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.