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Catherine Bonner

Catherine is a communication consultant, coach, and trainer with over 15 years of experience helping business leaders and teams master how they communicate. With a background in the tech industry, Catherine has a deep understanding of the challenges...

Rohit Ratan Mani

Rohit Ratan Mani, CEC,CTC, ICF-ACC, ICAgile Trainer, ICE-AC, will share insights, personal anecdotes, real experiences, and pragmatic guidelines to help realign the transformation journey. He will also discuss typical anti-patterns and impediments...

Catherine Bonner

Catherine Bonner is Managing Director of leadership communication consultancy, Ambient Tribe... and our Public Speaking Partner at Agile Yorkshire. Catherine helps ambitious leaders connect, engage, and inspire the people that matter to their world...

Yann Golanski

As an accomplished leader in greenfield project management, Yann adeptly incorporates security protocols from the project's inception, thereby emphasising a proactive Shift Left approach. During his quarter of a century career, Yann has gained...

Lewis Bellwood

Lewis is a dedicated Release Train Engineer at Sky with previous experience as a Scrum Master. With a keen focus on Flow Metrics and Monte Carlo Forecasting, Lewis is known for his expertise in optimizing project delivery and ensuring seamless...

Clement Pickering

Clement is an independent coach and consultant focused on helping tech leaders increase both their impact and personal fulfilment through compassionate, people-focused leadership. He combines a background in technology and consultancy with his...

Katja Obring

After 20 successful years in the software industry, she now teaches teams and individuals shift-left testing strategies and leveraging DevOps practices to achieve speedy delivery with predictable quality. Her tenure at companies such as Linden Lab...

Tom Hoyland

Tom is an Agility and DevOps Practitioner, Coach and Mentor at That Agile. With more than 20 years in tech, Tom has led Agile, DevOps and Digital Transformations working with clients across the globe to build teams, grow capabilities, and promote...

Bina Champaneria

Bina is an experienced Project Manager and Accredited Trainer in PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, AgilePM, and APM PFQ, with a career spanning industries such as garment manufacturing, construction and higher education. She has successfully managed complex...

Amy Thompson

Amy, an experienced Agile practitioner since 2012, has worked across sectors including finance, retail, medical and leisure, gaining deep insights into fostering Organisational and Business Agility. She is passionate about harmonising cultural,...

Adam Mitchell

Adam is currently leading a start-up in Dubai while commuting between the vibrant city and his home in Yorkshire. With nearly two decades of experience driving digital transformation across the globe, Adam is passionate about enabling meaningful...

Dan Hammond

Dan is a passionate advocate for effective teamwork and the founder of Squadify, a SaaS and services platform that leverages data to identify and close gaps in team dynamics. By enabling teams to boost engagement and drive performance, Squadify...

Carly Watson

Carly is an ADHD coach passionate about holistic approaches to managing ADHD. She works with clients seeking alternatives to medication, offering one-on-one coaching, ADHD-friendly meditation sessions and retreats that focus on practical, drug-free...

Luca Sabato

Luca Sabato is a technical architect with extensive experience in Agile methodologies and customer-centric product development. Skilled in requirement gathering, stakeholder communication and delivery management, he excels at transforming complex...

Simon Cookson

As an introverted people pleaser, Simon learned to move beyond "winging it" during crucial work conversations and discovered effective ways to lead teams with confidence. Now, he coaches leaders of technical and professional services teams, helping...

Tom Preval

As a Certified SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), Tom is passionate about empowering teams and organisations to reach their full potential. He focuses on fostering continuous improvement, driving innovation and enhancing collaboration to create lasting...

David Westgarth

David works as DM at BJSS and has held numerous roles and extensive experience in agile delivery and tech, ranging from developer to manager across several industries. He's an active advocate of agile and works to enhance teams and workplaces by...

Catherine Bonner

Rebecca Dainton

Rebecca is a passionate and driven advocate for modern product development, with extensive experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Leader. She is dedicated to helping organizations adopt and excel with modern product delivery practices,...

Penelope Hindle

Penelope is the Senior Technical Programmes Manager at Code First Girls, the largest free provider of coding courses for women. With a strong background in Software Development and Product Management, she has built a career dedicated to empowering...

Matthew Skelton

Matthew Skelton is one of the foremost leaders in modern organisational dynamics for fast flow, drawing on Team Topologies and related practices to support organisations with transformation towards a sustainable fast flow of value and true business...

Royd Brayshay

Royd is the founder of NewRedo, a Leeds-based IT services and consultancy company that delivers software, IT services, and trusted consultants to its customers. He has been active in the agile community since 2007 and has organised Agile Yorkshire...

Amy Thompson

After starting her Agile career in humble yet essential ScrumMastery back in 2012, Amy has gained experience of working with Agile practice from the bottom up. Having worked in finance, retail, medical and leisure sectors, her understanding of how...

Andy Burgin

Andy is a Principal Platform Engineer at Flutter UK and Ireland. He considers himself a Kubernetes and DevRel fettler, spending far too much of his spare time running software in containers that really shouldn't be. He is a small part of the...

Sharon Dale

Sharon Dale is a coach and systems convener. As a coach, she gently supports individuals and groups through an exploration of the present, helping them to see possibilities and decide on how to move forward. As a systems convener, she brings...

Lauren Ackroyd

Lauren has worked as a Scrum Master for 10 years, and over that time has developed a passion for coaching, learning, and sharing knowledge. Lauren loves to help others develop their coaching skills and build on their self-awareness.

Robin Hackshall

Robin's goal is to help individuals, teams and organisations solve complex problems simply. Robin is an experienced Agile Coach and Scrum Master working within Agile environments since 2011. Originally starting out as a Product Owner he has...

Vernon Richards

I’m a Quality Coach & Tester who helps teams build better products by understanding the relationship between quality & software testing. I’ve been testing since 2002 starting with video games on PS2, Xbox & PC. It may not sound like a real job but...

Lindsay Baker

Lindsay is an experienced Digital Delivery Leader and Agile Adoption Coach, specialising in building effective and efficient delivery practice for organisations. As a neurodivergent female in tech she is passionate about the value of diversity in...

Aaron McKenna

Aaron is a highly experienced Agile Transformation Coach and Trainer, specialising in helping companies better align strategy and execution using agile practices at scale.

Matthew Turnbull

Hello! My names Matt, I’m 24 and I’m from… LEEDS! (Doing my best “take me out” impression). I’ve been working as a scrum master for 18 months. My journey so far has been unbelievable, but has of course had its ups and downs! During my talk I will be...

Kieran Baker

Kieran is currently the Chief Digital and Information for South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Kieran has over 10 years' experience in the NHS in Digital, Data Technology, with roles spanning provider, system and national organisations.

Rachel Carrington

Rachel is currently the Head of Portfolio and Operations at South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Rachel has over 15 years' experience in the NHS, predominantly in project and delivery roles related to national digital and data programmes.

Alan Raison

Alan is an experienced developer, DevOps engineer and engineering team leader, who is constantly looking for ways to improve his teams' ways of working.

Jutta Eckstei

Renowned author, Jutta Eckstein, works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. She has helped many teams and organizations worldwide to make an Agile transition. She has a unique experience in applying Agile processes within medium-sized...

Matthew Skelton

Matthew Skelton is co-author of Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow. Head of Consulting at Conflux (confluxdigital.net), he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation dynamics for software in...

Malcolm South

Malcolm is a Product Owner specialising in fintech at Equiniti Credit Services

Kev McCabe

Kev McCabe has been working as an agile coach at William Hill since March 2018. Working on multiple transformation initiatives over this time. Kev works with multiple teams and helps them improve their ways of working by listening to the team and...

Tom Hoyland

With a background in software engineering, product development and service transformation, Tom likes to get under the bonnet of products and teams to understand what makes them tick and how they could be better. He’s led a range of agile and digital...

Jon Fulton

Jon is an independent software delivery professional who helps to build high performance software delivery teams and helps organisations to grow lean, agile and DevOps delivery cultures. He is usually engaged in roles such as scrum master, agile...

Royd Brayshay

Royd is a co-founder of NewRedo, a software product development company focused on customer-centric solutions and iterative delivery. He has organised the Agile Yorkshire community group for many years (rarely speaking himself!) and runs workshops...

Jason Simpson

Jason is an engineering leader & agile coach and has been a material part of the large scale transformation at anaplan. He is passionate about successful agile implementations and building out scalable and resilient software architectures that...

Andy Butcher

Andy is an architect at Sky Betting & Gaming, working on the SkyBet website and app, which handle the equivalent of Black Friday every Saturday afternoon. He's a passionate advocate of agile practices, and believes that software engineering is about...

Matt Skelton

Matt is the Founder and Head of Consulting at Conflux. He has been building, deploying, and operating commercial software systems since 1998. As Head of Consulting at Conflux, he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation...

Mark Kirschstein

Mark Kirschstein is an independent developer, trainer and software coach living and working in Manchester.

Steve Trapps

Steve is an experienced Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org. Steve started his career as a developer, working for Nestle before moving on to work for Sky build applications & websites for many of the English Premier League...

David Harper

David has over 20 years experience of delivering major projects and programmes of change in Financial Services and 30 years IT experience. Most recently he was CIO for a £4bn business, collaborating closely with a number outsourcing partners and...

Sharon Dale

Sharon is an independent consultant based in Leeds, UK. She is most interested in creating the conditions for participation and unleashing talent in your teams. She runs the Liberating Structures practice group in Leeds and is part of the team who...

Dennis Vergne

I have a passion for enabling transformational change that sticks; turning ideas into effective practice and behaviours. Although originally from Holland, most of my work has been within the British public sector, ranging from over thirty local...

Glenn Crossley

The Blended Agile Delivery (BAD) Toolkit is an open source set of tools and techniques that help Portfolios, Programmes, Projects and Teams efficiently plan and deliver managed change within Lean and Agile principles. The toolkit offers a practical...

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Speech Master Incubator

Effective communication is a vital skill in any professional setting, especially for those in Agile and tech communities. Whether you’re preparing for a presentation, leading meetings, or looking to build confidence in public speaking, Agile Yorkshire’s Speech Master Incubator is designed to help you refine your skills in a supportive and practical environment. Exclusive Bonus for Agile Yorkshire Speakers As part of our commitment to fostering growth within our community, past and future Agile Yorkshire speakers are eligible for a 100% DISCOUNT CODE on this workshop. Contact us for your discount code or let us book you in directly: info@agileyorkshire.org

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Guest Speakers

Catherine Bonner

Rohit Ratan Mani

Catherine Bonner

Yann Golanski

Lewis Bellwood

Clement Pickering

Katja Obring

Tom Hoyland

Bina Champaneria

Amy Thompson

Adam Mitchell

Dan Hammond

Carly Watson

Luca Sabato

Simon Cookson

Tom Preval

David Westgarth

Catherine Bonner

Rebecca Dainton

Penelope Hindle

Matthew Skelton

Royd Brayshay

Amy Thompson

Andy Burgin

Sharon Dale

Lauren Ackroyd

Robin Hackshall

Vernon Richards

Lindsay Baker

Aaron McKenna

Matthew Turnbull

Kieran Baker

Rachel Carrington

Alan Raison

Jutta Eckstei

Matthew Skelton

Malcolm South

Kev McCabe

Tom Hoyland

Jon Fulton

Royd Brayshay

Jason Simpson

Andy Butcher

Matt Skelton

Mark Kirschstein

Steve Trapps

David Harper

Sharon Dale

Dennis Vergne

Glenn Crossley

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