ACS Industry Insights Leaders Series - Adam Schuck

Hear from Canva's Director of Engineering Adam Schuck as he uncovers lessons learned and shares actionable insights on how best to work in a distributed team.

ACS Industry Insights Leaders Series features some of the ICT industry’s most respected leaders. The series explores innovation, challenges and opportunities in tech and considers what might be in store in ICT’s constantly evolving world.

Shift to distributed collaborative teams

Launched as a global company from day one, Canva places a huge emphasis on its ability to streamline operations across distributed teams.

This is to ensure access to talent isn't limited by geographical borders; but with a design community across 190 countries, it's critical for Canva to have a diverse and inclusive representation in its workforce.

But how does this successful Australian startup ensure its remote workforce remains effective and engaged?

On Thursday 18 June, hear from Canva's Director of Engineering Adam Schuck as he uncovers lessons learned and shares actionable insights on how best to work in a distributed team:

• The difference between remote and distributed teams
• Learning the hard way and how to manage different time zones.
• How to work on projects while not being collocated.
• Investing in asynchronous practices.
• Making communications a key of your success.
• Work on your culture to invest in your distributed success.
• Mistakes to avoid...  

About the speaker

Adam Schuck is a technology leader, repeat startup founder and advisor.

Adam is passionate about empowering engineering teams, and solving real-world problems with software. Thriving when surrounded by smart, self-driven, empathetic humans, he is successfully leading the engineering team at Canva. 

He's had key roles in early-stage startups (including acquisitions by Twitter and Canva) through to global companies like Google and Twitter, between Sydney, SF and NYC.

His skills span building a software system from scratch, through to senior management for large engineering organisations. He has held VPE / CTO level roles in startups through to leading technology & engineering for large organisations at scale companies.