David has an unusual set of skills that encompasses both the deeply technical and the deeply human aspects of both software and organizational development. David has been designing and building custom business applications since 1989. He is the lead Agile Evangelist as well as the chief systems analyst and designer for Outformations.
His ability to abstract and capture complex system requirements and application flow, combined with his relational database application development experience, ensures that every Outformations solution has a solid, lasting foundation. His technical skills include use case and UML modeling; Unified Process, Scrum and other Agile development methodologies; application architecture and design; web and desktop application development; and various DBMS systems.
In addition to his background as a system architect, David holds a degree in group dynamics, and has completed formal training in creative problem solving, advanced group facilitation and Non-Violent Communication (NVC). Using this experience, he leads focused, task-oriented client design sessions. His collaboration and communication skills support effective Agile project management and team facilitation, training, mentoring and consulting.
David is the founder of Outformations and a principal. He is a board member of the national Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and the founder of the Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network (BayAPLN) local chapter. He is a past president of the Bay Area Association of Database Developers and a member of the Bay Area Organization Development Network (BAodn).
Elisabeth Hendrickson is founder and principal of Quality Tree Software, Inc., which provides software testing and quality consulting and training services throughout the US and abroad to companies ranging from small startups to Fortune 500 corporations.
Hendrickson has over 20 years software industry experience and has been working with Agile teams since 2004. She is a Certified Scrum Master, a respected thought leader in Agile Testing, a former member of the board of the Agile Alliance, and co-organizer of the Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools program. Hendrickson blogs regularly at Test Obsessed.
Jeff McKenna has been involved in software development for some 45 years. During that time he has participated in every aspects of product development from implementation and test, through architecture and design, all the way to sales and marketing. Since the late 1980s Jeff has focused on the process side of development. He consulted on the very first Scrum project in 1993, alongside Jeff Sutherland and John Scumniotales. He has taught, coached and mentored agile teams using Scrum and Extreme Programming practices for small and medium sized projects. His clients range from small startups to established enterprises. Jeff currently works at Serena Software as Agile Evangelist. Jeff is a Certified Scrum Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer. He blogs at agile-action.com, and can be contacted at agile.action@gmail.com.
A Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified ScrumMaster with an MS in Educational Psychology, Ainsley has been an innovator, synthesizer and leader for more than two decades in the people side of information systems work. One of the Bay Area’s most experienced meeting facilitators, with a special emphasis on Open Space Meetings and Agile Retrospectives, Ainsley is founder of Agile Open California, and co-founder of the Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network (BayAPLN). She has provided consulting and facilitation services to teams in companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to biotech start-ups and non-profits.
VersionOne is the provider of one of the most popular suites of Agile project management software–a boon to distributed teams everywhere. They are also as dedicated to supporting the Agile community as much as we are. VersionOne has been a loyal sponsor of Agile Open California, and they are the sole sponsors behind the rollicking Agilepalooza tour of “unconferences” (there is likely to be one coming up in your town, just check the website), and their website hosts a wealth of solid information for those looking to bone up on Agile 101.
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David Chilcott
His ability to abstract and capture complex system requirements and application flow, combined with his relational database application development experience, ensures that every Outformations solution has a solid, lasting foundation. His technical skills include use case and UML modeling; Unified Process, Scrum and other Agile development methodologies; application architecture and design; web and desktop application development; and various DBMS systems.
In addition to his background as a system architect, David holds a degree in group dynamics, and has completed formal training in creative problem solving, advanced group facilitation and Non-Violent Communication (NVC). Using this experience, he leads focused, task-oriented client design sessions. His collaboration and communication skills support effective Agile project management and team facilitation, training, mentoring and consulting.
David is the founder of Outformations and a principal. He is a board member of the national Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and the founder of the Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network (BayAPLN) local chapter. He is a past president of the Bay Area Association of Database Developers and a member of the Bay Area Organization Development Network (BAodn).
Elisabeth Hendrickson
Hendrickson has over 20 years software industry experience and has been working with Agile teams since 2004. She is a Certified Scrum Master, a respected thought leader in Agile Testing, a former member of the board of the Agile Alliance, and co-organizer of the Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools program. Hendrickson blogs regularly at Test Obsessed.
Jeff McKenna
Ainsley Nies
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