Keynote Speakers 1: Why the world is going Agile

Karin Verloop is Managing Director, ThoughtWorks Singapore

Karin Verloop will be speaking about “Why the world is going Agile”. She will share ThoughtWorks’ observations and experiences globally and talk about some of the clients that have chosen to adopt Agile and work with ThoughtWorks.

She joined ThoughtWorks five years ago in Australia. She has worked with many clients across different industries who want to have better software delivered faster, therefore they come to ThoughtWorks. ThoughtWorks is renowned for its thought leadership and innovation in software development.

Keynote Speaker 2: Journey of Agile Adoption: Past, Present & Future

John Sullivan

John Sullivan will be speaking about "Journey of Agile Adoption: Past, Present & Future".  The pattern of Agile adoption, in countries, follows a similar pattern! Using years of Agile experience,  John will talk about the history of Agile Adoption in Australia and relate it back to how this pattern will probably be followed in Malaysia.  The journey talks about what worked, what failed, some times quite humorously, and what is needed to make it successful

John is the Business Division Product Delivery Manager at MYOB, Australian and New Zealands leading account software company, and is based in Melbourne and KL.  Previously he was responsible for the Agile transformation of large corporate companies like Sensis (Australian Yellow/WhitePages), Qantas/Jetstar Airlines.  He has 12+ years in transforming companies, teams and people to deliver software and products faster, using Agile methods.

Keynote Speaker 3: Agile software development tools, agile and cloud computing synergy

Andy Kelk (Chief Information Officer of the iProperty Group)

Andy will be speaking about "Agile software development tools, agile and cloud computing synergy". As the Chief Information Officer of the iProperty Group, Andy is responsible for development of the company’s technology platform and the management of its IT systems. Before iProperty, Andy was a senior IT manager at the REA Group in Australia where he was responsible for developing sites such as realestate.com.au.

Andy has also worked for a leading SaaS eCommerce vendor and was part of the founding team for Ask Jeeves UK. Andy has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of London as well as a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting Studies from the University of Leeds.