Ady DikeMD at Caleb Consultants

Based in London, Ady Dike is a highly accomplished, certified Enterprise Agile Coach, who has added certifications in Leadership Agility Coaching and the Leadership Agility 360 to those she already holds in leadership development, team development, and organization design. Also trained in ORSC coaching, she holds a PCC with the International Coaching Federation.

Ady has over two decades of experience in a variety of management and consulting positions, and for many years has run her own consulting and executive coaching practice. Ady not only brings deep experience, skill, and expertise to her work, but does so with warmth, flexibility, and creativity.

A certified expert in Enterprise Coaching, she believes transformations should be tailored to the business context rather than cookie cut and enjoys helping senior leaders to do this by crafting compelling visions and defining and implementing iterative agile operating models and evolutionary transformation journeys.

Ady has two adult children and in her spare time, she enjoys keeping fit, travelling, and spending time with her family.

Ady DikeMD at Caleb Consultants

Based in London, Ady Dike is a highly accomplished, certified Enterprise Agile Coach, who has added certifications in Leadership Agility Coaching and the Leadership Agility 360 to those she already holds in leadership development, team development, and organization design. Also trained in ORSC coaching, she holds a PCC with the International Coaching Federation.

Ady has over two decades of experience in a variety of management and consulting positions, and for many years has run her own consulting and executive coaching practice. Ady not only brings deep experience, skill, and expertise to her work, but does so with warmth, flexibility, and creativity.

A certified expert in Enterprise Coaching, she believes transformations should be tailored to the business context rather than cookie cut and enjoys helping senior leaders to do this by crafting compelling visions and defining and implementing iterative agile operating models and evolutionary transformation journeys.

Ady has two adult children and in her spare time, she enjoys keeping fit, travelling, and spending time with her family.

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Ana MandićAgile Coach

Ana is an Agile Coach with vast experience operating in large multi-national companies. As she comes from the engineering background, she was always interested in finding patters and solving puzzles, whether they were in software code or in organisational setup. That made Ana’s transition to coaching and storytelling natural step forward. Deeply passionate about learning, she's an accredited instructor for Training from the Back of the Room.

Ana MandićAgile Coach

Ana is an Agile Coach with vast experience operating in large multi-national companies. As she comes from the engineering background, she was always interested in finding patters and solving puzzles, whether they were in software code or in organisational setup. That made Ana’s transition to coaching and storytelling natural step forward. Deeply passionate about learning, she's an accredited instructor for Training from the Back of the Room.

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Andrea DarabosLean Agile Consultant at Lean Advantage Ltd

Andrea is a business transformation catalyst, with over 15 years’ experience working with business efficiency, agile product development and innovation. Originally a software developer, Andrea has experience of working as part of large scale agile networks and cross-functional teams on both legacy and on latest technologies. Through her work, however, she discovered that focusing too much on individual or team agility can create new silos and limitations in how we work, and leave lots of opportunities for innovation on the table.

As a network catalyst, she now works with executive teams to create systemic enablers of agility – creating clarity of strategic business goals, analysing the social network and collaboration patterns, and designing informal, dynamic collaboration opportunities across the organisation (such as open space technologies or co-creation with volunteers).

In her free time, Andrea loves spending time with friends, - jogging, cycling, canoeing in nature and visiting art galleries.

Andrea DarabosLean Agile Consultant at Lean Advantage Ltd

Andrea is a business transformation catalyst, with over 15 years’ experience working with business efficiency, agile product development and innovation. Originally a software developer, Andrea has experience of working as part of large scale agile networks and cross-functional teams on both legacy and on latest technologies. Through her work, however, she discovered that focusing too much on individual or team agility can create new silos and limitations in how we work, and leave lots of opportunities for innovation on the table.

As a network catalyst, she now works with executive teams to create systemic enablers of agility – creating clarity of strategic business goals, analysing the social network and collaboration patterns, and designing informal, dynamic collaboration opportunities across the organisation (such as open space technologies or co-creation with volunteers).

In her free time, Andrea loves spending time with friends, - jogging, cycling, canoeing in nature and visiting art galleries.

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Aurelien MarandoAgile and Leadership Coach at Magic Agile

Aurelien Marando has been leading digital product delivery of all sizes, from light web products to 200+ million dollars banking system upgrade. His success stories are drawn from collaboratively reinventing ways of working across many scales, industries and cultures, and from his experience trying many different “agile” things with teams all over the world.

His talks are created based on the conversations and questions Aurelien has had with Project Managers, SMs and POs, as well as key practices, tools and techniques he regularly shares with the Leaders and Agile Coaches that he mentors.

He has co-founded Magic Agile with Ferzeen Anis, to continuously inspire people to learn and grow along their professional journey. He is proud to share his knowledge and experience to help people from all walks of life seize opportunities, remain curious and persevere in their ambitions.

Aurelien MarandoAgile and Leadership Coach at Magic Agile

Aurelien Marando has been leading digital product delivery of all sizes, from light web products to 200+ million dollars banking system upgrade. His success stories are drawn from collaboratively reinventing ways of working across many scales, industries and cultures, and from his experience trying many different “agile” things with teams all over the world.

His talks are created based on the conversations and questions Aurelien has had with Project Managers, SMs and POs, as well as key practices, tools and techniques he regularly shares with the Leaders and Agile Coaches that he mentors.

He has co-founded Magic Agile with Ferzeen Anis, to continuously inspire people to learn and grow along their professional journey. He is proud to share his knowledge and experience to help people from all walks of life seize opportunities, remain curious and persevere in their ambitions.

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Avipaul BhandariScrum Lead at Macquarie Group

Avipaul is an established agile professional and engineering lead with over twenty years of experience in the industry. An intuitive and knowledgeable agent of cultural change, he has been instrumental in a number of successful agile adoptions.

Taking an empathy driven approach to leadership and coaching, he's a strong advocate of developing emotional intelligence in the workplace. Through establishing people-focused cultures his approach fosters happy, self-motivated and high performing teams.

Avipaul BhandariScrum Lead at Macquarie Group

Avipaul is an established agile professional and engineering lead with over twenty years of experience in the industry. An intuitive and knowledgeable agent of cultural change, he has been instrumental in a number of successful agile adoptions.

Taking an empathy driven approach to leadership and coaching, he's a strong advocate of developing emotional intelligence in the workplace. Through establishing people-focused cultures his approach fosters happy, self-motivated and high performing teams.

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Azra MeyerManagement agile consultant at borisgloger consulting GmbH

IT degree, 20+ years work experience, worked as a tester and a scrum master in software development, TBR training practitioner, large scale scrum certified consultant, currently supporting organisations on their agile journeys.

Azra MeyerManagement agile consultant at borisgloger consulting GmbH

IT degree, 20+ years work experience, worked as a tester and a scrum master in software development, TBR training practitioner, large scale scrum certified consultant, currently supporting organisations on their agile journeys.

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Chris McDermottPrincipal Consultant at Contextualise

Chris is an independent Lean Agile Coach, founder of Lean Agile Scotland and Lean Agile Glasgow, Principal Consultant at Contextualise and co creator of Change Mapping, a method of visualising and managing change.

He caught the Agile bug in 2003 when, as a developer, he borrowed his brother-in-law’s copy of XP Explained (which he foolishly returned). In around 2010 he found Lean, ToC and stumbled across Systems Thinking. This led to founding the Lean Agile Scotland conference in a desire to bring together lots of smart people to learn from and to introduce others in Scotland to these ideas. In the past few years his interest in Complexity Theory and Social Practice Theory has grown. His head is now a tangled mess of all of the things he’s learned in the last 20 years which he suspects will take the next 20 years to make sense of.

