Henrik Kniberg is an Agile/Lean coach at Crisp in Stockholm. He has spent the past few years working primarily with Lego and Spotify. He enjoys helping companies succeed with both the technical and human sides of software development. During the past 15 years he has been CTO of 3 Swedish IT companies and helped many more get started with Agile and Lean software development.
Henrik is former board member of the Agile Alliance and works regularly with Mary Poppendieck, Jeff Sutherland, and other thought leaders. He is the author of “Scrum and XP from the Trenches” and “Kanban and Scrum, making the most of both” and “Lean from the Trenches“. These books are available in over 12 languages, have over 500,000 readers, and are used as primary guide to Agile and Lean software development by hundreds of companies worldwide. Henrik also created the viral animated videos “Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell” and “Spotify Engineering Culture“.
Keynote Speaker #2: Jeff Gothelf
Jeff Gothelf is a designer & Agile practitioner. He is a leading voice on the topics of Agile UX & Lean UX and a highly sought-after international speaker. He is Principal in Neo’s New York City office. Previously, Jeff has led teams at TheLadders, Publicis Modem, WebTrends, Fidelity, & AOL.
In 2013, Jeff published his first book, Lean UX: Applying lean principles to improve user experience (O’Reilly). In 2016 I published the 2nd edition of Lean UX and a new business book called Sense & Respond (Harvard Business Press)..
His work today mainly focuses on building and training evidence-based, customer-centered executive & product teams. These teams often utilize lean principles and agile software development.
Speaker #3: Nigel Baker
Nigel is a Certified Scrum Trainer – one of only a few in the UK. He has been working with Agile techniques for over 12 years and was one of the Lead Agile Consultants for BT – Who undertook the largest Agile transformation in the world, at that time.
Nigel’s background includes being a software developer in traditional and Scrum teams before moving into Project Management and ScrumMaster roles on many projects across the IT sector. Nigel has been coaching and training Scrum and Agile techniques for the last decade and is regarded as one of the leading experts in training in this industry.
Uniquely positioned to discuss Agile both on a small scale, and in a huge distributed enterprise – This wealth of experience helps shape the courses and coaching offered, to truly step beyond theory and into real practical direction and vision.
