Lean Software Development – Advice from Experts

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Lean Software Development

Montreal, Canada

$200.0/min 4.9 8 $3.33/min

Concierge MVPs, Kissmetrics, Mixpanel, Intercom, Segment and Google Analytics specialist. Co-Host of BuiltInADayPodcast.com

John Hunter

USA

$150.0/min 4.7 5 $2.5/min

Founder of Curious Cat LLC. Author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. Senior Consultant for Hexawise (software as a service: software testing). Author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Presented seminars for the W. Edwards Deming Institute around the world and author their blog.

Jesus Mendez

Montreal

$120.0/min 5.0 2 $2/min

I help Business Owners, Lean/Agile DevOps adopters and practitioners help people in their organizations to develop a Lean-Agile mindset that would enable faster customer's needs/problems solving and increase time to market.

Vak Sambath

Irvine, CA

$60.0/min 4.3 9 $1/min

Founded several startups. Software. Enterprise CRM. UX/UI. Roll-up your sleeves and go to battle with founders. Currently: Cuantafy, building a healthcare database to map providers in the country. Stealth at the moment. BrightQuery.com, building an enterprise data analytics company to track public & private companies in the U.S. Past: Startup end-to-end product and business development at CreatorIQ.com, a social CRM SaaS platform. Failed a lot. Also, learned a lot too. My pain is your gain. :) Key characteristics: nerd, entrepreneur, marketer, startup junky, connector, internet & social addict, creator of Orange County startup ecosystem. I love building products that matter. When ideas are tough and people need technical solutions... I'm the guy that people call to hammer, flush and polish out business challenges with solutions :)

Raj Menon

Nashville, TN

$60.0/min 5.0 0 $1/min

Experienced software development and delivery professional. Tech Co/founder @SagentsInc. Advisor for startups.

Daniel Deren

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Vast experience in IT projects delivery. Hands-on experience allows me to be up to date with the latest innovations in Software Delivery.

Vasco Duarte

Konstanz Area, Germany

$60.0/min 5.0 8 $1/min

Software delivery expert with 15 years experience and 9 years of Agile Software Development. Lean Startup entrepreneur at RandomManager.com

Ridham Kohli

India

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Dynamic and results-driven Software Development Engineer with a proven track record of delivering scalable and high-performing software solutions for 4+ years. Proficient in multiple programming languages and well-versed in Agile methodologies. Seeking a challenging role where I can use my expertise and passion for software development to drive business success and make a difference.

Tushar Sonak

Seattle, WA

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Summary I am an experienced engineering leader with over 30 years in the healthcare industry. I specialize in modernizing digital platforms, driving innovation, and leading high-performance teams. My expertise lies in aligning engineering efforts with business strategies, developing people, and implementing new technologies like AI and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Key Competencies Leadership & Team Building: Expertise in developing self-organizing, motivated teams and driving high-performance outcomes. Business & Technology Alignment: Skilled in collaborating with stakeholders to introduce and integrate cutting-edge technologies like AI and RPA. Healthcare Expertise: Extensive experience in Population Health, Telemedicine, and Interoperability Technologies (HL7 and FHIR). Selected Accomplishments AI Strategy Leader: Currently leading AI strategy for Gen AI in software development and Intelligent Document Processing. RPA Initiative: Spearheaded RPA projects that saved over $200k annually. Team Leadership: Managed a 30-member engineering team in a $2.2B organization with a $12M annual IT budget. Agile Implementation: Implemented Agile processes that reduced project delivery times and improved budget adherence. Cloud Migration: Led the development and execution of a cloud migration strategy. Professional Experience Sound Physicians, Tacoma, WA Director of Software Development (2015 – Present) Solutions Architect (2014 – 2015) Senior Software Developer (2008 – 2014) Led teams for large-scale IT initiatives, including Mobile and Web product development, Data Warehousing, and Business Intelligence. Capgemini, Seattle, WA Senior Consultant (1998 – 2008) Led projects across Telecom, Retail, Healthcare, and Insurance industries, managing budgets from $2M to $10M. Cybertech International, Trevose, PA Software Development Team Lead (1996 – 1998) Provided technical support and development for Unisys products across 14 countries. Tata Infotech, Mumbai, India Senior Software Engineer (1991 – 1996) Developed banking solutions in Brazil, focusing on automating daily processing.

