Mike Cottmeyer

Mike Cottmeyer

Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist at VersionOne

Greater Atlanta Area

Current
  • Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist at VersionOne
  • President at Hope Springs Christian School
Past
  • Sr. Project Manager, Agile Coach and Process Mentor at CheckFree
  • Project Manager at John H. Harland
  • Network Engineer at Arthur Andersen
  • Systems Engineer at EDS
  • Network Support at IBM
Education
  • University of Florida
Connections
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Industry
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Mike Cottmeyer’s Summary

Agile Project Coach, Process Mentor, 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.

Board member and current Treasurer of APLN, 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.

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

  • Product Consultant and Agile Evangelist

    VersionOne

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2007Present (8 months)

    I travel around the country training customers on how to use the VersionOne suite of applications. I 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.

  • President

    Hope Springs Christian School

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    2004Present (4 years)

    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. This is a volunteer post.

  • Sr. Project Manager, Agile Coach and Process Mentor

    CheckFree

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2005December 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)

    19972005 (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)

    19961997 (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)

    19931996 (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 1990September 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, 19881993

    Go Gators!

    Activities and Societies:
    Local Chapter ACM President 92-93

Additional Information

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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 member
  •    Delta JetSetter Club member
  •    APLN member
  •    Agile Alliance member
  •    Agilistas member
  •    Scrum Practitioners member
  •    Agile Project Management Group member
  •    Agile Coaching member
  •    Agile Enthusiast member

Mike Cottmeyer’s Honors:

Board member APLN, Honorary member of the DSDM Consortium


Mike Cottmeyer’s Contact Settings

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