LearnThinkCode

Brian Repko

Brian Repko Brian is a hands-on data and software engineer/architect, bioinformatician and agile coach. I am a passionate technologist with over 20 years experience, most at the project lead or architect level. I strive to be both of service and an encouraging influence on teams - with a focus on value and growth through training and mentoring for both technical and non-technical team members.

LearnThinkCode

LearnThinkCode was a Minnesota S-Corporation which was Brian as an independent contractor (corp-to-corp).

The name comes from my love of learning, teaching, designing, visioning and implementing - all towards finding the right thing to do and making sure that it happens (my definition of leadership).

Architecture

I'm a big proponent of emergent or "just-in-time" architecture. I believe that architecture requirements are discovered in conjunction with functional requirements. That being said, just as there are common functionalities (login / logout), there are lots of common architecture concerns that can be decided as the project progresses. I love helping clients collect and understand the advantages and disadvantages to architecture choices as well as the technical debt incurred in deciding when those choices need to be made.

Agile

I'm not a Scrum, XP, Kanban or Lean guy - I steal from them all. My background in writing shop floor scheduling systems tends to give me a "throughput" and "quality" slant to running projects. I'm a big believer in the shu-ha-ri concept of coaching agile but also try to meet each team and team member where they are at and add value to that situation. I have particular interests around project initiation, quality (with testing being "provable quality") and community building around a solution.