Rob Isenberg

London, England

$350.0/min N/A 0 $5.83/min

Published author with 17 years of experience working on projects in media (Sky, Universal, BBC), banking and finance (HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments), public sector (Transport for London), charities (Amnesty International, Mencap), and startups (Room Unlocked, PureGroup, Mush, Composed). Specialities: • Startup advice • Helping teams ship business value faster • Tech strategy • Ruby expertise

Vaibhav Singhal

Delhi

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I can help you with - Career guidance and mentorship - System architecture & design assessments - Application infrastructure setup - Guidance on how to lead tech teams, what processes to have and how to manage reportees - Interview preparation: Mock interviews, resume analysis - Identifying and debugging potential issues in codebase/business problems - Brainstorm possible solutions for tech problems I am a passionate and empathetic software developer skilled in Go, Python, C++, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, K8s and have developed many scalable and challenging applications in my career. I have also lead teams of +5 developers during my career at Gojek and Dunzo.

Gaurao Bharambe

India

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

With over 7 years of experience in Desktop/Web/Mobile Application Development and Project Management. I have handled diversified set of clients in IT Industries. By successfully closing junior to senior level positions in my previous workplace, I find myself extremely passionate and inclined towards developing and delivering products. I am skilled in NodeJs, ReactJS, ReactNative, SvelteJS, SvelteNative, AngularJS, Angular, MongoDB, MSSQL, SQLite, Web API Development Also have experience in web hosting platforms such as AWS, MS Azure and Google Cloud.

Zerin Karim

London

$500.0/min N/A 0 $8.33/min

Founder and Principal Consultant of The Catalyst Lab, ex Director of Technology Strategy and Innovation at Pearson, Global DEI leader for Women in Technology. Expert in Education, Employment and HRM Technologies.

Olasunkanmi Agbajelola

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

An employer of over 50 tech interns. A tech researcher and entrepreneur. Founded a e-learning platform called DigitalSkeleton Services over 4 years ago to provide tech consultancy services

Joop Aué

Amsterdam, Netherlands

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Pragmatic perfectionist. Founder & Software Engineer. CTO Advisor startups & scaleups

Grant Crawley

Wigan, UK

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Founder and CEO of Virtco®. Serial entrepreneur. 30 years of experience in IT and startups. Startup School certified. Doer, mentor and advisor.

Lucian Lazar

Bucharest, Romania

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Serial founder: cleansaas.dev (2025), doc2exam.com (2024), rockstart.ai/neoducation.org (2023), mjapi.io (2023), blog2vid.io (2024), dragonshift.com (2017). Hardcore Unity3D engineer since 2013, turned into AI/DevOps generalist since 2019, and life coach since 2021. Contrarian. Ethical anarchist. Minimalist.

Attila Magyar

Budapest

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I've worked on various projects using a huge variety of technologies covering all parts of a software. Backend technologies: - Java SE, Java EE - Spring / Boot + Data, Web, Security - SQL - MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSql Frontend technologies: - HTML5, CSS3 - JavaScript, TypeScript - React.js, Angular2+ - Various component libraries such as PrimeNg or MaterialUI DevOps / Admin - Windows / Linux Sysadmin - Azure, AWS - Docker - Compose, Swarm - Network Administration - CI/CD technologies ...and many more...

Karthikeyan yeskay@gmail.com

London

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

CTO / Software Architect with Silicon valley experience at companies like Yahoo! as well as have been the founding engineer for unicorn startup SnapLogic. I was also the CTO for FactMata (AI/NLP) startup that helped identify misinformation. Currently, I am the founder of a micro-SaaS platform as well as a mobile gaming app. I have experience bootstrapping and scaling startups. Although I specialize in various JVM languages, python, golang and scala, I am technology agnostic and believe in picking right tools for the right purpose.

Usman Khan

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Head of Business & Strategic Mastermind @ Algorepublic. Also: tech enthusiast, business developer, project management guru, target slayer. Software industry veteran with 7 years in the trenches. Passionate about sharing wisdom and pushing boundaries.

Chris Wilson

Tempe, AZ

$100.0/min N/A 6 $1.67/min

9 Years of Hands On Infusionsoft Experience - Custom API development, membership sites, and operational automation to get your life back. Business coach, automation guru, and startup specialist

Ernesto Tagwerker

Philadelphia, PA

$150.0/min N/A 7 $2.5/min

Founder and CTO of OmbuLabs, one of the top Ruby on Rails shops and the creators of skunk, next_rails, rails_upgrader, and more. Also, Ruby on Rails upgrade expert at FastRuby.io.

