Books By Michael K. Levine - Author

Michael K. Levine brings together compelling insights on lean and agile software development, creative writing and teaching, and decades of practical successful application as a senior manager in leading financial and software companies. Michael’s career has primarily focused on how to profit through the application of information technology. He was educated at Carleton College and Princeton University. His early career was not directly in technology – first he did international trade negotiation at the US Commerce Department and then joined First Bank System as a corporate banker. In both positions he drifted towards software and in 1990 he joined Norwest Bank and began his full-time technology career. Michael progressed through strategy, project management, CTO, and divisional CIO roles, adopting agile techniques before they were so named. He fully embraced lean and agile concepts as they were popularized – helping build and transform teams, and delivering value time after time. Michael’s engagement wit