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About Dave
Dave Gordon is an experienced portfolio, program, and project manager. Currently, he’s managing SaaS implementation projects for a global human capital management consulting firm. Over the last 30 years, he has worked in nearly every IT discipline, for a variety of organizations. He’s managed software development projects, SaaS, ERP and other packaged software implementations, and business process outsourcing projects in over 20 states, four Canadian provinces, Spain, and the UK.
Dave holds a BS in Business and an MS in Information Technology, specializing in Project Management. He also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential, the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) credential, the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) credential, and the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) credential.
In his spare time, Dave enjoys wildlife and landscape photography, and plays guitar, mandolin, and several other musical instruments. Dave and his wife, Lien, an accomplished water color artist, live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Dave,
I saw your callout in the PM Network for January.
I want to follow you, but I don’t find an RSS feed icon on your site. How can I sign up to follow you with my RSS reader?
Thanks?
I’ve added two RSS feed buttons at the bottom of the home page. One links to all articles published on the site; the other just links to the PM articles link published every Sunday evening.
Dear Dave,
I just read your comments on the blog that talked about my trip to India. I sincerely appreciate them. Thank you for your kindness.
Best,
Bob Ney
Dave,
Just read your comment on AgileScout discussing the historic progression of software development. Awesome stuff. I’m brand new to PM working in new web/mobile development firm in San Francisco and trying to learn as much as possible about Agile and Lean PM – particularly how they relate to the specification process.
Starting to go through your posts and the blogroll – would love to hear your thoughts on the last point you made regarding moving web service life cycle improvements and SAAS improvements.
Thanks
Love your stuff Dave! Keep it going!
I noticed some of my articles that were nicely summarized here. Thanks for the acknowledgement and love the summaries and links you provide!
-Don Kim
Thank you for making my posts (AgileScout) a part of your offering to the community. I get to learn from your links to other posts and enjoy them.
Cheers,
Sameer