Michael Fagan

About Michael Fagan

As Chief Transformation Officer for Village Roadshow, Michael Fagan leads the transition from Public Company to Private Equity ownership, transforming Cinema, Theme Parks, Movie Studios and Movie Production in Australia.

As CTO for the Kmart Group, he led the teams that deliver great customer experiences at kmart.com.au and target.com.au, as well as more than 600 stores in Australia and New Zealand. This included the IT, Advanced Analytics, Engineering, Data and Product Management teams that support more than 50,000 Kmart and Target employees in more than 10 million customer interactions every week.

Michael has a breadth of experience across financial services, telecommunications and government having led large-scale transformation programs in Europe, Asia and USA as a senior manager with Accenture, prior to joining Wesfarmers. Outside of work, Michael is passionate about giving back to his community by actively participating in local schools and sporting organisations.

“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
While the master of horror didn’t contribute to the Agile Manifesto, he might well be horrified by organisational inability to grasp one of the principles. Simplicity is probably the least understood tenet of the Twelve Principles of Agile. This talk will show why “Maximising the work not done”, is essential.