| I have a PhD in "Foundations of Software Reuse", and degrees from
Southampton University and Oxford University, and have previously
worked as a system architect, a senior Java developer at Connextra,
using Extreme Programming, and an XP and J2EE consultant.
I co-founded Amarinda at the start of 2003 to bring our experience
of XP, other Agile methods and techniques, J2EE, dynamic languages and
open source experience to a wider audience. We improve software
development through better tools, processes, developer and manager
skills and technologies.
Last year I was Conference Chair for the third XPDay conference,
the UK's own XP/Agile conference, organized by the Extreme Tuesday Club (XTC). A good place to find me and the XTC regulars is the Old Bank
of England pub on Fleet Street most Tuesday evenings.
Along with Paul Simmons, I developed the Xbots workshop - a chance to
try the XP process while creating mayhem in a simulated robot arena.
Email: duncan.pierce@amarinda.com or duncan@dunkworks.com
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