Linda Rising is an independent consultant who lives near Nashville, Tennessee.

Linda has a PhD from Arizona State University in the area of object-based design metrics. Her background includes university teaching as well as work in industry in telecommunications, avionics and tactical weapons systems.

She is an internationally known presenter on topics related to agile development, patterns, retrospectives, the change process and the connection between the latest neuroscience and software development.

Linda is the author of numerous articles and several books. The latest, More Fearless Change, is co-authored with Mary Lynn Manns. Her website is: www.lindarising.org.

Specialties: Patterns, retrospectives, Scrum and other agile processes, organizational change, and how your brain works!