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ICR Agile Returns February 25, 2021!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

ICR Agile is a one day event to bring together members of the agile community and those interested in embracing the agile mindset to learn and network with peers. This conference is a collaboration between NewBoCo and members of Eastern Iowa Agile.

Agile is a way of thinking about how we work. It enables people to solve complex and adaptive problems by collaborating. Agile addresses the types of problems many organizations struggle to solve today.  It is used by leading companies nationally and locally as a way to move their businesses forward.

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2021 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Esther draws on four decades of experience leading, observing, and living organizational change. She works with a broad array of organizations. Her clients include both startups and Fortune 500 companies. Based on experience and research, her approach blends attention to humans and deep knowledge of complex adaptive systems. Esther has been called one of the most influential voices within the agile communities when it comes to developing organizations, coaching teams, and transforming management. Her work over many years has influenced coaches and leaders across many companies. Esther started her career as a programmer. However, over the years she’s worn many hats, including business owner, internal consultant, manager, and team leader. From all these perspectives, one thing was clear: individual, team, and even organizational success depends greatly on the work environment and organizational dynamics. As a result, she’s spent the last twenty-five years helping companies shape their environment for optimum success. Her formal education includes an MA in Organizational Leadership and a certificate in Human Systems Dynamics.

2021 BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

Over the past month, the ICR Agile 2021 planning committee has been reviewing all the speaker applications we received and we are happy to share with you our 2021 speaker line-up!
Jon, a co-author of the Agile Manifesto, is an aerospace engineer by training. He is passionate about helping teams succeed in delivering business value through software. He works with teams to articulate, design, architect, and deliver software that solves challenging business problems. Jon seeks better ways for teams to accomplish their goals from the perspectives of people, process, and technology. Jon likes to help teams build an environment that enables effective practices, solid architecture, agile development, quality-by-design (not accident), and laser-like focus on delivering business value through the strategic use of s/w development. Specialties: beer, agile development, agile coaching/mentoring, domain modeling, architectural solutions that meet business needs, leading distributed teams, highly varied domain expertise, leadership by example.
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile Inc. where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades helping organizations in aerospace, defense, automotive and others adopt better engineering practices including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, engineering, and government conferences.
As an Agile Coach within Collins Aerospace, Erin speaks frequently in front of classes and communities of practice about lean and agile topics. Erin has also spoken at the Rockwell Collins Lean Day of Learning and Quality conferences about Training from the Back of the Room, Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Lean Agile topics. Erin also enjoys speaking outside of Collins Aerospace at our local Eastern Iowa Agile Meet Up and being part of a group planning a, first time, local agile conference!
Allison Pollard helps people discover their agile instincts and develop their coaching abilities. As an agile coach with Improving in Dallas, Allison enjoys enabling others to become trusted leaders for change in their organization. In her experience, applying agile methods improves delivery, strengthens relationships, and builds trust between business and IT. Allison is also a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, a foodie, and proud glasses wearer.
Zeenat Fadwani is currently a Managing Partner with Lean Agile Solution. As a former IT executive, Zeenat is uniquely equipped to work across the value chain from one team up to the largest enterprises needing transformation. She was at the forefront of the Scaled Agile transformation at AmerisourceBergen (a Fortune 10 company) and implemented a SAFe Agile Release Train for the entire department. Her multi-disciplinary approach, passion for excellence, and ability to bring Business and IT together makes Zeenat a recognizable expert in business agility. With her clients, she brings fun to engage teams while changing mindsets with focus on flow of value.
Mike is an enterprise agile transformation coach at CPRIME Inc. and has been working with Agile since 2004 and Agile at Scale since 2012.  He has been involved with numerous large scale agile transformations including projects at Gogo Inflight, Oracle, Western Union, Google, and Raytheon Technologies. Starting his career at Sun Microsystems as a Java Software Engineer, Mike is now a certified agile coach. His passion lies with helping teams realize true agility and alignment towards outcomes through Lean Agile Principles and Lean Portfolio Management techniques. Mike is also an entrepreneur.  He purchased the largest Independent Heavy Diesel Truck and Crane Repair business in Colorado in 2019. Mike has learned much about how Agile can be effectively applied in the Corporate world from his experiences applying these principles to manage a real-world Diesel Truck and Crane Repair business and is ready to share this knowledge with you.
"Zuzana “Zuzi” Šochová is an independent Agile coach and trainer and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with more than fifteen years of experience in the IT industry. She started with agile and Scrum back in 2005, when she was implementing agile methods in the USA. From that time, she has been credited with agile transformation and implementation for many companies and teams around the world. By creating and sustaining agile leadership, Zuzi believes the worlds of work and life can be made happier and more successful. Zuzi is a founder of the Czech Agile Association and the world famous AgilePrague conference. Zuzi was elected to the Scrum Alliance Board of Directors in 2017. She is an author of The Great Scrum Master: #ScrumMasterWay book (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)). Web: http://sochova.com Blog: http://agile-scrum.com Twitter: @zuzuzka LinkedIn: http://cz.linkedin.com/in/zuzka"
Check back soon for the rest of our 2021 speaker line-up!

VENUE

The ICR Agile Planning Team has reviewed a variety of factors to determine if a hybrid event could be offered in 2021. At this time, all ICR Agile sessions in 2021 will be held virtually. The factors and metrics being reviewed can be found on the NewBoCo website.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 SPONSORS

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We love our sponsors!  We would not be able to host this event without the support of partner businesses who see value in Agile and bringing the community together.  Interesting in being a sponsor in 2021? Contact molly@newbo.co with any questions!
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