Brad Swanson

Denver, CO

My certifications

Certified Scrum Trainer® badge
Certified Scrum Trainer®
Certified Enterprise Coach - Emeritus badge
Certified Enterprise Coach - Emeritus
Certified Enterprise Coach badge
Certified Enterprise Coach
Certified Team Coach™ badge
Certified Team Coach™
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner
Certified Agile Leader® 2 badge
Certified Agile Leader® 2
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® badge
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® badge
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Certified Agile Leader® 1 badge
Certified Agile Leader® 1
Certified ScrumMaster® badge
Certified ScrumMaster®
Certified Scrum Product Owner® badge
Certified Scrum Product Owner®

About

Title: Owner/Founder/Principal

Brad Swanson will guide you beyond ‘doing agile’ to achieving Business Agility - sustainably better products, enlightened leadership, high-performing teams and delighted customers!

Brad Swanson is Chief Coach at Agility 11. He is a Leadership and Organizational Coach who guides companies to achieve sustainably better results using Lean & Agile principles. He has been a trusted advisor for executives and organizations across the globe. He honed his own leadership skills as a Vice President in the consulting and software industries.

Brad is a Certified Leadership Agility® 360 Coach, Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST), Certified Agile Coach (Certified Enterprise Coach® - CEC), Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), and Certified LeSS Practitioner (Large Scale Scrum). He is a member of the Agile Leadership Journey, a global federation of Leadership coaches. Brad has been an Agile practitioner since 1999, is former President of Agile Denver and co-founder of the Mile High Agile conference, and a speaker at international conferences including numerous Global Scrum Gatherings in the USA and Asia (6 times), Agile 20xx (4 times), Mile High Agile (6 times), Agile Tour Toronto, AgilePalooza, Agile Development Conference East & West, PMI Mile Hi Symposium, and many Meetups in the USA, South America and Asia.

Brad's passion is guiding organizations to achieve success, and guiding people to become highly effective 21st-century business leaders.

"Brad is one of the best instructors I’ve met in my 30+ year career."
-- Doug Hall, Sr. Integration Manager

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2018-09-01 - present - Agility11 (Founder & Chief Coach)
    • 1999-08-01 - 2004-03-30 - BoldTech Systems (Software Engineer and XP Coach)
    • 2004-04-01 - 2006-03-30 - StorePerform (Software Manager)
    • 2006-04-01 - 2009-08-01 - IP Commerce (Director of Software Delivery)
    • 2012-04-01 - 2015-03-30 - Agile42 (Vice President)
    • 2015-03-01 - 2018-08-31 - Kelsus Inc. (Vice President & Chief Lean-ologist)