Speaker
Nancy Van Schooenderwoert
President & Managing Partner, Lean-Agile Partners
Nancy Van Schooenderwoert was among the first to apply Agile methods to embedded systems development, as an engineer, manager, and consultant. She has led Agile change initiatives beyond software development in safety-critical, highly regulated industries, and teaches modern Agile approaches like Mob Programming, Agile Hardware, and Lean development methods. Initially working as an electronics designer and software engineer in flight simulation, she later focused on software engineering. Nancy has worked coaching Agile teams in the USA, UK, and Germany. Her coaching extended to work with their teams in Japan, India, China and other countries. Nancy's experience spans embedded software and hardware development for applications in aerospace, factory automation, medical devices, defense systems, and financial services. Her coaching practice spans delivery teams to middle and upper managers. A regular presenter at Agile-related conferences worldwide, she is a founder and past president of Greater Boston’s premier Agile user group, Agile New England. Nancy is co-author of the book “Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems: A Primer Using Medical Device Examples.â€