Scott Killen

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Agile Leader, Coach, Mentor and Trainer @ Agile Austin
3908 Hyridge Drive, Austin,TX 78759,United States
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A self-motivated, results-oriented, and tenacious professional possessing technical depth, a strong affinity for Quality Assurance and a trophy case of project management successes. PMI and ASQ certified, with an ability to manage all aspects of the software development process from a twinkle-in-the-eye to final release. A recognized public speaker. A heat-seeking problem solver.Specialties: Project Management (PM) PM best practices PM introduction Process automation Process engineering Process introductionSoftware automation SDLCSQA best practicesTool buildingChange managementConsensus building / Conflict resolutionDirecting PMs Effective communicationEffective hiringDev management QA managementResearchOutsourcing management Product engineering Product maintenance Product test Public presentationsUnderstanding complex technologies

Scott Killen's Current Company Details
Agile Austin

Agile Austin

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Agile Leader, Coach, Mentor and Trainer
3908 Hyridge Drive, Austin,TX 78759,United States
Website:
agileaustin.org
Employees:
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Scott Killen Work Experience Details
  • Agile Austin
    Founder And First President
    Agile Austin Mar 2007 - Present
    I founded Agile Austin, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to support the practices of agile software development as set forth in the Agile Manifesto. Subsequently I served as President for the first three formative years as the organization grew from nothing to over 130 members and a full complement of programs including workshops, book discussion groups, Executive Luncheons, an open space conference, an expert consultancy, monthly meetings, and more. During this period I also guided the organization to obtain 501c6 non-profit status. I've also served as Education Chair. In this position, I was responsible for Agile Austin's educational programs, including, Austin Community College classes, book discussion group administration, workshops, agile exchange, and other educational programs. In addition, I've been chair of the Keep Austin Agile regional conference and I now serve the organization as its Treasurer.
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  • Netspend
    Enterprise Agile Coach
    Netspend Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
    Austin, Texas Area
    As Enterprise Agile Coach I was responsible for coaching, mentoring and training agile teams, management and leaders. During my tenure at Netspend I introduced Big Room Planning, monthly agile training seminars, and focused skills development activities for Product Owners and Scrum Masters. In addition I facilitated several agile Community of Practices meetings for Product Owners and Scrum Masters and facilitated the corporate Agile Guiding Coalition that set overarching agile policies.
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  • Paypal
    Agile Practice Leader
    Paypal Jul 2009 - Jun 2019
    As Agile Practice Leader I am responsible for training, coaching and guiding Agile teams at PayPal. To this end I have trained over 700 people in basic and advanced agile concepts. In addition I have coached dozens of teams. I also have responsiblity for developing and socializing PayPal's strategy to be a more agile corporation and defining what it means to be agile at PayPal.
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  • Paypal
    Global Ops. Sr. Project Manager
    Paypal Apr 2008 - Jun 2009
    Sr. Project Manager working on project to bring a new service platform to PayPal customer service agents.
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  • Md Totco
    Program Manager
    Md Totco Oct 2006 - Oct 2007
    I manage software development projects that implement drilling rig monitoring software.
  • Cybertrader Inc.
    Director Of Process Strategy
    Cybertrader Inc. Aug 2004 - Jan 2006
    CyberTrader's "Guru" of Software Development Lifecycle process improvement and tools. Managed the assessment and introduction of capacity planning in CyberTrader’s 700+ server data center. When complete, CyberTrader engineers gained real-time visibility into server performance and monthly capacity reports provided early-warning of performance issues.
  • Cybertrader Inc.
    Director Of Technical Project Management
    Cybertrader Inc. May 2002 - Jul 2004
    Developed a three tier time-to-market based project management system. The system facilitated very rapid response to production defects, timely responses to regulatory demands, and delivery of larger scale feature oriented project releases timed to seasonal trade shows. Introduced defect tracking, build management, workflow management, software development process engineering, technology documentation, Word/Excel/Outlook/Access helper tools, and technology training seminars. Built and managed a team of five project managers from scratch to coordinate development and delivery of all client facing products as well as dozens of different server components in a highly networked, 800+ server data center. Developed and deployed a project management website that included near real-time project status on all projects, architecture diagrams, process descriptions, project mail logs and how-to links. Managed the project to outsource Quality Assurance and Test to Russia.
