Ben Linders: Trainer / Coach / Adviser / Author / Speaker

Ben Linders is a Independent Consultant in Agile, Lean, Quality and Continuous Improvement, based in The Netherlands. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives, What Drives Quality, The Agile Self-assessment Game, and Problem? What problem?. Creator of the Agile Self-assessment Game.

As an advisor, coach and trainer he helps organizations by deploying effective software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement, collaboration and communication, and professional development, to deliver business value to customers.

Together with Luis Gonçalves I wrote the book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives which has been translated into many other languages. I'm now working on my 4th book, Problem> What Problem?, about problem-solving using an agile mindset and practices.

Ben is an active member of networks on Agile, Lean and Quality, and a well known speaker and author. He shares his experiences in a bilingual blog (Dutch and English), as an editor for Culture and Methods at InfoQ and as an expert in communities like Computable, Quora, DZone, and TechTarget. Follow him on twitter: @BenLinders.

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My name is Luis Gonçalves and I am an Agile Coach, Co-Author, Speaker and a Blogger

I have been working in the software industry since 2003, being an Agile practitioner since 2007. I have a lot of experience in integrating sequential projects phases like localization into an Agile Framework and pioneering Agile adoption at different companies and different contexts.

I have a technical background yet my passion lies at the Management side where I am a Management 3.0 passionate.

I am a co-founder of a MeetUp group in Munich, Germany called High Performing Teams. Me and my colleagues created this group with the vision of "Define the future of Management and Leadership" . We are aiming to collaboratively generate several ideas/theories and try them out in our professional life.