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Linda Rising

Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in object-based design metrics and a background that includes university teaching and industry work in telecommunic [...]

Corey Haines

After 12 years of coding for money, Corey Haines said enough and went on a year-long, journeyman pair-programming tour. Traveling the world, pair-programming for room and [...]

Israel Gat

Dr. Israel Gat is a Cutter Consortium Fellow and Director of the Agile Product & Project Management practice. He is recognized as the architect of the agile transform [...]

Niel Nickolaisen

Niel Nickolaisen is the CIO at Western Governors University. He has held technology executive and operations executive positions; typically in turnaround roles. His strat [...]

Pat Maddox

Pat got into Rails pretty much from the get-go, not long after it was made publicly available for programmers to use. Since then he's worked on a dozen or so production R [...]

Agile Roots is June 21-22, 2012

We believe in a different way of working: Empowered teams accomplishing amazing results. Workplaces filled with courage, laughter, and working software. True partnership between business professionals, technology professionals, and customers.

How do we get there? The rules are simple. It takes a lifetime to master them. We must do things differently. We must change our habits. We must continually reorient our thinking.

The right conferences are those which inspire and re-motivate us. We created Agile Roots to be the kind of conference we want to attend.

Conference Speakers
- Linda Rising Speaker, author, consultantlindarising.org
- Corey Haines Software Journeymancoreyhaines.com
- Israel Gat Director of Agile Product & Project Management PracticeCutter Consortium
- Niel Nickolaisen CIOWestern Governors University
- Arlo Belshee Sr. Program ManagerMicrosoft
- Pat Maddox Lover of dogs, code, music, foodpatmaddox.com

Volunteers Needed

Get involved! Volunteers help make the Agile Roots conference a success. If you are interested in participating please send information about your availability to volunteer@agileroots.com.