Highlights of experience relevant to technical teams:

• Trained as a Computer Scientist (undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and graduate degree from Stanford)
• Worked as a developer on numerous software development projects
• Recognized expert in Object-Oriented Technology
• Developed an object-oriented analysis and design methodology (called Object Behavior Analysis)
• Co-author, along with Adele Goldberg, of the book Succeeding with Objects: Decision Frameworks for Project Management.
• Author of over 30 publications on topics ranging from managing object-oriented projects, object-oriented analysis and design, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
• One of the earliest adopters and long-time user of the Smalltalk development system, which enabled the first Scrum projects in the early 1990s
• Trained over 5,000 developers in object-oriented development
• Trained over 3,000 people in project management
• Presented tutorials, workshops and papers at over 100 conferences and to companies on six continents
• Fulfilled the role of ScrumMaster on numerous projects
• Fulfilled the role of Product Owner on numerous projects
• Act as Agile Coach to several companies who are adopting Agile

Highlights of experience relevant to executive teams:

• 20 years of business experience with both large-public as well as pre-IPO software companies
• Held a variety of senior level positions including: CEO, COO, VP of Engineering, VP Commercial Development, VP Business Development, VP Sales, VP Marketing, VP of Product Management, and VP Professional Services
• Held Board of Director positions at two companies
• Have developed and executed many software business plans ranging from company-wide to project specific
• Managed a 130 consulting group at IBM that developed large distributed object systems for banks, insurance companies, petroleum companies
• Have developed numerous strategic and go-to-market plans