John Elrick
i3a > ai | IA Enthusiast; AI Skeptic | Seeking Real Answers
- Role
- Principal IT Associate - Ai Engineer at Westat
- Location
- Winchester, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Elrick
What is i3a?i3a stands for Intelligence Amplification/Augmentation/Acceleration, that is to say any technologies which help a person make better decisions and understand their environment significantly faster.John is a lifelong entrepreneur who started his first business as a personal computer consultant straight out of college. It was a time when IBM had just introduced the first PC and the Macintosh still referred to the edible kind of apple.John has built seven businesses ranging from software training to software development and entrepreneurial coaching. He uses his training in Strategic Intervention, Executive Coaching, Public Speaking, and Leadership Development to aid small business owners overcome the fears and mental traps that prevent them from making their businesses a real success.John\'s day job is working with Westat, an employee owned firm specializing in social science research, statistical analysis, and evidence-based communications. He consults with the Census Bureau in the development of software for survey collection. He is an evangelist for the balanced adoption of Empirical Process Controls alongside Defined Process.John is the principal author of \"Application of Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) to Professional Service Firms\", JABE and co-author of \"The Social Responsibility of Business: Milton Friedman Reconsidered\", Journal of Markets and Morality. He holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State. He works part time as a Subject Matter Expert with Nexford University.John is a volunteer in the SBA SCORE program and mentors small businesses with a specialization in the psychology of small business ownership. He is also an accomplished speaker celebrating twenty plus years of experience through Toastmasters International and other venues.Specialties: Entrepreneur, speaker, contract negotiator, software architect, project manager, software development supervisor
Experience
Principal IT Associate - Ai Engineer
Jan 2015 — Present · Winchester, VA, US
Education
Lithe Speed
Agile Engineering
2008 — 2008
Borland International
Certified Application Developer
2002 — 2002
Dale Carnegie & Associates
Effective Communications & Human Relations
1988 — 1988
Allegany College
CDP, Computer Science
1981 — 1983
Otto Krieger Associates
MBTI Practitioner, Myers Briggs
2008 — 2008
Colorado State University
Master of Science, Organizational Leadership
2012 — 2019
Colorado State University
BS, Organizational Leadership
2010 — 2012
Rally Software
Scrum Master Certification
2005 — 2005
Skills
- Program Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Agile Methodologies
- Strategic Planning
- Management
- Team Building
- Entrepreneurship
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Mentoring
- Consulting
- Integration
- Systems Engineering
- Nonprofits
- Project Management
- Motivational Speaking
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Training
- Public Speaking
- Strategy
- Operating Systems
- Software Project Management
- Crm
- Project Planning
- Leadership Development
- Business Process
- Contract Negotiation
- Team Leadership
- Change Management
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