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

Sole Trader

Small sole trader business offering awesome training, mentoring and coaching to anyone that is open to learn what agile is really about.  I focus on helping my customers recognise bad agile and how to succeed.

Professional Scrum Trainer, Sole Trader

Scrum.org

► What is Scrum?
https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum

► What is your training style?
Engaging participants in conversations and allowing them to share. No boring lectures or death by powerpoint

► Do you run private courses?
Yes, I can run in-house training for your teams at very good rates. Contact me to chat about different options.

► This is what Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum) said about me?
Brett is a member of the Scrum.org community of trainers and consultants. To become a member, he had to prove his knowledge of agile practices, Scrum, software development, and agile project management. He also had to demonstrate deep experience using this knowledge to help others create valuable software solutions. Brett demonstrates Scrum values daily, showing courage, commitment, openness, focus, and respect for others. It will be a lucky organization that works with Brett. 
Ken Schwaber, CEO, Scrum.org; and Scrum co-creator - November 26, 2013 

► Virtual or Classroom?
It depends.   The feedback I get is that virtual training spread over a few days is more effective and preferred and my preference too.  It is cheaper too.

Professional Scrum Trainer

Scrum On

Scrum On helps companies succeed in adopting agile.  Our speciality is working with medium to large companies that build complex products.   

➤ What do we do?
Using our own 7-step Dumb Scrum strategy, we introduce various agile practices into your company. We take a two-pronged bottom-up (team) and top-down (management) approach that guarantees success.

➤ What makes us different?
Most agile coaches jump in and work with development teams only and quickly run into organisational challenges.  Adopting an agile method is a massive change to an organisation.  Success depends heavily on having a bold vision and a robust strategy to reach that vision.  Business leadership or agile leadership is vital.  Our 7-step Dumb Scrum strategy targets leaders and helps them become effective agile leaders.

Professional Scrum Trainer, Business Owner

Australian Football League

•	Deliver superior coaching and introduce agile practices to the AFL Media development teams responsible for the AFL website and club web sites.  
•	Train, mentor, and motivate Product Owners on release planning, backlog management, requirement authoring and maximizing value; past efforts saw development teams introduced to Scrum and other agile practices to support to process change.  
•	Orchestrate meetings such as Product Council with external stakeholders, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives.
•	Spearhead release planning; establish thinking in product ‘value’.  
•	Head conflict resolution and deescalate any worker grievances.
•	Promote continuous improvement culture.  
•	Partner with leadership in understanding agile practices and values.  
•	Lead measurement and certify progress of agile transformation.  
•	Integrate new development practices to the teams, including BDD, pair programming, ALM tooling, better development environments.  
•	Minimize cycle time from 16 days to 1.65 days.

Agile Coach

Readify

•	Appointed as a senior consultant initially, with a leading Microsoft Solution Provider that has many accolades.  
•	Promoted to a principal consultant, a very senior position in 2011.  
•	Provided expert consultative advising at different client sites and offering solutions on Microsoft Technologies.  
•	Liaised with customer relationship management, pre-sales and solution designs for projects; 60% of function is allocated to practical work allowing the opportunity to garner real world experience when recommending solutions.
•	Directed all Scrum Training as Scrum Master; coached teams and other Scrum Master, Consulting on agile practices.  
•	Introduced Application Lifecycle Management and practices to better support high performance teams.

Principal Consultant

No Inc Digital Consulting

•	Hired as a contract consultant to various NID clients; applied skills by guiding clients through technology choices to bolster process effectiveness.
•	Assisted clients in setting up standards and lifecycles for the development teams.  
•	Served as primary point of contact for several development teams and worked with executives and stakeholders.  
•	Employed expertise in utilizing SharePoint, BizTalk, C#, CRM.
•	Architected and designed a large enterprise solution for a bureau in the property industry.  
•	Systemized processes for hundreds of users with high volumes of transactions.  
•	Carried out myriad roles including business analysis, team lead, project management, design, architecture, mentoring.

System Architect

Bytes People Solutions

•	Joined Bytes as a Microsoft Certified Trainer presenting technical and high level courses on Microsoft products; courses focused on SharePoint development, BizTalk, SQL Server, Advanced C# and .NET and more. 
•	Optimized knowledge on bleeding edge technologies that were emerging at the time.  
•	Presented many relevant and engaging courses on behalf of Microsoft South Africa.

Senior System Instructor

Innergize Coaching (Pty) Ltd

•	Launched business presenting workshops and seminars to the corporate environment dealing with solutions to common business problems such as Stress Management, Productivity and corporate flexibility (now agility).  
•	Controlled cash flow portion of the business up by consulting on SQL, BizTalk, SOA, C#.

Consultant \ Architect \ Coach

Galencia (Pty) Ltd

•	Contracted architect to design and lead a development team to build as product in the freight industry.  
•	Piloted business analysis, technical analysis, requirement gathering and system architecture.  
•	Collaborated with external partners and government departments.  
•	Executed all functions of this senior position to design, develop, manage and deploy a new system.

Architect

AST: Client Telkom SA (Ltd)

•	Selected as a member of the Enterprise Application Integration Team (EAI) within Telkom to assist with the integration of Telkom SA systems.  
•	Defined system integration through analytics; carried out development requirement when recourses were scarce. 
•	Charted successful path for the Telkom EAI team; followed a strong development life cycle with much documentation and analysis prior to development.

Consultant \ Architect

➤ Looking for my resume?➤ 
Just so you know, this is not my resume.  Please reach out to me if you would like it.

➤ Is agile and Scrum failing you?➤ 
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If you are facing some of these challenges:
▸Not sure where to start
▸Finding Agile frustrating and not meeting your expectations
▸It is not going too well
▸Same old boring routine and not growing
▸Not sure how to be a better Agile Leader, Scrum Master or Product Owner 
▸Agile and Scrum is not much better than it was before
▸Applying Scrum in a waterfall way
▸Low leadership support

These are what we call Zombie Scrum, and many companies experience one or more of these challenges. Adopting Scrum is a large organisational change and needs to a strategy.  I mentor agile leaders and Scrum Masters using a proven 7 sage strategy that enables success.

Connect and ask me how the strategy could help you.

➤ New to Scrum?
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Learn Scrum the right way as initially intended by co-creator Ken Schwaber.  You can find all https://www.scrum.org/courses.

Connect about courses or career path questions.

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Being a Scrum Master is much more than a 2-day course and a simple assessment. I train, coach and mentor Scrum Masters with our Elite Scrum Coach program.  This program is for may be for you if you want to stand out and make a difference.

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✉ brett@scrum-on.com.au

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