Biography
Agile software project mentor helping organizations achieve profound productivity, increased quality, and intense customer loyalty to rapidly adapt and thrive in today's marketplace. Interests include organizational change breakthrough methods, collaboration techniques and technologies for distributed and co-located teams as well as automation of software construction to allow developers to focus on craftsmanship and quality.
Industry Expertise (3)
Non-Profit/Charitable
Corporate Leadership
Computer Software
Areas of Expertise (3)
Agile Methodologies
Change Management
Teams
Accomplishments (11)
Agile Coach (professional)
2008-05-01
Rally Software Development
ScrumMaster (Gestalt Mission Services, Federal) (professional)
2008-01-01
Accenture
ScrumMaster/Project Manager (professional)
2008-05-01
Gestalt LLC
Technical Lead / Sr. Software Engineer (professional)
2003-01-01
SAIC
Technical Architect (professional)
2001-01-01
Breakaway Solutions
Web development manager (professional)
2000-01-01
Tribune Interactive
Research Associate, Digital Media Lab (professional)
1997-01-01
University of Central Florida
Principal Investigator (professional)
1995-01-01
Institute for Simulation and Training
Sr. Software Engineer (professional)
1992-01-01
Dynacs Engineering
Co-Author - Book - Agile for Business (professional)
2013-08-12
Describes agile transitions and techniques in plain language. Authored coaching, facilitation and conflict management sections of the book to be published Fall 2012. Previews of the book are available at the website listed http://www.rallydev.com/agile-for-business-book
Enterprise Agile Coach (LeadingAgile LLC) (professional)
2013-04-01
Helping clients in a wide variety of industry to improve predictability, quality, and ROI in various industries using agile practices and principles.
Education (3)
University of Florida: MS, Electrical Engineering 1990
University of Florida: BS, Electrical Engineering 1988
University of Central Florida: MS, Computer Science 2000
Affiliations (5)
- Agile Alliance
- IEEE (+ Computer Society)
- ACM
- APLN
- Scrum Alliance
Links (3)
Event Appearances (8)
Answered: Project Managers Most Common Agile Questions
Tampa PMI Symposium Tampa, FL
2012-09-22
Answered: Project Managers Most Common Agile Questions
Central Florida PMI Symposium Orlando, FL
2012-04-12
Agile - A Quest for Better
Rally Roadshow Tampa, FL
2012-05-22
Agile - A Quest for Better
Rally Roadshow Orlando, FL
2012-05-23
Agile - A Quest for Better
Rally Roadshow Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012-05-24
What Does Your Team Value?
Agile2013 Conference Nashville, TN
2013-08-13
What Does Your Team Value?
Tampa Bay Agile Meetup Tampa, FL
2013-05-15
Collaboration through Conflict
Orlando Code Camp Orlando, FL
2014-03-22
Sample Talks (1)
What Does Your Team Value?
Building high performance teams can sometimes feel like moving mountains or at least building bridges between mountains. When the team starts “storming” to high performance, different types of conflict arise. Some conflict is surmountable, but the greatest challenges are conflicts over values that can lead to heated debates, dysfunction, and collaboration collapsing. This talk will explore different types of conflict on teams and some ways you can prepare and navigate the conflict successfully.
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Host/MC
- Author Appearance
- Corporate Training
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