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  Speakers Ordered by Last Name  
 
  Chuck Allison
 
Chuck Allison
Utah Valley University


Before becoming a professor of computer science at Utah Valley University, Chuck Allison developed software for more than twenty years. He is a contributing editor for Better Software magazine and editor of The C++ Source, an online journal. He spent most of the 1990s as an active member of the C++ Standards Committee and is author of Thinking In C++, Volume 2, with Bruce Eckel. Chuck offers onsite training in C++, Python, and Design Patterns. Whenever he finds a little down time, Chuck plays classical guitar or bikes the country roads of central Utah. Contact him at [email protected].

  Half-day Tutorial (ML) - Functional Programming Makes a Comeback  Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (MU) - Design Principles Behind Design Patterns   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.

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  Chuck Allison
 
David Anderson
Modus Cooperandi


David Anderson has been a leader of great software teams delivering cutting-edge products since 1991. David was a member of the team that created Feature Driven Development (FDD), one of the original agile methods. Based on his experience with FDD at Sprint PCS, he authored the first book on management of agile development, Agile Management for Software Engineering in 2003. He has been an innovator in agile methods, applying management techniques such as Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Deming�s Theory of Profound Knowledge in software engineering projects and organizations. As the process architect for MSF for CMMI� Process Improvement at Microsoft, he built a strong working relationship with key people in the Software Engineering Institute and formal software process community.

  Session (W10) - A Kanban System for Software Engineering  Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Richard Bender
 
Richard Bender
Bender RBT


Richard Bender has more than thirty-five years of experience in software with a primary focus on quality assurance and testing. He has consulted internationally for large and small corporations, government agencies, and the military on applications that run the gamut from finance, billing, and manufacturing to medical, transportation, and communications—to prison management and weather forecasting. Richard teaches a series of courses on the techniques for practical, rigorous requirements-based testing, code-based testing, and writing testable requirements.

  Full-day Tutorial (TF) - Finding Ambiguities in Requirements   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.

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  Kevin Bodie
 
Kevin Bodie
Pitney Bowes


Kevin Bodie is a software development director at Pitney Bowes Emtex. His team develops Automated Document Factory solutions targeted to leading-edge production mailers. Kevin has held a variety of development and technical management positions in his career and has developed motion control systems, large-scale control systems, as well as Internet and Enterprise systems. Kevin has written for Internet Week, Leadership in Action, and InfoWorld, appearing on its cover. Kevin has received eight US Patents and is a member of the IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society.

  Session (T21) - Scenario-Based Architecture Reviews: A Quality Process   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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  Stacia Broderick
 
Stacia Broderick
AgileEvolution, Inc.


In 2006, Stacia Broderick founded AgileEvolution, Inc., based on the belief that agile practices present a humane, logical way for teams and companies to deliver products. A project manager for fourteen years, the last seven in software development, Stacia was trained and mentored as a ScrumMaster by Ken Schwaber. She is a Certified ScrumMaster Trainer as well as a PMP, a mix that proves invaluable when assisting organizations as they embrace the principles of agile and transition from traditional to modern practices. With Michele Sliger, Stacia is co-authoring A Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility.

  Half-day Tutorial (MN) - Artful Making for Agile Teams   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

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  Mike Cohn
 
Mike Cohn
Mountain Goat Software

Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software. Mike specializes in helping companies adopt and improve their use of agile processes and techniques to build extremely high performance development organizations. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, as well as books on Java and C++ programming. With more than 20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. He has also written articles for Better Software magazine, IEEE Computer, Software Test and Quality Engineering, Agile Times, Cutter IT Journal, and the C++ Users' Journal. Mike is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and was a founder of both the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer and a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM.

  Half-day Tutorial (TI) - Getting Agile with Scrum   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation - Agile and the Seven Deadly Sins of Project Management   Wednesday, June 11, 8:45 a.m.

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  Lee Copeland
 
Lee Copeland
Software Quality Engineering


With more than thirty years of experience as an information systems professional at commercial and nonprofit organizations, Lee Copeland has worked in applications development, software testing, and software process improvement. Lee has developed and taught numerous training courses on software development and testing issues and is a well-known speaker with Software Quality Engineering. The author of the popular reference book, A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design, Lee presents at software conferences around the world. He is a frequent contributor to StickyMinds.com and managing technical editor for Better Software magazine.

