Mark Thias is a Partner in Lean Agile Partners, Inc., and a Lean-Agile Coach, Instructor, and Systems Software Architect with 20 years of software development experience. Most recently, Mr. Thias was a Lean-Agile Consultant implementing agile engineering practices within development teams as well as the corresponding project management practices at the corporate level. He successfully converted numerous large offshore teams to small, colocated teams using lean-agile practices. Previously, Mr. Thias was Master Developer for BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where Scrum/XP practices were used by a small development team to deliver a clinical trials management system (CTMS) within the regulatory guidelines of the US Food and Drug Administration. He continues to work with organizations interested in exploring ways to dramatically increase the productivity and quality of their software teams. Mr. Thias can be reached at MarkThias at LeanAgilePartners.com; Web site: www.leanagilepartners.com.