Jared Richardson

Principal Consultant

Jared is a Principal Consultant and a member of the core team at RoleModel Software where he works alongside Ken Auer and the other software craftsmen who use Agile techniques to build excellent custom software. He sold his first software program in 1991 and has been immersed in software ever since. He's made a career out of helping teams find and fix their process blind spots.

Jared has authored and coauthored a number of books, including the best selling Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects and Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life. He is a frequent speaker at software conferences and a thought leader in the Agile space. Jared lives with his wife and children in North Carolina where they recently, quite by accident, became backyard chicken farmers. He's on the web at AgileArtisans.com.