Michael Keeling is a software engineer at IBM where he develops data-intensive systems built using IBM's Watson Explorer and Watson platforms. Michael is an experienced software architect, agile practitioner, and programmer with experience throughout all phases of the software lifecycle having worked on projects ranging from combat systems to search to web apps. He holds a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Michael has hosted popular and highly reviewed sessions at numerous agile conferences including XP20XX and Agile20XX. Michael was also the recipient of the “Architecture in Practice” best presentation award at SATURN 2012 and SATURN 2014. He frequently shares his ideas in front of an audience, and facilities workshops for small teams at work and in the local agile and tech communities. A full list of his talks, workshops, and panels are available on his website at http://www.neverletdown.net/p/speaking-and-writing.html Michael regularly publishes essays on software engineering topics at his blog: http://neverletdown.net. You can find him on Twitter @michaelkeeling.