  Full-day Tutorial (MC) - Essential Software Requirements   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W14) - Decision Making Under Extreme Pressure: Lessons Learned from Pilots in Crisis   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Lisa Crispin
 
Lisa Crispin
ePlan Services, Inc.


A tester on agile teams since 2000, Lisa Crispin currently works as a tester at ePlan Services, Inc., developing Web-based financial applications using XP and Scrum. She leads tutorials and workshops on agile testing at conferences in the US and Europe. Lisa regularly contributes articles about agile testing to publications such as Better Software magazine, IEEE Software, and Methods and Tools. Lisa co-authored Testing Extreme Programming with Tip House, and is co-writing Agile Testing: The Tester Role in Agile Development with Janet Gregory. For more about Lisa’s work, visit her Web sites: http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net and www.agiletester.ca.

  Half-day Tutorial (MK) - One Iteration at a Time: The Life of an Agile Tester   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W19) - Ten Principles of an Agile Tester   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.

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  Lee Devin
 
Lee Devin
Swarthmore College


Lee Devin taught theatre at the University of Virginia (1962-66), Vassar College (1966-70), and Swarthmore College (1970-2002). In 1975 he became a member of the artistic staff of the People�s Light and Theatre, acting, teaching acting, and doing dramaturgy, currently Senior Dramaturg. With Rob Austin of the Harvard Business School, Lee wrote Artful Making; What Managers Need to Know about How Artists Work, published in 2003. In 2005, it won LMDA�s Elliott Hayes Award for dramaturgy. Lee is at work on writing projects that not only interfere with his trout fishing but also cause him to neglect his grandchildren.

  Half-day Tutorial (MN) - Artful Making for Agile Teams   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Session (T2) - Your Attention Please: Concentration is a Learnable Skill   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  Robert Galen
 
Robert Galen
Robert Galen Consulting Group


The director of Product Development and Agile Architect for ChannelAdvisor, Bob Galen has held director, manager, and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations. He is a Certified Scrum Master Practicing (CSP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and an active member of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. Bob authored Software Endgames – Eliminating Defects, Controlling Change, and the Countdown to On-Time Delivery. Bob may be reached at [email protected] or at www.rgalen.com.

  Half-day Tutorial (TP) - Software Endgames: Learning to Finish What You’ve Started   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TS) - Releasing Agile Products in the Enterprise   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (W16) - Agile Leadership: Coaching Great Teams   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.

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  Julie Gardiner
 
Julie Gardiner
Grove Consultants


With more than eighteen years of experience in the IT industry, Julie Gardiner has spent time as an analyst programmer, Oracle DBA, and project manager. She has first-hand experience as a test analyst, test team leader, test consultant, and test manager. At Grove Consultants, Julie provides consultancy and training in all aspects of testing, specializing in risk-based testing, agile testing, test management, and people issues. She is a certified SCRUM master. Julie won best presentation at STAREAST 2007 and 2005; best presentation at BCS SIGiST 2005; and best tutorial at EuroSTAR 2006.

  Half-day Tutorial (MJ) - Risk-Based Testing: A Systematic Approach   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (MR) - Test Estimation for Development and Test Managers   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.

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  David Garmus
 
David Garmus
The David Consulting Group


David Garmus is a founder of The David Consulting Group (an SEI CMMI® Approved Transition Partner) and supports software development organizations in achieving software excellence with a metric-centered approach. David is an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement, and estimation of software application development. He is a past president of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) and a member of their Counting Practices Committee. David has spoken at numerous conferences and written many articles and several books.

  Half-day Tutorial (MV) - Measuring and Monitoring Process Improvement   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T11) - Function Point Analysis: A Quick and Easy Primer   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Guruprasad Gopalakrishnan
 
Guruprasad Gopalakrishnan
Wipro Technologies


A lead consultant at Wipro Technologies, Guruprasad Gopalakrishnan leads the SOA testing initiative within its Testing Services division. He has twelve years of experience in the IT industry in various software testing roles. Guruprasad has managed testing projects in the banking, financial services, and insurance industries for various clients worldwide and has performed numerous test process and test automation assessments.

  Session (T12) - SOA Testing Challenges and Proven Practices   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Payson Hall
 
Payson Hall
Catalysis Group, Inc.


