Background, Certifications & Training

My certifications, training and more.

Agile Certifications & Training

3 Certifications: CSP, CSM & CSPO.
Certified in the Agile software development Scrum framework with Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) credentials, which focus on team facilitation, and a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) credential, which focuses on product management. View the certifications on my Scrum Alliance profile.
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): Attended the complete 4 day Implementing SAFe course, which covers all of the SAFe details including courseware from Leading SAFe and Implementing SAFe.

2 Certifications: CCP & IBM PM.
IBM Project Management trained and certified, which is based on PMI’s PMP program.
Completed some courses in the Stanford Advanced Project Management certificate program at Stanford University focusing on portfolio management, program management and organizational project management.
Educated in the Project Management Professional (PMP) of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP.org) – Certified Computing Professional (CCP) 1993.
IBM Business Value Assessment (BVA) methodology training.

17 engineering certifications earned requiring passing 42 exams.
IBM Certified System Administrator – WebSphere Portal Server v5.
IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer, previously known as Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) on Lotus Notes / Domino R4, R5 & R6.
– 5 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
– Certifications: Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS) R4, Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) R4, Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) R4, PCLP R5, PCLP R6.
IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator, previously known as Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) on Lotus Notes / Domino R4, R5 & R6.
– 5 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
– Certifications: Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS) R4, Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) R4, Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) R4, PCLP R5, PCLP R6.
IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator – Lotus Collaborative Solutions
– 4 exams passed including: QuickPlace (Team collaboration web spaces); Sametime (Instant messaging and web conferencing), Domino Document Manager (Enterprise document management) & Discovery Server (Enterprise search, knowledge management, automated taxonomy building and user profiling).
Certified Lotus Domino Messaging Administration/Migration.

Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) on v3 & v4.
– 4 certifications earned / 12 exams passed.
– Certifications: Certified Novell Admin (CNA) v3, Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) v3, Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) v3 and MCNE v4.

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Contributing author on two books on IBM Lotus Notes / Domino released by Que Publishing; Three IBM DeveloperWorks Tutorials on Lotus Domino 6 and WebSphere Portal Server.
Written over 200 articles on mobile tech, Agile, Scrum and more in my blog at AdamsAndBits.com.
Volunteered for a networking technology professional non-profit trade organization. Over several years acted in the roles of: program director; president; member of the national board of directors; and conference manager of two large 3 day long conferences, involving almost 2,000 attendees, over 125 vendor exhibitors and over 30 seminars.