Thomas has been a software technologist for over 25 years, holding a variety of roles in QA, technical support, and development. He jumped on the OO bandwagon in the early 90's, first with C++ and then with Java, and is a strong advocate of agile and XP practices. He's passionate about software craftsmanship, technical excellence and high performing teams - tools, techniques, and practices to enable individuals and teams to rapidly produce high quality software. Thomas is currently a senior consultant at Improving.