Payson Hall is a consulting project manager and founding member of Catalysis Group, Inc. Trained as a software engineer, Payson has performed and consulted on a variety of hardware and software systems integration projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his twenty-five-year professional career. His consulting clients have included the State of California, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, IBM, Agilent, Citibank, the State of New York, the Defense Communications Agency, and a number of smaller public and private sector organizations.

  Session (W8) - Bandages or Tombstones? Distinguishing Between Minor Setback and Impending Doom   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Bob Hartman
 
Bob Hartman
Net Objectives


Bob Hartman is a senior trainer/coach for Net Objectives in the areas of lean-agile processes and testing. He has more than thirty years of experience developing software and is frequently invited to speak about project management practices and agile development. Since starting with agile processes in 2000, Bob’s passion has been to help software development companies change in ways that allow them to quickly deliver products that have extremely high quality and exceed customer expectations.

  Half-day Tutorial (MT) - Value Stream Mapping for Software Development   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.

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  David Herron
 
David Herron
The David Consulting Group


David Herron is an acknowledged authority in the use of metrics to monitor the impact of Information Technology (IT) on the business and on the advancement of IT organizations to higher levels of software process maturity. He is a noted author and lecturer and has addressed audiences throughout the US and Europe on performance measurement, software process improvement, and outsourcing governance. With David Garmus, David Herron has co-authored two books on functional measurement. David Herron’s current engagements include senior-level consulting and coaching on matters relating to organizational change management, team, and individual mentoring.

  Half-day Tutorial (MV) - Measuring and Monitoring Process Improvement   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T11) - Function Point Analysis: A Quick and Easy Primer   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Paco Hope
 
Paco Hope
Cigital


A managing consultant at Cigital, Paco Hope has more than twelve years of experience in software and operating system security with areas of expertise in software security policy, code analysis, host security, and PKI. Paco has worked significantly with embedded systems in the gaming and mobile communications industries and has also served as a subject matter expert on issues of network security standards in the financial industry. Prior to joining Cigital, he served as director of product development for Tovaris, Inc., and head systems administrator in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. Paco is co-author of Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security.

  Full-day Tutorial (MD) - Software Security Fundamentals   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TT) - Writing Good Software Security Requirements   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T13) - Automating Security Testing with cUrl and Perl   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Andy Hunt
 
Andy Hunt
The Pragmatic Programmers


In the industry since the early 1980s, Andy Hunt is one of the seventeen founders of the Agile Alliance, which launched the Agile Manifesto and the agile movement. Andy is a programmer, consultant, author, publisher, and co-founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf. He co-authored the best-selling book, The Pragmatic Programmer and five others, including the recent award-winning Practices of an Agile Developer. At conferences and private corporations throughout the US and Europe, Andy is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from software development to management and cognition. When not working, Andy is an active musician composing, recording, and playing trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano.

  Half-day Tutorial (TM) - Refactoring Your Wetware: Thinking About Thinking   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W9) - Pragmatic Agility: Principles, Not Dogma   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  John Janakiraman
 
John Janakiraman

Skytap

John Janakiraman is the CTO of illumita, a startup providing virtualization services and solutions. He previously led the Data Center Architecture team at HP Labs, developing server virtualization, server architecture, and energy-efficient data center technologies. Many of these innovations appear in products including Xen, HP Dynamic Smart Cooling, and HP 9000 Superdome. John has a Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA, holds several patents, and has authored numerous publications.

  Session (W21) - Eight Steps to a Virtualized Development Environment   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.

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  Andy Kaufman
 
Andy Kaufman
Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc.


Andy Kaufman helps people around the world become better leaders so they can more reliably deliver results while having a life. He is an international speaker and executive coach and president of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc. Andy is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)� and is the author of Navigating the Winds of Change: Staying on Course in Business & in Life, How to Organize Your Inbox & Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter, and Shining the Light on The Secret.

  Full-day Tutorial (MA) - The Leadership Tutorial: Improving Your Ability to Stand and Deliver   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

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  Timothy Korson
 
Timothy Korson
Korson Consulting


Tim Korson has a decade of experience working on a large variety of systems developed using modern software engineering techniques. This experience includes distributed, real-time, and embedded systems as well as business information systems in an n-tier, client-server environment. Tim’s typical involvement on a project is as a senior management consultant with additional technical responsibilities to ensure high quality, robust test and quality assurance processes and practices. He has authored numerous articles and co-authored the book Object Technology Centers of Excellence.

  Full-day Tutorial (TD) - Test Case Development in Agile Development   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.

