Xennial Innovations Inc.

In my current accountability, I have been deeply immersed in the role of Community Manager for Xennial Innovations, a position that requires a unique blend of communication prowess and community-building finesse. 

My days are filled with dynamic tasks, from crafting engaging newsletters using ClickUp to keeping our growing community of developers well-informed and visually captivated, to managing the vibrant conversations within our Discord server.

One of my key responsibilities involves wielding the power of social media, particularly on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn. 

I've honed the art of developing and executing strategic social media plans to enhance our brand visibility and foster meaningful connections with our audience.

In addition to my digital endeavors, I take pride in orchestrating community events that transcend the virtual realm. Whether it's a virtual gathering or an in-person meetup, I've been the driving force behind planning, coordinating, and executing events that bring our community together.

My role extends beyond the digital space—I've become a regular face at industry meetups, conferences, and events. Attending these gatherings has not only allowed me to represent our brand but has also provided invaluable opportunities to network with like-minded individuals, industry professionals, and potential partners.

This opportunity has been a journey of growth, creativity, and proactive engagement. 

I've fostered a sense of belonging within our community, ensuring that every interaction is not just informative but also enriching. It's been a thrilling experience contributing to the evolution and success of our community, and I look forward to many more months of building connections, organizing events, and shaping a thriving digital ecosystem.

Community Manager

TechTarget

I love writing about technical topics, and writing for TechTarget and TheServerSide has given me an opportunity to learn about a wide array of technical topics, while getting the opportunity to interview and work with experts and leaders in the field.

However, writing is only part of my passion. 

The other big thing that motivates me is working hard to get my message out to as wide an audience as possible. Which is why I take Search Engine Optimization so seriously.

I have over a dozen #1 ranked articles on Google on highly competitive keywords pertaining to Java, Agile, Scrum and Cloud Computing. 

In fact, my articles often rank multiple times on the landing page of Google for competitive keywords. I will often have 3 or 4 videos on the landing page of Google's video tab. That's SEO done right!

Technical Writer and SEO Expert

IngramSpark

When I went to pursue my Scrum Master and Product Owner certifications, I realized there was a real void in the market with respect to resources that guided the learner's path. This motivated me to write and publish the Scrum Master Certification Guide, a 325 hardcover book available on Amazon and bookstores everywhere.

I would love to be able to take full credit for the book, but I simply can't. It was a true team effort in which a community of experts came together to produce a product that I'm infinitely proud of.

Pulling together a network of experts from my social media accounts, meetup groups, industry connections and even friends and family, I built a team of people who were experts on a variety of topics including:

- Content writing
- Book publishing
- Marketing
- Email campaigns
- Image editing
- Scrum and Agile knowledge

The team helped with every aspect of the book, including technical oversight of the content. Editors and contributors corrected for nuance, edited for clarity and quite often fully rewrote chapters to show me a better way to express an idea or concept.

As I said, my name is on the cover of the book, which is most humbling, because it's the team who pulled the project together that deserves the credit, and I'm forever greatful for the team's effort.

To be honest, this book is perhaps the big reason I want to work in the field of team building and community management, because I've seen the power of a highly-motivated, self-managed team, and I've seen first hand how a group of talented developers create outcomes that are exponentially greater than the sum of their individual parts.

Author of the Best Selling Scrum Master Certification Guide

Linode

The people at Linode are the greatest people you could possibly work with!

As a Developer Advocate for Linode, I have assisted the social media team in content creation, product promotion and video publishing on YouTube.

I don't want to take undue credit for Linode's success, but after publishing my first video about Docker, which spoke about Python, nginx and Java, Linode's YouTube channel quickly gained 340,000 subscribers and surpassed the million follower milestone.

(Honestly, my content really had nothing to do with that, but given the timing, I'm happy to take credit for it *smile*)

Developer Advocate

Working to promote IBM's #TodaysArchitect initiative, I helped bring awareness to the community about how the the IBM Z System mainframes can be used to help accellerate work in the areas of intensive computing, including:

- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Data Science

The engagement included the creation of video content used to promote IBM mainframes, promotion across all of my social media channels, participation in media events, outreach and content planning.

Trend Micro

If you think Trend Micro is just about anti-virus software you'd be completely wrong.

