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Bill DeRusha

Engineering Manager
edX
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
North America
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

I am a technical manager with a background in improv comedy and a passion for building company cultures and high performing teams. I am a huge supporter of open source and open knowledge.

Current position (1)

Engineering Manager

edX

Degrees (2)
Bachelor of Marketing
Bentley College
2003 to 2007
Master of Computer Science
Brandeis University
2009 to 2016

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Building a Delivery Team

How do you build an effective product delivery team? I walk through how you can take any team, new or old, to the next level by building trust, effective communication patterns, and good team mindsets.

Improv for Team Building

How you can use the tenants of improv comedy to build a better team (even if you aren't an improviser).

How to Internationalize Your Product

A technical talk about how to take your product to new markets. Discussing everything from developing robust product requirements to common technical pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Past talks (2)
Internationalization for Open edX
Open edX 2017
Madrid, Spain
December 31, 2016
eCommerce for Open edX
Open edX 2016
Standford, CA
December 31, 2015
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Expertise (6)

Technology
Leadership
Business
e-Learning High performance teams Improv Comedy
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