Chocolatey Fest 2018: Full Schedule

8:45am PDT

Discovery - Windows Automation

Join us for the conference kick off keynote from Rob and Mukesh! We'll be talking about Discovery as the conference is on the day the United States was discovered.

Imagine a world 10-15 years ago and what existed for automation for Windows. See how we've discovered new technologies over the last few years and where we are at now.

Speakers

Rob Reynolds

Founder, Chocolatey Software

Rob is a developer turned founder who has a passion for developing low maintenance solutions with great user experiences and common sense approaches. He has been involved with several highly successful open source projects related to automation in the Windows ecosystem. Rob has over... Read More →

Mukesh Sharma

COO, Chocolatey Software

Mukesh Sharma got his start in technical sales long ago. He's found Windows in a very special place in his heart and jumped at the chance to work with Rob on making Windows Automation a better place with Chocolatey Software. Mukesh first got excited about Chocolatey last year after... Read More →

Monday October 8, 2018 8:45am - 9:00am PDT
Metropolitan Ballroom III

Keynote

9:00am PDT

Using Chocolatey & Puppet at Yelp

How we used Chocolatey to remove local admin at Yelp, reducing both IT support overhead and malware incidents. Using a combination of Chocolatey Self Service and Puppet, users can install the software they need to be productive from a trusted source. Hear how Yelp found a balance between security and convenience and learn about the automation with AU and Jenkins that allows us to keep our internal software catalog up to date.

Speakers

Mark Gewurz

IT Engineer, Yelp

Mark Gewurz is a Client Platform Engineer at Yelp. He previously worked at North Texas University before joining Yelp in 2017. He is excited about CI and well documented APIs. He has yet to encounter one.

Peter Sisk

Client Platform Engineer, Yelp

Peter Sisk is a Client Platform Engineer specializing in the Windows platform. Originally from Dublin, Ireland he began his IT career in Education and has been with Yelp for 4 years. His interests include Star Trek, Metal and Computing; ideally washed down with a Mezcal Negroni. Do... Read More →

Monday October 8, 2018 9:00am - 9:20am PDT
Metropolitan Ballroom III

Keynote