About Kevin Aguanno
With over 17 years
of
managing complex systems integration and software development projects,
Kevin
Aguanno is known in the industry for his innovative approaches to
solving
common project management problems. He focuses on two project
management specialty
areas: agile project management and troubled project recovery.
As a well-known
keynote
speaker, trainer, and coach in agile management methods, Aguanno has
taught
thousands of people how to better manage high-change projects by using
techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven Development,
and
other agile methods. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and
private
corporate events where he delights audiences with practical advice
peppered
with fascinating stories from his own experiences in the trenches
practicing
agile project management.
He has taught for
several years at the University of Toronto
where he won the coveted SCS Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a
regular guest
lecturer in software engineering and project management classes at
several
other universities.
Kevin Aguanno holds
a
B.A. from the University of Western Ontario,
and a Master’s in Project Management from the School of Business
and Public Management at George Washington University.
He is a PMI-certified
Project Management Professional (PMP), and his competency is certified
by IBM
as a Certified Executive Project Manager and by the International
Project
Management Association (IPMA) as a Senior Project Manager (IPMA Level
B).
Aguanno is an
active
member of the Project Management Institute (U.S.A.) including the
Information
Systems SIG, the American Society for the Advancement of Project
Management
(U.S.A.), the Association for Project Management (U.K.), and the
Project
Management Association of Canada where he is a founding director.
He is accredited by
the
International Project Management Association (Geneva, Switzerland)
as a project management competency assessor, and he performs IPMA
Level-B and
IPMA Level-C assessments for the ASAPM in the U.S.A.
Kevin Aguanno is
the author of over one dozen books and audiobooks
in addition to a number of articles published in magazines and journals
worldwide.
What are People Saying About Kevin Aguanno?
“Your
enthusiasm is
contagious, and your style very lively and no-nonsense. You speak with
great
credibility, especially as you back what you say with colourful
descriptions of
your own rich project experience. Outstanding!”
-- J. Niggemann, President, ThoughtBlade Inc.
“Once
again your
presence has brought yet another event to a
higher level of quality; helping to ensure the success of the Impact
conference. At dinner I heard raves about your presentation, as I knew
I
would.”
--
Carlo Barrettara,
Impact CMO
& Vice President, Events
“Of
our
delegates
that attended Kevin’s session, 96% recommended
that he be invited back to present again. As one of the main conference
organizers, I personally found Kevin helped to make my job easy as he
was very
prompt in responding to my requests.”
-- Mary Jean Kucerak, CAE, Executive Director, Canadian Information
Processing Society (CIPS)
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