AgileTour '09 Sponsors

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Gold Sponsors

Intelliware

Intelliware is a software development services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Intelliware is a leading practitioner of Agile software development practices which ensure the delivery of timely, high quality solutions for their clients. Intelliware is engaged as a technical partner by a wide range of local, national and global organizations in sectors that span financial services, e-Health, retail, manufacturing, and government.

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
Microsoft Canada Co. was founded in 1985. As the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, the company provides sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in French and English. Microsoft Canada has grown from five people in 1985 to more than 900 employees. It also has strong relationships with more than 24,000 partners across Canada. More than 1,100 of these are Microsoft Certified Partners, and over 200 are Gold Certified Partners. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has regional offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and Halifax.
In 2007 Microsoft Canada was recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers by Maclean's Magazine and was also among the 50 Best Workplaces in Canada in Canadian Business Magazine. Also in 2007, Imagine Canada awarded Microsoft Canada, the Toronto Police Service and the RCMP with the Business & Community Partnership Award for their collaboration on creating the Child Exploitation Tracking System.

Silver Sponsors


	Agilitrix Agilitrix provides Agile coaching, consulting and training services in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Although most companies use the Scrum process along with some Extreme Programming (XP) engineering practices, we will work with you to deliver “Agile Your Way”: We believe in helping you use Agile in a way that works for you.
	VersionOne VersionOne is recognized by Agile practitioners as the leader in Agile project management tools. By simplifying the process of planning and tracking Agile software projects, we help development teams consistently deliver software faster.
	Thoughtworks ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing systems development, consulting, and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. The company's pioneering approach, which includes industry-acclaimed Agile and Lean best practices, helps CIOs maximize investment performance across a portfolio of complex, business critical applications, while reducing time and risk. ThoughtWorks' 1000 professionals serve clients from offices in Australia, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. ThoughtWorks Studios is the company's specialist product division, which develops the next generation of tools for custom software development, including Studios Mingle®, Cruise® and Twist®. To learn more, visit us online: www.thoughtworks.com or follow us: www.twitter.com/twthoughts.

	Berteig Consulting Berteig Consulting is a boutique consultancy dedicated to helping Canadian organizations become hyper-productive. We are experts at helping organizations through the deep cultural changes required to intensify focus, learn continuously and excel at serving their market's needs. Our fundamental guiding principle is Truthfulness, which is required for trust, learning and creativity and ultimately productivity and effectiveness. We live our own methods – all our work is done iteratively, incrementally, collaboratively, and with a deep appreciation of learning and the needs of our clients. Berteig Consulting is based in Canada and has trusted partners in China, the United States and Europe.

Employers

CPP Investment Board

With assets under management projected to grow to $250 billion by 2016, the CPP Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in London and Hong Kong, CPPIB is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan by experienced and highly skilled investment professionals.
We are implementing system solutions using an agile approach, involving small cross functional teams. Given the dynamic fast paced nature of our business, agile methods enable iterative and rapid delivery of solutions, working closely with our business partners. To learn more about CPPIB career opportunities, please visit our career section at Careers CPPIB.

Contributors

	Xodiac "Quality through sustainable relationships with customers, colleagues and in your personal life." Since Xodiac was founded five years ago, software, healthcare, telecommunications, and government sector companies in Belgium and the Greater Toronto Area sharing its vision, have greatly benefited from Xodiac consulting, training, and coaching services. Xodiac integrates agile principles with a dedication to passionate and courageous business innovation in order to provide your customers with the highest possible quality of your services.

	The Agile Consortium The Agile Consortium is an Agile Coaching and Training consulting practice based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We specialize in improving the performance of your business through the use of Agile, Scrum, Lean, and XP techniques. Our services include: Agile Training, Coaching, Enterprise agile Rollout and Project Assessments and Recovery.
	Agile Alliance With more than 5961 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the values and principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

	Paircoaching.net

	The McCarthy Show The McCarthy Show is a production of McCarthy Technologies, Inc. Jim and Michele McCarthy have run team research on customer sites and in lab settings since they opened their doors in 1996. Thirteen years of pragmatic research have led them to unique executive, team, and organizational development solutions. The key? For change management to stick, it has to be effective and fun. Smart people avoid wasted effort and everyone avoids pain. McCarthy Technologies’ customers have ranged from startups to Fortune 200 executive teams. Mergers? Turnarounds? Simply want to go from good to great? From great to magnificent? Get free advice and materials on www.mccarthyshow.com. The McCarthys guarantee the results you want. Can your management consultants say the same? (And be sure to talk to their customers for some amazing success stories.)