John R. Royle is a technology strategy and architecture executive with more than 35 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise modernization, Agile delivery, and program leadership. A founding leader and former CIO at 1904labs, he has led complex initiatives across Fortune 500 and Department of Defense environments. He developed Agile Forecasting to help teams replace fixed-date promises with transparent, evidence-based forecasts. John holds an M.S. in Computer Science and credentials including CISSP, PMP, PMI-ACP, and SAFe SPC. Learn more at johnroyle.net.