Tim Ottinger

Associate Partner

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom43 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-author of influential software development books.
Led agile transformations across various industries.
Expert in continuous delivery and agile methodologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on agile methodologies and continuous delivery.

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Skills

Core Skills

Agile MethodologiesContinuous DeliverySoftware Development

Other Skills

Continuous DeploymentTestingContinuous IntegrationTrainingMob ProgrammingTest Driven DevelopmentDesign PatternsObject Oriented DesignScrumC#Unit TestingRubyPythonC++SQL

About

I've been writing production software since 1979 and have spent the past 40+ years evolving alongside the industry — from early systems programming to modern, agile development. I'm the co-author of Clean Code and Agile in a Flash, and a long-time contributor to the software community through writing, speaking, and coaching. My mission has always been the same: help teams build better software and grow into high-performing, self-improving units. I’ve led agile and technical transformations at scale, coached engineering organizations across industries, and helped developers adopt practices that make code cleaner, delivery faster, and teams stronger. I believe leadership is about enabling others, aligning technical decisions with business goals, and creating a culture where learning and excellence thrive.

Experience

43 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

6 mos

Current Experience

Lexisnexis

Sr. Technology Improvement Lead

Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Big apple day of scrum

Presenter

Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 · 0 mo

Canterbury software cluster

Presenter

Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 · 0 mo

Industrial logic

Senior Consultant

Mar 2011 – Aug 2025 · 14 yrs 5 mos · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Hybrid

I help companies deliver software more continuously and with higher quality in humane and sustainable ways. I have taught many thousands of developers, teams, and organizations to overcome quality problems, deliver more predictably, and to escape many of the issues that plague software projects and companies today.
I've been part of several elite companies in my career, in pioneering Object-Orient Design in the 80s and 90s, Agile development (XP) in the 2000s, and Continuous Delivery to this day.
With Industrial Logic, you can deliver better software sooner.

Continuous DeploymentAgile MethodologiesContinuous Delivery

Geolearning

2 roles

Software Developer/Architecture Team

Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr

Having a great time untangling some legacy code with some really great people. It just gets cleaner and cleaner all the time. Geolearning rocks.

Consultant

Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 · 0 mo

Conducted an agile transition, worked with operations and developers and testers, helped increase reliability and implement features (including monitoring). Instituted CI TDD, and Acceptance Testing. Worked with CIO and product management to improve prioritization and workflow.

Textura llc

Manager, Software Development

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr

Manage a rotating team of developers to solve production problems and move code from initial completion to release-ready state. Coordinated with product team, QA, etc.
Taught agile methods including planning, prioritizing, and testing. Advanced the practicted state of the art in testing.
Increased collaboration between product and development. Eliminated bottlenecks and simplified the human systems to increase consistency and fluidity of operation.
Also acted as Release Manager (well-honed skills with Subversion)
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