Nigel Baker works as a independent Agile consultant and Certified Scrum Trainer via his company, AgileBear Ltd.

Nigel Baker was one of the leading Agile consultant and coaches working with BT - The largest telecommunications company in the UK. (BT is currently undergoing one of the largest Agile enterprise transformations in the world.) He has a BSc (Hons) from the University of Bristol in Computer Science. 

His twelve year background in the IT industry includes roles as a Software Engineer, Project Manager and Scrum Master within tactical (RAD), waterfall and Agile project teams. Nigel has spent the last 4 years as an Agile consultant travelling the UK, Europe and the United States, acting as mentor, coach, trainer and change agent across BT's diverse sectors, combining this with external IT client and supplier work. Nigel is now using this experience to help mentor other companies through their Agile transformations. 

Nigel's particular interests are in using Scrum in distributed environments, at an Enterprise scale.

Feel free to send Nigel a mail for more details.

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Upcoming Courses by Nigel

Course Title Date Range City
Certified ScrumMaster 20-21 Nov 2008 Cracow
Certified ScrumMaster 29-30 Jan 2009 London
Certified ScrumMaster 26-27 May 2009 London
Certified ScrumMaster 15-16 Sep 2009 London

Recent Articles by Nigel

The Blue Peter Problem: How to overcome the perception that agile artifacts are unprofessional 02 Jul 07

Tools that are simple have a tendency to come across as childish and simplistic. Here are some ways to combat that perception (at least until the tools are better understood).

Recent Comments by Nigel

On The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Scrum
Nice! Anything that helps explain a complex concept in a simple example is a useful tool for any Agile Coach.