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.

Stijn is CTO at ACA IT-Solutions. His background skills include software architecture, designing & implementing enterprise class systems based on XML & WebServices, Enterprise Application Integration and B2B integration.

Instructing Java, Patterns, Architecture & XML courses is another way of his involvement with the J2EE technology.

He advises large, international customers with regards to their enterprise system blueprints while defining and maintaining the technical roadmap for ACA IT-Solutions.

Kurt is COO at ACA IT-Solutions. His background skills include methods & techniques for business modeling, requirements modeling and project management.

He elaborates the requirements modeling approach at ACA and gives trainings on this matter.  He coaches analysts and advises large accounts with regards to their requirements and project management strategy.

The Agile Awards 2009 will be hosted by Lieve Ketelslegers. Lieve is currently working as freelance reporter and presenter for business channel Kanaal Z. She has got an impressive track record in hosting business related events.