Tim is a consultant at Lean TECHniques, Inc. He has experience with software development across several industries including financial, fundraising, insurance, telecommunications, and agriculture. He has fulfilled several roles including Agile Coach, Tech Lead, Software Developer, Database Administrator, and Business Analyst. His real passion is to work with people to understand their context and help them introduce incremental improvements to get better at software development.
Prior to his work with Lean TECHniques, Tim was a Software Developer and Tech Lead at Iowa Student Loan immersed in a culture of Extreme Programming where he learned many valuable skills including Test-Driven Development, Pair Programming, Refactoring, and Continuous Integration. While at Iowa Student Loan, Tim was interviewed by Gojko Adzic and his story is featured as a case-study in the book Specification by Example.