Contributing Writer

Dimitar Karaivanov

Dimitar Karaivanov, CEO and co-founder of Kanbanize, is a Lean-thinker and a Kanban practitioner with a solid background in the areas of software development and process improvement. His expertise was gained through more than 15 years of career development at companies like Johnson Controls, SAP and Software AG. Dimitar has envisioned and brought to life the idea of Kanbanize as aimed at solving problems in the way companies manage big initiatives spread across multiple teams. Through the success of his company, he has proven that Kanban can be used for product development and not just change management activities. He is passionate about achieving extreme performance at scale and applying Lean/Kanban outside IT. Dimitar is a keynote speaker and author of "Lean Software Development with Kanban." He is an active member of the Lean/Kanban community and supporter of initiatives, which aim to promote it.