Our People
Rare indeed is the business professional who understands technology, the technologist with an eye for good design or the creative designer who appreciates the technical impact of design decisions. At Agile, we seek out individuals who can bridge the creative - technology - business chasms.
We believe our diversity provides perspectives and insights that differentiate our work and make us uniquely agile. Our interests include filmmaking, auto racing, salsa dancing, hiking, windsurfing, elegant code, beautiful design and the art of espresso -- just to name a few. We speak Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Ukranian and English, too. Agile aspires to be an organization that reflects the diversity of our clients' customers around the world.
Principals
John Berry
John enjoys being a jack of all trades in the world of software development. He has been building web applications for 13 years and enjoys all aspects of the process: defining the vision, prototyping, developing interfaces, writing code, managing teams and of course launching. John received a B.B.A. from Ohio University. Prior to Agile, John was a technologist with Viant and worked with clients in the consumer products, pharmaceutical and financial services industries. John enjoys photography, Formula One racing and is slowly but surely learning to play the guitar.
Jack Ivers
Jack graduated cum laude from Yale University, earning a B.S. in Computer Science. Jack has founded or owned four different businesses, ranging from software marketing to network integration to groupware consulting. He spent three exciting years at web consultancy Viant serving both large corporations and startup e-businesses. Along the way, Jack has consulted for clients including Procter & Gamble, Merck, Great American Insurance, Air Products and KeyBank. Jack is an avid sailor (Laser II), windsurfer and cyclist, and provides funding support for his son's home recording studio. He recently began the pursuit of perfect espresso.
John Liu
John was born in Taipei and studied at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Business School. His professional experience includes a decade of management consulting on five continents and several years developing advanced robotic systems. Before Agile, John was Vice President of Global e-Marketing at Merck where he grew the market share of Merck.com from 30% in 2004 to 50% in 2007. His responsibilities also included implementation of the Merck Manuals online which won the 2005 Webby Award for Best Health Website and was a finalist for the Webby Award for Best Practices (the winner was an up-and-coming company named Google). In his free time, John loves spending time with his family, especially relaxing on Nantucket and skiing in Vermont.
Scott Roth
Scott graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering. Since his graduation coincided with the height of the first internet boom, Scott's computer science credits and winning smile earned him a job at an IT consulting firm. Never looking back, Scott brings over 7 years of web application development, software architecture and project management experience to Agile. Having worked with many different technologies during all phases of the the software development lifecycle, he is skilled at evaluating difficult problems and pursuing them to reach an optimal solution. When not sitting in front of the three monitors forming permanent fixtures on his desk, Scott enjoys traveling, photography and playing Xbox Live with his college buddies that had the audacity to move away from Chicago.
Michael Tamburro
Michael spans the tech and creative disciplines at Agile, drawing from over 12 years of internet consulting experience and his diverse studies of electrical engineering, filmmaking and perception psychology at Cornell University. Since joining Agile, Michael has focused on interactive and usability, including the design and development of mobile phone applications, broadband media delivery and data driven Flash. Prior to Agile, Michael spent six years at Viant where he worked as a manager in the Advanced Branding Group and participated in over 40 internal and external projects around the globe. Michael continues to help win Webby awards for his clients, which include brands such as Disney, SONY and Coca-Cola. Often found treking through third world countries, when back home in New York, Michael enjoys making things -- films, furniture and food -- and is always up for trying something new.