CEO of ESM, Inc. (Fukui) Founder of Agile Japan Board Member of Scrum Inc, Japan (Tokyo) Founder & CTO of Change Vision, Inc., an ISV of Astah (Tokyo) I am based in Japan and specialize in Agile team-based software development and mathematical (linear algebra) visualization. https://github.com/kenjihiranabe/The-Art-of-Linear-Algebra/blob/main/The-Art-of-Linear-Algebra.pdf Well-known articles include "Kanban Applied to Software Development: from Agile to Lean." I co-translated several Agile books into Japanese, including: "Lean Software Development," "XP Installed," and "Agile Project Management." Recipient of the 2008 Gordon Pask Award for contributions to Agile practice.