About Peter Woolley
Kia Ora, my name is Peter Woolley and I currently contract to Tuatahi First Fibre as a Capability Coach, in the mighty Waikato in New Zealand. I started my IT career in the mid-90s as a Developer, I worked on a range of IT projects – the most interesting being in Auckland Prison (New Zealand’s highest security prison) and Y2K. Post 2000 inspired by supporting graduates on their career journey I became a Team Leader in 2005 and later a Software Development Manager. In 2010 I learnt about the Scrum Framework and the Agile Manifesto. The values and principles of the manifesto strongly resonated with me after years of sitting through long meetings debating changing requirements, reading large over-engineered design documents, endless programme office template changes and stop-all-work gate reviews for late projects. Over the next few years, I worked in a mix of Scrum Master and Software Development Manager roles. Seven years ago I decided to focus solely on Scrum Mastery and Agile Coaching. The joy of developing software and watching people use it has not left me, though these days it’s about the team and organisation, sharing in their successes and watching them grow strength to strength.