Introduce Yourself!

[John Lombard]

1. Who are you? – John Lombard, IT Generalist from Service contracts to infrastrcuture architecture to software development I do just about everything and anything. New to Agile though.
2. Where are you located? UK
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? Help with understanding pragmatic approaches to delivery of agile methodologies.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Learning
5. And, how did you find us? Google (My best friend)

[Ward Lyon]

Hello Everyone,

1. Ward Lyon
2. Greenwood Village, Colorado
3. Looking to get a better understanding and ideas to manage a very large backlog of enhancements, projects and operational disciplines.
4. Learn and share experiences so we all move forward
5. Team member referral

[Mallikarjuna Alahari]

1 – Mallikarjuna Alahari

2 – Dallas, Tx

3 – The reason I am here to learn more about Product Owner role and career path

4 – Join the community, meeting people online / in-person and share the ideas and things happening at in world of product ownership

5 – Found via member of previous training sessions

[Tina Igbinigun]

1. Tina Igbinigun
2. Atlanta, GA area
3. I’m new to Agile so looking to learn as much as I can. I’m looking to make a career change.
4. Networking with people in the industry.
5. Through signing up for Scrum Master class with Simplilearn.

[J. Jesse Mendez]

1. Who are you? SaaS Technology Evangelist, Aspiring Content Creator and Platform Entrepreneur
2. Where are you located? SF Bay Area, CA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? To apply agile methodologies and execute on my “epics” lol
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? The ability to share impactful ways of working with others to realize valuable projects and ideas.
5. And, how did you find us? Peter’s social media work on youtube and LinkedIn!

[Sandy Brown]

1. Sandy Brown

2. Colonial Heights, VA

3. Our organization is adopting the Agile framework. My team is working on and with the scrum team to deliver key executive projects. I would like to learn to basic tenets of the Agile framework and methodology so I can support my team and the organization.

4. I am excited to gain more insight and learn/grow from other members of the community.

5. This course and instructor came highly recommended to us by one of our partners.

[Rachel Book]

Hello!

1 – Rachel Book

2 – Pittsburgh, PA

3 – I am currently working on a team parallel to our IT Dev team. I’d like to learn more about their processes so I can actively support our business vision and mission.

4 – I’m most excited to learn something new completely outside of my current field of work.

5 – Referral – a friend and colleague completed this course with Peter and said it was fantastic.

[Emma Tarter]

1. Who are you? My name is Emma Tarter
2. Where are you located? Fort Worth, TX
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I’m hoping to learn more about how to lead with Agile in a team.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Finding practical ways to apply Agile.
5. And, how did you find us? My organization referenced this course.

[Deleted User]

1. Who are you? – I am a professional coach and an ‘early’ agile adopter, having lead a transformation from Waterfall to Agile starting in mid-2000. After working in IT for 20 years and helping others with their Agile transformations, I am re-focusing on helping agile coaches continue to evolve their personal leadership in order to help their teams/clients/stakeholders truly become agile, real agile!
2. Where are you located? – Toronto, Ontario, Canada and North Bay, Ontario, Canada
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – I am doing research about self-leadership within the context of a self-organizing human system. so I would love to speak with other Agilists, at any stage of their career, about their own journeys towards self-mastery in the agile space.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? It’s exciting to see how much agile is spreading throughout the business world, and great to see so many people who are passionate about democratizing the workplace.
5. And, how did you find us? – during my web research…

[Elena Samoylova]

1. Who are you? – Elena Samoylova, manager at empolyee tracking it software management company.
2. Where are you located? – Chicago,IL
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – Looking for new knowlege about Agile.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – I am most excited about opportuinty for self-growth.
5. And, how did you find us? – My friend recommended it to me.

