Ask An Expert

October 29 “Ask an Expert” Meeting

October 22 “Ask an Expert” Meeting

Andrew Cahoon will host the October 22nd session of the Agile Austin Ask an Expert service. Here is his bio:

Andrew Cahoon is the Founder and Managing Director for Clarum Group LLC – a management consulting organization focused on providing Custom Business Process Improvement services with a team of several highly skilled and experienced members. He has 30 years experience in development and management of high tech solutions (supercomputers, microprocessors, hardware, firmware, software) with a strong emphasis on Continuous Improvement. His formal education includes a BS Computer Engineering (Univ. of Illinois), an Executive MBA (Univ. of Oregon), and Lean training (Toyota, Porsche, McKinsey). Over the past year,  he has grown his expertise in Agile and Change Management methods. In his spare time, he enjoys family activities and doing volunteer work with robotics organizations in the Austin area.

October 15 “Ask an Expert” Meeting

Paul Brownell will host the October 15 session of the Agile Austin Ask an Expert service. Here is his bio:

Paul Brownell is an experienced software executive, specializing in leading change and implementing world-class software practices.  He has been a practitioner of Agile methods since 2001, including XP and SCRUM methodologies.  As Product Line Director at BMC Software, Paul led several SCRUM teams distributed across India, Israel, and the United States.  Among these was the project highlighted in Dean Leffingwell’s book “Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises.”  Paul’s Agile projects were identified as “best in class” by QSM Associates in an evaluation of over 7,500 Agile projects.  Earlier in his career, Paul led process improvement for his division and was an ISO9000/TickIT internal auditor.

Paul balances pragmatism with structured process to improve product quality, reduce cycle time, and improve customer satisfaction. In the course of his career he has successfully applied this approach to more than a dozen enterprise applications.

Paul is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Tennessee, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.  He lives in scenic Cedar Creek, Texas with his lovely wife and lively six year-old son

October 8th “Ask An Expert

There will be no “Ask An Expert” session this week.  Attend the Agile Austin Select Speaker series featuring Ryan Martins.   See http://www.AgileAustin.org for more details.