I live in Paris, France with my family: Sophie and our three boys, Axel, Erwan, Mika. I’m self-employed, consulting with various businesses interested in process improvement with an XP, agile, or self-organized teams slant. I’m involved in things like Bookshelved, Coding Dojos, WeVouchFor.org, Agile Alliance, Agile 200x, XP Days France. I’ve been studying the ancient game of Go for a couple years. I have an enduring fascination for activities that involve skill, training, improvement. “Gee, I wish I could learn to do that and be good at it; how far could I go” is how I look at things.

Here’s the serious me...

...or the real me, less serious and with my head in the clouds...