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Salah Elleithy

SparkAgility
Agile Coach
US
Websitehttps://sparkagility.com
I am a Leadership, Co-Active, Agile Coach and Learning Facilitator on a mission to spark courageous curiosity with a twist of play. I help individuals, teams and leaders learn faster and become better one day at a time.
I am also passionate about helping individuals, teams and leaders accelerate the learning and achieve their goals faster. I organize Agile NOVA with a focus on growing a community of life long learners.

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Monday, August 5
 

10:45 EDT

The Emergence of Integral Leadership: Shifting the Structure of our Attention (Michele Madore, Michael Spayd) Maryland Ballroom DMichele Madore • Michael Spayd Continuous Learning at Work (Cara Turner) National Harbor 11Cara Turner

14:00 EDT

Introduction to Agile: Origins and Evolution (Diana Larsen) National Harbor 2/3Diana Larsen Starting with our Agile Successes (Antoinette Coetzee, Lyssa Adkins)POPULAR National Harbor 8Antoinette Coetzee • Lyssa Adkins Improv Your Coaching! Using Comedy to Connect, Adapt, and Respond to Any Situation. (Mary Lemmer, Jason Hall) Chesapeake D/E/FMary Lemmer • Jason Hall Part 1 of 2: Facilitate Cleaning Your Code Without (Necessarily) Being a Techncial Coach (Arlo Belshee) National Harbor 10Arlo Belshee The Road to Real Business Agility (Dean Leffingwell) Maryland Ballroom CDean Leffingwell

15:45 EDT

Organizational Transformation (Mike Cottmeyer) National Harbor 2/3Mike Cottmeyer Part 2 of 2: Facilitate Cleaning Your Code Without (Necessarily) Being a Techncial Coach (Arlo Belshee) National Harbor 10Arlo Belshee Learning From Unlikely Places: What an FBI Hostage Negotiator can Teach Us (Diane Zajac)POPULAR Chesapeake 4/5/6Diane Zajac Learning from the books you said you read…. (Em Campbell-Pretty, Melissa Hay)popular Maryland Ballroom AEm Campbell-Pretty • Melissa Hay How agile is your testing mindset? (Karen Greaves, Kelley Cooper)POPULAR National Harbor 8Karen Greaves • Kelley Cooper

19:00 EDT

Ice Breaker Reception: Night at the Museum Prince George Exhibit Hall
 
Tuesday, August 6
 

09:00 EDT

Product Innovation (Melissa Perri, Marissa Fong)popular National Harbor 2/3Melissa Perri • Marissa Fong Experiments, Measurements, and Relationships: How Large Federal Projects Can Succeed (David Blair)POPULAR National Harbor 4/5David Blair Part 1 of 2: How to Introduce Test-Driven Development (TDD) to Your Team (James Shore)POPULAR National Harbor 10James Shore Lead the Play: Leadership Lessons from Space Pirates (Derek W. Wade)popular Maryland Ballroom BDerek W. Wade

10:45 EDT

Part 2 of 2: How to Introduce Test-Driven Development (TDD) to Your Team. (James Shore) National Harbor 10James Shore Lightning Talks (Peter Green) Chesapeake 1/2/3Peter Green Mindfulness, it's a practice... NOT perfection. LEAD Imperfectly! (Darren Hoevel) National Harbor 6/7Darren Hoevel

14:00 EDT

Collaboration & Cooperation in Agile Teams (Esther Derby)POPULAR National Harbor 2/3Esther Derby Part 1 of 2: Anti-fragility, Collaboration and Agile (Caitlin Walker, Andrea Chiou)POPULAR National Harbor 8Caitlin Walker • Andrea Chiou

15:45 EDT

Part 2 of 2: Anti-fragility, Collaboration and Agile (Caitlin Walker, Andrea Chiou)POPULAR National Harbor 8Caitlin Walker • Andrea Chiou Escape Velocity (Doc Norton)popular Maryland Ballroom DDoc Norton The Curious Case of You (Samantha Laing, Tracey Moerkerk)popular National Harbor 6/7Samantha Laing • Tracey Moerkerk Stalwarts - Jeff Patton (Jeff Patton)POPULAR Chesapeake G/H/IJeff Patton
 
