AGILETEAMS - Key Persons

Aldo Dagnino

Aldo earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with a concentration in Operations Research, from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico. Aldo earned his Master's degree and Ph.D. in Systems Design Engineering (Computer Science, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence) from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Canada, and is a Certified ScrumMaster TM.

Jan E. Höglund

Job Titles:
  • about Us - Principal Collaborators
  • Creator of AgileTeams.Se )
Experience Jan has 30+ years experience of software development in different roles as software developer, project manager, line manager, consultant, and researcher.

Ms. Karen Smiley

Job Titles:
  • AI - Savvy Engineering Leader
  • MSCS, CSM, CSPO ( Founder of Agile Teams in 2003 )
Ms. Karen Smiley is an AI-savvy engineering leader and an advocate and independent thinker/writer on #EthicalAI, #DiversityInTech, #PeopleFirstCulture, and technology. As a creative collaborative technology leader, she has built broad and deep global experience in the full development lifecycle for multi-platform hardware-software systems. She has built and led multiple geographically-distributed and remote agile teams that design and deliver advanced industrial analytics and toolsets. Karen is an accomplished mentor, teacher, author, people leader, coach, architect, and data scientist who is always looking for opportunities to use technology and data for good. Everything she publishes is 100% human-authored. She still enjoys creating software, analyzing data, and above all, meeting challenges and solving problems. To date, Karen has co-invented on 14+ US patents for software technology innovations, and has authored or co-authored 40+ academic and industrial publications (see below for some recent highlights). She is currently working with selected collaborators on publishing guidebooks for executives, architects, and practitioners on embedding intelligent features into software development practices, products, and people processes (to be published in 2025; look for previews on Substack).

Petra Björndal

Job Titles:
  • about Us - Principal Collaborators
Petra has a long experience of user centered design in software projects. She has worked as interaction designer, usability specialist, human technology organization consultant, project manager, and researcher at companies like Ericsson, Vattenfall (a north European energy distributor and producer), and now ABB Corporate Research, Sweden.