Chris McDermottPrincipal Consultant at Contextualise

Chris is an independent Lean Agile Coach, founder of Lean Agile Scotland and Lean Agile Glasgow, Principal Consultant at Contextualise and co creator of Change Mapping, a method of visualising and managing change.

He caught the Agile bug in 2003 when, as a developer, he borrowed his brother-in-law’s copy of XP Explained (which he foolishly returned). In around 2010 he found Lean, ToC and stumbled across Systems Thinking. This led to founding the Lean Agile Scotland conference in a desire to bring together lots of smart people to learn from and to introduce others in Scotland to these ideas. In the past few years his interest in Complexity Theory and Social Practice Theory has grown. His head is now a tangled mess of all of the things he’s learned in the last 20 years which he suspects will take the next 20 years to make sense of.

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Dana PylayevaEnterprise Agile Coach

Dana Pylayeva is a business games designer, trainer, and coach, known for infusing playfulness in the most serious teams and workplaces. Author of several games (DevOps with Lego and Chocolate, Fear in the Workplace, Safety in the Workplace, Dependency Game), Dana is an international speaker (80 conferences in 18 countries), organizer of local meetups in NYC as well as the conference chair at Agile2024 conference.

Dana brings a unique blend of exceptional facilitation skills with Liberating Structures, her diverse technical background (as a former Java Developer, a DBA Manager, an Application Architect), her 20 + years of Agile/ DevOps coaching experience (with clients in US, UK, Canada, India, Japan, and Ireland) as well as a strong professional coaching mindset (rooted in Co-Active and ORSC). She is currently working on the second edition of her book "DevSecOps Adventures. Game changing approach with Lego, Chocolate and Coaching Games" as well as experimenting with bringing in more playfulness into the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel.

Dana PylayevaEnterprise Agile Coach

Dana Pylayeva is a business games designer, trainer, and coach, known for infusing playfulness in the most serious teams and workplaces. Author of several games (DevOps with Lego and Chocolate, Fear in the Workplace, Safety in the Workplace, Dependency Game), Dana is an international speaker (80 conferences in 18 countries), organizer of local meetups in NYC as well as the conference chair at Agile2024 conference.

Dana brings a unique blend of exceptional facilitation skills with Liberating Structures, her diverse technical background (as a former Java Developer, a DBA Manager, an Application Architect), her 20 + years of Agile/ DevOps coaching experience (with clients in US, UK, Canada, India, Japan, and Ireland) as well as a strong professional coaching mindset (rooted in Co-Active and ORSC). She is currently working on the second edition of her book "DevSecOps Adventures. Game changing approach with Lego, Chocolate and Coaching Games" as well as experimenting with bringing in more playfulness into the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel.

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Daniel VacantiCo-Founder at ProKanban.org

Daniel Vacanti is a 25-plus year software industry veteran who has spent most of his career focusing on Lean and Agile practices. In 2007, he helped to develop Kanban for knowledge work and managed the world’s first project implementation of Kanban that year. He has been conducting Lean-Agile training, coaching, and consulting ever since. In 2013 he founded ActionableAgileTM which provides industry-leading predictive analytics tools and services organizations that utilize Lean-Agile practices. In 2015 he published his book, “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability”, which is the definitive guide to flow-based metrics and analytics. In 2017, he helped to develop the “Professional Scrum with Kanban” class with Scrum.org and in 2018, he published his second book, “When Will It Be Done?”. Most recently, Daniel co-founded ProKanban.org whose aim is to create a safe, diverse, inclusive community to learn about Kanban.

Daniel VacantiCo-Founder at ProKanban.org

Daniel Vacanti is a 25-plus year software industry veteran who has spent most of his career focusing on Lean and Agile practices. In 2007, he helped to develop Kanban for knowledge work and managed the world’s first project implementation of Kanban that year. He has been conducting Lean-Agile training, coaching, and consulting ever since. In 2013 he founded ActionableAgileTM which provides industry-leading predictive analytics tools and services organizations that utilize Lean-Agile practices. In 2015 he published his book, “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability”, which is the definitive guide to flow-based metrics and analytics. In 2017, he helped to develop the “Professional Scrum with Kanban” class with Scrum.org and in 2018, he published his second book, “When Will It Be Done?”. Most recently, Daniel co-founded ProKanban.org whose aim is to create a safe, diverse, inclusive community to learn about Kanban.

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David CroweAgilist, Agile researcher & sessional academic

David thinks too much, which is why he’s doing a PhD exploring narratives in organisational agility. He’s also an agile coach for Gallagher, a leading international insurance broker (and sponsor of Premiership Rugby) and lectures at Christ Church Business School. He is owned by a husband, a Waffle (dog), four cats and a snake. In his spare time, he enjoys LEGO, cake and Star Trek.

David CroweAgilist, Agile researcher & sessional academic

David thinks too much, which is why he’s doing a PhD exploring narratives in organisational agility. He’s also an agile coach for Gallagher, a leading international insurance broker (and sponsor of Premiership Rugby) and lectures at Christ Church Business School. He is owned by a husband, a Waffle (dog), four cats and a snake. In his spare time, he enjoys LEGO, cake and Star Trek.

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Elaine Tittanegro CorreaExecutive Director - Head of Agility

Elaine Tittanegro Correa is a practitioner with over a decade of experience in the agile world. She has coached in different contexts, from start-ups to enterprises, in a range of sectors. For the last 4 years she has been leading teams of Agile Coaches who are focused on making organisations more efficient and effective by optimising processes and connecting strategy to delivery.

Elaine Tittanegro CorreaExecutive Director - Head of Agility

Elaine Tittanegro Correa is a practitioner with over a decade of experience in the agile world. She has coached in different contexts, from start-ups to enterprises, in a range of sectors. For the last 4 years she has been leading teams of Agile Coaches who are focused on making organisations more efficient and effective by optimising processes and connecting strategy to delivery.

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Evelien Acun-RoosProfessional Knowledge Sharer at Xebia Academy

Evelien Acun-Roos is an experienced Agile Trainer at Xebia Academy and a Professional Scrum Trainer at Scrum.org. She has a profound knowledge of Agile and Scrum and knows how to transfer that to Teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, their surrounding environment, and their management. She loves to get teams up and running and then help them continuously improve. She has helped many different organizations to become more Agile (Unilever, ING, Rabobank, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, APG, Philips, VodafoneZiggo a.o.).

Evelien loves to give training. She is a certified trainer for Training From the Back of the Room and her training courses are filled with brain-based learning activities. In her classes she lets the learner learn instead of the teacher teaching. At Agile conferences all over the world you can find her sharing knowledge about Facilitation, Scrum Values, Building Trust, Liberating Structures, Brain Science, Situational Leadership; and essentially a variety of ways ‘to Boost your Scrum’.

Evelien Acun-RoosProfessional Knowledge Sharer at Xebia Academy

Evelien Acun-Roos is an experienced Agile Trainer at Xebia Academy and a Professional Scrum Trainer at Scrum.org. She has a profound knowledge of Agile and Scrum and knows how to transfer that to Teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, their surrounding environment, and their management. She loves to get teams up and running and then help them continuously improve. She has helped many different organizations to become more Agile (Unilever, ING, Rabobank, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, APG, Philips, VodafoneZiggo a.o.).

Evelien loves to give training. She is a certified trainer for Training From the Back of the Room and her training courses are filled with brain-based learning activities. In her classes she lets the learner learn instead of the teacher teaching. At Agile conferences all over the world you can find her sharing knowledge about Facilitation, Scrum Values, Building Trust, Liberating Structures, Brain Science, Situational Leadership; and essentially a variety of ways ‘to Boost your Scrum’.

