Becoming Agile

Greg Smith

is a certified ScrumMaster and a Senior Project Manager at

Washington Mutual. Greg is also an instructor of Agile Project Management at

Bellevue Community College. He has over 20 years of experience as a development

manager, project manager, business analyst, and product manager. Greg has

worked for large conglomerates, tiny start-ups, and medium size companies

including: Philips Electronics, R.R. Donnelley, Oh Boy! Oberto, and the Seattle

Times New Media group. He has spent time with various companies helping them

create a custom Agile process that supports the realities of their environment.

Greg's focus has been on iteratively migrating a company to Agile and actively

involving the development team in the process. Greg provides consulting services

but his main focus is bringing Agile practices into the companies that he works for.

This background has given him insight into what it takes to sustain an Agile culture

and process over time.