Rachel Davies - Principal Consultant

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Rachel Davies is a leading expert in coaching agile teams and author of the first book on Agile Coaching. She is a internationally recognised and presents at many industry conferences around the world.

Rachel has over 20 years experience in software development in a variety of roles from software developer to manager. She has been an agile practitioner since 2000 and utilises a range of agile methods including XP, SCRUM, Lean/Kanban, and DSDM Atern. She has extensive experience facilitating agile meetings and workshops.

Rachel has supported 50+ agile transitions over the last 7 years working with many well-known companies including Agresso, BBC, Egg, Nokia, News Corporation, Screwfix, and Uswitch. Her work regularly involves working with business stakeholders and senior management to understand their concerns and collaboratively design and document a custom Agile lifecycle that fits the company culture

Rachel has a demonstrated track record of strong management and leadership skills including experience with distributed agile teams. She directed Agile2008 conference in Toronto, the largest ever agile conference with 1500 attendees. Rachel also served on the board of directors of non-profit US based Agile Alliance for 7 years alongside industry thoughtleaders, such as Mike Cohn, Mary Poppendieck, and Ken Schwaber.