Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist at VersionOne
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist at VersionOne
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- Founder and CEO at Hope Springs Christian School
- Sr. Project Manager, Agile Coach and Process Mentor at CheckFree
- Project Manager at John H. Harland
- Education
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- University of Florida
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Mike Cottmeyer’s Summary
Agile Project Coach, Process Methodologist, PMP Certified Project Manager, Certified ScrumMaster
Skilled at enterprise portfolio management, program management, and project managment. Able to leverage traditional and adaptive project management methodologies to establish high performing project cultures. I deliver results through team building, accountability, and creating environments that empower individuals to deliver.
Co-developed an industry first Agile Project Leadership qualification in partnership with the DSDM consortium (UK) and GoAgile (Denmark). Certified at APL foundation, practitioner, and examiner.
Founder of APLN Atlanta, member of the Agile Alliance, member of PMI, member of PMI Atlanta, and a member of the PMI-ISSIG. Honorary member of the DSDM Consortium.
Upcoming speaking engagements: SQE Better Software Conference in Vegas, Agile 2009 in Chicago, Agile Development Practices in Orlando, and Oredev 2009 in Sweden.
Past speaking engagements: Agile Edge in Washington DC, Agile 2008 in Toronto, Agile Business Conference in London, SQE Better Software Agile Development Practices in Orlando, and the Vancouver Agile Conference in Vancouver.
Local speaking engagements: PMI Alpharetta Luncheon, PMI Agile panel, Atlanta Scrum Users Group, Agile Atlanta, Thomson Technologies, LexisNexis (ChoicePoint), and Turner Broadcasting
Mike Cottmeyer’s Specialties:
Agile Project Leadership, Scrum, Rational Unified Process, DSDM, Traditional Project Managment (PMP), Teamwork, Collaboration, Mentoring and Process Facilitation
Mike Cottmeyer’s Experience
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Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist
VersionOne
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
VersionOne is the leading provider of agile project management software for the agile community. We help companies simplify software delivery through lightweight agile tools that support agile development practices.
My role is to travel around the country helping teams learn how to use the VersionOne suite of applications. We help companies better understand their organizational structure and how they can best implement our software within their particular context. I am passionate about Agile methodologies and write and speak on these topics every chance I get.
Upcoming speaking engagements: PMI Atlanta Luncheon Series, Atlanta, GA; SQE Better Software Conferences, Las Vegas NV
Past speaking engagements: Agile Edge in Washington DC, Agile 2008 in Toronto Canada, Agile Business Conference in London England, SQE Better Software Agile Development Practices in Orlando, and the Vancouver Agile Conference in Vancouver Canada. -
Founder and CEO
Hope Springs Christian School
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2004 — May 2009 (4 years 10 months)
President of a small private Christian school located in Suwanee, GA. We are a Georgia non-profit corporation committed to excellence in education, small class sizes, and teaching to the individual needs of your kids.
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Sr. Project Manager, Agile Coach and Process Mentor
CheckFree
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years)
Senior level strategic project manager. Responsible for delivering high risk, high value projects for the online banking and bill payment industry. As an Agile coach and process mentor, responsible for helping teams create the collaborative environments necessary for delivering in the face of uncertainty. I worked with teams to tailor process to fit their culture and organizational needs.
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Project Manager
John H. Harland
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; JH; Financial Services industry)
1997 — 2005 (8 years)
Started at Harland to manage their Lotus Notes infrastructure as a Messaging Architect. Moved into Project Management and managed a portfolio of web development and infrastructure projects in support of new business opportunities. Responsible for all facets of the project management and systems development lifecycles.
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Network Engineer
Arthur Andersen
(Internet industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Part of a team that managed the network infrastructure for the Atlanta office. Supported Lotus Notes, NT and Novell Servers, MS-SQL Database, and various aspects of the physical network infrastructure.
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Systems Engineer
EDS
(Public Company; Internet industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years)
Participated in Systems Engineering Development Program. Part of a team that managed the network infrastructure for the Buick City Assembly plant in Flint, MI and then later at the Doraville Assembly plant in Doraville, GA. Supported Lotus Notes and Novell Servers, and various aspects of the physical network infrastructure. Did a little light development work in Visual Basic and Crystal Reports.
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Network Support
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Networking industry)
September 1990 — September 1992 (2 years 1 month)
Supported early versions of OS/2 and DOS server operating systems, Token Ring and Ethernet networks. Supported IBM's dealer network providing support for techs onsite.
Mike Cottmeyer’s Education
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University of Florida
BSCEN , Computer Engineering , 1988 — 1993
Go Gators!
- Activities and Societies:
- Local Chapter ACM President 92-93
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Mike Cottmeyer’s Interests:
Guitar, Hiking, Camping, Boy Scouts, Biking, Education, Collaborative Leadership
Mike Cottmeyer’s Honors:
Board member APLN, Honorary member of the DSDM Consortium
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