Joshua is a globally recognized thought leader in Modern Agile software development. He is an entrepreneur, author, and programmer passionate about excellent software and discovering better, faster and safer ways to produce it. As the founder and visionary leader of Industrial Logic, Joshua is taking Agile processes to the next level with anzen, the Japanese word for safety. An Anzeneer (TM) is empowered to engineer anzen into everything, from their culture to their workspaces, from code bases to processes, from products to services. Anzeneers leverage values, principles and practices from safety in manufacturing and modern software development methods. Joshua is a sought-after international speaker, author of the best-selling, Jolt Cola-award winning book, Refactoring to Patterns, and a guru-level practitioner of Modern Agile methods. His pioneering work have helped popularize Agile Readiness Assessments, Chartering, Storytest-Driven Development and Iterative Usability, many of which are now standard in Agile enterprise development. He is an active blogger on forward-thinking, modern software topics with an edge. Joshua lives with his daughters in Berkeley, California