Trend Micro has expanded far beyond its humble beginnings as an OS security platform into the industry's leading internet security platform. Sometimes people need to be reminded of this fact, which is why I was recruited as a Developer Advocate to help spread the message.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

To be clear, this is not a paid position like the others listed in the 'Experience' section of LinkedIn. However, being a community builder has taught me a great deal about how online communities are built and fostered, and that's a big part of my journey, so I feel it's fair to list it here. 

The AWS Community Builder program is a community-driven initiative by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to recognize and support individuals who are passionate about AWS and actively contribute to the AWS community. 

The typical roles and activities associated with an AWS Community Builder include:

- Community Advocacy
- Content Creation
- Knowledge Sharing
- Mentorship
- Feedback Loops
- Collaboration
- Evangelism
- Continuous Learning
- Community Events
- Visibility and Recognition

The AWS Community Builders program does not constitute employment with Amazon. It is instead a community of highly motivated individuals who want to spread positivity and enthusiasm about modern technologies and new approaches to DevOps based deployments.

Community Builder

Scrumtuous Inc

Founder

Lean? Agile? Goal-oriented?

That's me, and that's why I'm here spreading my love for effective product development with Scrum and other proven techniques that work within the Scrum framework.

And how am I spreading this love?

In a variety of ways, but the one I'm most proud of is my recently published Scrum Master Certification Guide. It's a real book, over 200 pages long and available in both hardcover and softcover on Amazon.

The feedback and reviews have been great so far, and it really warms my heart when I get messages from people telling me it helped them learn Scrum, get Agile and of course, gain a coveted PSM, PSPO or CSM designation.

I'm also very active on Twitter and YouTube.

I'm up above 250,000 followers on Twitter, and I think I've posted close to 100 videos about DevOps, cloud computing, Java programming, Python development and of course Agile and Scrum on my YouTube channel.

I've also been honored to work as a developer advocate with incredible and amazing companies including:

- Linode
- Xennial Innovations
- IBM and;
- Trend Micro

It's honestly quite humbling to be associated at all with such amazing leaders in the industry.

I'd love it if you both followed me on LinkedIn and connected.

I'm just at the start of my journey, and I'm excited to see where it all leads. 

Let's build something great together, and let's do it publicly!

I absolutely love talking about the challenges I face and the successes I've enjoyed with other like-minded and highly-motivated individuals. So let's share!

Darcy DeClute

Integrity Inspired Solutions

I share the responsibility of running a terrific custom software development company.  I get to collaborate with some of the brightest, passionate, empathetic, and hilarious developers in the Kansas City area.  I get to meet new people and help them come up with ways that software can help with business problems or make them some money in the open market.  I get to coach teams and organizations on how to work in Lean and Agile methodologies that actually work in the real world.  I get to architect and code new systems.  Sometimes I have to do things I don't like as well, but I hear that's true for most people.  I get to use a wide array of technical, problem-solving, marketing, and teaching/coaching skills alongside people who bring me joy in my work, and it's hard to imagine another place where I could do all of that.

Co-Owner

Netchemia, a PeopleAdmin Company

I'm not 100% sure that's the right job title, but at Netchemia, I got to write .NET code on some very innovative software that helped American education.  I got to help different developer teams use Kanban and various agile tools and techniques to improve their flow, their processes, their metrics, and sometimes told good jokes.  I got to look for efficiencies in our production and coordinate with our Product Manager on what features we could get out the door for the most impact.  I got to enjoy the company of passionate, like-minded, entrepreneurial individuals.  I smoked a cigar on the porch several times a week.  Great place and great experience.

Project Development Manager

Valorem Reply

I worked in the Microsoft stack developing applications primarily to assist Microsoft themselves.  I worked mostly in .NET both on web-based applications and Excel automation to generate metrical tools for the Office 365 sales team.  I also brought Kanban to my team of devs, and we used it to coordinate our workflow.

Solutions Architect

AdventureTech

I worked in a wide array of .NET technologies, databases, and even mainframes for a variety of clients solving a variety of problems - from apps to manage the business of financial institutions to multi-vendor e-commerce platforms.  This is where I cut my consulting teeth and really began my learning in Lean methodologies collaborating with some of the top notch Agile thought leaders in Kansas City.

Senior Consultant

Cyberclick Marketing

This was an intensive time to grow as an architect (under the leadership of one of the best architects I've ever met) and as a .NET developer, working on a high volume, real-time transactional application that moved money and data around from many locations at high speeds according to the dynamic application of complex business rules.  Working on this system helped me grow in not only my .NET skills, but also problem-solving in the domains of parallelism, multi-threading, fault tolerance, and neural networks.  I got to work with an amazing group of people that I still keep tabs on to this day and have continued to work with them in various ways over the years.

