Todd Nussbaum!
Director, Consulting Services @ CGI
Bio!
With a career spanning two and a half decades, Todd has worn nearly every hat in the SDLC—from dev and architect to engineering leader. He is a firm believer that great software requires both a foundation of clean architecture and sensible UI design. Off the clock, Todd can be found tinkering with the newest open source library or AI app, and often trades the keyboard for the sidelines, following his sons' college journeys, timing his daughter’s laps at the pool, and acting as the primary support crew for his wife’s running goals.
Session!
LGTM is not a Strategy
Pull requests are where quality is won or lost, and too many teams still treat reviews with a rushed "LGTM". In this talk, you'll learn a practical, repeatable approach to high-quality PR reviews that balances speed with risk management - covering how to triage changes quickly, review in layers, and write comments that lead to better outcomes without friction. We'll also show how QA and developers bring complementary lenses to the same review, turning acceptance criteria, scenarios, and observability into shared responsibility instead of production surprises. You'll leave with a lightweight framework and concrete habits for authors and reviewers that make reviews faster, kinder, and more effective.
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