Reformed software engineer trying to make the world a better place one agile principle at a time.

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Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements / Presentations
Metrics: Look at numbers to explore Agile behaviors – October 20, 2021 Together with Jason O’brien: Does your team understand the difference between good practice vs deliberate practice? Metrics are more than averages, reports, or numbers on a piece of “paper!” As Agile Leaders we are all about championing behaviors and continuous improvement! Metrics done right is a tool to use when working with teams to help them determine their limitations, pain points, and experiments to move toward better cohesion, maturity and improvement. We’ll look at the basics – values, principles and shared undressing, and then dive into visibility, focus and feedback loops. We will leave you with ideas on what to measure, why to measure it and what it means.
New Voices at eXperience Agile – September 28th, 2021 Make your own Perfect Agile Toolkit You have skills you don’t realize you have. You have life experiences that are vital to building you into the Agilist you are. Being an Agilist is a balancing act. It’s a “serious job that’s rooted in leadership” – but also fun and fulfilling. The ability to build trust, encourage your team, understand the big picture or assist with removing roadblocks is an ongoing and never simple task. The skills necessary are not insignificant, and you need  to pull your expertise from all areas of your life. In this session, we will explore how to fill your Agile toolbox from your personal skill sets and talents you have or have had. * I will give you some thinking points to start you down the path of what additional skills you have to draw from. Ways you can expand your own abilities in directions you want and need. * You will be reminded to draw from your own past to make your present and future self amazing.
DevConf.US – Open Source in Gaming, Interactive Media, and Entertainment – Lean Coffee Facilitator – Sept 1, 2021
LIA (Lean In Agile) DMV Spiral – Lightening Talk – July 8, 2021 Imposter Syndrome – such a terrible name and it just feels dirty to say, right? I have spent time listening to talks and reading articles and trying to determine if this was a thing I had (like a rash). I dug deep into my psyche to see if I could over come it, needed to beat it, or could help others deal with it.
Agile Toolbox – Agile Boulder – June 23, 2021 Abstract: You have skills you don’t realize you had. You have life experience that are vital to creating the Agilist you are. Being an Agilist is a balancing act. It’s a “serious job that’s rooted in leadership” – but also fun and fulfilling. The ability to build trust, encourage your team, understand the big picture or assist with roadblocks is an ongoing and never simple task. The skills necessary are not insignificant, and you need to pull your expertise from all areas of your life. In this session, we will explore how to fill your Agile toolbox from your personal skill sets and talents you have or have had. * I will give you some thinking points to start you down the path of what additional skills you have to draw from. Ways you can expand your own abilities in directions you want and need. * You will be reminded to draw from your own past to make your present and future self amazing.
13 Must Have Agile Skills – Agile Caribbean – May 26 2021 Being an agilist is a balancing act. It’s a “serious job that’s rooted in leadership” – but also fun and fulfilling. The ability to build trust, encourage your team, understand the big picture or assist with roadblocks is an ongoing and never simple task. The skills necessary are not insignificant, and you need to pull your expertise from all areas of your life. In this session, we will explore how to fill your Agile toolbox from your personal skill sets and talents you have or have had. * I will give you some thinking points to start you down the path of what additional skills you have to draw from. * You will be able to feel more confident in your ability to draw from your own past to make your present and future self amazing.
Lean Coffee with Omar McNeil and Nicole Wilker at Scrum Master Summit Conference – May 2021 Discuss Agile topics live on the Scrum Master Summit conference “floor” Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. Bring your experience, ideas, and hard-won knowledge and we’ll build the agenda together. Omar McNeil and Nicole Wilker will facilitate the conversation, and the topics are defined by you, the participants.
Your Agile Toolbox – Empowering South Florida Women – April 21 2021 What is in your Agile Toolbox? How and what do you fill it with? Being an agilist is a balancing act. It’s a fun and “serious job that’s rooted in leadership”. The ability to build trust, encourage your team, understand the big picture or assist with roadblocks is an ongoing and never a simple task. The skills necessary are not insignificant, and you can pull your expertise from all areas of your life. In this session, we will explore how to fill your Agile toolbox from your personal skill sets and talents you have or have had. * I will give you some thinking points to start you down the path of what additional skills you have to draw from. * You will be able to feel more confident in your ability to draw from your own past to make your present and future self amazing.
Everything I know about being Everything I know about being an Agilist I learned from teaching Aerobics – Women in Agile Denver – January 19 2021 Everything I know about being an Agilist I learned from teaching Aerobics w/ Nicole Wilker You will be entertained to see how leg warmers, unitards, child pose and high kicks can help you find your hidden skill sets to be the best servant leader you can be! Being a scrum master is a balancing act. It’s a “serious job that’s rooted in leadership”. The ability to build trust, encourage your team, understand the big picture or remove roadblocks is an ongoing and never simple task. The skills necessary are not insignificant, and you need pull them from all areas of your life. My history in the fitness industry helped combine all my varied underlying skills and work the problem.