Mike Clement

Mike Clement is a husband, father of four, and Archtect/Team Lead at Emmersion Learning. Mike believes we work best when we are working together and that there are no best practices—only better and worse ones depending on the context. Passionate about agile technical excellence, Mike founded and organizes Software Crafters Atlanta, founded Utah Software Craftsmanship and previously organized the Agile Roots conference. In addition to organizing groups and conferences, Mike has presented at many conferences and code camps throughout the United States including Agile Alliance 2016 and 2017, Mile High Agile, That Conference, Agile Dev East, and Atlanta Code Camp. Previous employers include Greater Sum, Pluralsight, Ancestry.com and Microsoft.

Andrew Fuqua

Andrew Fuqua began using an iterative and incremental approach to crafting software about 30 years ago, and began using eXtreme Programming in 1999. He was also a charter member of XP Atlanta (became Agile Atlanta) when it was formed back in 2001. Andrew is a regular speaker at user groups and conferences, and is currently the VP of Products at ConnectALL.

His self-proclaimed passion is building great teams who build great software, with a focus on helping ISVs and IT organizations improve time to market, market responsiveness, predictability, and quality. Andrew has held positions in management, product management and development at companies like Internet Security Systems, Allure Global and IBM. Andrew holds a BS and MS in computer science and an MBA from Duke University.