Patrick McConnell

DC Metro, USA

My certifications

Certified Scrum Trainer® badge
Certified Scrum Trainer®
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner
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: Vice President

Dr. Patrick (Mack) McConnell is Vice President of Agile Services at NextUp Solutions, and an Agile Coach with a extensive background in establishing effective Scrum, Kanban, and Scaling practices in the Public Sector.  He serves the Agile community as a Certified Scrum Trainer, Path to CSP Educator, and Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Educator.

Geostatistician and criminologist by training (doctorate in Criminal Justice), specializing in IT Integration for Geospatial and Cyber Security technologies, and coaching at-risk projects and programs. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Professional - Scrum Master (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), PMI - Agile Certifed Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP), and former SAFe Program Consultant (SPC 3.0-4.5).

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2020-01-01 - present - NextUp Solutions (Vice President, Agile Services)
    • 2009-07-01 - 2012-04-13 - ArdentMC (Technical Project Manager)
    • 2012-04-30 - 2014-03-14 - GD-Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) (Agile Coach and Trainer)
    • 2014-03-17 - 2016-07-29 - CSC (Agile Coach)
    • 2016-08-01 - 2018-01-19 - CSRA (Director, Agile Center of Excellence)
    • 2018-01-22 - 2019-12-31 - Excella (Agile Coach & Trainer)