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  Mitch Lacey
 
Mitch Lacey
Ascentium


A technical project manager with Ascentium Corporation, Mitch Lacey has managed both plan-driven and agile projects during his ten-plus year career. Mitch honed his agile skills at Microsoft Corporation, where he successfully released large backend core services for Windows Live. He then transitioned roles from program manager to agile coach, working hand-in-hand with other groups throughout their transition to agile practices. Mitch is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP)� and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).

  Session (T10) - The Impact of Poor Estimating and How to Fix It   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Beth Layman
 
Beth Layman
Layman and Layman


A successful process improvement consultant, facilitator, teacher, and coach with more than twenty-five years of experience in the high tech sector, Beth Layman is an authority on measurement and process improvement. Her wide-ranging experience includes commercial, government, aerospace, and product software organizations. Beth provides training and interactive workshops, assessments, management consulting, and coaching in areas such as process definition, management, and improvement, software and performance measurement, project and portfolio management, and software quality assurance. Beth is an SEI Authorized CMMI® Lead Appraiser and is co-author of Practical Software Measurement: Objective Information for Decision Makers.

  Full-day Tutorial (MF) - Practical Software Measurement: Objective Information for Decision Makers   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

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  Todd Little
 
Todd Little
LGC


Todd Little is a senior development manager for Landmark Graphics Corporation. For more than twenty-five years, he has been involved in almost all aspects of software development with a focus on commercial software applications. Todd is on the Board of Directors for the Agile Alliance, a co-author of the Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Project Leadership, and a founding member and current president of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). Todd is a well-known speaker and writer on software engineering topics, including business value, uncertainty, complexity, and leadership.

  Full-day Tutorial (ME) - Leading Change through Collaboration   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TN) - Gambling Your Future: Effective Portfolio Management   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (T4) - The Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  Michael Mah
 
Michael Mah
QSM Associates


Michael Mah is director of the Benchmarking Practice, an author with the Cutter Consortium, and managing partner of QSM Associates, Inc., specializing in software measurement and project estimation. Michael has written extensively and consulted with the world’s leading software organizations, while collecting data on thousands of projects worldwide. Michael’s book-in-progress, Optimal Friction, examines the dynamics of teams under time pressure and its role in contributing to success and failure. He lives in the mountains of western Massachusetts with his two young children. Michael can be reached at www.qsma.com.

  Half-day Tutorial (MW) - Metrics in Agile Development   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.
Full-day Tutorial (TC) - Managing Imposed Deadlines: Risk Management in the Real World   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation - The Good, the Better, and the Rather Puzzling: The Agile Experience at Five Companies   Wednesday, June 11, 4:30 p.m.

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  James McCaffrey
 
James McCaffrey
Volt Information Sciences, Inc.


James McCaffrey manages technical training for software engineers working at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington. He has worked on several Microsoft products, including Internet Explorer and MSN Search. James is the author of .NET Test Automation Recipes and is a contributing editor of Microsoft's MSDN Magazine. He holds a doctorate in Research Methodology from the University of Southern California and an MS in Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University. James can be reached at [email protected].

  Half-day Tutorial (TU) - Quantitative Techniques for Software Management   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (W15) - The Psychology of Software Engineers   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.

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  Kent McDonald
 
Kent McDonald
Knowledge Bridge Partners


A business systems coach with more than a decade of experience, Kent McDonald has successfully guided projects and designed business solutions in the financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, non-profit, and automotive industries. His background includes delivering data-intensive and Web-enabled application development projects that provide outstanding business value. He has coached client staff to help teams reach project goals more productively and effectively. Kent is a sought after speaker, writer, and coach on project leadership, business analysis, and delivering business value through projects. He is the current President of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN).

  Half-day Tutorial (TN) - Gambling Your Future: Effective Portfolio Management   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W13) - Answer the Call: Help Product Owners Define and Prioritize Requirements   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Will McKnight
 
Will McKnight
Next Level Consultants


Will McKnight is an experienced process improvement specialist, who has worked on CMM®/CMMI®-based improvement programs in multinational settings with a wide range of organization sizes, styles, and types of software. He has more than twenty years of experience in all phases of the software development life cycle. Will’s specialization in product development and management provides him with a deep, “hands-on” understanding of what it takes to provide practical guidance to organizations working to improve their processes. As an SEI-authorized Lead Assessor for CMMI®, he has performed numerous appraisals.

