Simon Cromarty

Simon Cromarty is a highly experienced leader, manager, speaker, and writer specializing in agile & lean practices for commercial software product development and business leadership teams.

With 20 years of hands-on experience, Simon has excelled in senior leadership, project and portfolio management, agile coaching, software product development, customer support, consultancy, and IT.

Known for being a quietly charismatic, no-nonsense leader and a well-respected team player, Simon is sought after for his solutions, decisions, commitment to results, quality control, and customer advocacy skills.

His expertise spans agile & lean project management, Scrum & Kanban, planning, estimating & forecasting, portfolio planning, leadership, coaching, mentoring, organizational strategy, and international collaboration.

Simon's technical background includes XP & Feature-driven development, managing cross-functional teams, requirements analysis, enterprise applications, RESTful API development, data modeling, database development, and disciplined coding strategies.

He holds a 2:1 degree in Computing & informatics, Computer Science, and Business Management from the University of Plymouth and has held key roles at renowned organizations such as Clevermed Ltd, Airts, Metail, Worldpay, Redgate Software, GE Energy, Convergys, Saba, Oracle, and First Software.

Formerly a co-founder, VP of Engineering, Agile Transformation Manager, Head of Product Design, Agile Coach, Founder, Lean & Agile Expert, Development Manager, and Support & IT Technical Lead among other roles, Simon's diverse experience reflects his strong background in software development and agile methodologies.