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Ferzeen AnisProfessional Scrum Trainer | Agile Consultant | Scrum Master at Magic Agile

I’m passionate about continuous learning and development, understanding that humans are uniquely capable for growth and change. My most impactful lesson in my career has been that, for any change to stick we must start with the "who", even before the why, what and how. By putting the person first, and centering on values and identity, I am able to foster growth mindsets and continuous improvement habits in complex environments.

I’m an agile coach, scrum master, Professional Scrum trainer, transformation consultant, public speaker and life coach. I work with individuals, teams and leaders, at all levels of organisations and in a wide variety of industries, to boost their ability to perform in complexity. I coach individuals to experience professional and personal development in any aspect of their lives. I consider myself a translator first, mediating understanding between customers, business and technology with ease. I am a mirror second, allowing people to reflect on, explore and leverage their own untapped potential.

I love what I do, and my mission is to help others love what they do.

Ferzeen AnisProfessional Scrum Trainer | Agile Consultant | Scrum Master at Magic Agile

I’m passionate about continuous learning and development, understanding that humans are uniquely capable for growth and change. My most impactful lesson in my career has been that, for any change to stick we must start with the "who", even before the why, what and how. By putting the person first, and centering on values and identity, I am able to foster growth mindsets and continuous improvement habits in complex environments.

I’m an agile coach, scrum master, Professional Scrum trainer, transformation consultant, public speaker and life coach. I work with individuals, teams and leaders, at all levels of organisations and in a wide variety of industries, to boost their ability to perform in complexity. I coach individuals to experience professional and personal development in any aspect of their lives. I consider myself a translator first, mediating understanding between customers, business and technology with ease. I am a mirror second, allowing people to reflect on, explore and leverage their own untapped potential.

I love what I do, and my mission is to help others love what they do.

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Gabrielle BenefieldFounder at Mobius Loop LLC

Gabrielle Benefield is the founder of Mobius (https://mobiusloop.com), an innovation navigator to solve complex problems. She is an advocate for purposeful innovation and believes the relentless pursuit of ‘more, more, more’ gets in the way of success. Since developing the earliest inception of Mobius in 2009 she has helped individuals and organisations all over the globe, including Google and Red Hat solve complex problems in a transformational way.

She used Agile and Lean techniques in the 90’s dot-com boom in Silicon Valley to successfully lead teams, including taking a startup to a robust Initial Public Offering and spearheading one of the largest Agile enterprise transformations – scaling up to 250+ teams across three continents. She founded the Scrum Foundation in 2009 together with key Agile thought leaders, including Jeff Sutherland (the inventor of Scrum), and is an author of the Scrum Primer, The Scrum Patterns book, and The Little Book of Scrum.

She is a thought leader in outcome-driven innovation and legal contracts receiving the 2016 Heart of Agile award for her work in creating outcome driven organisations.

Gabrielle BenefieldFounder at Mobius Loop LLC

Gabrielle Benefield is the founder of Mobius (https://mobiusloop.com), an innovation navigator to solve complex problems. She is an advocate for purposeful innovation and believes the relentless pursuit of ‘more, more, more’ gets in the way of success. Since developing the earliest inception of Mobius in 2009 she has helped individuals and organisations all over the globe, including Google and Red Hat solve complex problems in a transformational way.

She used Agile and Lean techniques in the 90’s dot-com boom in Silicon Valley to successfully lead teams, including taking a startup to a robust Initial Public Offering and spearheading one of the largest Agile enterprise transformations – scaling up to 250+ teams across three continents. She founded the Scrum Foundation in 2009 together with key Agile thought leaders, including Jeff Sutherland (the inventor of Scrum), and is an author of the Scrum Primer, The Scrum Patterns book, and The Little Book of Scrum.

She is a thought leader in outcome-driven innovation and legal contracts receiving the 2016 Heart of Agile award for her work in creating outcome driven organisations.

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Gitte KlitgaardFounder and Coach at Native Wired

Gitte Klitgaard is an agile coach, trainer, advisor and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability. She does this by working with teams and individuals as well as leadership. Gitte is authentic, she will cut to the chase, and help people become themselves thereby reaching success.

Her community contributions include organizing coach camps, and speaking at conferences, where she highlights and makes topics like mental health and psycholological safety accessible. She creates safe and respectful environments at work and outside. She listens to and engages the more silent voices and minority groups.

In her spare time, Gitte collects LEGO and Yodas and keeps in touch with friends from all over the globe including some, she considers her second family.

Gitte is owner of Native Wired and has lead change at companies like IBM, LEGO, and Spotify.

Gitte KlitgaardFounder and Coach at Native Wired

Gitte Klitgaard is an agile coach, trainer, advisor and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability. She does this by working with teams and individuals as well as leadership. Gitte is authentic, she will cut to the chase, and help people become themselves thereby reaching success.

Her community contributions include organizing coach camps, and speaking at conferences, where she highlights and makes topics like mental health and psycholological safety accessible. She creates safe and respectful environments at work and outside. She listens to and engages the more silent voices and minority groups.

In her spare time, Gitte collects LEGO and Yodas and keeps in touch with friends from all over the globe including some, she considers her second family.

Gitte is owner of Native Wired and has lead change at companies like IBM, LEGO, and Spotify.

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Hafedh MessaoudiBusiness Agility Coach / Trainer at Coachissime

14 years ago, I embarked on a professional odyssey from the realms of software engineering to the dynamic world of business agility, I founded Coachissime to redefine the essence of agile transformations. My path, woven through the realms of professional coaching, systemic coaching, applied neuroscience, and Agile frameworks, has shaped me into a Business Agility Coach and Trainer. I've navigated banks and large corporations through the intricate mazes of agile transformations and have enlightened over 600 professionals with trainings on Agile and SAFe methodologies to name a few. Beyond my professional achievements, my life is a tapestry of continuous learning, a passion for gaming, and a love for exploring the intricate worlds of human science, cultures and traditions.

Hafedh MessaoudiBusiness Agility Coach / Trainer at Coachissime

14 years ago, I embarked on a professional odyssey from the realms of software engineering to the dynamic world of business agility, I founded Coachissime to redefine the essence of agile transformations. My path, woven through the realms of professional coaching, systemic coaching, applied neuroscience, and Agile frameworks, has shaped me into a Business Agility Coach and Trainer. I've navigated banks and large corporations through the intricate mazes of agile transformations and have enlightened over 600 professionals with trainings on Agile and SAFe methodologies to name a few. Beyond my professional achievements, my life is a tapestry of continuous learning, a passion for gaming, and a love for exploring the intricate worlds of human science, cultures and traditions.

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Helen CallaghanNovelist

My name is Helen Callaghan and I write fiction whenever I’m left unsupervised. I live in Guildford amongst teetering piles of books.

I’ve always written, it’s my one constant. I was at various points a student nurse, barmaid and drama student. Eventually I settled into bookselling, working as a fiction specialist and buyer for a variety of bookshops, and did that for nearly ten years. In the end I studied for A-levels at night school. I achieved a place at Cambridge University as a mature student, where I read Archaeology.

When I’m not writing fiction I write technical documentation for IT companies.

My novels Dear Amy, Everything is Lies, Night Falls, Still Missing, and The Drowning Girls are published by Michael Joseph Books.

Helen CallaghanNovelist

My name is Helen Callaghan and I write fiction whenever I’m left unsupervised. I live in Guildford amongst teetering piles of books.

