Technology Magazine July 2021 | Page 100

LIBERTY GLOBAL VENTURES
BRUCE DINES TITLE : PARTNER AND LEAD IN INNOVATION
INDUSTRY : TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION : DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA
Bruce Dines is a founding partner of Liberty Global Ventures and is responsible for co-developing its Technology Investment Portfolio . With 25 years of tech and telecom experience – half spent in early stage environments , where he co-founded and led three businesses from

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concept development to exit . The other half of his career he has held senior executive leadership roles in mid and large corporations – American Telecasting ( IPO ’ d and sold to BellSouth and Sprint ), EHPT ( sold to Ericsson ) and Ericsson Mobile Communications post sale where he led a $ 1B business unit . Bruce also leads the Spark programme within Liberty Global which drives innovative thinking and development principles across operating companies .

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Beginning in 2000 , agile methodologies began to take over the world of software development after a group of 17 software practitioners created the Agile Manifesto . Agile is rooted in three main concepts : an iterative approach to development , short feedback loops , and a disciplined project management process .
Software teams would meet every morning in 10 or 20-minute intervals known as " scrums ". These faster , iterative design processes created new standards and