Matt Plavcan

Matt helps companies build self-sustaining change at the team and organizational levels.

His career started on Intel’s lead microprocessor design team, testing large-scale semiconductor features and building tools and infrastructure for automation. He is a co-author of “The Art of Validation”, an internal reference on the philosophy and methodology of Intel verification teams.

Matt became Intel's first dedicated technical coach as a member of its Emergent Systems and Coaching team. He assisted teams across the company with Agile adoption, including Scrum framework and software development practices. He drove the adoption of hardware and software Test-Driven Development practices throughout the company.

Matt firmly believes in the “by doing it, and helping others do it” portion of the Agile Manifesto. He is an advocate and instructor for dedicated practice patterns to hone professional programming skills. In 2011, He started Intel's internal software practice program, which is still growing today. Matt is a global coordinator for the Global Day of Coderetreat movement.

Matt holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, where he also taught software development. He resides in Portland, Oregon and is an avid automobile racer, model railroader, and judoka.