Introduce Yourself!

[Nada Zakrea]

Hello! My Name is Nada and I am located in the Northern Virginia area. I am looking to learn more about Agile and get certified, and I am so excited to be part of this growing community. I found you through my company’s website.

[Steffi Silva]

Steffi Silva

Nashville, TN

Office Ally (Healthcare Clearinghouse)

[Aashwita Shah]

1. I am Aashwita Shah
2. I am from Canada
3. WTo learn about agile and impleemnt in real world
4. Meeting new members
5. And, how did you find us? Online

[Maria Thompson-Saeb]

Hello Everyone,

I’m Maria Thompson-Saeb and I’m located in Southern California. I’m a Senior Program Manager, Governance, Risk, and Compliance working on an Information Security Team. I’m interested in expanding my knowledge and learning more about how agile practices can be applied within an Information Security Team for managing the type of work that is generally performed within an organization. I’m most excited about highlighting how Agile can be used for more than software development to increase effectiveness. I found this organization from the Certified ScrumMaster course I took last week.

[TIMOTHY LARSON]

Whew! Here goes …

1. Who are you?
   One of the founders at Larson Texts. I have been a principal in starting many of our capabilities/departments from Technical Art and Typesetting to Software Development and Publishing.
2. Where are you located?
   On the beautiful North Coast of the “mainland” USA – in Erie Pennsylvania. Come visit! You won’t be disappointed.
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn?
   My experience goes back to the 80s (before they were popular). Since we grew from a small multi-talented team, we used agile methods without knowing about them or understanding them, or even naming them. Now that we have grown, we would like to retain and recapture that spirit by understanding Agile in detail. I am hoping to learn myself what I don’t know or didn’t know I knew – and also to encourage my colleagues to learn the same. We hope to unlock our potential together.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community?
   Unlocking innovation, unblocking management, and interlocking our teams.
5. And, how did you find us?
   We were looking for a consulting group – and a colleague relayed positive experiences with your group. We interviewed with Agile Bob and liked what we heard.

[Bennett Tatgenhorst]

Hey Agile community!

My name is Bennett, and I am located in Atlanta, GA. I am a Business Analyst serving on a Technology team supporting a well used web product within my company. I am excited to learn more about Agile methodology, to become more effective in my role, and to add more value to my company.

I was referred by a fellow Staff member within my organization.

[Jennifer Stephens]

Hello everyone!

1. Jennifer Stephens
2. Dallas, TX
3. Looking to learn more about Agile/Scrum and implementing it into our group
4. Excited to learn and share!
5. https://www.scrumalliance.org/

[David Calabrese]

1. David Calabrese

2. Totowa, NJ

3. I’ve been an agile technical project manager for 3 years. I always wanted to get my CSM and learn more about agile by taking a course, but never got around to it. After a career conversation with my manager, I decided to set a career goal to get my CSM so here I am! I’m looking to learn more about agile best practices so I can take what I learn and apply it to the two development teams that I help manage.

4. I’m really curious to see how others implement agile methodologies because from my experience, everyone does things differently!

5. Through the Scrum Alliance website

[KaTesha Anderson]

1. Who are you? My Name is KaTesha
2. Where are you located? I am located outside of Atlanta, GA in Gwinnett County
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I am here to fulfill a goal of becoming a CSM which will make more valuable as a Program Manager supporting my VP who wants to change the culture of the company to run projects in a Scrum/Agile fashion.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? I am most excited that I can put this on my resume and be more marketable.
5. And, how did you find us? A colleague highly recommended Peter S. for the CSM, so I searched and signed up for his class!

[Jason Trevino]

1. Jason Trevino

2. Littleton, Co

3. I am here for professional development in the R&D industry.

4. I am excited about learning new methods to incorporate into the project management aspect of my job.

5. Recommended though company professional development resources.

[MICHELLE BARNHILL]

1. Michelle Barnhill
2. Eris, PA
3. Training to learn AGILE
4. Learning the ropes and being able to apply them
5. Through work

[Zhuo Zhang]

1. Tony Zhang

2. Ann Arbor, MI

3. Get best practices, and what’s new in Agile

4. Apply the learning right back to the team, planning, velocity tracking, etc.

5. Company internal referral

[Iqmat Omotayo]

1. Iqmat Omotayo
2. London- UK
3. To learn more about being Agile over doing Agile. Praticalizing Agile in my daily work life as a Product analyst
4. The open learning and sharing culture
5. Via a blog post

[KATHLEEN WILLIAMS]

I am the department head of Information Technologies at a mathematics
textbook publishing company in Erie, Pennsylvania. I am here because my
company invested in our Individual growth and the companies future and
made this course available to all employees. I have heard of Agile, but
have never had any formal training or professional experience with it. I
am exited to learn this technique and how it applies to my daily
routine.

[MICHELLE HEALY]

1. Michelle Healy

2. Erie, PA

3. Company Wide Training

4. Hope to learn what AGILE is and how I can incorporate it into my position as staff accountant.

[Jeff Galas]

1. Who are you? – Jeff Galas
2. Where are you located? Downers Grove – Just outside of Chicago, IL, USA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? Agile in all forms. Learning from others who have implemented in different ways!
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Growth .. the ability to learn from others is growth. Fastest way to learn is to hear how others have approached something, challenge it and put it into action
5. And, how did you find us? Agile VC newsletter

[Chris Baggett]

1. Chris Baggett
2. Gainesville, GA (North Metro Atlanta)
3. I have worked in Agile and Kanban teams for several years. I am looking to finally get certified and draw attention to my profile/experience to improve my chance of landing a job. I am looking to pull all of the Agile practices together with a fresh perspective using the latest collaboration techniques.
4. I am really looking forward to immersing myself in the Agile culture and collaborating with others with the same interest. I am pumped about learning anything new.
5. I was referred to this class and Perter specifically by a friend who has taken Peter’s CSM class.

[Eugenys Contreras]

1. Eugenys Contreras.
2. North Atlanta, GA.
3. To learn a new skill set that will help me become a better servant.
4. I’m not sure yet.
5. Youtube! Lots of research on my next career moves and csm seemed to be the next step.

[Catrina Pelton]

1. Hello! My name is Catrina Pelton and I am currently a high school history teacher (I know, I am the odd one here 😀).

2. I currently live in Maryville, MO but am looking to relocate to Charleston, SC.

3. I am here to learn and absorb as much information as I can about Agile and being a scrum master. The goal is to gain the knowledge I need to be able to transfer my skills as an educator to the field of scrum master and transition to a scrum master position in the summer.

4. I am most excited about learning a new set of skills and meeting people who I can learn from!

5. My sister works in a company that uses Agile and I learned of the amazing Bob Hartman from her scrum master, Denise Cushman, so here I am.

[Bob Hartman]

I’m honored to have you in my class. I’m glad Denise recommended me!

Hopefully I’ll live up to her endorsement of me.

[Bryan Lindsey]

Bryan Lindsey

Golden CO

I have worked as a business architect and product owner in an agile environment for years, and would like to move into a scrum master role.

I am looking forward the most to enhancing my experience working in an agile environment and learn a better mindset to help guide my project teams as a scum master.

We have an awesome scrum master as part of our team, and he recommended taking the course with Agile Bob.

[Bob Hartman]

Another recommendation to take the CSM class with me! Again, I’m honored. Hopefully I live up to the billing.