I’ve always written, it’s my one constant. I was at various points a student nurse, barmaid and drama student. Eventually I settled into bookselling, working as a fiction specialist and buyer for a variety of bookshops, and did that for nearly ten years. In the end I studied for A-levels at night school. I achieved a place at Cambridge University as a mature student, where I read Archaeology.

When I’m not writing fiction I write technical documentation for IT companies.

My novels Dear Amy, Everything is Lies, Night Falls, Still Missing, and The Drowning Girls are published by Michael Joseph Books.

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Helen LisowskiAgile & Management Coach at FluidWorking

Helen Lisowski has been involved in agile ways of working for over 2 decades now, everywhere from international corporations to startups, and everything in between.

Having been an independent Agile & Management Consultant she now specialises in handling the fun fallout that happens to small organisations and start ups when they are acquired by bigger corporations - experience she has gained several times being part of companies going through to acquisition and beyond.

Going through an acquisition of any kind whilst recruiting, retaining and developing existing talent within the business is what she really gets excited about and is passionate about helping fast-growing companies keep their culture during periods of rapid expansion.

She currently works for EnglishLanguageiTutoring, a tiny company in the ed-tech space, owned by Cambridge University Press and Assessment that operationalises Machine Learning (AI) research from the Cambridge University to provide automarking and automated feedback for extended English learner text and speech.

Helen claims her life is filled with questions about why we humans do what we do. Especially, why we do things that are not in our own best interest? Applying this curiosity and learnings to her work with managers and teams in the technology sector, she is forever astounded at the positive difference it makes. Helen has been presenting, running workshops and writing for many years now. She is a lapsed blogger (fluidworking.com) and you can find her lurking on Insta & Threads (@helenliso) usually interacting with stationery and writing posts. She also co-hosts a niche podcast for StationeryFreaks. Yes, really.

Helen LisowskiAgile & Management Coach at FluidWorking

Helen Lisowski has been involved in agile ways of working for over 2 decades now, everywhere from international corporations to startups, and everything in between.

Having been an independent Agile & Management Consultant she now specialises in handling the fun fallout that happens to small organisations and start ups when they are acquired by bigger corporations - experience she has gained several times being part of companies going through to acquisition and beyond.

Going through an acquisition of any kind whilst recruiting, retaining and developing existing talent within the business is what she really gets excited about and is passionate about helping fast-growing companies keep their culture during periods of rapid expansion.

She currently works for EnglishLanguageiTutoring, a tiny company in the ed-tech space, owned by Cambridge University Press and Assessment that operationalises Machine Learning (AI) research from the Cambridge University to provide automarking and automated feedback for extended English learner text and speech.

Helen claims her life is filled with questions about why we humans do what we do. Especially, why we do things that are not in our own best interest? Applying this curiosity and learnings to her work with managers and teams in the technology sector, she is forever astounded at the positive difference it makes. Helen has been presenting, running workshops and writing for many years now. She is a lapsed blogger (fluidworking.com) and you can find her lurking on Insta & Threads (@helenliso) usually interacting with stationery and writing posts. She also co-hosts a niche podcast for StationeryFreaks. Yes, really.

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Henriette WiengesFounder - Agile & Flight Levels Coach & SPC at The Elephant in the Room

Henriette Wienges is an Senior Agile Coach with a focus on scaled contexts. After studying Political Science and working in the field of pr/pa for different organisations and agencies, she decided to help implementing better ways of working within organisations. Henriette is a trained Systemic Personal & Business Coach, a Systemic Organisational Developer, Flight Level Coach and SPC. She works in contexts from foundations, to governmental organisations to automotive using her broad competencies and knowledge on agile mindset and frameworks. The last 3 years Henriette has been working in different projects in automotive, building up ARTs and Solutions, taking over the Role of RTE or Agile Coach to the Solution.

As an Agile Coach, Henriette is particularly motivated by projects that involve cutting-edge technologies, setting up agile ways of working to be able to tackle learn fast and improve. This requires a certain resilience towards the many unknowns, as well as optimism and creativity to collectively find the best way to create the products of the future.

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Henriette WiengesFounder - Agile & Flight Levels Coach & SPC at The Elephant in the Room

Henriette Wienges is an Senior Agile Coach with a focus on scaled contexts. After studying Political Science and working in the field of pr/pa for different organisations and agencies, she decided to help implementing better ways of working within organisations. Henriette is a trained Systemic Personal & Business Coach, a Systemic Organisational Developer, Flight Level Coach and SPC. She works in contexts from foundations, to governmental organisations to automotive using her broad competencies and knowledge on agile mindset and frameworks. The last 3 years Henriette has been working in different projects in automotive, building up ARTs and Solutions, taking over the Role of RTE or Agile Coach to the Solution.

As an Agile Coach, Henriette is particularly motivated by projects that involve cutting-edge technologies, setting up agile ways of working to be able to tackle learn fast and improve. This requires a certain resilience towards the many unknowns, as well as optimism and creativity to collectively find the best way to create the products of the future.

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Ines GarciaAgile & Climate Coach

I help individuals, teams and organisations to deliver better value & reduce waste (time, effort, materials energy) To focus on impact. To leave the place better than how we found: Product, People & Planet

With over a decade of dual work in Agile & Salesforce, boosted by Circular Economy & Biomimicry practices

Active contributor to: scrumalliance.org, Agile Alliance (Sustainability Initiative), Pledge1%, Business Declares, Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Work on Climate & Business of Purpose communities, The Mentorship Central & YeurLeadin.

Ines GarciaAgile & Climate Coach

I help individuals, teams and organisations to deliver better value & reduce waste (time, effort, materials energy) To focus on impact. To leave the place better than how we found: Product, People & Planet

With over a decade of dual work in Agile & Salesforce, boosted by Circular Economy & Biomimicry practices

Active contributor to: scrumalliance.org, Agile Alliance (Sustainability Initiative), Pledge1%, Business Declares, Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Work on Climate & Business of Purpose communities, The Mentorship Central & YeurLeadin.

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Joanna DoyleDelivery Manager

Joanna has worked across startups through to large corporations bringing her inextinguishable energy for getting stuff done. With experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach she can see product development from a multitude of angles. If she had to describe her current passion, it would be making agile easy and bringing it into the everyday.

Joanna DoyleDelivery Manager

Joanna has worked across startups through to large corporations bringing her inextinguishable energy for getting stuff done. With experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach she can see product development from a multitude of angles. If she had to describe her current passion, it would be making agile easy and bringing it into the everyday.

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Joanna PlumptonEngineering Practice Manager at TEKsystems

From major home renovations, starting up a street food business and sometimes even for software development , I love using lean agile approaches and thinking to address the situations and opportunities at hand. I started as a web developer back in the late 90s when the www was in its infancy. I got my first taster for agile when I attended my first Scrum Master course back in 2007. Since then, I’ve continued my learning journey, developing my business acumen with an MBA in digital technologies management, focused on customer needs, relationships, and communication. I’ve worked in product development, SaaS and consulting environments. I love digging into the detail and data analysis, yet I find it imperative to understand and define the big picture/vision, inspiring others. Whilst I grew up in the UK, all of my adult life was spent in Canada, before returning to the UK just over 5 years ago. I am currently leading the core development practice at an IT services company and product owner for one of our internal products. My dog often likes to join in and voice his opinion during online calls.

