Edward Scotcher

Current

• Senior Agile Project Manager at BBC
• Founder & CEO at Africa Gathering
• Owner at Moamba

Past

• Agile Coach at Conchango
• Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master at Conchango
• Trainer/Consultant at BBC World Service Trust

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Online Media

Edward Scotcher’s Summary

Agile Coach & highly experienced Agile project manager (Certified Scrum Master & Certified Scrum Practitioner) with extensive experience in broadcasting, media, research & development, online education, distance learning, not for profit sector, commercial sector.

I have grown in to Agile Coaching and Agile Project Management organically, starting my career as a web developer and moving in to editorial work thereafter producing large websites & applications. This allows me to have an excellent understanding of technical project management, BA & consultancy work as well as leadership and team & client management skills - as a result I have an unusually well tuned, effective management relationship with my teams.

Previously I have worked with the following technologies:
HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Django, ASP, PHP, SQL, mySQL

Editorial skills:
Writing for the web, editing, content research, development & production. Writing and delivering online and face to face training courses.

Media and broadcast skills:
Video editing, audio editing, compression, streaming, DRM, rights, managing contributors, digital production.

Edward Scotcher’s Specialties:

Project Management skills:
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), RUP, Feature Driven Development, eXtreme programming, TFD, TDD, User Acceptance Testing, User Requirements Gathering. Technical, managerial and customer liaison. Managing staff, budget management up to £2m.

BA skills:
Analytical thinking, consultancy, analysis, collaborative working, influencing and persuading, managing relationships, planning and organising, strategic thinking.