David R Willis

Orange County, CA

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

18 years as an IT project and program manager, spent the last 10 years using Agile methodologies in software development, knowledgeable in Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban. Also experience with transforming organizations to Agile and DevOps.

Ryan Mickle

Nashville, TN

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Started Yardsale, FOBO (YC S11, acquired), Founderkit (side project), SaaS product (18 months from start to acquisition), product and community builder. Raised from top tier VCs, angel investors. Launched Lily.camera ($35MM in pre-sales, biggest launch of 2015). take ideas to launch, fast.

Miloš Žikić

USA

$300.0/min N/A 10 $5/min

Entrepreneur, Product Guy, Experienced Software Engineer Making technology a better place to live in. Enjoy hacking next generation SaaS Products.

James Killick

Sydney

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Founder at Devwiz, a software development company. Proud entrepreneur, marketeer and designer. Love to talk about startups!

Sebastean Losch

Phoenix AZ

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur from Canada and living on the west coast USA. Founder of Pledger (PledgerApp.com) and many other projects. I love talking through problems to attain actionable solutions, sharing my lessons from all my mistakes, and working with other gritty treps that are obsessed with making a difference in peoples lives. I am not the uber successful trep that you see on the headlines, but I have made lots of mistakes, own them and have a keen interesting in sharing the lessons that blossom from them.

Todor Kolev

Sofia, Bulgaria

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

20+ years tech experience as CEO of a startup-centric dev shop (www.obecto.com), CTO, System Architect, Team Lead and Software Engineer. More than 150+ completed projects in different verticals.

Vincent Lamanna

Canada

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

With a degree in software engineering, Vincent has over 15 years of experience in software, game and web development. Vincent worked for 5 years building custom softwares through the company he had founded in 2000 before joining Electronic Arts in 2006. As a software engineer, Vincent shipped 4 titles working on several aspects of the games. As a development manager, Vincent also oversaw the development of Spore Hero on the Wii. Since 2009, Vincent moved from the game industry to the web industry as vice president of engineering at CakeMail. As vice president of engineering, Vincent is overseeing the technical direction of the company as well as managing the development, the roadmap, the quality assurance and the technical support of the product. Vincent has acquired a strong experience in building web architecture that can scale to serve millions of requests per day. In 2014, Vincent decided it was time for new challenges. He then took the role of vice president of technology at SSENSE where he implemented Agile methodologies and built a team of over 20 developers who managed to deliver the rewrite of the SSENSE website in 11 weeks. Vincent is now CTO at Salesfloor, a company that will connect online shoppers with physical stores. Vincent is focused on results, people, technology and innovation.

Michal Aichinger

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

$150.0/min N/A 3 $2.5/min

SCRUM Master with engineering background in companies like Nokia and Skype. I have experience with couching distributed and also collocated teams.

David Wolfe

Los Angeles, CA

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

- CTO & head of product at Napster. Sold to BestBuy for $121M - COO at BuyWithMe (#3 largest daily deal/social commerce company). Sold to Gilt Group for an undisclosed amount I believe that lean teams can create differentiated, value generating products that customers love in record time using scientific approaches. I believe that innovation can be catalyzed through the application of emerging management science practices and that it does not have to be a black-art or hero driven process.

Sergio Mottola

London

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

Sergio is a Digital Transformation Strategist and an internationally renowned speaker on the subject of digital, technology functional integration, design thinking and consumer centric business models.

Alex Sharp

Los Angeles, California

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

I've been helping startups hone and build product since 2009, as a consultant since 2012, before that was on the founding team at Zaarly. Before that leading dev at an EMR startup.

Mona Shokrof

Cairo , Egypt

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Mona is the co-founder of Agile Arena www.agilearena.net , she is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance and ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) from ICAgile. She is a big believer that the Agile mindset is the most suitable for working in software field , passionate about spreading the Agile thinking to more of the software industry in MENA Region , in addition to working as a trainer and a coach in Agile Arena , she is trying to spread the agile knowledge in an effective way through the Agileبالعربي and her blog www.shokrof.com . She has more than 10 years of experience in software industry starting as a developer to a team leader then a project leader and scrum master, mostly in software products ranging from mobile applications and suites to Learning managements systems and applications related to it , with a great diversity in working environments ranging from startups , to large corporates like ITWORX , plus working on some ideas, projects and some startup experiences.