Joanna PlumptonEngineering Practice Manager at TEKsystems

From major home renovations, starting up a street food business and sometimes even for software development , I love using lean agile approaches and thinking to address the situations and opportunities at hand. I started as a web developer back in the late 90s when the www was in its infancy. I got my first taster for agile when I attended my first Scrum Master course back in 2007. Since then, I’ve continued my learning journey, developing my business acumen with an MBA in digital technologies management, focused on customer needs, relationships, and communication. I’ve worked in product development, SaaS and consulting environments. I love digging into the detail and data analysis, yet I find it imperative to understand and define the big picture/vision, inspiring others. Whilst I grew up in the UK, all of my adult life was spent in Canada, before returning to the UK just over 5 years ago. I am currently leading the core development practice at an IT services company and product owner for one of our internal products. My dog often likes to join in and voice his opinion during online calls.

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Julia WesterCEO, Co-Founder at 55 Degrees AB

I’m the CEO and a co-founder at 55 Degrees - a software company located in Malmö, Sweden. In my past roles - web developer, manager, consultant, etc. - I’ve always focused on finding ways to get more done with less stress. Starting 55 Degrees with my husband, Daniel, allows me to scale that mission by building apps that help others do the same. In my spare time, I love to read, drink coffee, and travel - often at the same time! I've even published a Lean Software Development course on LinkedIn Learning. Say hello if you run into me at a conference geeking out about Lean/Agile topics like flow metrics.

Julia WesterCEO, Co-Founder at 55 Degrees AB

I’m the CEO and a co-founder at 55 Degrees - a software company located in Malmö, Sweden. In my past roles - web developer, manager, consultant, etc. - I’ve always focused on finding ways to get more done with less stress. Starting 55 Degrees with my husband, Daniel, allows me to scale that mission by building apps that help others do the same. In my spare time, I love to read, drink coffee, and travel - often at the same time! I've even published a Lean Software Development course on LinkedIn Learning. Say hello if you run into me at a conference geeking out about Lean/Agile topics like flow metrics.

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Julie StarlingAgile Delivery Community of Practice Manager at Principality Building Society

Julie Starling is passionate about the efficient delivery of value to customers. In recent years she has specialised in how data can be used to drive the right conversations to do this. She encourages teams to use data in actionable ways and currently supports a team of agile professionals at Principality Building Society. She has spent over 15 years working in and alongside software delivery teams and loves to help them realise their potential. In her spare time she loves to travel, snowboard and is obsessed with houseplants.

Julie StarlingAgile Delivery Community of Practice Manager at Principality Building Society

Julie Starling is passionate about the efficient delivery of value to customers. In recent years she has specialised in how data can be used to drive the right conversations to do this. She encourages teams to use data in actionable ways and currently supports a team of agile professionals at Principality Building Society. She has spent over 15 years working in and alongside software delivery teams and loves to help them realise their potential. In her spare time she loves to travel, snowboard and is obsessed with houseplants.

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Karl ScotlandStrategic Agility Consultant

Karl Scotland helps businesses become learning organisations, through outcome-oriented, continuous transformations, with everyone, everywhere.
Over the last 20+ years he has advocated for Lean and Agile approaches to achieve this, working with companies including the BBC, Yahoo!, EMC Consulting, Rally Software, Cisco, Legal & General, Bank of America, HSBC and Sky.
During this time, he has been an early adopter of XP and Scrum, a key contributor to Agendashift, and a pioneer in using Kanban Systems and Strategy Deployment for product development. He was a founding member of both the Lean Systems Society and Limited WIP Society and is active in the community and a regular conference speaker. As a result, he was awarded the honorary Brickell Key Community Contribution Award at the 2013 Lean Kanban North America conference.

Karl ScotlandStrategic Agility Consultant

Karl Scotland helps businesses become learning organisations, through outcome-oriented, continuous transformations, with everyone, everywhere.
Over the last 20+ years he has advocated for Lean and Agile approaches to achieve this, working with companies including the BBC, Yahoo!, EMC Consulting, Rally Software, Cisco, Legal & General, Bank of America, HSBC and Sky.
During this time, he has been an early adopter of XP and Scrum, a key contributor to Agendashift, and a pioneer in using Kanban Systems and Strategy Deployment for product development. He was a founding member of both the Lean Systems Society and Limited WIP Society and is active in the community and a regular conference speaker. As a result, he was awarded the honorary Brickell Key Community Contribution Award at the 2013 Lean Kanban North America conference.

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Katrin WellmannPartner at LEAD forward

Katrin Wellmann is a seasoned consultant, trainer, and Systemic Coach & Change Manager with a distinct focus on organizational and leadership development, as well as lean change management within complex transformation processes. Her exceptional expertise in lean-agile methods and dedication to overarching systemic thinking and action have garnered appreciation from clients across the corporate landscape spanning various industries, as well as from SMEs for 20+ years.

As one of the few female Professional Scrum Trainers (since 5+ years), her emphasis in training lies on Product Ownership, Agile Leadership with Evidence-Based Management, and Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills.

In addition to her agility proficiency, she possesses an extensive background as a Systemic Coach and Change Manager, incl. certification acquired at the University of Cologne.

She is well experienced in C-level leadership coaching, with focus on change, roles, empowerment and enablement of employees.

Prior to her partnership at LEAD Forward - Your Transformation Partner (since Jan. 2024), a Berlin-based strategic consultancy, Katrin distinguished herself as a Senior Manager with leadership responsibilities at Accenture Technology and previously at Infosys, two prominent global IT and management consultancies serving major clients in the industrial, financial, insurance, and telecommunications sectors. In these roles, she led internal and external projects focusing on leadership, cultural change, and strategy.

With her roots in product development, Katrin successfully led a product design agency as an entrepreneur for 8+ years. Her diploma with honors in Industrial Design from the University of Essen underscores her profound understanding of creative and innovative thinking.

Katrin WellmannPartner at LEAD forward

Katrin Wellmann is a seasoned consultant, trainer, and Systemic Coach & Change Manager with a distinct focus on organizational and leadership development, as well as lean change management within complex transformation processes. Her exceptional expertise in lean-agile methods and dedication to overarching systemic thinking and action have garnered appreciation from clients across the corporate landscape spanning various industries, as well as from SMEs for 20+ years.

As one of the few female Professional Scrum Trainers (since 5+ years), her emphasis in training lies on Product Ownership, Agile Leadership with Evidence-Based Management, and Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills.

In addition to her agility proficiency, she possesses an extensive background as a Systemic Coach and Change Manager, incl. certification acquired at the University of Cologne.

She is well experienced in C-level leadership coaching, with focus on change, roles, empowerment and enablement of employees.

Prior to her partnership at LEAD Forward - Your Transformation Partner (since Jan. 2024), a Berlin-based strategic consultancy, Katrin distinguished herself as a Senior Manager with leadership responsibilities at Accenture Technology and previously at Infosys, two prominent global IT and management consultancies serving major clients in the industrial, financial, insurance, and telecommunications sectors. In these roles, she led internal and external projects focusing on leadership, cultural change, and strategy.

With her roots in product development, Katrin successfully led a product design agency as an entrepreneur for 8+ years. Her diploma with honors in Industrial Design from the University of Essen underscores her profound understanding of creative and innovative thinking.

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Kubair ShirazeePrincipal Agile Coach at Agilitea.co

Join Kubair, a seasoned business agility maestro with 25+ years in transforming people, teams, communities and organisations. A trailblazer in bringing digital products to life and scaling dynamic teams, he's not just a business innovator but also the Chief Product Owner at Peace Through Prosperity. His groundbreaking work there transforms societies globally, impacting over 15,000 lives in conflict zones through lean and agile principles. With a vast background across industries like healthcare, telecoms, retail, and more, Kubair is a wellspring of insights and strategies. Don't miss his game-changing talk at the Lean Agile Conference!

