Introduce Yourself!

[matthewpettersen]

Hi Everyone,

1. – My name is Matthew Pettersen

2. – Charleston, SC

3. – I am here to grow my skills in using Scrum Methodology on teams and expand my scope.

4. – I am excited to learn from others who are pushing forward to make lasting change in their organizations.

5. – I found this course through the Scrum Alliance web page, and the schedule aligned well.

[jose]

1. Who are you? Jose Bird
2. Where are you located? McKinney Texas
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? Learn about agile project management and add this skill to my resume
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Meet other professionals in different industries and compare notes
5. And, how did you find us? Looking for CSM certification course

[Ed Greene]

1. Ed Greene
2. Johnson City, TN
3. To gain personal knowledge and increase my value as an employee
4. Learning what this community has to offer
5. Work colleagues

[Layne Grantham]

1. Layne Grantham
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Hoping to learn more about agile at scale and how to best optimize or help optimize work across multiple pods/teams for the same large program or separate projects. Also to find and learn about best practice reporting/tools/metrics/etc.
4. Learning from each other through experience, wisdom and successes.
5. Chick-fil-A uses Agile for All for key learning opportunities.

[gioffred]

1. Dennis Gioffre
2. Redwood City, CA
3. I’m here for self-improvement, networking opportunities, and to help grow my career in Project Management and Program Management.
4. The best is yet to come!
5. I was referred by a friend/colleague.

[Hannah Rivers]

1. Who are you? Hannah Rivers
2. Where are you located? New Jersey
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? New methods and practices for high volume of marketing projects with limited resources
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? building a network of professionals who bring other experiences from other industries to the table. i like to learn from others.
5. And, how did you find us? A colleague of mine took this course with Peter earlier this year and reccommended

[sammie]

1. Who are you? Samantha Koonce
2. Where are you located? La Crosse, WI
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I am looking to start my career as a scrum master. I have been working on Agile teams for the past couple years as a developer and am looking to transition to another role within our company.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Being able to learn from others and share knowledge amongst the community.
5. And, how did you find us? My manager shared this with me.

[Emily Hawkins]

1. Who are you? Emily Hawkins
2. Where are you located? Douglasville, GA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I lead a small but mighty team of 3 and want to help them grow, and be as efficient as possible while having clearly set expectations.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? collaboration and consistency in ways of working helps us all be on the same page
5. And, how did you find us? DTT Upskilling program

[jerard]

1. Who are you? Jerard
2. Where are you located? Denver, CO
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I’m the Project Manager of a small but innovative team looking to learn and grow to be the best leader for our team.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Networking with like-minded individuals that have (or are) going through the same experiences and professional growth.
5. And, how did you find us? Employee referral.

[Laurie Laxton]

1. Who are you? Laurie Laxton
2. Where are you located? Tuscaloosa, AL
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? Learn about agile project management and how to guide my current team to follow its principals.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Meet other professionals in different industries and compare notes
5. And, how did you find us? Company signed me up.

[Arlene Medina]

1. Arlene Medina
2. Wallingford, PA (outside Philly)
3. I’ve worked for other companies who follow Agile methodology. This is an opportunity to have a formal certification
4. Collaboration and see how others may be using Agile in their own organizations.
5. Though my company, Inovalon

[Christina Craig]

1. My name is Christina Craig
2. I am located in Kansas City
3. I am here to learn more about how to be a good agile Product Owner.
4. I am excited to hear different view points from other growing Product Owners
5. I have heard of Scrum Alliance training in the business space

[nevaeh]

1. Nevaeh Arriaga
2. Valdosta, GA
3. Looking to learn more about agile and how to apply it in my day to day at work.
4. I am excited to learn from other’s experiences and perspective’s on how they apply the agile method in their workplace.
5. Recommended by my coworkers

[sherryg]

1. Who are you? -My name is Sherry Grimm
2. Where are you located? – Orlando, FL
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – I am looking for a way to better project training materials in a more iterative approach using SCRUM.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Being able to connect with others to see how SCRUM is being used in the Learning Space.
5. And, how did you find us? – Recommended by an IT colleague.

[kara]

1. Who are you? Kara Fitzpatrick
2. Where are you located? Pittsburgh, PA USA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I am here for self-improvement and to receive a formalized certification. I want to learn best practices and tips on how to handle past challenges.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Connect with and learn from others.
5. And, how did you find us? In my search for a certification, I was impressed by Peter Saddington’s background.

[herc]

1. Who are you? Shawn Taylor
2. Where are you located? Gainesville, GA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I’m here to gain more formal training related to Agile delivery methods.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? To join a community that I can learn from and share my own experiences.
5. And, how did you find us? Through the Scrum Alliance website (Find a Course).

[Melissa Marechale]

Hi There,

1) Melissa Marechale

2) I’m in Fayetteville Ga

3) I’m interested in learning about Scrum and Agil working styles. I’m also a little nervous, as this looks a little intimidating to me 😉

4) I’m excited to meet others that are here for the same reason as well as learn and sharpen skills that will help myself and my team.

[Karen Leytze]

1. Who are you? Karen Leytze
2. Where are you located? North Georgia
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I want to become a certified scrum product owner. Better understand how I can support our current product owner in my agile coach role as well as get back to being a product owner myself.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Learning from others.
5. And, how did you find us? Other product owners I work with have taken this course.

[Wayne Clary]

Greetings!

My name is Wayne Clary, a native of South Florida. Over the past 15 years or so, I have led or participated in quite a few sales enablement and Go-to-Market technology projects.

In that span of time, one of the people accomplishments that I’m most proud of, was having enabled many team members to get their Scrum credentials, such as ScrumMaster and Product Owner. I did this in order for them to be more effective in applying agile values and principles into various projects and programs that I was responsible for, as well as giving them a credential that can help them in their career pursuits as well.

Now, I look forward to taking these same courses, albeit I’m sure they have been updated over the years, and earning the same credentials so that I can sharpen my own saw.

[shalana]

1. Who are you? Shalana
2. Where are you located? Boston, MA
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? I am here to enhance the quality of my resume. Having been laid off, I am re-entering the job market and hopeful that acquiring new knowledge and certifications will be beneficial.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? Meeting new people and sharing the same information is exciting, as we all stand to expand our network.
5. And, how did you find us? One of my peers have taken this course and has recommended this very program and class.