Ed Wisniowski

Ed Wisniowski is an experienced software development veteran. He has spent the last twenty years as a full-time employee and consultant. He has seen the good, bad, and ugly of how software projects are managed. In 2009, he discovered agile and scrum techniques and has acted as an evangelist for the approach since. He is currently a Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Professional – Product Owner. He completed his Master’s Degree in 2010 with his dissertation comparing traditional project management techniques with agile methods. He is currently, working on earning his Certified Team Coach from the Scrum Alliance. 

Mr. Wisniowski specializes in improving product ownership at organizations, using metrics to track outcomes over outputs, helping developers become better artisans, and attempting to scale agile in organizations.

In 2013 he earned his Certified Scrum Master matching professional certification with his professional experience.  He was then hired by R.R. Donnelly as an Architect and Scrum Master.  At Donnelly, he has served as an example of how to properly run a scrum team.  He has helped teams develop good practices and deliver shippable products each sprint.

His philosophy has always been guided by the Agile Manifesto and the principles of agile.  He is also motivated by the five agile values; Courage, Respect, Focus, Openness, and Commitment.  To work on a software project is to be committed to excellence.  Software is one of the few things manufactured today which is made by hand.  This means that you have to be a committed craftsperson to take the nebulous vision of the user community and turn it into working software that solves real-world problems.