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Agile, Executive Blind Spots, and the Evolution of Business Analysis

About

Jonathan Babcock, a Director at Jabian Consulting, is a solution definition and delivery strategist with 20+ years of experience partnering with business leaders to reach their goals through people, process, products, and technology. I've advised clients from line-of-business management to C-level executives across several industry verticals.

He enjoys writing and speaking locally and nationally on business analysis, solution definition and delivery methods, communication techniques, professional development, and team leadership. His current professional passion is applying principles of business and process analysis to help clients deliver complex projects and scale their delivery capabilities.

He is active in the Atlanta-area business analysis community, and has served as vice president of professional development for the IIBA Greater Atlanta Chapter, helping them achieve recognition internationally in 2018 with the IIBA chapter award for professional development.

Jonathan has spoken at several industry conferences including Building Business Capability, BA World, PMI Professional Development Day events, and IIBA chapter events.

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Keynote: The Truth is Out There: Beyond Yes and No

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Jennifer Battan, CBAP®, the Out of the Box BA, has an energetic passion injecting innovation and creative problem-solving techniques into how BAs do their day-to-day work. Her passion is helping teams apply the art and science of business analysis techniques with fresh, modern perspectives. Jen is an internationally recognized conference speaker, educator and thought leader within the business analysis and creative problem-solving communities. She served on her local IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) Chapter board as President and in various roles for more than seven years and led a content development and writing team for the IIBA’s Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®, and on the standards committee for the latest CBAP® exam. As a certified LEGO® Serious Play® Workshop Designer and Facilitator and Gamestorming Facilitator, Jen helps clients and practitioners reach their goals and have fun while they learn, make decisions, and develop shared strategic understanding. Jen spends her free time inspiring learners of all ages to utilize diverse approaches in applying creativity to any challenge they face.

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Workshop: The Stakeholder Engagement Canvas

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With a background in software development, Kathy is an agile BA professional with over 30 years of experience in I.T. She provides business analysis and agile training and consulting services to many organisations in a variety of industries, as well as speaks internationally on topics relating to agile, mindset and business analysis. Kathy works with teams to improve teamwork, be more innovative and deliver better customer value. She is passionate about seeing people, teams and organisations thrive in an environment of collaboration and harmony.

As a dedicated mindfulness practitioner, Kathy is passionate about seeing people and teams thrive within an environment of collaboration and harmony. Mindfulness offers many benefits to both individuals and teams resulting in more productive interactions, effective communications and valuable outcomes. Kathy helps teams integrate mindfulness practices into their agile processes and solution delivery framework. Kathy also speaks at a number of local and international agile and business conferences.

Kathy’s other passions include travel, writing and photography (mostly writing about my travels and taking photos of the sites). Just for fun, I study psychology and philosophy, as well as try to find the time to write my first novel.

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Conflict Resolution Skills

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Christy L. Foley is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator who has dedicated her professional career to teaching others about conflict resolution, mediation ethics, and e-mediation techniques. As a teacher at heart, she loves teaching groups how to create peace in their workplace.

Christy is considered a leader in the field of conflict resolution. She was a pioneer in e-mediation, having started E-Mediation Services in 2018. She has also served as Chairwoman of Florida's Mediator Ethics & Advisory Committee (""MEAC"") since 2018. Moreover, she serves as an officer in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Florida Bar.

Her professional experience has given her the skills necessary to be an effective and dynamic speaker, regardless of whether she is presenting online or in-person. Christy's presentations are particularly unique because she finds ways to get the audience involved in a conversation to ensure people stay engaged throughout the entire presentation (even in groups of 1,000+ people).

Christy has spoken in front of local, statewide, and nationwide audiences - both in-person and through virtual conferences. She is repeatedly asked to come back and present again for many organizations, such as the Florida Bar, Florida Dispute Resolution Center, Jacksonville Bar Association, and Full Sail University.

In 2010, Christy's popular presentation style led her to teaching in higher education. She currently serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Central Florida.

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Train Your Brain For Success

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John has been speaking at conferences for many years including PM, business, sports, military and Medical.

John is a #1 International Bestselling Author, Master Executive Brain Coach, International Speaker, Trainer and Process Efficiency Consultant.

Early in his life John realized that what excited him was “solving the unsolvable”. From building the first handheld energy efficiency assessment computer in the 70’s, to helping growing companies innovate using technology, to solving critical problems for some of Chicago’s largest businesses as a project rescue specialist, John looked for new challenges.

In 2007 he was presented with his biggest challenge when the US Marines contracted him to develop a program to improve Warfighting and reduce casualties in combat, the toughest of all environments. In response he pioneered the field of Applied Neuroplasticity. This innovative application of his highly effective process efficiency methodology to the brain using neuroplasticity as the medium was extremely successful. The resulting Combat Brain Training program has helped thousands of people rapidly improve their focus, memory and faster, better decision making under stress, regardless of starting cognitive baseline. After supporting many elite military units including pilots, Snipers and Navy SEAL's, John brought his program to the civilian environment.

John now combines his extensive efficiency consulting background with his proprietary Combat Brain Training program to help leaders, teams and companies exceed their performance expectations very quickly. creating unparalleled results

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Strategic Business Analysis for Excellence

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Trent’s experience includes multiple speaking engagements pertaining to Business Analysis during the prior decade for various professional organizations such as "IIBA," "PMI" and "IEEE" at various venues worldwide including "BBC" and "PMBA" events. I also speak about Business Analysis at various well-known universities. Trent have been actively serving the IIBA and PMI for more than a decade in various capacities and roles including participating in creating professional Business Analysis standards and related certification criteria for helping advance the profession. Trent is actively engaged in a multi-year international neuroscience scientific research project concerning human thinking, particularly concerning strategic thought processes. Trent holds a Master of Science degree in Managerial Science, various professional certifications including the PMI-PBA certification and a graduate certificate in Project Management. Trent is a certified FAA aircraft pilot and a practicing professional Sr. Business Analyst for a major American city. Trent has won multiple and various awards speaking awards primarily from "Toastmasters International," and my presentations include lots of fun and audience participation.

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From Business Analysis to Product Owner to Product Manager

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Kent writes about and practice software product management in a variety of industries including retail, fintech, agriculture, financial services, health insurance, nonprofit, and automotive. kent practices my craft with a variety of product teams and provide just-in-time resources for product people at insideproduct.co. When not writing or product managing, Kent is #ubersherpa for my family, listen to jazz and podcasts (but not necessarily podcasts about jazz), and collect national parks.

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Traveling on the Turnpike - How to Gain the Value in Values

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Tina has over 20 years as a BA with the past 3 years in the Product Owner space. A past speaker at multiple IIBA Chapters, PSBAW locations, the South Florida PMI Chapter, and she is active on the Project Bites platform. Sharing information in a fun way helps us break down those complex and critical areas we fear together.

Kit grew up on a hog and dairy farm and began public speaking at the age of 9 in 4-H. By 16, he was organizing and facilitating presentations on leadership, citizenship, community service and motivation for the 4-H and Future Farmers of America.

Kit has a B.S. Degree in Speech Communication, Business Administration and Political Science. He earned an M.A. Degree in Speech Communication and Business Administration.

Kit purchased his first manufacturing company at age 21, and by 26 was CEO and Chairman of the Board of three manufacturing companies in three states. He’s been an instructor with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award. He is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association and earned the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation. He has delivered more than 3,000 presentations to more than 500,000 people. In 2014, Kit was inducted into the Minnesota Speakers Association Hall of Fame.