Gitte Klitgaard is an agile coach, trainer, advisor and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability.

Gitte is authentic, she will cut to the chase, and help people become themselves thereby reaching success. Her community contributions include organizing coach camps, and speaking at conferences, where she highlights and makes topics like mental health and psychological safety accessible. She creates safe and respectful environments at work and outside. She listens to and engages the more silent voices and minority groups.

As a woman with her own company working in tech, Gitte has had her fair share of people underestimating her; there is a reason she has a tattoo symbolizing the goddess Freja – a strong woman in a man’s world. As a friend said “you do not take any shit”. She has been called an activist in her fight for equity for all. In her spare time, Gitte collects LEGO and Yodas and keeps in touch with friends from all over the globe including some, she considers her second family. Gitte is owner of Native Wired and has lead change at companies like IBM, LEGO, and Spotify.

Gitte Klitgaard is the Launching New Voices mentor of Gergana Böttner.

Jutta Eckstein works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. Jutta has recently co-created an assessment for (agile) teams to gauge the environmental, social, and economic impact of their products and services. Besides that, she has published her experience in various books, having pair-written the most recent one with John Buck on Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy (dubbed BOSSA nova).

Jutta is a member of the Agile Alliance (having served the board from 2003-2007) and has recently founded the “Agile Sustainability Initiative” which aims at increasing the awareness of the Agile community’s possibilities to make a difference.

She’s a member of the program committee of many different American, Asian, and European conferences, where she has presented her work. She holds an M.A. in Business Coaching & Change Management, a Dipl.Eng. (MSc.) in Product-Engineering, and is trained as a pollution control commissioner on ecological environmentalism.

Karolien is a coach and trainer and has written the book Introverted Leadership.

In this book, she explains what introversion is, what the current views on good leadership are and what prejudices introverted leaders have to deal with. Interviews with introverted leaders from around the world illustrate the power of introverted leadership.

During EINDHOVEN Women in Agile Europe, Karolien will be sharing her research and her experiences, linking personality to neurodiversity.

Akemi started her career in Technology 30 years ago – fresh out of art school, wearing vinyl combat boots and knowing nothing about computers. From there, she learnt to build servers, install networks and developed expertise in software testing.

Her agile journey started as a line manager who desperately needed to upskill her staff of manual testers to be able to function on agile development teams.

As an agile transformation consultant for Infosys Consulting, she approaches agile transformation as a capability building exercise and her role as a guide rather than a coach.

Having lived and worked in many different countries, she believes in the power of diversity and is passionate about helping Technology leaders harness the power of diverse workforces. She has recently moved from London to Rotterdam.

Rashee has over 4 decades of experience in the I.T. industry that include positions as technology consultant, CTO,  CEO, Agile Transformation Leads, and Global Tech Delivery.

She is currently a Principle Consultant with Infosys Consulting.  Her Agile journey started before “agile” was a thing through her own software company which employed over 50 people and successfully delivered software via incremental techniques in the late 1990’s.  Today she consults with companies to help them build business agility that scales with a human centric approach.

In addition to her consulting role,  Rashee is also a professional leadership coach,  public speaker, and diversity & inclusivity champion.

A post op transgender lady,  Rashee often draws from her own journey to inspire and motivate others to greatness and supports women and non-binary genders bring their super powers to leadership positions.

Rashee graduated with a Masters Degree in Computer Science and has a Professional Executive Coaching diploma from Henley Business School in the UK.

As one of the early advocates of S3, Kathryn is passionate about imparting this collaborative methodology to organizations that are bold enough to redefine their Business Agility and foster leadership that embraces diversity.

In her 7 years coaching agile teams, leaders and guiding agile transformations, Kathryn has explored the usefulness of sociocracy 3.0 with Agile practices.

Her podcast, ‘Agile with S3', offers a more in-depth exploration of S3 in practical scenarios along with hands-on strategies for implementing Agile within an S3 context.

Kathryn believes that playfulness is key to nurturing resilient organizations, leaders and teams. Her S3 training courses tend to include role-playing games.

Kathryn is delighted to present an enriching exploration of S3's Consent Decision Making in her workshop, “How to Integrate Diverse Voices in Group Decisions.”

As a certified Agile Coach, Scrum Master and trainer, Patricia supports individuals, teams and organizations in a creative way.

Patricia strongly believes in the power of Agile and has extensive experience in guiding change processes. During her trainings and workshops she always knows how to give insightful and practical examples based on her years of experience in various roles. Utilizing a range of facilitation techniques, she captivates participants, ensuring engaging and enriching learning experiences.

Vicky is a M.Sc. Sport and Exercise Science and Physiology, who is now working as an agile coach and a certified Scrum Master, and SPC for crossnative GmbH in Germany, and is also involved in teaching different agile methods for an array of clients within the finance, IT and insurance industry.

Karla Merza is an Agile Professional with over 9 years of experience in the IT industry, accredited as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coaching Federation and as a Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) by Scrum.org. She supports geo-distributed multi-cultural teams & organisations, as well as individuals from different parts of the world, with expanding their Agile knowledge, optimising their practices and tools usage.

