Mike Cottmeyer

Current

Vice President and Southeast Region General Manager at Pillar Technology

Past

Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist at VersionOne
Founder and CEO at Hope Springs Christian School
Sr. Project Manager and Agile Coach at CheckFree

Project Manager at John H. Harland
Network Engineer at Arthur Andersen
Systems Engineer at EDS
Network Support at IBM

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Education

University of Florida

Recommended

7 people have recommended Mike

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mike Cottmeyer’s Summary

Enterprise portfolio management, program management, and project management professional. 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 and founder of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

Upcoming speaking engagements: PMI Global Congress in Orlando, Agile Development Practices in Orlando, and Oredev 2009 in Sweden.

Past speaking engagements: SQE Better Software Conference in Vegas, Agile 2009 in Chicago, 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 Management (PMP), Teamwork, Collaboration, Mentoring and Process Facilitation

Mike Cottmeyer’s Experience

Vice President and Southeast Region General Manager

Pillar Technology

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

Currently building an agile transformation practice in the Southeast and beyond.
Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist

VersionOne

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2007 — September 2009 (1 year 10 months)

VersionOne is the leading provider of agile project management software for the agile community. They help companies simplify software delivery through lightweight agile tools that support agile development practices.

My role was to travel around the country helping teams learn how to use the VersionOne suite of applications. I helped companies better understand their organizational structures and how they can best implement the VersionOne software within their particular context.
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.
Sr. Project Manager and Agile Coach

CheckFree

(Public Company; FISV; Financial Services 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.
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.
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.
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.
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

University of Florida

BSCEN , Computer Engineering , 1988 — 1993

Go Gators!

Activities and Societies:

Local Chapter ACM President 92-93

Additional Information

Mike Cottmeyer’s Interests:

Guitar, Hiking, Camping, Boy Scouts, Biking, Education, Collaborative Leadership

Mike Cottmeyer’s Groups:

Agile Atlanta, APLN, Agile Atlanta, APLN Atlanta, PMI, PMI Atlanta, PMI-ISSIG, DSDM Consortium

Agile Project Management
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
APLN
Agile Alliance
Agilistas
Scrum Practitioners
UF Alumni & Friends
EDS Alumni
Network with Gators
Agile Project Management Group
Agile Project Managers
Agile
Agile Coaching
Agile Enthusiast
Agile Atlanta User Group
CheckFree Alumni
John H. Harland Co. Alumni
Agile CMMI
Lean Software & Systems Consortium
Atlanta Business Networking
Social Media Marketing Network