Kubair ShirazeePrincipal Agile Coach at Agilitea.co

Join Kubair, a seasoned business agility maestro with 25+ years in transforming people, teams, communities and organisations. A trailblazer in bringing digital products to life and scaling dynamic teams, he's not just a business innovator but also the Chief Product Owner at Peace Through Prosperity. His groundbreaking work there transforms societies globally, impacting over 15,000 lives in conflict zones through lean and agile principles. With a vast background across industries like healthcare, telecoms, retail, and more, Kubair is a wellspring of insights and strategies. Don't miss his game-changing talk at the Lean Agile Conference!

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Lavaneesh GautamProduct and Agile Coach ( Professional Scrum Trainer and Professional Kanban Trainer) at Edge Agility

Lavaneesh is a seasoned consultant and trainer accredited with Scrum.org and Pro Kanban.org, with a freelancing portfolio that exemplifies a fervent commitment to product delivery excellence.

Boasting over a decade of experience, he has made a significant impact on over 5,000 professionals across the globe through his enterprise, Edge Agility Ltd.

His work transcends borders, having connected with individuals in over 50 countries, leveraging his global insights to foster an inclusive learning environment that champions empathy, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

Lavaneesh's vast experience spans multiple sectors—Banking, Government, Automotive, and Retail, to name a few—partnering with powerhouses like CBS, Jaguar Land Rover, Natwest, and British Petroleum. Recently, he has plunged into the innovative realms of EdTech, FinTech, and MarTech, synergizing with burgeoning startups to develop groundbreaking products set to transform the industry landscape.

Lavaneesh GautamProduct and Agile Coach ( Professional Scrum Trainer and Professional Kanban Trainer) at Edge Agility

Lavaneesh is a seasoned consultant and trainer accredited with Scrum.org and Pro Kanban.org, with a freelancing portfolio that exemplifies a fervent commitment to product delivery excellence.

Boasting over a decade of experience, he has made a significant impact on over 5,000 professionals across the globe through his enterprise, Edge Agility Ltd.

His work transcends borders, having connected with individuals in over 50 countries, leveraging his global insights to foster an inclusive learning environment that champions empathy, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

Lavaneesh's vast experience spans multiple sectors—Banking, Government, Automotive, and Retail, to name a few—partnering with powerhouses like CBS, Jaguar Land Rover, Natwest, and British Petroleum. Recently, he has plunged into the innovative realms of EdTech, FinTech, and MarTech, synergizing with burgeoning startups to develop groundbreaking products set to transform the industry landscape.

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Marc BurgauerPrincipal Consultant at Contextualise

Steeped in complexity theories from his early days as a Biology student, Marc has been an early adopter of Agile and Lean concepts, and has consistently pushed the boundaries of applying these principles to knowledge work.

Marc was a co-organiser of the esteemed Lean Agile Scotland conference through which Marc contributed significantly to the Agile community by fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. His entrepreneurial journey, having co-founded a successful software startup during the nascent days of the internet, allows him to speak from experience about management and executive decision making in rapidly changing environments.

He has led major digital transformations in the public service sector, even before the term "digital transformation" gained prominence. His consulting experience in diverse industries, including retail, banks, and public service, reflects his versatility and adaptability in driving organisational change.

Marc BurgauerPrincipal Consultant at Contextualise

Steeped in complexity theories from his early days as a Biology student, Marc has been an early adopter of Agile and Lean concepts, and has consistently pushed the boundaries of applying these principles to knowledge work.

Marc was a co-organiser of the esteemed Lean Agile Scotland conference through which Marc contributed significantly to the Agile community by fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. His entrepreneurial journey, having co-founded a successful software startup during the nascent days of the internet, allows him to speak from experience about management and executive decision making in rapidly changing environments.

He has led major digital transformations in the public service sector, even before the term "digital transformation" gained prominence. His consulting experience in diverse industries, including retail, banks, and public service, reflects his versatility and adaptability in driving organisational change.

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Marcus de ValeVisual Facilitator at WorkVisible Studios

Marcus has worked in Visual Thinking, as ‘WorkVisible’, originally alongside his late and great father and founder, Andy de Vale. "Amplify EVERYTHING with visual thinking!" is our answer when people ask how they can use visual thinking in their work. Anything you do can be made more effective, creative or engaging with the addition of pictures. That can be anything from simple stick figures to complex illustrations. At WorkVisible Studios, we train our clients to provide them with visual facilitation skills. This enables them to create business illustrations, capture live talks and conversations, consult and facilitate outcomes in their work. We're passionate about the power of visuals, drawing and storytelling to create a significant impact for individuals, teams and whole organisations.

Marcus de ValeVisual Facilitator at WorkVisible Studios

Marcus has worked in Visual Thinking, as ‘WorkVisible’, originally alongside his late and great father and founder, Andy de Vale. "Amplify EVERYTHING with visual thinking!" is our answer when people ask how they can use visual thinking in their work. Anything you do can be made more effective, creative or engaging with the addition of pictures. That can be anything from simple stick figures to complex illustrations. At WorkVisible Studios, we train our clients to provide them with visual facilitation skills. This enables them to create business illustrations, capture live talks and conversations, consult and facilitate outcomes in their work. We're passionate about the power of visuals, drawing and storytelling to create a significant impact for individuals, teams and whole organisations.

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Maren MüllerAgile Lead at kreuzwerker GmbH

Maren is a Agile Lead at kreuzwerker in Berlin, Germany. As a strategic AWS partner kreuzwerker is specializing in ‘everything cloud AWS’.

With over a decade of experience in the IT industry, Maren’s focus has been on fostering thriving cultures within startups and established organizations alike. During her career, change in people, teams, and organizations have always been the center of her interest.

Commencing her career as Agile Coach in 2015, Maren was part of the agile transition at Zalando. Since joining kreuzwerker in 2020 as an Agile Consultant, she has been instrumental in supporting various companies (e.g mobile.de / Adevinta) on their agile journeys from doing agile to being agile.

Her co-workers and customers value her empathy, her coaching mindset, her solution-oriented way of working and her experience as a “jack-of-all-coaching-tools”.

Maren is a certified Personal & Business Coach (ECA), Facilitator (IAF) and Back of the Room - Certified Trainer (TBR). Furthermore she draws her inspiration from leadership models like: Agile Leadership (Scrum Alliance), Leadership Embodiment (Pierre Goirand), Positive Leadership (PERMA Lead), Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman), and Nonviolent Communication.

Maren MüllerAgile Lead at kreuzwerker GmbH

Maren is a Agile Lead at kreuzwerker in Berlin, Germany. As a strategic AWS partner kreuzwerker is specializing in ‘everything cloud AWS’.

With over a decade of experience in the IT industry, Maren’s focus has been on fostering thriving cultures within startups and established organizations alike. During her career, change in people, teams, and organizations have always been the center of her interest.

Commencing her career as Agile Coach in 2015, Maren was part of the agile transition at Zalando. Since joining kreuzwerker in 2020 as an Agile Consultant, she has been instrumental in supporting various companies (e.g mobile.de / Adevinta) on their agile journeys from doing agile to being agile.

Her co-workers and customers value her empathy, her coaching mindset, her solution-oriented way of working and her experience as a “jack-of-all-coaching-tools”.

Maren is a certified Personal & Business Coach (ECA), Facilitator (IAF) and Back of the Room - Certified Trainer (TBR). Furthermore she draws her inspiration from leadership models like: Agile Leadership (Scrum Alliance), Leadership Embodiment (Pierre Goirand), Positive Leadership (PERMA Lead), Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman), and Nonviolent Communication.