  Half-day Tutorial (MX) - Introduction to the CMMI®   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.
Session (W4) - More than the Process Police: CMMI® Process and Product Quality Assurance   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.

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  Rob Myers
 
Rob Myers
Net Objectives


Rob Myers has over twenty years of professional experience in software development, including projects for industry leaders in medical, aerospace, and financial services. In the late 1990s, Rob became an eXtreme Programming coach and traveled throughout the country assisting teams with agile software development practices and object-oriented design techniques. Rob brings to the classroom his passion for Lean software development, team development, and sane work environments. He currently teaches Test-Driven Development and Refactoring, Effective .NET, and a new Test-Driven ASP.NET course.

  Full-day Tutorial (MG) - Test-Driven Development   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TR) - Measuring and Using Your Team’s Velocity   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.

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  James Newkirk
 
James Newkirk
Microsoft


James Newkirk is the product unit manager for CodePlex, Microsoft’s community open source project hosting site. He is the coauthor of Better Software Development for Agile Teams and Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET. Prior to joining Microsoft, James co-authored Enterprise Solution Patterns Using Microsoft .NET and Extreme Programming in Practice. In between writing books and consulting on software projects, James led the development of NUnit V2.

  Session (W5) - Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.

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  Dan North
 
Dan North
ThoughtWorks


Dan North has been writing software for more than fifteen years and is a principal consultant with ThoughtWorks. He spends his time helping teams become more effective at delivering software and presents at conferences, such as JAOO, Agile, and OOPSLA on topics ranging from learning theory to development methodologies. He has published articles in the Java Developers' Journal, Better Software magazine, CIO newsletters, and the DSDM Consortium.

  Half-day Tutorial (TK) - Behavior-Driven Development: A Tester’s Dream   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W1) - What’s the Deal with “Best Practices”—Revisiting the Idea   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.

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  Jeff Patton
 
Jeff Patton
Independent Consultant


For the past twelve years, Jeff Patton has designed and developed software on a wide variety of projects from online aircraft parts ordering to electronic medical records. A winner of the Agile Alliance's 2007 Gordon Pask Award for contributions to agile development, Jeff has focused on agile approaches since working on an early Extreme Programming team in 2000. He specializes in the application of user-centered design techniques to improve agile requirements, planning, and products. Some of Jeff’s recent writing on the subject can be found at www.agileproductdesign.com. Jeff’s forthcoming book gives tactical advice to those seeking to deliver useful, usable, and valuable software.

  Half-day Tutorial (MI) - User Story Mapping   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (MS) - From User Story to User Interface   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.

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  Jeff Payne
 
Jeff Payne
Independent Consultant


Jeffery Payne is an independent consultant who helps organizations improve the efficiency and quality of their software development processes. Jeff co-founded Cigital, Inc., and was their CEO between 1992 and 2008 when it became the leader in software security and quality solutions. He is a recognized software expert and speaks to companies nationwide about the business risks of software failure. Jeff is a frequent conference speaker and has testified before Congress on intellectual property rights, cyber-terrorism, and software quality.

  Half-day Tutorial (MP) - Project Risk Management: A Systematic Approach   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

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  Pollyanna Pixton
 

Pollyanna Pixton
Accelinnova


An international collaborative leadership expert, Pollyanna Pixton developed the models for collaboration and collaborative leadership through her thirty-five years of working inside and consulting with corporations and organizations. She helps companies create workplaces where talent and innovation are unleashed—making them more productive, efficient, and profitable. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova, president of Evolutionary Systems, director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership, and co-author of the forthcoming book, Stand Back and Deliver, A Leader's Guide to the Agile Enterprise due out in November 2008. She co-founded the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and chaired the Agile 2006 Leadership Summits in London and Minneapolis. Contact her at [email protected].

  Full-day Tutorial (ME) - Leading Change through Collaboration   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TO) - Leading Successful Projects in Changing Environments   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TV) - Agile Leadership: Inside the Project and From Above   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T9) - The Leadership Imperative: Creating a Culture of Trust   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Vladimir Pavlov
 
Vladimir Pavlov
International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute


Vladimir L Pavlov is the chairman and chief strategy officer of the International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute (INTSPEI). He founded INTSPEI (www.intspei.com) to launch new software development methodologies resulting from his experiments and research. A leading expert in software development, Vladimir has previously served as director and/or CTO for top high-tech companies, including Intel and Microsoft, in the US, Ukraine, Russia, and Poland. A frequent speaker at scientific and industrial conferences, he has authored major publications on computer science and software engineering.

