About the Agile Yorkshire Community


Agile Yorkshire is a monthly gathering of IT professionals from in and around Yorkshire. It has met every month since 2007 to discuss Agile software development methods and extreme programming, plus a host of other IT issues.

Agile Yorkshire's monthly gatherings provide a platform for local practitioners to network, learn from each other and listen to some of the IT industries highest profile speakers.

Next Event:  01 May 2024

The Organisers

Royd Brayshay

Royd Brayshay is an agile coach and trainer based in Leeds.

He works with all kinds of agile coaching clients around Yorkshire and across the north of England to help them become more commercially effective at building software.

He is a co-owner of NewRedo, a software company based in Leeds with clients including the Lotus Formula 1 Racing Team, EasyJet, Walmart and some growing lean startups.

Royd was nominated for an agile coaching award in 2012.

Past Speakers

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Lindsay Baker
Lindsay is an experienced Digital Delivery Leader and Agile Adoption Coach, specialising in building effective and efficient delivery practice for organisations. As a neurodivergent female in tech she is passionate about the value of diversity in...
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We'll announce our support speaker for May shortly. If you or someone you know would like to speak at one of our event just get in contact.
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Ian Carroll
Ian Carroll is a consultant, coach, and speaker on all topics related to Lean, Kanban and Agile software development. Using his 25 years of hands-on experience he helps clients transform their organisations using Agile & Lean techniques to lower...
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John Le Drew
John has spent most of the last 2 decades working in the software industry, with a focus on web technologies. After 10 years as a software engineer John moved into consultancy where he quickly learned the value of team dynamics and how most...
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Jutta Eckstei
Renowned author, Jutta Eckstein, works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. She has helped many teams and organizations worldwide to make an Agile transition. She has a unique experience in applying Agile processes within medium-sized...
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Matthew Skelton
Matthew Skelton is co-author of Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow. Head of Consulting at Conflux (confluxdigital.net), he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation dynamics for software in...