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Markus BrandlManaging Partner & Flight Levels Guide© at Flight Levels Academy

As a Flight Levels Guide©, Markus supports companies in discovering and activating “their” Business Agility with the help of Flight Levels. In his role as managing partner of the Flight Levels Academy, Markus drives the product landscape of the Flight Levels Academy with his motivation to create the greatest added value through a practical offering for users. As a computer scientist, generalist and founder, Markus has spent the last 15 years of experience supporting companies in the automotive, energy, e-commerce and telecommunications sectors with a holistic approach to their value creation. Lively, sustainable and pragmatic approaches are at the forefront of his way of working. Always with people at the center.

Markus BrandlManaging Partner & Flight Levels Guide© at Flight Levels Academy

As a Flight Levels Guide©, Markus supports companies in discovering and activating “their” Business Agility with the help of Flight Levels. In his role as managing partner of the Flight Levels Academy, Markus drives the product landscape of the Flight Levels Academy with his motivation to create the greatest added value through a practical offering for users. As a computer scientist, generalist and founder, Markus has spent the last 15 years of experience supporting companies in the automotive, energy, e-commerce and telecommunications sectors with a holistic approach to their value creation. Lively, sustainable and pragmatic approaches are at the forefront of his way of working. Always with people at the center.

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Matthew PhilipOrganisational Refactorer

As an organisational refactorer and coach, Matt helps organisations and teams continuously become fit for their purpose. He is especially passionate about building learning organisations and creating humanizing and engaging work environments.

Matthew PhilipOrganisational Refactorer

As an organisational refactorer and coach, Matt helps organisations and teams continuously become fit for their purpose. He is especially passionate about building learning organisations and creating humanizing and engaging work environments.

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Mimi Manly-OseiAgile Delivery Manager

Mimi is an Agile Transformation Advocate with a passion for empowering teams and businesses to embrace Agile methodologies. With a background spanning from Scrum Master to Agile Delivery Manager, they've cultivated expertise in facilitating organizational change and fostering agile cultures. She firmly believes in the power of self-organizing teams, viewing autonomy as the catalyst for creativity and innovation. They advocate for a shift in perspective on metrics tracking, emphasizing its value in providing insights and managing expectations. With a debut speaking engagement at the Lean Agile London 2024 conference, Mimi is poised to inspire audiences with their unique approach to driving agile transformation.

Mimi Manly-OseiAgile Delivery Manager

Mimi is an Agile Transformation Advocate with a passion for empowering teams and businesses to embrace Agile methodologies. With a background spanning from Scrum Master to Agile Delivery Manager, they've cultivated expertise in facilitating organizational change and fostering agile cultures. She firmly believes in the power of self-organizing teams, viewing autonomy as the catalyst for creativity and innovation. They advocate for a shift in perspective on metrics tracking, emphasizing its value in providing insights and managing expectations. With a debut speaking engagement at the Lean Agile London 2024 conference, Mimi is poised to inspire audiences with their unique approach to driving agile transformation.

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Nana Bambara-AbbanBusiness Agility and Transformation Professional (Practitioner)

Nana, a transformative leader in business agility and innovation, with over 20 years of experience across public and private sectors. His dynamic career spans roles from Project Manager to Executive, marked by an exceptional ability to challenge the status quo. Nana's expertise lies in aligning organizational strategies with core agility practices (CAP), driving efficient operations, and fostering systemic change and growth. Recognized globally for his contributions with many awards to his name, reflecting the goodwill he enjoys across many organisations and sectors, globally. He is also a dedicated organic farmer, land rover builder and a philanthropist, founding Adinkrahene.Org, a charity dedicated to adopting orphanages and transforming orphans into future leaders. Nana's approach combines critical thinking with practical, incremental improvements, revolutionizing business processes and systems. He created H2H (Human2Human) as a concept to help drive Ubuntu (people development).

Nana Bambara-AbbanBusiness Agility and Transformation Professional (Practitioner)

Nana, a transformative leader in business agility and innovation, with over 20 years of experience across public and private sectors. His dynamic career spans roles from Project Manager to Executive, marked by an exceptional ability to challenge the status quo. Nana's expertise lies in aligning organizational strategies with core agility practices (CAP), driving efficient operations, and fostering systemic change and growth. Recognized globally for his contributions with many awards to his name, reflecting the goodwill he enjoys across many organisations and sectors, globally. He is also a dedicated organic farmer, land rover builder and a philanthropist, founding Adinkrahene.Org, a charity dedicated to adopting orphanages and transforming orphans into future leaders. Nana's approach combines critical thinking with practical, incremental improvements, revolutionizing business processes and systems. He created H2H (Human2Human) as a concept to help drive Ubuntu (people development).

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Nisha JoshiPrincipal Consultant at AND Digital

Nisha started her professional journey as a Business Analyst and then progressed to leading large-scale projects and programmes across various industries.

Stumbling upon Scrum over a decade ago, and with a keen ability to rally teams and orchestrate successful change, Nisha quickly found her footing in Scrum Master and Delivery Manager roles. She's since honing her craft in servant leadership, building and coaching teams to deliver outcomes that make Gantt charts blush!

Nisha Joshi is also the co-host of the engaging podcast, "The Delivery Space". She brings a fervour for sharing authentic experiences of driving change within organizations.

Outside work, Nisha is an avid reader, devourer of podcasts and her specialist subject on Mastermind would be Blackadder Trivia.

Nisha JoshiPrincipal Consultant at AND Digital

Nisha started her professional journey as a Business Analyst and then progressed to leading large-scale projects and programmes across various industries.

Stumbling upon Scrum over a decade ago, and with a keen ability to rally teams and orchestrate successful change, Nisha quickly found her footing in Scrum Master and Delivery Manager roles. She's since honing her craft in servant leadership, building and coaching teams to deliver outcomes that make Gantt charts blush!

Nisha Joshi is also the co-host of the engaging podcast, "The Delivery Space". She brings a fervour for sharing authentic experiences of driving change within organizations.

Outside work, Nisha is an avid reader, devourer of podcasts and her specialist subject on Mastermind would be Blackadder Trivia.

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Pawel BrodzinskiChief Cook and Bottle Washer at Lunar Logic

Pawel is a leader, an organisation designer, and a change agent, but most of all, he is a constantly experimenting practitioner who helps his teams to work better (and learn in the process).

He leads Lunar Logic (http://www.lunarlogic.io/), a professional services web development company, where he practices what he preaches. This makes working with Lunar Logic an extraordinary experience as it is an organisation with fully distributed autonomy and without managers.

He shares his thoughts on broadly understood software project management on his blog (http://brodzinski.com/). Pawel is passionate about building great teams, creating excellent organisational culture, and helping people to grow.

Pawel BrodzinskiChief Cook and Bottle Washer at Lunar Logic

Pawel is a leader, an organisation designer, and a change agent, but most of all, he is a constantly experimenting practitioner who helps his teams to work better (and learn in the process).

He leads Lunar Logic (http://www.lunarlogic.io/), a professional services web development company, where he practices what he preaches. This makes working with Lunar Logic an extraordinary experience as it is an organisation with fully distributed autonomy and without managers.

He shares his thoughts on broadly understood software project management on his blog (http://brodzinski.com/). Pawel is passionate about building great teams, creating excellent organisational culture, and helping people to grow.

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Prateek SinghIndependent Agile Consultant at Data Driven Agile

Prateek Singh has been leading and working on agile teams for almost two decades. Starting with XP, then Scrum and now working in a Kanban system, Prateek has gained a breadth and depth of knowledge regarding agile techniques, practices, and implementation principles. Prateek has been a Director of Business Agility at UKG conducting training and coaching for teams regarding Kanban and Lean principles. Prateek has played the role of Software Engineer, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Manager of Software Engineering, Director of Engineering, and Director of Business Agility in his career. Prateek is currently an Independent Agile Consultant as well as the Head of Learning and Development at ProKanban.org. Prateek is also the co-host of the Drunk Agile podcast.