Passionate about education, she has a vast experience as an agile leadership mentor in several start-up accelerators, and as one of the coordinators of the WeMentoring program by Women in Tech Cluj, a mentorship initiative aimed to empower women in technology to advance and thrive in their careers. 

With over thirteen years of agile experience, Bianca Griffioen is a passionate agile coach and trainer in the Netherlands.

She specializes in guiding individuals, teams, and management through the exhilarating realm of evolutionary improvement, all while maintaining respect, transparency, and trust.

Expect humor, practicality, and tangible results as she helps your organization flourish in harmony with its unique culture.

For the past 4 years, Willemijn Dijk has been a dedicated Agile (HR) coach, primarily focused on guiding public sector organizations through their agile transformations. Her coaching experience spans individual, team and organizational levels.

With a background in HR, Willemijn possesses leadership and organizational skills. During her time as an HR professional, she was first introduced to Agile principles and became convinced of their fundamental importance for a company's survival.

Drawing from her experience in the public sector, Willemijn observes that while commercial organizations naturally embrace agility, the public sector faces a growing challenge in this regard. Transforming traditionally rigid public institutions involves navigating a complex landscape characterized by deep-rooted conservatism. This often leads to resistance to innovation, the need to shed old habits, and the necessity of embracing a more inclusive Agile culture.

One particularly intricate aspect is the increasing generational gap in the workplace. In her engaging workshop, Willemijn will address this issue and offer practical strategies to bridge this divide. She will foster an inclusive Agile environment where different generations collaborate seamlessly.

Willemijn is an experienced speaker who regularly guest lectures at universities, runs workshops and delivers training courses. Her presentations are known for their engaging mix of humor and real-life case studies, making complex topics accessible and enjoyable for her audience.

Marjolein is an enthusiastic, full-of-ideas and energizing freelance Scrum Master and Agile Coach from the Netherlands.

She loves to inspire other Agile enthusiasts and writes blogs about creative team sessions she facilitates for her teams.

She's also passionate about planet earth (our most important stakeholder!) and is raising awareness in the Agile community to become more carbon efficient.

From a young age, Danique was intrigued by the complexities of human interaction and group dynamics. This intrinsic curiosity laid the foundation for her path towards becoming a dedicated Scrum Master.

Drawing from unique tools like Storybranding and the art of theater, she's successfully guided various teams through transformative Agile journeys.

Outside of her professional pursuits in the tech world, Danique indulges her wanderlust by exploring different cultures and global cuisines. Central to her mission is bridging the gap between IT and business, ensuring teams operate at their best. Danique's approach to Agile isn't just about processes; it's about people and potential.

Danique is a new voice mentored by Angie Doyle.

Gergana is in love and life with the agile mindset, certified Scrum Master, Product Owner and Kanban Trainer; M.Sc. Chemistry; born and grown up in Bulgaria, chosen home in Germany, mother and wife.

Her hobby is guiding people to use their self-efficacy and revive the sense of transformation and natural growth.

Gergana is a new voice mentored by Gitte Klitgaard.

Elcin (El-chin) was born in Istanbul, and she currently works as a scrum master in the Netherlands.

After studying as an artist in the United States, she was curious about an academic career and pursued a Ph.D. in Poland. Failing to establish herself as a researcher, she landed a first job as a growth hacker, then as a project manager.

She entered agile product development in 2018, and since then she has a bigger mission: to enable creative and critical thinking through collaboration, so we can effectively adapt to an ever-changing world and find value every step of the way.

Elcin is a new voice mentored by Faye Thompson.

With background in manufacturing as a A Lean (Six Sigma) Black Belt, she is using her leading capabilities together with Scrum Facilitators in the Complex work environment as a Scrum Master, to facilitate change.

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Karelia has a diverse background that combines project management, learning and development, social research, and illustration.

Originally from Nicaragua, she has extensive experience supporting organizations and teams to generate local knowledge to improve practices and enable lasting change. She has worked in different sectors (Energy, Water, Nonprofit Organizations, IT) in Latin America and the Netherlands.

She works at Scrum Professionals, a Scrum Facilitators company, as a scrum master, supporting organizations in their agile transformation.

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Faye Thompson is the Launching New Voices mentor of Elcin Marasli Ball

Vivian Volkers has been working with Enexis for over decade now. In various roles, always focused on improvement and innovation, she has learned to rely on her intuition and uses vulnerability as her strength.

Over the course of my career, I have shifted from working face-to-face with customers (Business Operations), to articulating what customers need (Business Analysis and Process Engineering), to working with teams delivering the solution (Product Development and Product Ownership), to evolving ways to deliver the solution (Agile software development), to improving collaboration and delivery of many teams working together (Scaling Agile), to helping organisations be more Agile (Business and Enterprise Agility).

Angie Doyle is the Launching New Voices mentor of Danique Konings