Join us for a special 20th birthday celebration panel discussion with a focus on stories from Agile New England’s past and ideas for our future.

The panelists:

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert
ANE Founder and Past President

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert is an independent Agile Coach and past president of Agile New England. As an electronics & software engineer for medical, aerospace, Industrial applications she was among the first to apply Agile methods to embedded systems work. Co-author of book series “Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems”, coaching Agile teams and managers since 1998. https://leanagilepartners.com.

Mike Dwyer
ANE Founder

Mike Dwyer has been active in the Agile/ Scrum communities for 20+ years as a practitioner, coach and teacher. Currently, he is curious about the power of the followers who make up the majority of team and Agile organizations.

Damon Poole
Past ANE President

Damon is an Enterprise Agile Coach, Coaching and Agile instructor, and the co-author of Professional Coaching for Agilists (Addison-Wesley). He has coached and trained thousands of people and presented at a wide variety of conferences and meetups. He has also co-created a series of popular Agile games including Heroes of Agility.

Johanna Rothman
Longtime, Frequent Speaker

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice
for your complex problems. She helps leaders and teams learn to see
practical alternatives that help them achieve more agility in their
work. With that knowledge, they can choose what—and how—to adapt their
product development. See her writing and other resources at jrothman.com
and createadaptablelife.com.

Chet Hendrickson
Agile Expert

Chet Hendrickson has been involved with Agile Software Development since 1996, when as a member of Chrysler’s C3 project he helped develop Extreme Programming. Chet is the first signatory to the Agile Manifesto.