This is especially true for members of the Atlassian Community. Since launch, members of this Community have viewed 33,835,216 pages, made 160,459 posts, and have given 26,980 likes. It's impossible to highlight all of the magic moments that have happened over the past year, but in this…

One could say that Claudio Ombrella is a fixture in the world of Jira admins. Ombrella and his team at Autodesk have completed one of the greatest consolidations of Jira: they migrated Bugzilla, TFS, Rally, Lotus Notes, and Trello instances to Jira. His accolades don't stop there: Claudio has been Atlassian customer for…

Thomas Deiler is a Bavarian, Mountaineering, Senior Agile Coach. In this Showcase, you will learn about his journey from software engineer to project manager, his freelance philosophy, and much more. Enjoy! Where are you from? What is your current role?I am located in the heart of Bavaria, Munich. I’m lucky enough to work…

Data protection and confidentiality are hot topics as of late! (Understatement of the century). And as a cloud service provider, it's more important than ever for Atlassian to express our focus on helping customers understand the actions we take to keep data safe. In this post, I will explain the Atlassian vision for…

@Jeff_Douglas's career started in his Dad's garage in Jacksonville and eventually evolved into him becoming the Director of Software Development at Colorvision. Enjoy the following Showcase that details his journey: Where are you from? What were you like as a kid? Grew up in Jacksonville, FL. Was always a shy kid. I was…

It’s awards season, everybody! This January was one for the books in terms of both the high volume and quality of content created by members of this community, for members of this community. We hit some record high traffic and engagement metrics and wanted to acknowledge and honor the folks who helped us hit those…

*This article was written in partnership with an Atlassian Marketplace vendor, Midori. Enjoy!*In the near future, all cars will come off the production line with navigation built-in as default. At least that’s the vision NNG, a global leader in enterprise and personal navigation systems are working towards. The company is…

Whether he's rooting for Otto the Orange or cruising to campus on his motorcycle, @Brian Chabot undeniably channels the school spirit of his employer, Syracuse University. In this showcase, you will learn more about his career path as well as what it's like to be an Application Developer in the education industry. Enjoy!…

Hi everyone! I'm Max and I'm currently hyperfocused on a campaign to make agile open-source. It's called #RetroOnAgile TL;DR As part of the larger campaign, we're asking agile fans to reflect on their software development experience via twitter*: * Tell us what you like * Tell us what you don’t like * Think to the future,…

LinkedIn, the world's largest business network has an exceptionally large Confluence instance. In their case, large means millions of pages and thousands of spaces. In this Showcase, we're focusing in on how LinkedIn uses an Atlassian Marketplace App, Archiving Plugin for Confluence, to implement proper Content Lifecycle…

This Showcase features Marcus Clinton, Director of Operations at Elite Media Technologies, who caught our eye with his recent post in a Jira Group on Linkedin. In this post, you'll learn about how what started as an interest in Jira then kick-started his career trajectory from project manager to Director of Operations.…

This week's spotlight shines on @Cameron Eldridge who recently blew the Atlassian's team's socks off with his post sharing tips for Portfolio for Jira. (You can skip ahead to those tips in Part II of this spotlight). In Part I, you will learn more about Cameron, hear his advice for Portfolio newbies and discover what…

Quick disclaimer: Hi, everybody! My name is Bridget, and I'm new to the Team Atlassian as the Community Content Manager. I started the Community Spotlight series because I know that there's a story behind every Atlassian user, many of which contain nuggets of golden wisdom that will inspire you or snippets of humor that…

What's an example of when you've used your Atlassian skills to improve your family/friends/significant other operations? The inspiration for this discussion comes from the blog post How I ran my kids like an Atlassian team for a month. In this blog, an Atlassian team member applied some crucial Atlassian values to his…

Bonobos is an e-commerce platform that designs and sells men's clothing, promising customers a better fit and easier buying experience than ever. Over the past 8 years, Bonobos has logged enviable growth: raising over $125 million, becoming profitable and nurturing a customer base of over 250,000 customers recurring…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZNZ9MoYV38 Hi everyone, I'm Bridget! I'm brand new to the Atlassian Community team, and my sole focus is to bring you content that will enhance your professional + personal use of the Atlassian tools. My first project is to start a Community Showcase––bringing you weekly stories of how…