Introduce Yourself!

[Benjamin Binkley]

1. Who are you? – Ben Binkley
2. Where are you located? – Oklahoma City
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – As a new Product Manager, I’m looking to learn more about Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Product ownership, and other industry knowledge to help me grow in my career.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Learning more about how Product Ownership impacts various industries, not just tech companies.
5. And, how did you find us? – My company recommended me for this certification course.

[Emily Smith]

1. Emily Smith
2. Atlanta, GA
3. I’m here to learn more about agile ways of working and how I can best incorporate the principles.
4. The cross-learning opportunities.
5. Recommendation from a coworker.

[Tonja Johnson]

1. Tonja Johnson. Currently a Data Lead/Analyst supporting Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Systems Fraud, Waste and Abuse government contract.
2. Located in Hanover, PA
3. I’m here because there was an opportunity to acquire the certification as a Scrum Master Product Owner and renew my Scrum Master certification before it expires. What a great deal!!!!
4. Growing community means opportunity to network and establish relationships with people. I’m excited to learn methods that result in effective, efficient in daily tasks at work and at home.
5. I found this class as I was researching renewing my Scrum Master certification.

[Sarah Cachuela]

Hello, my name is Sarah! I’m located just outside of Philadelphia. I am here looking to learn more about Scrum and how it can help my organization. I want to contribute more to the company I work for. I’m excited about where this can lead me!. I found this community on Google!

[Nghia Bui]

1. Who are you? – Nghia “Randy” Bui
2. Where are you located? – Minneapolis, MN
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – As a PM with Agile experience, I want to round out my knowledge and earn the certificate for my job search.
4. What are you most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Sharing knowledge and learning from each other’s experience.
5. And, how did you find us? – I was researching how to get the CSPO certificate using ChatGPT, and AgileforAll came up.

[Janko Boehm]

Hi

I’m Janko Boehm, located in Germany. I’m in the agile sphere fore almost 12 years – focused on the scrum master topics. Now I want to make the step towards the product side and stepped into that course.

I do have my own business – coaching organizations and mostly development teams ; I was already a software dev by my own.

I will join from the CET time zone – so the course will be late for me. I start at 3pm at the afternoon.

I’m looking forward – lets rock

Jan

[Pamela Heydinger]

Pam Heydinger

Atlanta, GA

I have been considering the ScrumMaster certification for awhile but it wasn’t quite what I wanted. A Hiring Manager’s LinkedIn profile showed that she has the CSPO certification which I researched and decided that is what I am looking for. I think the skills I have in Business Intelligence and Data Visualization will compliment the CSPO well and make me a marketable candidate. Real life examples of applying the techniques from this course are what I am looking for from the community. I researched the instructors and liked Bob’s method of delivery and that he taught people at familiar corporations.

[Santatra Rakotondrsoa]

1. Who are you? – Santa Rakotondrasoa
2. Where are you located? – Luxembourg
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – Just started my Product Management career few months back, and I am looking to learn more about the Agile mindset to apply my learning in my current role.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Meet other Product Owners and share experiences.
5. And, how did you find us? – My company recommended the course

[Emily Andrews]

1. Hi, My name is Emily Andrews
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Currently pursuing this certification to deepen my Agile expertise and further strengthen my product management skillset
4. Learning from others
5. Scrum Alliance

[Manish Chawla]

1. Who are you? – Manish Chawla
2. Where are you located? – Luxembourg
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – I’m here to learn more about Agile, and working successfully with business and engineering stakeholders.
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Meet other Product Managers/Owners.
5. And, how did you find us? – My company recommended the course

[Peter Lyamport]

1. Who are you? – Peter Lyamport
2. Where are you located? – Oklahoma City
3. Why are you here? What are you looking to learn? – I’m looking to learn more about Agile, Waterfall, and product management to improve in my role 🙂
4. What are you the most excited about in terms of our growing community? – Learning about better product ownership strategies and getting to connect with others in my field!
5. And, how did you find us? – Michael McMillan told me about the program.

[Rotimi Fatinikun]

1. Rotimi Fatinikun
2. Atlanta
3. To learn more about the product owner role
4. Sharing knowledge and networking
5. Referred by a work colleague

[ameet]

1. Hey! this is Amit
2. Located in McKinney, Texas (USA)
3. I am looking to connect with like minded people, learn best agile practices, staying up-to-date in era of an AI and its impact on process frameworks
4. Diversity and variety of industries that people can associate and use agile mindset
5. Via discussion with Bob Hartman for potential agile training for my org

[Rosemary Maccallum]

I’m Rosemary MacCallum – If you get to know me you’ll soon learn that one of my pet peeves is systems that don’t allow me to capitalize the 2nd C.

I live in Marietta, GA, which is in the northern part of the Atlanta metro region.

I’m here to learn about being a Product Owner. I was thrust into the position just over 2 years ago, and I found that I really like it. I’ve always played well in that weird space of being the grease between the dual cogs of tech and business. It sounds like this is an opportunity for me to get better at that role.

I don’t know that I am excited about anything in terms of ‘our’ growing community. I think it’s a bit presumptuous to assume that I have decided to join this community as an opening question. After all, I’m the newbie and I don’t know y’all. I might be just passin’ though.

I heard about the course because it was posted on the CFA DTT Connect Digital Upskilling page.

[Le Watts]

Hey y’all!

1. Le Watts – technical program (kind of like “product”) lead for our Data Consumption Program and I work with analytics visualization platforms like Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
2. Newnan, GA. A small town suburb south of Atlanta
3. I’m here to learn more about agile ways of working and product ownership.
4. Learning new things, gaining interesting perspectives from people outside my company (and inside!), and understanding what it takes to be a good product owner in an agile world.
5. My department offered it and seemed like the perfect opportunity at the perfect time.

[Jonathan Kirby]

1. Jon Kirby

2. Edmonton, AB, Canada

3. I am a product owner for a government grant management system update based on new policy and want to learn all about being a product owner and the world of agile!

4. Listening to and learning from folks around the world about their experiences in different industries and roles.

5. Good ol’ Google search, landing on the ScrumAliance.org website.

[Nicole Thorun Friedrich]

Hi everyone! I’m Nicole Thorun Friedrich, currently based in Karlstadt, Germany, though my roots are in Brazil! 🇧🇷 🇩🇪

I recently stepped into a Program Manager/Product Owner role three months ago, and I’m eager to deepen my understanding of Scrum methodologies to enhance my leadership capabilities.

I’m particularly excited about the networking opportunities within this growing community and learning from everyone’s diverse experiences.

I was fortunate to be nominated by my company to participate in this group.

Looking forward to connecting with you all!