[Lezly Herrera]

1. Lezly Herrera
2. Dallas, Tx
3. I’m here to learn more about agile methodology to incorporate any lessons to my current and future consulting projects.
4. Excited to have a network of people that are experienced in agile and open to communicating through training and in the future.
5. From co-workers

[Oladele Atanda]

1. Oladele Atanda

2.Brooklyn New York

3.Here to learn and connect with like minds on the tenet of agile and it’s day to day application

4.continuous learning and the ability to share all the love

5. First heard about this platform after a video on YouTube

[M.C. Moore]

Hi everyone, I’m M.C.! I currently reside in Atlanta, GA, USA. I made the decision to join to receive (and give) knowledge. I am an Agile Coach and open to learning whatever others are willing to freely share. What excites me most about joining the community is the opportunity to take in diverse opinions and perspectives on a wide range of topics pertaining to agility. I came to the AgileForAll community from–you guessed it–Mr. Google. (Thanks for the share about the Wheel of Change!)

[Amanda Clear]

Good Morning!

(1) I am Amanda Clear. (2) I am located near Pittsburgh, PA.

(3 )I am here to learn more about Agile as my company utilizes this framework for IT development work. I am on the Business Operations Team and our team would like to become experts in Agile to use it across all projects, not just IT ones. On an individual professional note, I am curious about how Agile may intertwine with the I/O psychology world.

(4) I am most excited about gaining more knowledge and to meet new people.

(5) My boss recommended this course.

[Jaime Garzaro]

1. Jaime Garzaro
2. Dallas, TX moving to Mooresville, NC soon
3. Legend tells me that Agile Scrum evolves Teams and Companies into Creative & Productive Beasts. I am looking to learn and apply into my entire realm said principles from leaders that live by it.
4. The fact that I am learning from leaders and have access to a like-minded looking to live by these principles
5. I’ve worked on projects and experienced the effects of Agile in some of current members of this community. I was invited to join by one of the community members.

[Hari Baumbach]

Hi there,

I’m Hari Baumbach, a visual designer from Boulder, Colorado. I’m here to learn about Agile and Scrum, learn from all of you about the tech world, and apply the knowledge to my field of work and my projects. I found out about Agile for All through Google, when I was looking for a certification course that I could take to learn Agile methodologies.

Thank you so much!

[Jeff Van Note]

1. Jeff Van Note

2. I’m in Portland, Oregon.

3. I’m new to being a product owner and want to do a better job of it.

4. I’d like to see how other organizations work through questions of managing expectations and measuring value.

5. A co-worker recommended you.

[Bob Hartman]

@jeffvannote I hope you enjoyed the class!

[Mirek Hájek]

1. Mirek Hájek – Business Analyst, product Owner

2. Czech Republic

3. I want to learn, I want to share my experience. I want to be inspired to solve my issue.

4. Currently, role of BA in Agile

5. Web pages 🙂

[Bob Hartman]

Welcome @Mirek ! I think you are our first member from the Czech Republic. I spent some lovely time in Prague a few years ago. I loved the city and hope to return some day.

[Mirek Hájek]

Thank you,

I am pleasured to be the first. I live near Prague. Can you navigate me to some forum where is discussed questions regarding business analyse. We are solving role of Business analyst in Agille.

Thank you

[Rudy Arnauts]

1. Rudy Arnauts

2. Wesley Chapel, FL

3. Looking to learn as much as I can about applying Agile to construction

4. The potential to connect with like-minded people / potential collaborators

5. I am a launching a collaborative real estate design-build development platform that has a real estate tokenization financing dimension. Upon researching tax implications of buying real estate with crypto, I came across this article which led me to you: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/19/do-you-owe-taxes-on-bitcoin.html. Can’t believe you are Co-Founder & CTO of VinWiki! Would very much welcome the opportunity to compare notes.

[Habika Besson]

1- Habika Besson

2- North Haven, CT

3- I’m new to Scrum and want to learn and implement these new ideas and techniques to better my life and hopefully work from home, as I am a stay at home Mom and the kids are in school now.

4- I’ve been a project manager and have led a few teams but this still feels new to me and jumping in after a long hiatus has me a bit nervous. So I’m excited for the experience and learning from a great mentor

5- Google.