Speaking & Keynotes
Bringing data-driven insights and practical wisdom to conferences worldwide. Let me inspire your audience to embrace modern agile practices.
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Each talk is customizable to your audience and can be delivered as a keynote, breakout session, or workshop.
The Math of Predictability: Answering "When Will It Be Done?" with Confidence
Stop guessing with story points. Learn to use Monte Carlo simulations, EBM, and Flow Metrics to give stakeholders delivery dates they can trust (e.g., "85% likelihood").
The AI-Augmented Practitioner: From Lazy Prompts to One-Pizza Teams
Your team is using AI, but are they using it well? Move beyond basic prompting to build AI-assisted workflows that automate the "administration of work"—so your team can focus on the work that actually matters.
The API of Leadership: Debugging Team Dynamics with Triggers & Hooks
When teams underperform, most leaders address symptoms. Learn to spot the behavioral "Triggers" that create dysfunction and use "Hooks" to shift conversations from blame to ownership—before small issues become systemic.
Engineering Self-Mastery: A Continuous Improvement Framework for Your Career
We apply continuous improvement to our products but rarely to ourselves. Walk away with a personal "Operating System"—a practical framework for identifying growth areas, building habits, and measuring your own progress.
See Me in Action
Watch clips from recent conference appearances to get a sense of my speaking style and how I engage audiences on topics from Monte Carlo forecasting to AI-assisted agile practices.
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Recent Past Events
BadAss Agile Coaching Day
The Self-Mastery Journey: Learn, Engage, and Reflect
Agile+DevOps Days Des Moines
6 Ways You're Using ChatGPT Wrong (and How to Fix It)
Regional Scrum Gathering Banff
6 Ways You're Using ChatGPT Wrong (and How to Fix It)
Scrum Masters of the Universe
6 Ways You're Using ChatGPT Wrong (and How to Fix It)
Kansas City Developers Conference
Achieving Predictable Delivery
Kansas City Developers Conference
Amplifying Your Impact: Coaching with Triggers and Hooks
What Audiences Say
So powerful! Allowing me to climb out of the AI abyss and into being a sophisticated and capable AI user in service to clients.
Karen Z.
Scrum Masters of the Universe
Answered a lot of my current questions. But AI is a moving target. I would attend the same topic again, maybe even monthly, if the content is updated regularly.
Sheila M.
Scrum Masters of the Universe
Lots of great tips to level up my AI game: different tools, ways to use them.
Tom
Scrum Masters of the Universe
Very informative and relevant to what I am doing at work currently.
Attendee
Agile+DevOps Days Des Moines 2025
Appreciate the talk. Gave me a different perspective as I think about my own uses of AI.
Nate H.
Agile+DevOps Days Des Moines 2025
Really helpful to explore multiple tools, and how to best prompt the tools to get better results!
Allison H.
Agile+DevOps Days Des Moines 2025
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