Prateek SinghIndependent Agile Consultant at Data Driven Agile

Prateek Singh has been leading and working on agile teams for almost two decades. Starting with XP, then Scrum and now working in a Kanban system, Prateek has gained a breadth and depth of knowledge regarding agile techniques, practices, and implementation principles. Prateek has been a Director of Business Agility at UKG conducting training and coaching for teams regarding Kanban and Lean principles. Prateek has played the role of Software Engineer, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Manager of Software Engineering, Director of Engineering, and Director of Business Agility in his career. Prateek is currently an Independent Agile Consultant as well as the Head of Learning and Development at ProKanban.org. Prateek is also the co-host of the Drunk Agile podcast.

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Rebecca GordonHead of Online Customer Experience at Westminster City Council

An innovator and problem solver at heart, Rebecca currently serves as the Head of Online Experience at Westminster City Council. The council is on an ambitious journey to reimagine and transform its online services, which has earned Rebecca recognition as a finalist for ‘Inspiring Women in CX Rising Star’ award. Westminster City Council too has recognised her innovative spirit; she is currently a finalist for "Innovator of the Year" and her dedication to exceptional customer service has culminated in a Digital and Innovation Rising Star Award. Rebecca is a true champion of digital transformation who fosters a culture of innovation that will significantly enhance the lives and experience of Westminster's residents.

Rebecca GordonHead of Online Customer Experience at Westminster City Council

An innovator and problem solver at heart, Rebecca currently serves as the Head of Online Experience at Westminster City Council. The council is on an ambitious journey to reimagine and transform its online services, which has earned Rebecca recognition as a finalist for ‘Inspiring Women in CX Rising Star’ award. Westminster City Council too has recognised her innovative spirit; she is currently a finalist for "Innovator of the Year" and her dedication to exceptional customer service has culminated in a Digital and Innovation Rising Star Award. Rebecca is a true champion of digital transformation who fosters a culture of innovation that will significantly enhance the lives and experience of Westminster's residents.

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Rita GoodbodyAgile Delivery Manager at Spektrix

I am an Agile Delivery Manager embracing growth and learning.

I started my lean journey nearly 13 years ago on a factory floor looking for continuous improvements and applying Kanban. The improvement needed to be done somewhere higher and that’s where my true learning started. Looking for better ways of working moved through different startups and embraced short feedback loops and sharp learning curves.

Now I am part of delivery team at Spektrix and together we are building our model. I am passionate about strengthening coordination level of the growing engineering department and spreading the word of continuous improvement across the company. Glueing information together is a craft!

Rita GoodbodyAgile Delivery Manager at Spektrix

I am an Agile Delivery Manager embracing growth and learning.

I started my lean journey nearly 13 years ago on a factory floor looking for continuous improvements and applying Kanban. The improvement needed to be done somewhere higher and that’s where my true learning started. Looking for better ways of working moved through different startups and embraced short feedback loops and sharp learning curves.

Now I am part of delivery team at Spektrix and together we are building our model. I am passionate about strengthening coordination level of the growing engineering department and spreading the word of continuous improvement across the company. Glueing information together is a craft!

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Shelby WilsonEnterprise Agile Coach at Agilis Consulting Ltd

Shelby Wilson is an Enterprise Agile and Transformation Coach, servant leader, teacher and inspirer. Her current focus is improving Enterprise leadership teams through coaching. Helping them unknot difficult, multiple departments problems. She is passionate about helping organisations transform, to improve service delivery to customers, and improve the working lives of people within the organisation. Her other focus is Sharing and imparting Agile to others and has a love for community of practices. She has a passion to show Leadership how important people are to each other and ways of working. She is passionate about the people side of change, and focused on bringing meaningful change into organisations that will improve the lives of people and believes people are always the way forward. With her passion and enthusiasm she hope she can leave the place she’s been last in a better place

Shelby WilsonEnterprise Agile Coach at Agilis Consulting Ltd

Shelby Wilson is an Enterprise Agile and Transformation Coach, servant leader, teacher and inspirer. Her current focus is improving Enterprise leadership teams through coaching. Helping them unknot difficult, multiple departments problems. She is passionate about helping organisations transform, to improve service delivery to customers, and improve the working lives of people within the organisation. Her other focus is Sharing and imparting Agile to others and has a love for community of practices. She has a passion to show Leadership how important people are to each other and ways of working. She is passionate about the people side of change, and focused on bringing meaningful change into organisations that will improve the lives of people and believes people are always the way forward. With her passion and enthusiasm she hope she can leave the place she’s been last in a better place

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Stuart YoungProduct Trainer/ Visual Storyteller at Cprime

Stuart is a Certified Scrum Trainer and Visual Storyteller with a deep-rooted appreciation for methods of Design Thinking and Agile Ways of working. His key driver is to enable individuals, teams and organisations to tell impactful stories. As a result, people can make decisions faster, take action, reduce waste and drive value.

As a Visual Storytelling Thought Leader and practitioner within the Agile Community and beyond he endorses the use of Visual Storytelling to engage stakeholders, address customer needs, enhance team collaboration and accelerate learning.

Facilitating a suite of Design Thinking, Visual Storytelling and Product Agility workshops Stuart encourages teams to work more visually, creating visually compelling stories that make the intangible tangible, catalysing customer centric creativity, driving product innovation and business success.

Stuart YoungProduct Trainer/ Visual Storyteller at Cprime

Stuart is a Certified Scrum Trainer and Visual Storyteller with a deep-rooted appreciation for methods of Design Thinking and Agile Ways of working. His key driver is to enable individuals, teams and organisations to tell impactful stories. As a result, people can make decisions faster, take action, reduce waste and drive value.

As a Visual Storytelling Thought Leader and practitioner within the Agile Community and beyond he endorses the use of Visual Storytelling to engage stakeholders, address customer needs, enhance team collaboration and accelerate learning.

Facilitating a suite of Design Thinking, Visual Storytelling and Product Agility workshops Stuart encourages teams to work more visually, creating visually compelling stories that make the intangible tangible, catalysing customer centric creativity, driving product innovation and business success.

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Zofia Safteruk-PrzybyszDelivery Manager

Zofia is on a mission to help leaders and teams improve business processes by optimising workflows, creating synergies, and adopting a growth mindset. For the past 15 years, she has been managing the delivery of complex projects and facilitating customers' transition to a lean and iterative project approach. She led digital transformation implementations for banks in the UK and Europe. She is particularly proud of her role in fostering collaborative environments for blended teams and setting up transparent processes. Zofia is an advocate for continuous learning and improvement. In her work, she promotes Agnostic Agile principles, guided by a belief in the practical implementation of Agile that suits specific organisation and team needs rather than adhering strictly to one framework.

Zofia Safteruk-PrzybyszDelivery Manager

Zofia is on a mission to help leaders and teams improve business processes by optimising workflows, creating synergies, and adopting a growth mindset. For the past 15 years, she has been managing the delivery of complex projects and facilitating customers' transition to a lean and iterative project approach. She led digital transformation implementations for banks in the UK and Europe. She is particularly proud of her role in fostering collaborative environments for blended teams and setting up transparent processes. Zofia is an advocate for continuous learning and improvement. In her work, she promotes Agnostic Agile principles, guided by a belief in the practical implementation of Agile that suits specific organisation and team needs rather than adhering strictly to one framework.

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As a not-for-profit community event, we wouldn’t be able to run the conference without the generous support of our sponsors.

Platinum Sponsors

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