We are pleased to announce Mario Moreira as the Keynote Speaker for the 2009 ALM Expo on October 15th!

Mario Moreira is a writer for the Agile Journal, a Columnist for the CM Crossroads, an Author, an Agile and CM expert for CA, and has worked in the CM field since 1986 and in the Agile field since 1998.  Mario is the author of the CM book entitled, “Software Configuration Management Implementation Roadmap”.  It includes step-by-step guidance for implementing SCM at the organization, application, and project level. Mario has also completed a new book entitled “Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams” due out in the late fall of 2009 (mid-Oct in Europe and early-Dec in US).

Mario is a certified ScrumMaster in the Agile arena having implemented Scrum and XP practices at the product and organizational levels.  He has experience with numerous CM and ALM technologies and processes and has implemented CM on over 150 applications/products, which include establishing global CM infrastructures.  He holds an MA in Mass Communication with an emphasis on communication technologies.  Mario also brings years of Project Management, Software Quality Assurance, Requirement Management, facilitation, and team building skills and experience.

Mario will be speaking on this year's topic: "ALM and the New Economy".  Registration is free, so join us on October 15th!