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Accelinnova Associates 
Paul Gibson Paul is passionate about improving Software Development effectiveness believing that this can both improve the business value delivered and also provide high levels of motivation and reward to team members. In 1998 he was one of the founder members of a group created by the IBM Board to focus on improving quality and effectiveness across the company. As one of 6 members of the steering committee he help guide this community based approach to deliver improved results across all 35,000 IBM software developers. Since 2006, he has helped lead, guide, train and transform IBM Software Development teams worldwide in, collaborative, agile and lean approaches to improving both product quality and business value delivered. Paul is a hugely experienced software development manager with extensive experience in product development in IBM for over 30 years. During that time he has held significant development and product revenue responsibilities approaching $1B per annum. Since retiring from IBM Paul now works as a consultant with several large companies in the areas of development effectiveness and quality assurance. In addition to his consulting roles, Paul also teaches Software Development Management as part of the Oxford University Software Engineering Masters and Diploma after chairing their industrial liaison committee for many years. Paul is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a member of their Academic Accreditation Committee ensuring university courses have the content and quality sufficient to contribute to formal professional accreditation up to Chartered Engineer. Contact Paul at pgibson@accelinnova.com. 
Chris Matts Chris Matts is programme manager with a strong background in business analysis and development. He uses real options and agile project management techniques (Lean, Theory of Constraints, Business Value) to optimise the delivery of business value whilst effectively managing project risks. Chris has coached business and project teams in Agile Management, Analysis and Investment Banking for many years. He is a noted expert and speaker on Real Options, Agile Analysis and Business Value. He has a Masters degree in Mathematical Trading and Finance and a Masters Degree in Microelectronics and Software Engineering. Currently, Chris is a senior director at Derivative Fitch. Over the past 14 years, Chris has worked as on derivative risk and trading systems at JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, British Petroleum, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Chase Manhatten (Pre Merger) and Robert Fleming. Chris is also dedicated to increasing literacy and math competency for people worldwide and has spent the last five years studying adult learning. His passion for learning has led him to sponsor a school for children living with AIDS in South Africa. Contact Chris at chris.matts@gmail.com. |
 +1 . 612 . 605 . 2370 contact@accelinnova.com
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