Laura M. Powers is the Founder at Powered by Teams – a Silicon Valley agile consultancy focused on helping leaders and their teams thrive in the midst of change.
Laura is the 2019 and 2020 co-chair for the Coaching & Mentoring track for Agile Alliance. She teaches Agile Foundations and Agile Leadership at Stanford Continuing Studies Program, Stanford University, and was named a Silicon Valley Woman of Influence in 2019.
With 25+ years of product development experience ranging from R&D to marketing, sales and professional services – Laura has been involved in the design of electronics for space applications, aircraft engines, diapers, electric cars, complex software systems, and custom electro-mechanical systems at AT&T Bell Labs, Hewlett Packard, Agilent, Sales.com and eBay – as well as several startups you’ve never heard of.