  • Vignette, Inc
    Sr. Project Manager
    Vignette, Inc 1999 - 2001
    Commercially delivered Storyserver 5 for AIX and fulfilled term of the IBM partnership contract by directing a team of twenty-five contractors and employees in successful seven month development effort. Founded the “maintenance” project and delivered timely product updates by introducing processes and tools to manage delivery along with metric collection and analysis. Simultaneously managed the Development Center, Application Deployment Server, and Syndication Server projects to a synchronized release with the flagship product. Smoothly relocated six hundred engineers into a new development facility as one of a collaborative team of project managers, each with dedicated responsibilities. Managed the home office side of a project to create a development lab in India.
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  • Autotester Inc
    Architect / Project Manager
    Autotester Inc 1987 - 1999
    Managed, from concept to release, a twenty-member team to add groundbreaking new technology into the AutoTester SAP load test engine, resulting in a clear competitive advantage in performance and capability. Directed all phases of a twenty-member development project that resulted in the release of the award winning AutoTester/2000, a Y2K test tool. Managed project that delivered the Internet business logic test tool, AutoTester/Web, on time and to requirements. Managed a five member local project team and coordinated with remote partner’s project team to develop AutoTester Client/Server, Visual Smalltalk Enterprise Edition.
  • Autotester
    Sr. Software Eng. / Lead Architect
    Autotester 1978 - 1986
    Ported AutoTester for Windows to 16-bit OS/2 and then to 32-bit OS/2.Built device drivers, device monitors, and messaging hooks to record and playback keystrokes in the OS/2 Presentation Manager. Built a HLLAPI terminal emulation program to test OS/2 GUI based 3270 emulators. Created a Virtual Memory Management system that significantly reduced the memory footprint of AutoTester as a TSR program.Designed a table-driven keyboard BIOS system that reduced the development costs of adding support for proprietary terminal emulation software. Engineered an interrupt driven keystroke playback system to automate applications that directly replaced the keyboard handler.Built one of the first screen capture/playback systems to “film” screen activity and then “project” it back Created one of the first truly stable, always available, TSR interfaces for DOS.Sold my proprietary automation tool to SRC for cash and options. Was hired as principal engineer in firm.
  • Self Employment
    Sr. Software Engineer
    Self Employment 1976 - 1986
    Designed and built "The Exhibitionist", a pioneering software automation system directed at the IBM PC market and which led directly to my position at Software Recording Corporation. Created the "SeaWar", real-time, full-screen war simulation program, then licensed it to CompuServe as one of the first commercial, multiplayer games offered via a national network.
  • Execucom Systems Corp
    Software Design Engineer
    Execucom Systems Corp Jul 1978 - Jun 1985
    Designed Help and Error Handling in the InfoWorld-award-winning MindSight, a Macintosh version of IFPS. Built the IFPS/Personal full screen editor, which grossed over one million dollars in its first three months. Created the Sentry data entry and validation system, a product that grossed $700K its first year on the market. Enhanced and maintained the Interactive Financial Planning System (IFPS),. provided customer support, ported the software to new environments and established installation procedures that reduced servicing costs.
  • Tracor Inc.
    Physical Systems Modeling Engineer
    Tracor Inc. Oct 1976 - Jul 1978
    Mathematical modeling of chaff cloud deformation during atmospheric reentry. Simulated antenna vaporization and performance degradation of dipoles in proximity to nuclear blasts. Mapped surface topologies for glass missile covers.

Scott Killen Skills

Agile Methodologies Sdlc Software Development Software Project Management Quality Assurance Program Management Scrum Cloud Computing Leadership Project Management Business Process Management Agile Project Management Requirements Analysis Training Testing Strategy Change Management Process Improvement Software Design Software Engineering Business Analysis Integration Analysis Software Documentation Team Building Product Management Web Applications Linux Sql Microsoft Sql Server Software Development Life Cycle Business Process Improvement Databases

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