Peter's Bio:As Director of Developer Engagement at Veracode, Pete provides customers with practical advice on how to successfully roll out developer-centric application security programs. Relying on more than 10 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience as both a developer and development leader, Pete provides information on best practices ama…

Paul's Bio:Paul started his career as a software developer in 2001 developing client/server enterprise solutions. An innovative problem solver, Paul uses in-depth analysis, deep consultation and the latest software development practices to serve his clients. In 2014 Paul started his company Lunamark, where he leverages his years of experience to he…

John's Bio:I'm not a player, I just Scrum a lot.By Caryn Tomer & John Hartmann

Jon's Bio:Jon has worked in many different capacities in delivering software to end users: developer, team member, team leader, architect, scrum master, and manager. He currently works for Enterprise Holdings in a group that is in the midst of an agile transformation. Jon is a collaboration fiend. He enjoys pair programming, TDD, and challenging te…

Danielle's Bio:Danielle Cooley knows the things we use should make life easier, not harder. Her work has been applied to websites, web applications, desktop software, touchscreen kiosks, mobile tools, speech recognition and touchtone telephone systems, credit card statements, and promotional materials in such industries as financial services, pharm…

Shahzad's Bio:Shahzad Zafar is an Engineering Manager at Cerner Corporation. He is also an Agile Coach, facilitates several Agile trainings and has been leading Agile development teams since 2009 at Cerner.Shahzad has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2005 and also received his Masters in Business Admini…

Colleen's Bio:Colleen Johnson is the Practice Director of Adaptive Agile at ImagineX Consulting. Colleen applies a systems thinking approach to aligning agile methodologies across the enterprise and works with clients to apply the right cultural and context-driven practices to create sustainable agility. She is an expert in Lean/Kanban methods of s…

Thomas' Bio:A process-oriented software development executive with demonstrated success in shepherding products through all stages of development, building and motivating teams, technical problem solving, and agile development. I specialize in building the right product, growing engaged, efficient teams and process improvement for the full software…

Elle's Bio:Evangelizing the growth of Universal Design and lean accessibility as best practices within large organizations, Elle works on behalf of Simply Accessible with enterprise level clients to build the foundation needed to integrate accessibility into every facet of corporate culture. She's worked first hand with design, content, development…

Heidi's Bio:Heidi is a developer advocate and widely experienced technical writer working in the intersection of cutting-edge technology, usability, and chaos.She speaks on topics like search-led writing, starting new documentation for products, common mistakes in software development, and whistleblowing as a technical writer.PRESENTATION - Choose …

Gary's Bio:I am an agile software development trainer, coach, and practitioner, as well as a curriculum developer, application architect, and software craftsman.I am a strong believer in the “See One, Do One, Teach One” (SODOTO) road to craft and mastery, which led me to become a Professional Scrum Trainer for Scrum.org and to start my own consulta…

Emerson's Bio:Emerson Taymor is the managing director and co-founder of Philosophie, a digital innovation firm with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City. It helps large organizations validate and develop their promising ideas through agile design, rapid prototyping, and software craftsmanship. Whether it’s to reduce costs, explo…

Josh's Bio:I work with teams to bridge the divide between the functional needs and wants, and the technological ability to deliver. I created offshore development teams and trained them on the Scrum development process to enable highly functioning, consistently delivering teams. My background in business process allows me to understand at a fundame…