David Bulkin

David Bulkin delivers Agile / Lean training and coaching to teams in the United States and globally. David is respected for his practical approach and achieving results. He has over 30 years experience delivering software and systems and has been applying Agile Methods for 13 years across the entire value stream from strategy and product ideation to development, support and operations. Through training, coaching and speaking, he has impacted over 5,000 individuals.

David has helped individuals, teams and organizations journey from plan driven to adaptive methods, resulting in increased ROI and satisfaction. As a trainer, David delivers certified and non-certified courses including the worlds most popular course, the Certified ScrumMaster, as well as Certified Product Owner and Leading SAFe.   As a coach and consultant David helps organizations adopt and expand their use of Agile by working with change agents, teams, PMOs and executives.

David is active in the Scrum, Agile, Lean, Kanban and SAFe communities, presenting at major conferences. David was an independent reviewer of the PMI-ACP body of knowledge which fed the creation of the PMI-ACP Exam.

David started his Agile journey in late 2001 when his eBanking team transitioned to Extreme Programming (XP) under the tutelage of Kent Beck (Agile Manifesto author and creator of XP). The application of Agile Methods turned around eBanking from a slow, difficult to work with group, into a high performing team that consistently hit delivery dates by collaborating with the business. David has been applying Agile Methods ever since.

Prior to that, David spent many years as a hands on practioner, developing software systems and business processes as a manager, project manager and developer including creating a successful Internet statup in the early 1990’s.

David has a long history of improving development effectiveness that predates Agile, including being an initial member of the Airlie Council and of the Center for Program Transformation, to progress acquisitions management in the US Federal Government and DoD.

Certifications

• Scrum Alliance
  Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSPO)
• Scaled Agile Academy
  SAFe SPC
• Project Management Institute
  Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)