Profile: Matthew D. Edwards

Bio for Matthew D Edwards

Formerly a managing partner and co-founder of a software consulting firm named Ajilus, Matthew D. Edwards is now the CIO of an e-learning Agile software engineering shop named GeoLearning.  Even though his title and company have changed, Mr. Edwards still focuses on helping customers deliver software simply and successfully with a low ceremony/high return team-based approach.  From initial contract through development, delivery and support, Mr. Edwards concentrates his efforts on discovering and serving the customer’s needs, building individuals and teams along the way, and working diligently to add discernible, tangible value by focusing on lower cost of acquisition and ownership solutions coupled with shorter return on investment windows.

Whether the problem to be solved is moving individuals, teams and companies into Agile spaces through training, coaching and consulting, solving problems of efficiency, effectiveness and quality, defining and leading ground-up software projects, or overhauling those that are yet incomplete or failing, Mr. Edwards practices the belief that most software delivery challenges are more frequently socio-political and skill-based, and less often technical.

Through his career he has worked for start-ups to Fortune 50 companies including Computer Sciences Corporation, Motorola and Nationwide in various team and leadership capacities during mergers and acquisitions, company launches, corporate conversions and new product launches.  He currently holds certifications from the Quality Assurance Institute Worldwide in Software Testing (CSTE) and Software Quality Analysis (CSQA), (CMIIC) from the Institute of Configuration Management, is a Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), and completed his Master's degree in Diplomacy from Norwich University with a focus on international actors and frameworks.