Rick Waters, Cst Email & Phone Number

Lead Scrum Trainer, Lead Dysfunction Mapping Trainer, Business Lead, Marketing Lead, Website Creator, Content Creator...I do almost everything around here:)

As a small business owner, I understand the difficulties of deciding what to focus on next. I struggle with Value-Based Prioritization and Technical Dependency Ordering, just like every Product Owner. Since 2018, I've trained and certified thousands of Certified ScrumMasters and Certified Scrum Product Owners. Because of my focus on Scrum Mastery, I also.

Westminster, Colorado, US

Podcasting Agile discussions that tie back to the Chicago Agile community.

FL, US

Classes I teach:Certified Scrum Master (CSM)Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)Fundamentals of Enterprise ScrumFundamentals of ScrumFundamentals of Kanban SystemsCertified Business Agility Coach (CBAC)Kanban SystemsAgile Boot CampFundamentals of Product Ownership

Atlanta, Georgia, US

New York, NY, US

Northbrook, IL, US

ScrumMaster:Acting as an interim servant leader for a new Scrum Team, I facilitated Scrum events, quickly resolved team members' impediments, championed continual improvement, trained and advised product owners, and new ScrumMasters.Agile Coach:As a member of the Agile Working Team, I worked on and with an extremely talented team of leaders within Allstate.

Deerfield, IL, US

While acting in the role of the Scrum Master for one software development team (facilitating Scrum ceremonies, helping to remove impediments, resolving conflicts among and between teams and team members, and championing continuous improvement), I mentor other Scrum Masters and help new Product Owners to adapt to their new roles. I also confer with.

Mclean, VA, US

As part of a team of passionate Agile Coaches, I assisted in the Agile adoption of Capital One's development teams. We are implementing Scrum, and Kanban in the SAFe framework.This engagement includes non-certification based training in Scrum Basics, User Story Writing, Kanban Process, and Process Flow Mapping; role coaching (Scrum Master, BSA and Product.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

Agile CoachAs an Agile Coach I have taught various classes, to include the Intermediate Product Owner, Scrum For Teams, Scrum Master Essentials and Intermediate Scrum Master classes. I have also led the Basic User Story, Intermediate User Story, Advanced Acceptance Criteria, and Kanban Integration workshops. I have coached and advised Scrum and Kanban.

As partner, co-founder, and co-organizer of the East Coast's largest free furniture exposition, I helped cultivate an exhibitor base, build a large online following, and provide the show with exceptional crowd-drawing talent.This non-profit's goal is to promote up-and-coming furniture makers, acquaint them with custom furniture enthusiasts/buyers, and.

Podcast: A podcast for beginning woodworkers, by beginning woodworkers. Making the craft less intimidating and less ambiguous.Non-Profit: The Sawdust Chronicles Specifically is actively involved in providing local youth organizations such as the Boy/Girl/Cub Scouts, Park District programs, grade schools, 4-H Youth Development Programs, etc with.

The Splintered Board Podcast provides approximately 3000 listeners (as of September 2009) with a regular update on my adventures in being a beginning woodworker with the goal of becoming an accomplished furniture designer and recognized woodworker.

Quality Assurance professional with 12+ years experience in manual testing, developing proprietary automated tools, writing test plans and test scripts in such industries as ERP/CRM, Energy Distribution, Securities Trading.

Chicago, Illinois, US

As a Senior Engineer, I have been a contributing developer, creating a Python-based automated test system to verify exchange gateways before they are deployed.As a Quality Engineer, I was a leading developer and contributing architect to a VB.NET-based test automation system that verified an API used by customers to create custom front-ends for automated.

Chicago, IL, US

ExelonCreated test approach, test procedure, and test matrix documents for a wide area power network grid management system. Executed test procedures and data verification. Led project meetings with client developers. Hyperfeed Inc. Assisted in the development of a custom automation test tool that utilized DOS batch scripts, VB Scripts, and Excel VBA.

London, GB

Developed and maintained 1000’s of VBS-based unit tests. Led process reviews with project manager. Excelled as the sole QA Analyst supporting a development team of 10-12 programmers. Created and managed a VBA-based custom Outlook defect tracking application. Authored release documentation, minimum technical requirements, installation documentation, and.

Labor Resource Manager – Met daily with the development team to design and implement manual test plans. Created and implemented all test plans. Conducted on-site software and hardware usage training courses for new customers. Presented future version enhancements to current customers at annual user group conferences. Provided first, second and third-line.

Washington, DC, US

Perform soils density tests, soils analysis, manual and automated ground surveying, manual and computer aided drafting (CAD).

Arlington, Virginia, US

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Intercept, translate, analyze foreign military communications. Brief command on current regional situations and threat analysis. Participate in SOT-A and SOT-B (Special Operation Team - Alpha/Bravo) team activities/training.Security Clearance: Top Secret - SCI (1992 - 1999)

B.S., Computer Science, Networking

Basic Czech Linguist, Czech Language, Translation, Military Doctrine, History, Culture