David Bakhtnia

David is co-founder of Agile and Scaled Value Project Management (ASVPM.org), building a community of project and program managers with Agile mindset. Our globally located member-volunteers are experienced professional/technical project and program managers! SVProjectManagement.com is the only hands-on platform that is publishing experiences and voices of Agile-minded project and program managers. Join us and help us to strengthen and expand our Agile-minded community of practitioners, or call us to help your Agile change management journey.

When I can serve my community, I teach Agile and PM courses at (UCSC Silicon Valley extension), Northeastern University, Silicon Valley Campus, provide consulting services ( PATCA) to build and/or lead e-Solutions (eSolutionLab, and  Bakhtnia.com), help building and hosting community gatherings (ASVPM meetup and SVELC meetup), train and/or build collaborative environments, and speak at various events (IEEE, Meetups, Engineering, and leadership communities).

Summary of Background

I have been studying various project management (PM) methods and utilizing Agile principles whenever possible. I have trained individuals and teams to better manage complex international projects. I am "Agile mindset" advocate, providing Agile, Scrum, and any other collaborative frameworks in my academic courses, training workshops, and in any private and/or public speaking and related gatherings.