Kevin Rutherford

Current

Author at Refactoring in Ruby
Agile coach at Codeweavers Limited
Founder at AgileNorth

Owner at Rutherford Software Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

Agile Coach & Test-Driven Developer at Penrillian
Agile coach at Thales Information Systems
Agile coach at Nonlinear Dynamics

Software Development Manager at Motorola
Lead Analyst at Airtours
Software Team Leader at ICL
Founder and Managing Director at Facilita

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Education

University of St. Andrews
University of St. Andrews
Ecclesbourne School

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Industry

Computer Software

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Kevin Rutherford’s Summary

I am a senior agile project leader, coach and developer with over 25 years' experience in hands-on software delivery. I am a Chartered Engineer and a Certified ScrumMaster, have been Managing Director of a successful consulting business and architect of several million-pound enterprise solutions; and in recent years I have coached numerous software teams to more than double their speed and quality of delivery.

I am also author of the forthcoming book Refactoring in Ruby.

In my own practice I rely on agile principles, with strong emphasis on rapid, sustained, incremental delivery of tangible results and the creation of defect-free software.

I am one of the leaders of the agile community in the UK. I founded the UK's AgileNorth group and I'm a member of the programme committee for the British Computer Society’s SPA (Software Practice Advancement) annual conference. I am also a leading speaker on the agile conference circuit, and I have run workshops as an invited speaker at numerous events of the British Computer Society and the Agile Alliance.

To find out more about me and how I can help you, or to join my network, email me (kevin@rutherford-software.com) or visit my website (http://www.kevinrutherford.co.uk).

Kevin Rutherford’s Specialties:

Agile project leadership, coaching, mentoring, project rescue, test-driven development, object-oriented design, refactoring, beautiful code

Kevin Rutherford’s Experience

Author

Refactoring in Ruby

(Computer Software industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Refactoring in Ruby is a concise and actionable guide to applying proven refactoring techniques to the most popular dynamic language: Ruby. After reading this book, Ruby developers will begin to see poor software design more clearly. Practice is essential to mastering refactoring techniques. As such, the authors lead readers through a series of structured exercises to help sharpen their ability to improve existing Ruby code bases. The end result is a practical resource that will help the reader become a better Ruby programmer.
Agile coach

Codeweavers Limited

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Founder

AgileNorth

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

AgileNorth (http://agilenorth.net) is the community home for agile software development in north-west England. We meet every month in the Manchester area, and hold a conference in September each year.
Owner
Rutherford Software Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

Consultancy and mentoring in test-driven software development (TDD). Based in Macclesfield in the heart of the UK.
Agile Coach & Test-Driven Developer

Penrillian

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

June 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 1 month)
Agile coach

Thales Information Systems

(Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — May 2009 (8 months)
Agile coach

Nonlinear Dynamics

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )
Software Development Manager

Motorola

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

July 1999 — October 2003 (4 years 4 months)

Motorola "Most Effective" technical performer worldwide in 2001 and 2002
Lead Analyst

Airtours

(Public Company; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

January 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 4 months)
Software Team Leader

ICL

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

December 1984 — December 1995 (11 years 1 month)

Team leader on a series of projects, including Esprit PCTE and high-security variants of Unix System V.

Winner of ICL Bronze and Silver Excellence Awards for mentoring.
Founder and Managing Director

Facilita

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

May 1990 — August 1994 (4 years 4 months)

Kevin Rutherford’s Education

University of St. Andrews

PhD , Computational Algebra , 1982 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

(part-time home-based research)
University of St. Andrews

BSc , Pure Mathematics , 1977 — 1981
Ecclesbourne School

1970 — 1977