Douglas E. Shimp has 18 years of experience in the technology field and has played key roles in software development (developer, QA, Analyst, Manager, Leader, Coach and Consultant etc). Doug whose passion is about teams and applied learning for real product development is establishing himself as a leader in this area. He believes that the core bases for applied agile is that "You must see the result for it to be real; otherwise it is all just theory to the individual". He is actively writing a book on Scrum Topics.

One of Doug's distinctions is his focus on the interaction of technology and corporate cultural issues. He is an active writter on numeros blogs and a regular speaker at conferences (you can often find Doug at one of our events). He has taken his passion for bending technology to help people better communicate. Doug is actively using his passion to improve technology and people interactions. He has establish both inperson and online communities and regulary fosters social networks where individuals and companies can build better reputations.

Doug is a Certified Scrum Trainer with the Scrum Alliance and an Trained Facilitator with Innovation Games.™

" We make teams better."