Colin Kershaw

I am an independent consultant who takes on the roles of software developer, architect, and process mentor. I create and test large-scale enterprise applications using Agile methodologies with both .NET and J2EE technologies. I'm passionate about test-driven development, continuous integration, automation, and communication. Prior to graduating with Honours from the Object Oriented Software Engineering program at SAIT, I received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Calgary.

Currently, I am consulting at a national telco in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Prior to returning to Calgary and independent consulting, I worked for ThoughtWorks where I did stints in India and Chicago at several Fortune 100 clients.

The best book I've found for what I've been doing lately is WorkingEffectivelyWithLegacyCode by MichaelFeathers - it's a great catalogue of dependency-breaking techniques to start down the road of getting code without tests into a test harness. I would highly recommend checking it out.

Colin's a great guy to work with. He's as nutty as his hair is long. -- DustinAleksiuk

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