Marko van der Puil

Founder and co-owner of Brains4All. The first dutch company completely based upon AgileValues. Brains4All is a company focusing on business and technology consulting and application by using and applying agile values, methods and processes. Brains4All looks at the whole system. At how business and people interact with eachother and with technology, and inspire and stimulate people to imrove themselves, their work and their interactions, allowing them to gain the ability of unimpaired growth.

To sustain this growth, Brains4All also creates (internet technology based) software for companies to help them improve communication, colaboration and overall profitability or throughput as Marko prefers to call it.

Marko is actively involved in the Dutch XP users group and the european agile community. He has given several presentations about achieving objective and measurable results and benefits by implementing AgileValues and Methods, for the Agile Alliance and others. Marko was co-ordinator for the first international open-space conference on agile software development; Agile Open 2005

Currently he is focusing on coaching his team to increase their effectiveness and competitive edge, for example by organizing sessions and workshops. He believes agile development gives his team an unique business advantage over competitors.