Senior Developer

KeyBank Real Estate Capital

I bounced back and forth a little to KeyBank both as a contractor and as an FTE, which is why the span of years overlaps with other engagements.  KeyBank is where I began to put my .NET, SQL Server, and LINQ skills to practical use working on commercial real estate loan and private equity apps.  At this stage of software technology, doing things like AJAX in Internet Explorer was still a really big deal, requiring doing things with JavaScript that humankind was never meant to do.  It was here that I first became a Certified Scrum Master, beginning my journey into agile methodologies.

Burns & McDonnell

Co-lead, actually, with another fine gentleman who was hired at the same time.  Burns & Mac was growing a software engineering group to do project work for clients, and I was hired as a lead for that group.  I worked on such diverse apps as software to manage military training engagements to edge device photography of water levels.  This was primarily Microsoft stack technologies, including various report-writing techs (Crystal Reports, SSRS, Kronos).  I also built out some things in SharePoint at this time.  Along with the other co-lead, I was a primary architect for the apps we built.

Lead Developer

Centriq Training

I love to teach and coach - doesn't matter the subject.  This job gave me an opportunity to do this on a wide variety of technical topics, software packages, certification tracks, and career-changer bootcamps.  I taught hundreds of students, some of whom might be working for you right now (I hope they're good!). I always did side projects in the technologies I taught so I could bring practical experience to my students and not simply book knowledge.  Along with the skillset that comes from teaching and the technologies, themselves, this job honed my ability to learn fast, as it was not uncommon for someone to request a class on short notice on a technology I did not know, and I had to come up to professional-grade knowledge of it in a week or two.

Lead Instructor

BigEdison

My first real job as a software developer!  I learned ASP and PHP, bringing server-side tech to my existing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge.  I also learned Flash, multimedia streaming, webcams, and proprietary fish-eye photography technology that could create interactive, 360 degree photos for virtual tours.  I built websites ranging from print and decal companies to local radio celebrities as well as constructed virtual tours for well-known locations all over the Kansas City area.

Web Developer

Covenant College

The job title makes it sound like I was at a desk dealing with paperwork and phones most of the day, but I was an assistant in the college's physical plant, which meant such diverse activities as: building locks and installing them, grinding keys for said locks, freeing college students trapped in elevators, hanging doors on new buildings, testing fire suppression systems, maintaining the college's fleet, checking for gas leaks and wiring failures (ideally not in the same place), selecting construction vendors, and listening to people who were angry about their parking tickets.

At first glance, this might not seem to have much bearing on a primarily software-development career (except for dealing with the angry, stressed out people), but I think it's good to know that, if push comes to shove, your software developer could get you out of a trapped elevator with his bare hands and a wrench.

Administrative Assistant

I love to help companies grow into faster, leaner, more predictable, and more humane ways of working. Increasing production, being more responsive to the market, and making your company a great place to work are not mutually exclusive goals but rather go hand in hand.  On top of that, I can send you a team of software developers to build out your product and show you how it's done (if you're a company that needs software built - otherwise that would be weird).

I do this by helping you discover how lean and agile principles can work in your organization, your industry, with your particular situation.

I've worked for many different organizations as a programmer, consultant, or coach, and always a leader. If you're in the Kansas City area, I might be doing work for your company right now! Have you checked? Come downstairs and say hi!

Through my experiences, I've learned and continue to learn some things about myself that may interest you:

- I can help companies in any vertical from tiny startups to global enterprises of 15k+ employees and 29 billion+ in equity.

- I can put together a top notch software development team who can execute predictably, swiftly, and responsively on projects ranging from internal line-of-business apps to products on the open market.

- I can transform great ideas into safe, measurable, and accomplishable product plans.

I’ve gotten where I am today because of the great people I know who challenge, teach, and encourage me each day. Feel free to connect with me to have fun conversations about Lean/Agile, Kanban, software development, or Filipino Martial Arts (I teach a class on it).

Professional Skills 
Lean Consulting | Agile Consulting | Software Development | Programming | Software Architecture | Product Planning | Domain-Driven Design | Kanban | Scrum | Project Management | Teaching | Coaching

Philip Ledgerwood

I help companies use AI securely & purposefully | AI Consultant | Software Developer | Professional LinkedIn Gadfly

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