Aaron Kopel
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About
Aaron Kopel is the founder and CEO of Project Brilliant, an Agile consulting firm focused on Business Agility. Aaron has been using Agile methods since founding two Tech Startups in the early 2000's. He now uses his startup mindset of customer focus and value delivery to help individuals and organizations on their path toward Agility. He finds his greatest impact is in working with Executive leaders and organizational change agents to help them catalyze their organizations toward long term and sustainable Agility.
Aaron's training style is to create an immersive interactive experience where students can learn by doing, making the training more impactful and long-lasting as well. Have a glimpse into what our training includes:
Aaron is a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) and Certified Enterprise Coach® (CEC®) and holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He lives in Carmel, IN with his wife and their two children.
At Project Brilliant he has built an experienced team of Agile trainers, coaches and consultants who work with Fortune 1000 clients to train and coach organizations through the cultural changes of true Agile transformation. Some of our favorite clients:
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Career history
- 2004-01-01 - present - Project Brilliant (CEO, Agile Transformation Catalyst)
- 2019-01-01 - present - Eli Lilly (Certified Scrum Trainer)
- 1997-06-01 - 1999-05-30 - John Deere (Systems Analyst)
- 1999-06-01 - 2003-12-31 - Thomson Multimedia (RCA, now Technicolor) (Project Manager / Systems Analyst / IT Manager)
- 2004-01-01 - 2005-12-31 - CNO Financial (fmr Conseco Insurance) (Program Manager)
- 2005-01-01 - 2008-06-30 - ChatterSpike (CEO)
- 2008-12-01 - 2009-04-01 - Allegient Consulting (Practice Lead - Collaboration & Portals)
- 2009-04-01 - 2010-12-31 - RewardSnap (CEO)
- 2010-01-01 - 2011-12-31 - Semio (Lilly + Quintiles joint-venture) (Agile Coach)
- 2012-06-01 - 2013-12-31 - Capital One (Lead Enterprise Transformation Coach)
- 2014-10-01 - 2015-06-30 - Bloomberg (Agile Transformation Coach)
- 2015-07-01 - 2015-12-31 - Lincoln Financial (Lead Enterprise Transformation Coach)
- 2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 - Salesforce (Agile Coach)
- 2017-01-01 - 2017-12-31 - Wolters Kluwer (Agile Transformation Coach)
- 2018-01-01 - 2020-12-31 - PNC Bank (Certified Scrum Trainer)