Judges

  • Alistair Cockburn

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    Dr. Alistair Cockburn (pronounced Co-burn) was voted one of the "The All-Time Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" for his instrumental work in creating and steering the field of agile software development. He co-authored both the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and the "Declaration of Interdependence," created the first Agile Software Development Conference, co-founded the Agile Project Leadership Network, served on the board of the AgileAlliance, designed the Crystal family of agile methodologies, and most recently co-founded the International Consortium for Agile. Of his five books, three have won Jolt awards and been listed in "The Top 100Best Software Books of All Time". He consistently receives high ratings for the humor and content of his presentations and courses.

  • Dave Thomas

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    Dave Thomas has a wide spectrum of experience in the software industry as an engineer, consultant, architect, executive and investor. He is the Founder and Chairman of Bedarra Research Labs — a company specializing in emerging software technologies and applications. He is also the Managing Director of Object Mentor — a company specializing in the training and deployment of Agile and Object-Oriented Software Development methodologies. He was the principal visionary and architect for IBM VisualAge Smalltalk and Java tools and virtual machines including the popular open-source, multi-language Eclipse.org IDE. Dave remains active in various roles within the technical community including ECOOP, AOSD, JAOO, Agile Development Conference, OOPSLA Onward, ENASE and Dynamic Language Symposium.

  • David J. Anderson

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    David J. Anderson leads a management consulting firm focused on improving performance of technology companies. He has many years management experience leading teams on agile software development projects. David was a founder of the agile movement through his involvement in the creation of Feature Driven Development. He was also a founder of the APLN, a non-profit dedicated to improving management and leadership in technology companies. Recently David has been focusing his attention on business agility and enterprise scale agile software transitions through a synergy of the CMMI model for organizational maturity with Agile and Lean methods.

  • Dick Wall

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    Dick Wall is a veteran Java developer and reborn Scala developer. He has been involved in many startup companies, as well as larger companies including Siemens and Google, all of which had their own ideas on what make a good developer wallboard. Dick is founder and co-host of the Java Posse podcast, a principal at Escalate Software along with Bill Venners, providing Scala training and consultancy, and a developer at Locus Development, a very small company doing some very hairy science and mathematics related to human genetics (in Scala). He also leads the Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts and believes people should be excellent to each other.

  • Mike Cannon-Brookes

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    Mike is co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, makers of JIRA, a kick-ass issue tracker and Confluence, everyone's favorite enterprise wiki. With 20,000 customers, Atlassian is quickly achieving its mission of providing the world with lustful software. Outside Atlassian, Mike is an active investor and advisor to technology-focused ventures. Mike is the founder of the global OpenSymphony group, which produces Open Source J2EE components such as OSCache, WebWork, SiteMesh and OSWorkflow.