  Session (W12) - Early Defect Detection for Software Analysis and Design   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Nelson Perez
 
Nelson Perez
Sierra’s Edge, Inc.


Nelson Perez is president of Sierra’s Edge, Inc., an SEI Partner. Nelson received his initial process training at TRW’s Defense Systems Group while Dr. Barry Boehm was its chief scientist. Boehm’s spiral model inspired Nelson to try his hand at developing an iterative and incremental component-based development methodology to turn around a $25MM Air Force program. The lifecycle went from 36 to 17 months; defects uncovered during system testing went from 6000 to 2, and the program went on to be voted one of the top five government programs by a panel of experts. Nelson has been using agile techniques ever since.

  Session (W18) - Successful Process Improvement—The Agile Way   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.

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  Ken Pugh
 
Ken Pugh
Net Objectives


A fellow consultant with Net Objectives, Ken Pugh ([email protected]) consults, trains, mentors, and testifies on technology topics ranging from object-oriented design to Linux/Unix to the system development process. He has written several programming books, including the Jolt Award winner Prefactoring and has served clients from London to Sydney. When not computing, Ken enjoys snowboarding, windsurfing, biking, and hiking the Appalachian Trail.

  Full-day Tutorial (TH) - Agile Requirements Interactive   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (T17) - Test-Driven Analysis: Focus on the User, Not the Code   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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  Jared Richardson
 
Jared Richardson
6th Sense Analytics


Jared Richardson, co-author of Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects, is a regular conference speaker and an agile coach at 6th Sense Analytics. Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen years as a consultant, developer, tester, and manager. Until recently, he was an independent consultant focused on helping teams build better software. He's now bringing that same focus to 6th Sense Analytics and its clients, using both the 6th Sense toolset and his unique perspective. Jared can be found online at www.AgileArtisans.com and www.6sa.com/blog.

  Session (W17) - Agile Software Testing Strategies   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.
Session (T3) - Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  Elle Ringham
 
Elle Ringham
JD Cognizant


Since 1990, Elle Ringham, JD, has been involved in quality assurance and quality management. Since graduating from law school, she has incorporated compliance, audit, SLA enforcement, and measurement into her QA practice. Elle considers education, coupled with a structured process improvement, to be the most effective way to introduce true quality assurance and quality management into an organization. Her approach ensures buy-in and support from everyone—stakeholders, executives, corporate counsel, developers, and QA resources.

  Session (T7) - SOX and HIPPA and RESPA, Oh My! Mastering Software Compliance   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  Linda Rising
 
Linda Rising
Independent Consultant


Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the field of object-based design metrics and a background that includes university teaching and industry work in telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems. An internationally known presenter on topics related to patterns, retrospectives, and the change process, Linda is the author of Design Patterns in Communications, The Pattern Almanac 2000, A Patterns Handbook, and co-author with Mary Lynn Manns of Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas. Find more information about Linda at www.lindarising.org.

  Half-day Tutorial (MH) - Influence Strategies for Practitioners   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

Full-day Tutorial (TA) - Fearless Change: Introducing New Ideas   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.

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  Chris Ronak
 
Chris Ronak

Agile Thinking Inc.


Chris Ronak has worked in management and as a programmer in telecoms, banking, oil and gas, and GIS in Canada, US, Germany, and the UK for more than eighteen years. He has worked with numerous technology departments that have ambitiously and optimistically tried to acquire or change their technology—often with undesirable results. Chris pursues the responsibility for implementing new technologies and methodologies and has demonstrated the ability to translate these changes into positive results.

  Session (T15) - Maximizing ROI on New Technology Acquisition   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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Ronica Roth
Rally Software Development


Ronica Roth is an Agile coach and consultant with Rally Software. Her 10-year software career is rooted in facilitating clear communication and close collaboration across disciplines, resulting in software that more often met customer needs. She has extensive experience discovering, evolving and managing software requirements, which provides Product Owner expertise and a deep understanding of the customer side of Agile software development. Her passion for helping people work together creatively and efficiently led her to embrace Agile practices. She has guided many organizations�from small, private firms to large government agencies, from technology companies to internal software development groups�through successful adoption of Agile principles and best practices. Ronica is a Certified ScrumMaster-Practitioner and Certified JAD Facilitator.

  Half-day Tutorial (TQ) - All Out Scrum: Experiencing a Product Release   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.

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  Johanna Rothman
 
Johanna Rothman
Rothman Consulting Group


Johanna Rothman helps managers define and solve problems. She assists managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective. Johanna has helped engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster. Johanna is the author of Manage It! Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management and Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People, and coauthor with Esther Derby of the pragmatic Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.

  Half-day Tutorial (TX) - Discovering the Agile Project Manager Inside You   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T1) - Fifteen Tips for Speeding up Your Project   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.
Keynote Presentation - Lessons Learned in Project Management   Thursday, June 12, 4:45 p.m.

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  Alan Shalloway
 
Alan Shalloway
Net Objectives


Alan Shalloway is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With more than thirty-five years of experience, Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer, and coach in the areas of lean software development, the lean-agile connection, Scrum, agile architecture, and using design patterns in agile environments. He is a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide as well as a trainer/coach. Alan is the primary author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design and is currently writing a book on Lean Anti-Patterns.

  Full-day Tutorial (MB) - Principles and Practices of Lean-Agile Development   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W6) - Beyond User Stories: Managing Requirements by Business Need   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.

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  Michele Sliger
 
Michele Sliger
Sliger Consulting


For the past eight years—of her more than twenty years in software development—Michele Sliger has been embracing change with agile methodologies. Coauthor of the forthcoming book The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility and a self-described “bridge builder,” her passion lies in helping those in traditional software development environments cross the bridge to agility. Michele consults to businesses ranging from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, helping teams with their agile adoption and organizations with the changes that agile adoption brings. A regular contributor to StickyMinds.com, Michele is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)� and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). She can be reached at [email protected].

  Half-day Tutorial (TW) - Expanding Your Discussion Toolkit for Better Communication   Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m.
Session (W3) - Agile in the Non-Agile Enterprise: Hurdling Obstacles   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.
Session (T8) - Beyond the Mission Statement: How Values Drive Behavior   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T16) - An Alternative to Consensus: Accelerating Effective Decisions   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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  Jerry Smith
 
Jerry Smith
Symphony Services


Jerry Smith draws from more than twenty-five years of experience as a technology innovator and IT strategist to help Symphony Services and its clients derive business benefit from adopting critical technologies. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical/electronics engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Masters and post-doctoral degrees in computer science from NOVA Southeastern University, and a Naval nuclear power degree from the United States Navy. Jerry is an adjunct assistant professor at Drexel University and an adjunct professor at NOVA Southeastern University.

  Session (T5) - A Toolkit for Assessing SOA Readiness   Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  David Spann
 
David Spann
Agile Adaptive Management, Inc.


A senior management consultant in Park City, Utah, David Spann focuses on strategic planning, team building, executive coaching, and training to help organizations become more agile and adaptive. David helped host the first Agile Software Development conference in 2002 and co-hosted the Agile Executive Summit (2003-2005). He teaches the only MBA course on adaptive project management in the US and is a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and an Assessor for the CPF exam. In his spare time, David enjoys life—teaching, hiking, singing, and skiing in Park City.

  Half-day Tutorial (MM) - Ending Deadly Meetings: The Keys to Success   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.
Half-day Tutorial (TJ) - Finding and Developing Agile Leaders   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.

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  Herbert Thompson
 
Herbert Thompson
People Security
 

An expert on application security and testing, Herbert (Hugh) Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security (www.peoplesecurity.com). He has co-authored several books and more than eighty academic and industrial publications on security. In 2006, he was named one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security” by SC Magazine and was featured (along with Harri Hursti) in “Hacking Democracy,” the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary on e-voting vulnerabilities. On AT&T’s tech channel (techchannel.att.com), he currently hosts “The Hugh Thompson Show,” which features industry luminaries in IT security. Hugh earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology where he remains on the graduate faculty.

  Half-day Tutorial (MQ) - Fundamentals of Writing Secure Code   Monday, June 9, 1:00 p.m.
Session (T6) - Software Security Assessment: The Naked Truth Thursday, June 12, 10:15 a.m.

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  Jean Tabaka
 
Jean Tabaka
Rally Software Development


Jean Tabaka is an agile mentor and coach with Rally Software Development. In addition to being a Certified Scrum Trainer and Practitioner, she is also a Certified Professional Facilitator. Her unique blend of passions and skills has been applied in a variety of organizations—large and small, co-located and distributed—eager to adopt the best of agile and bring out the best in their teams. Author of the Agile Software Development Series book Collaboration Explained, Jean holds a Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. When not sharing her agile passion with clients, she resides in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

  Full-day Tutorial (TB) - Facilitation Skills for Project Leaders   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W2) - Flow, Pull, Innovate: The Secrets to Agile Adoption   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.
Keynote Presentation - Attacking Waste in Software: Three Practices We Must Embrace Now   Thursday, June 12, 8:35 a.m.

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  Ari Takanen
 
Ari Takanen
Codenomicon


Founder and CTO of Codenomicon, Ari Takanen has been researching information security issues since 1998. His work aims to provide a means of measuring and ensuring quality in networked software. Ari is one of the people behind the PROTOS research that studied information security and reliability errors in WAP, SNMP, LDAP, and SIP implementations. His company provides automated tools with a systematic approach to test a multitude of interfaces on mission critical software.

  Session (T20) - Fuzzing: New Tests for Robustness and Security   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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  Mike Tholfsen
 
Mike Tholfsen
Microsoft


Principal test manager of the Microsoft OneNote team in the Office division, Mike Tholfsen has been managing test teams for nine of the thirteen years he has been at Microsoft. Mike has worked on many versions of Microsoft Outlook, Exchange, and Outlook Web Access and has long been interested and involved in the area of software team dynamics. From Bellingham, Washington, Mike enjoys playing and writing music, skiing, and playing golf in his spare time.

  Session (W11) - You Just Don’t Understand Me: Interdisciplinary Awareness to the Rescue   Wednesday, June 11, 12:45 p.m.

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  Ed Weller
 
Ed Weller
Integrated Productivity Solutions, LLC


With more forty years of experience in software systems, test, and software process engineering, Ed Weller is internationally recognized as an expert in inspections, having successfully initiated inspection programs that have stood the test of time. His primary interest has been in software process and metrics with a focus on improving quality and productivity. Ed is an SEI-Certified SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser and instructor for the Introduction to the CMMI®. Ed has delivered numerous presentations and tutorials at conferences around the world. Ed can be contacted via [email protected].

  Half-day Tutorial (MO) - Software Inspections in the 21st Century   Monday, June 9, 8:30 a.m.

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  Linda Westfall
 
Linda Westfall
The Westfall Team


Linda Westfall is the president of The Westfall Team, which provides software engineering, quality and project management consulting, and training services. Prior to starting her own company, Linda was senior manager of quality metrics and analysis at DSC Communications, where her team designed and implemented a corporate-wide metrics program. An ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer, Linda has more than thirty years of experience in real-time software engineering, quality, and metrics. A past chair of the ASQ Software Division, Linda Westfall has served as the Software Division’s Program Chair and Certification Chair and on the ASQ National Certification Board.

  Full-day Tutorial (TG) - Twelve Steps to a Successful Metrics Program   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W20) - Who Are Your Project Stakeholders?   Wednesday, June 11, 2:45 p.m.
Session (T14) - Real Software QA   Thursday, June 12, 1:00 p.m.

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  Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
 
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
Wirfs-Brock Associates


Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, design columnist for IEEE Software, is a well-known object practitioner who invented the way of thinking about objects known as responsibility-driven design. Through her writing, teaching, consulting, and speaking, Rebecca popularizes the use of informal techniques and practical thinking tools for designers, architects, and analysts. She teaches courses on responsibility-driven design, practical UML, developing and communicating software architecture, and agile design skills. Rebecca regularly mentors teams on use case writing, design, architecture, and managing incremental, iterative object-technology projects. Rebecca is the author of Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaboration.

  Full-day Tutorial (TE) - Hands-On Responsibility-Driven Design   Tuesday, June 10, 8:30 a.m.
Session (W7) - The Give and Take of Design Criticism   Wednesday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.

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  Jimmy Xu
 
Jimmy Xu
CGI, Inc.


Jimmy Xu has many years of experience developing enterprise applications for manufacturing, financial, and telecom clients. He has worked on application security, performance tuning, network infrastructure, and security. Jimmy designed and implemented the core functions of Canada's first Internet child safety solution and presented a paper on Java application performance tuning at the 2006 JavaOne Conference.

  Session (T19) - The Challenges of SOA Security   Thursday, June 12, 3:00 p.m.

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