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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
chuck@freshsources.com.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
bob@rgalen.com or at
www.rgalen.com.
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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.
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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.
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