Michael Kelley Harris

Michael Kelley Harris ("Mike").  Agile Software Player-Coach (Engineer + Coach + Trainer, & Developer)  I help teams develop more value faster, using the best ideas from Agile, Scrum, Lean, Lean Startup, Extreme Programming XP, Design Thinking, and more.   I have 20+ years of software development experience, including engineering, architecture, managing, coaching, training, and consulting.

I've been fortunate to work on projects with Agile thought leaders Ward Cunningham, James Grenning, Robert Martin, Joshua Kerievsky, and many other Agilists.  I've been trained directly by Agile thought leaders Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Ron Jeffries, James Grenning, Mike Cohn, Jeff McKenna, Robert Martin, and more.

I help innovative teams keep the process simple and essential, and get on with thrilling customers. I offer a pragmatic emphasis on high-priority changes and gradual transitions. I help entrepreneurs and investors evaluate & validate products and features, to optimize investment.  I offer a spirit of help, service, collaboration, and innovation.

I help across the full range of product & service development: Customer empathy, ideation, validation, development, evolution, optimization.  I provide services in assessment, training, coaching, and development.

Extra experience with Agile engineering practices (Test-Driven Development, Refactoring, SOLID Design, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, ...)

Extra experience with HW/SW systems in science & instrumentation. (Nanotechnology, cleantech)

Extra interest in environmental sustainability projects and related social justice issues.

Available for side projects. Especially Agile engineering practices, C++, Python. e.g. Add automated unit tests to your system.

Profile at SourceCell:  http://www.sourcecell.com/mkelleyharrisProfile.html

LinkedIn profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkelleyharris/