Finding Signal in the Noise: The art of Execution

Name: ArchConf
Start: 2019-12-09T08:00-0500
End: 2019-12-12T17:00-0500
Location: Opal Sands Resort

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

01 / ABOUT THIS SESSION

In tech teams it's a constant firefight. We react. Then we react to the reaction… the cycle continues. In all this noise, in all this chaos, how do we move forward. How do we remain proactive?

A great leader must be an enabler for the team. At times this means insulating the team from the noise. At other times it means improving the environment for the team. At all times, however, it requires setting clear priorities and conditions for success.

This session is focused on the art of moving forward in even the noisiest environments.

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02 / SESSION DETAILS

FORMAT

90-minute session

ROOM

SEA SHORE/SEA WATCH

03 / MORE FROM MICHAEL CARDUCCI

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YOUR SPEAKER

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

Michael Carducci spent years learning to see things as they actually are; first as a magician, then as a software architect, now as both simultaneously. And somehow that’s not even the whole story.

He’s the author of Mastering Software Architecture (Apress, 2025) and is currently writing The Semantic Layer (Packt, 2026). He has spent over 25 years following interesting problems; through roles from individual contributor to CTO and back again, across industries and continents.

As a speaker, he applies the same toolkit he uses in close-up magic: attention, misdirection, timing, storytelling, and the instinct to take the long way around when that’s where the truth lives. Audiences at hundreds of conferences across four continents have described his talks as the kind that change how you think about a problem rather than just what you know about it.

He also makes YouTube videos about technology and curiosity with his wife Kate, because some ideas are too important (or too interesting!) to leave only in conference rooms.

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All signal.
Zero fluff.

DECEMBER 9 - 12, 2019 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL