Agile Alliance Announces New Board Members

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ — The Agile Alliance,
(http://www.agilealliance.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to
supporting those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices, today
announced four new members to its board of directors. The new members will
help guide the growth and vision of the Agile Alliance as it continues to meet
the growing demand for information and knowledge that leads to successful
Agile software development programs.

“We are pleased to add a diverse group of board members who have the
experience and industry knowledge needed to build upon the foundation of our
organization,” said Phil Brock, managing director of the Agile Alliance. “In
addition to helping grow and improve on the success of our Agile conferences,
these new board members will bring new and innovative ideas on how the Agile
Alliance can better support the Agile development community.”

The new board members will each serve a two-year term. They replace
outgoing members Ryan Martens, Willem Van Den Ende, and Mike Griffiths.

To help steward and guide the organization’s growth, the Agile Alliance
elected four new board members:

— Rachel Davies – founder of Agile Experience which is based in the
United Kingdom serves as conference sponsorship program chairperson and is an
industry thought leader and Agile coach.

— Johanna Rothman – publisher of The Pragmatic Manager and recent winner
of 2008 Jolt Productivity award for her book Manage It! Your Guide to Modern,
Pragmatic Project Management

— Tamara Sulaiman, PMP, CST – managing consultant at Applied Scrum, an IT
consulting organization and co-originator of the Agile Earned Value Management
(EVM), a process recognized for integrating the traditional project management
practice of EVM with the Scrum framework.

— Paul Culling – based in Canada is director of marketing at VersionOne
and board member of Agile Vancouver.

The Agile Alliance continues to increase its membership each year in line
with the mounting interest and adoption of Agile processes within the software
development industry. One key indicator of the increasing adoption of Agile
practices is the continuing demand for Agile knowledge by enterprises looking
to reap the benefits of the discipline. In addition, the continuing interest
and participation in the annual Agile conferences which offer more than 80
presentations to hundreds of attendees each year.

About The Agile Alliance

The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization chartered to help spread
the adoption and expansion of Agile software development world wide. In
addition to its annual international conference on Agile software development,
the Agile Alliance provides grant funding for academic research, Agile
user-group speakers, and programs to support the community. Individual and
corporate memberships, along with the profits from the annual conference, fund
these programs like a community foundation. To learn more about the Agile
Alliance, visit http://www.agilealliance.org.

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SOURCE The Agile Alliance