Freedom Scott

Los Angeles, CA

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

I help strategize and execute ideas for early-stage and pre-launch startups and Fortune 500 heavyweights. Founder of two successful digital media companies and most recently Civican.us where I get to create tech to help improve civic engagement.

Dan Draper

Sydney, Australia

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Founder and executive in multiple startups. Producer and host of Debugging Diversity docuseries. Mentor, coder and diversity champion.

John Griffin

San Francisco

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

I'm a former Wall Street stock trader turned entrepreneur. I've started a number of online businesses that I currently work on today. After leaving Wall St., I started Cutcaster, an online stock photography marketplace. In 2010, I co-founded a full-service digital agency, focusing on design and development called Spiral Scout. We partner with clients to build their web or mobile businesses. In this capacity, I've worked on numerous design and development projects, helped many clients launch successful mobile apps and websites and learned the most effective ways to scale a business. My experience helps online businesses looking to move online, grow quickly and most cost-effectively. - 11 Years Project Management for Onshore projects with multi-location Offshore resources. - 11 Years building, training and managing offshore teams. - 11 Years Business Analyst experience with Onshore projects working with Offshore resources. - 11 Years owning, managing and growing an offshore digital agency in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Russia and the Philippines. - 6 Years User Experience Design and Managing UX. - Many years experience in both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies.

Seth Jenks

Salt Lake City

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Design Innovator. Current Product Designer at Nav.com. TechStars Boulder Alumni. Designing with Startups and Small Businesses for over a decade.

Monica Georgieff

Sofia, Bulgaria

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Former Marketing Director at Kanbanize, a SaaS platform for Lean and Agile teams. Building Agile Marketing Teams with AgileSherpas. Formerly at Techstars London and Techstars Lisbon.

John Davison

San Francisco, California

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Software Engineer and Product Hacker at large in San Francisco. I focus on the intersection of quirky business ideas and rapid web-software prototyping. I hold an MBA and prior to 2012, did not code professionally. If you want to learn how to move from non-technical professional to sharp ruby on rails engineer, I'm you man.

Paul Romer-Ormiston

London, United Kingdom

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Founder of Lean Mammoth. Mentor at Lean Startup Machine and Level39. Digital product veteran. Determined to seed Lean practices in the Enterprise.

Erik Bogaerts

Canterbury, UK

$100.0/min N/A 13 $1.67/min

I'm the founder of Naqoda Ltd, a UK based company. We specialize in software development with a particular focus on high volume transactional systems. We cover mainly the electronic commerce and banking sectors. With over 18 years of experience in information technology and the banking industry, I have realized a consistent and successful track record in the management of large scale and complex banking IT implementation projects for international clients, as well as the launch of business development activities at a number of overseas locations across Asia and Europe. Previously, as a Director and Partner at Sopra Banking, I've been responsible for driving in-house innovation and business development initiatives. My main focus lied in identifying and developing cross client account initiatives and fostering a community amongst the company's customers.

Daniel Atherton

Manchester, UK

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

UK entrepreneur, business owner and angel investor. Successfully started, grew and sold a digital and software development agency over 12 years. Now onto new projects and consultancy. Digital all-rounder with expertise in; strategy, digital marketing, conversion rate optimisation and software design & development.

Alexei Zheglov

Waterloo, Canada

$200.0/min N/A 14 $3.33/min

Expert in Lean methods for knowledge-work fields, Agile software development, continuous improvement methods, improving human systems of work.

Ramo Karahasan

Berlin, Germany

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

Co-Founder /CTO @ itembase, information, technology and innovatino addict, entrepreneur, internet & social addict, e-/commerce lover, motivator

Marko Oksanen

Helsinki, Finland

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

11 years building digital products, twice co-founder, ~8 years in product management in 6 different startups.

Charles Durfee

Denver, CO

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Software engineering leader, via agile coach, people manager, MBA, programmer, podcaster, and support engineer

Ali Jafarian

Denver, CO

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

CEO @ MemberDev, Co-founder @ CM Fusion, and past technical founder of various ventures. I live tech, serve my family, and aspire to never settle.

Ivan Vishnev

Riga, Latvia

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Founder of 8bit - software development company. Working in banking, airline solutions, entertainment, music, real-estate, logistics, government, industry, hospitality (restaurants, bars) and social networking areas, thus, specializing in mobile, web and client applications development.

Angel Lacret

Miami, FL

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Computer Engineer, With more than 15 years developing software products.