John Stenbeck

About John Stenbeck

I am a four-time AMAZON #1 BEST SELLING author and sought-after Keynote speaker, and the founder of John Stenbeck\'s Great PM. My best selling books include the Agile Almanac, Books 1 and 2, Enterprise Agility in Healthcare, and most recently, Agile Government Contracting, 2nd Edition.My Keynote speeches and programs engage hard-to-impress leaders and technical and engineering professionals with a unique, hard-hitting blend of facts and stories that enable them to leverage their natural skepticism while being optimistic participants receptive to learning that makes them powerfully productive.I have been a guest on Good Morning America, the Today Show, the Oprah Winfrey Show and VoiceAmerica talk radio. I have also been featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union.A partial list of past clients includes: Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. – Defense Information Technologies Group, McLean, VA; Delta Design – a division of COHU International, Poway, CA; Guinness Bass Import Company, Greenwich, CT; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA; Lucent Technologies, Allentown, PA; Nike Corp, Beaverton, OR; Oracle Corp, Redwood Shores, CA; Qualcomm, Inc, San Diego, CA; Select Build, Inc. – a division of BMHC, Inc, Boise, ID; Simplex Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA; U.S. Army – Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, Fort Monmouth, NJ; U.S.D.A. – National Finance Center, New Orleans, LA; Visa – Smart Cards, Foster City, CA.

Experience

1. Founder

   John Stenbeck\'s Greatpm

   Jan 1998 — Present · Headquartered in Spokane, WA, US

   I am the founder of John Stenbeck\'s Great PM, and a four-time Amazon #1 Best Selling author including the critically acclaimed AGILE ALMANAC and most recently, the Agile Government Contracting, 2nd Edition (the fourth Amazon #1 Best Seller).My PMI-ACP Exam Prep Plus Desk Reference is being used by dozens of PMI Chapters, a host of Affiliate-Resellers, and includes a 100% Money-Back, First-Time Pass Guarantee.I help engineering and technical professionals in the high technology, aerospace, defense, financial services, and bio-pharmaceutical industries master project management and executive leadership skills.I am certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). I also am certified by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP). In addition, I have an ITIL v.3 Foundations certification. I graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting.

Education

• San Diego State University - BS Accounting

  B.S.B.A., Accounting

  1982 — 1985

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Budgets
• Strategic Planning
• Erp
• Information Technology
• Proposal Writing
• Forecasting
• Project Delivery
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Change Management
• Sdlc
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Business Intelligence
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Project Management
• Strategy
• Quality Assurance
• Organizational Development
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Public Speaking
• Systems Analysis
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Best Selling Agile Author-Expert
• Business Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Program Management
• Management Consulting
• Data Warehousing
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership