{"id":12652,"date":"2019-05-03T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T06:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/?post_type=project&#038;p=12652"},"modified":"2019-06-19T07:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T07:35:48","slug":"ashik-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/speakers\/ashik-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashik Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ashik_Ahmed_400.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Jez Humble&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;circleimage&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#f7955b&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|50%|50%|50%|50%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221;]&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_social_media_follow disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;facebook&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#3b5998&#8243; follow_button=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]facebook[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;twitter&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00aced&#8221; follow_button=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]twitter[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||50px&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/agileaus-speakers\/\">&lt; Back to speakers<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||50px&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/topics\/\">&lt; Back to topics<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||50px&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/program\/\">&lt; Back to the program<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#22485c&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashik Ahmed<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-founder, CEO and CTO, Deputy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest speaker<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#22485c&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221;]&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; ul_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e71c28;\">Perfect is bullsh*t<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashik Ahmed is the Co-founder, CEO and CTO at Deputy. 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