Please join us for the November M2D2 meeting at Noon on Monday, November 16, 2009, at the USDA Cafeteria Conference Room in Washington, DC, to welcome Kuryan Thomas, Ph.D., CTO of CC Pace. Kuryan will be speaking about "Agile Engineering from a Manager's Perspective." This presentation will be of special interest to those who may be looking for support for communicating the benefits of an Agile approach to their management team.
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- Date: November 16, 2009
- Time: 11:30 am: Sign-in & Networking; 12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm: Presentation
- Location: U.S. Department of Agriculture (South Building), 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
- Room: USDA Cafeteria Conference Room (this is a glass-enclosed area at the back of the cafeteria)
- Speaker: Kuryan Thomas, Ph.D., CTO of CC Pace
- Topic: Agile Engineering from a Manager's Perspective
- Cost: FREE!!
- PDUs: YES! This event is worth 1 PDU. Information on claiming PDUs will be made available on the day of the event.
Agile Engineering from a Manager's Perspective
Dr. Thomas will touch on the most important agile engineering practices, the benefits each agile practice brings to a manager, some of the barriers to adoption for each practice, and ways in which those barriers can be overcome. This presentation will be of special interest to those in the audience who may be looking for support for communicating the benefits of an Agile approach to their management team.
Dr. Kuryan Thomas, Chief Technology Officer of CC Pace
Dr. Kuryan Obi Thomas has over 25 years of experience in software architecture, design, and implementation. Since joining CC Pace in 2001, Kuryan has been the technical lead and advisor on agile Extreme Programming/Scrum software projects. He writes code on Agile projects, directing and leading teams on practices such as Test-Driven Design, Continuous Integration, and Simple Design. Kuryan also has led technology strategy and system selection engagements. His implementation experience covers numerical computing, operating system internals, system software, and mission-critical business enterprise software on Java EE and .NET platforms. Kuryan holds a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from Virginia Tech.