We are excited to announce that Alistair Cockburn will a featured speaker at the conference this year. Alistair is a native Utahn and invaluable member of the local Agile community, and the Agile community worldwide. Below is a brief bio.

Dr. Alistair Cockburn is a world-renowned expert in Agile development, having co-founded the Agile movement and co-authored the Agile Manifesto. Dr. Cockburn is the author of the Jolt award-winning books Writing Effective Use Cases and Agile Software Development. He has more than 30 years of experience leading projects around the world, in hardware and software, research and industry, in companies of all sizes and specialties. Much of his material is available online at http://alistair.cockburn.us.