Wednesday, August 7
 

09:00 EDT

ish: The Problem with our Pursuit for Perfection and the Life-Changing Practice of (Lynne Cazaly) Potomac BallroomLynne Cazaly

10:45 EDT

Prosperous Metrics: Solving the Scenarios we Struggle to Measure (Zach Bonaker, Jason Kerney)POPULAR Maryland Ballroom BZach Bonaker • Jason Kerney Leading a 1,000-person Technical Culture Transformation Without Resistance (Arlo Belshee, James Shore)popular Maryland Ballroom CArlo Belshee • James Shore Crucial Leadership Conversations – A Chance to Practice What You Preach (Bob Galen)POPULAR Chesapeake J/K/LBob Galen Will the Real Agile Leader Please Stand Out? (Christopher Avery, Michael Sahota)POPULAR Maryland Ballroom DChristopher Avery • Michael Sahota Stalwarts - Natalie Warnert (Natalie Warnert)popular Chesapeake G/H/INatalie Warnert

14:00 EDT

Part 1 of 2: Upward Trend (Stuart McCalla)popular National Harbor 8Stuart McCalla Lightning Talks (Peter Green)POPULAR Chesapeake J/K/LPeter Green Stalwarts - Melissa Perri (Melissa Perri)popular Chesapeake G/H/IMelissa Perri

15:45 EDT

Part 2 of 2: Upward Trend (Stuart McCalla)popular National Harbor 8Stuart McCalla Stalwarts - Linda Rising (Linda Rising)POPULAR Chesapeake G/H/ILinda Rising

17:30 EDT

Agile Alliance Members Meeting (Paul Hammond) Potomac C 1/3

18:30 EDT

Agile2019 Sponsor Reception: Sights of DC Prince George Exhibit Hall
 
Thursday, August 8
 

08:00 EDT

Breakfast Potomac Foyer

09:00 EDT

Brain Talk: Using "clean" and other language patterns to enable deeper conversations (Mike Bowler)POPULAR Chesapeake 4/5/6Mike Bowler Part 1 of 2: How to facilitate a Mob Programming session as a coach? (Woody Zuill)POPULAR National Harbor 10Woody Zuill

10:45 EDT

Part 2 of 2: How to facilitate a Mob Programming session as a coach? (Woody Zuill) National Harbor 10Woody Zuill Extreme Self-Organization: A Pioneering Story of Agile Scaling with Open Space Technology (Ron Quartel, Kat Daugherty)POPULAR National Harbor 6/7Ron Quartel • Kat Daugherty Stalwarts - Joshua Kerievsky (Joshua Kerievsky)popular Chesapeake G/H/IJoshua Kerievsky

14:00 EDT

Adapting TBR for Remote Learning (Shane Hastie, Shannon Ewan) Maryland Ballroom BShane Hastie • Shannon Ewan Being an Agile Leader is Challenging AND Completely Worth it – Let’s talk (Tricia Broderick) Chesapeake G/H/ITricia Broderick

15:45 EDT

Tech Lightning (Llewellyn Falco) National Harbor 10Llewellyn Falco Using Metrics for Good not Evil: or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the KPIs (John Tanner) Chesapeake 4/5/6John Tanner Mapping The Enterprise Agile Journey (Stephen Denning) National Harbor 3Steve Denning Yin and Yang of the Self-Managing Organization: A New Role for Management and Leadership (Michael Hamman) National Harbor 2Michael Hamman How The Olympics Can Make you a Better Person (Sandy Mamoli)popular Maryland Ballroom BSandy Mamoli
 
Friday, August 9
 

09:00 EDT

Agile Pictionary (Ellen Grove)POPULAR Chesapeake 10/11/12Ellen Grove Self Care Closing (Samantha Laing)POPULAR Chesapeake 1/2/3Samantha Laing

10:45 EDT

Playful Leadership - How to enable transformational change and have fun doing it (Portia Tung) Potomac BallroomPortia Tung