David Hussman

Portrait of David Hussman

David has been creating software for many years in a variety of domains: digital audio, digital biometrics, medical, financial, retail, and education to name a few. David now spends his time mentoring and coaching agile communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. Along with presenting and leading workshops / tutorials at conferences in the U.S. and Europe, David has contributed to several books ("Managing Agile Projects" and "Agile in the Large"), worked on agile curriculum for The University of Minnesota and Capella University, and is currently writing a book for the Pragmatic Programmer series.

David leads DevJam, a Minneapolis based company composed of agile collaborators. As mentors and practitioners, DevJam focuses on using agile to help people and companies improve their software production skills. DevJam provides seasoned leaders that strive to pragmatically match technology, people, and processes to create better and cooler products.

For more information, check out the DevJam website www.devjam.biz

Events Schedule

Morning 8:30 - 12:15
Welcome 8:30 - 8:45
First Speaker 8:45 - 9:45 Mark Striebeck: Google - Innovation as a business strategy
Break 9:45 - 10:15
Second Speaker 10:15 - 11:00 Jamie Thingelstad: Ending legacy code in our lifetime (slides)
Third Speaker 11:00 - 11:45 Jon W. Spence and Dr. Nelson H. Soken: Leading Innovation and Change (slides)
Panel 11:45 - 12:15
Lunch 12:15 - 1:30
Afternoon 1:30 - 5:30
First Speaker 1:30-2:30 Stuart Halloway: Ending legacy code in our lifetime (slides)
Break 3:15-3:45
Second Speaker 3:45 - 4:00 Nate Schutta: Client Side Innovations (slides)
Third Speaker 4:00 - 4:45 David Hussman: Regression Deficit: The Danger of Waiting to Test (slides)
Panel 4:45 - 5:15
Closing 5:15 - 5:30