CALGARY AGILE meets the second Thursday of every month (September to May) at Improving Calgary. We provide a focal point for the use of agile methods in local businesses and organizations. Our diverse and inclusive membership includes software developers, managers, business professionals, researchers, students, and people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
We have a local focus and our meetings promote networking within our agile community. Members are encouraged to ask questions, offer to speak, propose alternative meeting styles, and to fully participate. Each meeting typically starts with a half-hour "meet and greet" session where members can socialize and have fun. This is followed by a one hour talk by a distinguished guest. We are always experimenting with more ideas, and encourage active engagement, so subscribe for the latest!
CALGARYAGILE has evolved since being founded as the Calgary Agile Methods User Group in 2002 by Dr. Frank Maurer and Dr. Grigori Melnik at the University of Calgary. Having grown to be Calgary's largest agile user group as well as the longest running. Topics that have been presented include: Agile Product and Portfolio Ownership, Business Agility, Cultivating Agile Culture and Mindsets, Scaling Organizations, Agile software development, Extreme programming (XP), Lean software development, Clean Code, Kanban, Lean startup, facilitation techniques, Coaching Agile Teams, Organizational and Leadership Coaching, and many engaging industry experience presentations, activities, panels, discussions and workshops.
Co-founder and Coach at Superheroes Academy
Brock Argue takes a holistic approach to agility – recognizing that all aspects of the business benefit from the application of agile values and principles. His style of facilitation creates an environment in which high-performing organizations can emerge. Brock’s work includes agile transformati
Co-founder and Coach at Superheroes Academy
Brock Argue takes a holistic approach to agility – recognizing that all aspects of the business benefit from the application of agile values and principles. His style of facilitation creates an environment in which high-performing organizations can emerge. Brock’s work includes agile transformations at Digital Oilfield, ADP, Benevity and Suncor. As a dedicated volunteer with the Scrum Alliance, Brock seeks to support the ongoing development of coaches as they seek to transform the world of work. Brock is a Certified Enterprise Coach℠ (CEC) and Certified Team Coach℠ (CTC) through the Scrum Alliance, a Certified Leadership Maturity Coach through the Vertical Development Academy, an Organization and Relationship Systems Coach, and holds his ICF-PCC.
Brock has been a regular on the international conference and meetup circuit. He’s spoken several times at Global Scrum Gatherings and Agile Alliance conferences. Full list of talks available on his website: https://www.superheroes.academy/events
Brock provides coaching, mentoring and certification programs to individuals and organizations as the co-founder and coach at Superheroes Academy (https://superheroes.academy).
Agile Coach at Homestars
Daniel Chow offers a wealth of knowledge and leadership experience for developing systems and architecture, governance and contracts, people and teams. Drawing on over two decades of experience developing software and building teams for small and large organizations in Canada and the Asia Pacific through agile meth
Agile Coach at Homestars
Daniel Chow offers a wealth of knowledge and leadership experience for developing systems and architecture, governance and contracts, people and teams. Drawing on over two decades of experience developing software and building teams for small and large organizations in Canada and the Asia Pacific through agile methods and mindsets, Daniel delivers a rare top-down-bottom-up perspective and deep insights into software business challenges.
Daniel started his career in Hong Kong working with SAP, completed his Computer Technology diploma at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and quickly became a Tech Lead. He transitioned to entrepreneurship by founding an agency which successfully delivered more than 400 software systems. Moving on from the agency, Daniel reentered the workforce, earning his CSP-SM and CSPO certifications and is now focusing on coaching organizations on effective software and team development as an Agile Coach.
Director of Consulting - Improving Calgary
Gary is a highly adaptable and trusted servant leader with 25+ years' experience in technology, focusing on Agile mindset and methods as applied to Program and Project Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Manager. Flow Manager, and Coach roles. He has polished his facilitation and pre
Director of Consulting - Improving Calgary
Gary is a highly adaptable and trusted servant leader with 25+ years' experience in technology, focusing on Agile mindset and methods as applied to Program and Project Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Manager. Flow Manager, and Coach roles. He has polished his facilitation and presentation skills to support communication to all levels of an organization.
Gary is currently in a consulting role focusing on driving Agile and Lean change, optimizing the flow of customer value, and developing loyal, high performing teams to a variety of organizations and teams. As a dedicated volunteer with Calgary Agile, Agile Open Canada, and internally within Improving, Gary seeks to support the ongoing development, education, and enabling of Agile professionals as they seek to apply new ways of working.
Agile Coach and Director of Consulting, Improving
Lisa is passionate about coaching leaders and teams to implement successful and meaningful change in organizations, delivering agile training, optimizing processes with Lean, and building products using Agile approaches. Lisa believes learning is a lifelong process and considers sharing kn
Agile Coach and Director of Consulting, Improving
Lisa is passionate about coaching leaders and teams to implement successful and meaningful change in organizations, delivering agile training, optimizing processes with Lean, and building products using Agile approaches. Lisa believes learning is a lifelong process and considers sharing knowledge to be vital in every aspect of her life, which is why Lisa enjoys volunteering for/attending user groups, speaking and facilitating workshops.
Thor Burnham is an Alberta based professional scrum master and team coach. He is currently working at FCC, headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan.
MSC, PMP and Prosci Change Practitioner
Tosin is a Scrum Master and Facilitator, with a background in Finance and passion for IT projects. Over the years she has gained a wealth of skills in Project Management, Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management. Tosin is a lifelong learner who believes with a great team you can change the world.
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