HOWARD DEINER is a Senior Consultant for Valtech Technologies, focusing on Education Services in general, and Agile Practices in particular. He has a varied background spanning 32 years in the industry, with extensive domain knowledge in commercial software, aerospace, and financial services. He has played many of the roles in the development arena, such as developer, analyst, team lead, architect, and project manager. When not mentoring and developing organizations, he has also dabbled in the executive office, and wears the battle scars of the DotCom revolution proudly. He has applied the principles of Agile and XP Development in teams both large and small, for in-house as well as commercial environments, both in an organic setting, as well as the ordained setting. Howard has educated dozens of teams, and made Agile principles come to life in many settings. Howard has degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from SUNY at Stonybrook, as well as a Juris Doctor from Thomas M Cooley School of Law. Howard is a long standing member of the ACM and IEEE. He resides in Northern New Jersey with his wife, and in their spare time, they breed Maine Coon cats as a counterpoint to the world of technology.
