David J. Anderson leads a management consulting firm focused on improving performance of technology companies. He has many years management experience leading teams on agile software development projects. David was a founder of the agile movement through his involvement in the creation of Feature Driven Development. He was also a founder of the APLN, a non-profit dedicated to improving management and leadership in technology companies. Recently David has been focusing his attention on business agility and enterprise scale agile software transitions through a synergy of the CMMI model for organizational maturity with Agile and Lean methods
Olav Maassen joined Xebia on May 1, 2010 as an Agile Consultant.
Olav focuses on helping others perform at their best. He is interested in new developments and new ideas that can help others improve themselves. He knows how to inspire people to optimize their capacities and skills so that they can get the best results for both themselves and the company.
Olav is an active participant in the agile community. He was one of the founders of Agile Holland, a foundation for promoting the use of agile methods in the Netherlands. He was also actively involved in organizing international conferences such as Agile2009 and LSSC2011. Olav is often invited as a speaker and presenter at international conferences. His presentations are perceived as both engaging and fun. The recurring theme of is how transparency and trust can influence an organization. Olav communicates well at all organizational levels. This is mainly due to his ability to build valuable relationships, learn fast and explain complicated matters clearly. Olav is fluent in Dutch and English.
Before joining Xebia, Olav worked for several consulting firms. He has worked at Sun, where he was a Master Java Trainer for Sun Educational Services . In 2002 Olav wrote a book on Java and Design Patterns titled “Applied Java Patterns”. Currently, he has started writing a new book in cooperation with Chris Matts on decision making using real options, which is due in 2012.
