Summary
Tim Walker is a veteran software engineer and transformation leader with four decades of hands-on experience and a focused 11-year run steering Agile, DevOps, and SAFe technical practices at enterprise scale. Currently a Senior Agilist and VP at U.S. Bank, he combines Domain‑Driven Design with built‑in quality, Test‑First disciplines and Continuous Delivery to reduce coupling and accelerate flow from idea to production. Tim has led SAFe 6.0 transformations, delivered role-specific certifications to hundreds, and built practical communities of practice that embed XP practices like BDD/TDD into everyday delivery. He founded The Agile Tester to help teams operationalize executable specifications and shift testing left, and he routinely designs technical roadmaps and hands‑on dojos to raise engineering maturity. Known for pragmatic coaching as much as technical rigor, he often surfaces organizational design and socio‑technical solutions that aren’t obvious from tooling alone. Based in Westminster, Colorado, Tim blends deep legacy systems experience with modern continuous delivery practices to help large organizations ship safer, faster, and with higher fidelity to the business.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Arapahoe High School
Computer Science, Computer Science at SEMBCS
E6, Quartermaster-Navigation and Icebreaking, E6, Quartermaster-Navigation and Icebreaking at United States Coast Guard
CS, CS at Arapahoe Community College