The team that ran Lean Agile KC, 2015–2020.
Conference Team Lead and Sponsor Liaison
Troy Tuttle is a Lean-Agile coach, software developer mentor, and consultant with over 12 years of experience working in Lean-Agile environments. He currently operates KanFlow, a consulting firm dedicated to helping software professionals, teams, and organizations improve by the study and application of Lean and Agile principles through training, coaching, and mentoring. Troy has been involved in the community as a conference organizer, user group facilitator, and speaker. In 2015, he founded the Lean Agile Kansas City conference. For the last decade, he has facilitated a Lean-Agile user group, LAKC Lean Coffee, in the KC area for the benefit of Lean and Agile practitioners. Troy has been a speaker in the Lean-Agile space since 2010, promoting Lean-Agile ideas at conferences like Lean Kanban North America, Agile Alliance, and Lean Agile US.
Conference Speaker Liaison
Jenny Tarwater is an International Speaker, Agile Coach, and Trainer local to the Kansas City, Missouri area. Jenny has over twenty-four years of corporate experience bringing business teams, technical teams, and sponsors together to reliably deliver large-scale development projects with her disciplined approach of cultivating success and growth in people, process, and products. Jenny is a kinetic leader, partner, and consummate student who brings enthusiasm and awareness to projects and keeps teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments. Jenny is also the Program Chair of Launching New Voices for Women in Agile, supporting international programs to bring greater representation to agile conferences through education and mentorships.
Conference Volunteer Leader
Tami is an information strategist with 20 years experience advancing business objectives through applied technology. Her areas of expertise include business process improvement, information governance, complex financial and accounting systems, business intelligence, and efficiency in systems program and project delivery through an Agile framework. Tami is owner of Three28 Solutions, and is also Director of Governance Solutions for MetaGovernance. Tami is a Certified ScrumMaster, PMP, and PMI-ACP and frequently speaks at local, regional and national conferences on topics related to Agile and teamwork.
Conference Registration Leader
Travis has worked as a software engineer for just a little under 20 years with the majority of that time spent in a consulting role. As owner of Integrity Inspired Solutions, Travis and his team of experienced consultants assess and build enterprise software, organize and mentor teams on best practices both from a process and coding perspective, and assist customers with aligning their business objectives with their software priorities. Travis joined the Lean Agile movement in 2009 and has since contributed to many software development teams, driven by a passion to demonstrate the improvements, efficiencies and freedom available when legacy practices are replaced with transparency, collaboration, and business value driven development.
Conference Collaborator
Liz is a scrum master, Agile coach and general Agile nerd, with almost a decade of experience working in Agile environments. She has a passion for designing educational experiences and building high performing teams. Liz has implemented, facilitated and worked in a Holacracy, and continues to experiment with transforming the way we work.