Richard Kasperowski – Résumé
For full details, see my complete CV.
Teaching and Training
Instructor – Harvard University – 2015-present
CSCI E-71/S-71 Agile Software Development: author and instructor. Most recent student evaluation: 4.8/5.0, significantly higher than average.
Instructor – Boston University – 2018-present
Spark! fellowship: co-author, co-instructor, team lead for software engineering, agile software development, and high-performance teams.
Instructor – LinkedIn Learning – 2018-present
Author and instructor: Extreme Programming and Refactoring for Great Code
Lead Mentor, Organizer – Charles River CoderDojo – 2014-present
Lead mentor and co-organizer
Teaching Assistant – Harvard University – 1997-2000
CSCI E-124 Data Structures and Algorithms
Education
Harvard University – HES
BLA cum laude, field of study Computer Science, 1996
Scrum Alliance
Professional certifications: Certified Scrum Master (2009), Certified Scrum Professional - Scrum Master (2010), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (2010), Certified Scrum Product Owner (2016), Certified Agile Leadership (2017), Scrum Foundations Educator (2021)
Corporate Experience
Co-founder and CTO – Alli Connect – 2022-present
As the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Alli Connect, I spearhead the technological vision of the company, leading a talented team of engineers and developers to create innovative solutions for seamless connectivity.
Teacher, Coach, Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Author – Richard Kasperowski | Certified Agile Team Building – 2013-present
(See description above.)
Agile Coach/Manager, Senior Software Engineering Manager – Nokia – 2010-2013
Managed and coached teams building Nokia’s consumer identity management system for 100millions users
Director of Solutions and Services, Manager of Engineering Program Management – Nellymoser – 2006-2010
Managed digital product development teams, wrote code for our bespoke full-stack mobile app’s, did product management, was liason with customers
Software Team Lead, Principal Software Engineer, Sales Engineer – CentrePath – 2003-2006
Software developer and sales engineer, building a network management tool
Consultant, Founder – Altisimo Computing – 1997-2004
Founder and consultant
CTO, Cofounder – MobiLingua – 2004
English-language-learning mobile application
Senior Software Engineer, Quality Assurance Manager – Knowledge Technologies International (formerly ICAD, acquired by Oracle and Dassault Systemes) – 1992-1997
Software developer – rules-based programming language and platform to automate mechanical engineering design
Quality Assurance Engineer, Technical Customer Support Analyst – InterSystems – 1989-1992
Software testing and coding
Quality Assurance Engineer – Spinnaker Software (acquired by broderbund) – 1988-1989
Software testing
Consulting and Product Development
Teacher, Coach, Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Author – Richard Kasperowski | With Great People – 2013-present
(See description above.)
Founder and software developer
Founder, software developer, content creator, and social media manager
Creator – cv-creator – 2022-present
Creator, software developer
Creator – SpeakSpanish – 2021-present
Software developer – Spanish speech recognition application
Consultant, Founder – Altisimo Computing – 1997-2004
(See description above.)
Investing and Innovation
Angel Investor – 2021-present
Investments focused on women and POC founders
Mentor – TechStars Boston – 2015-2018
Focused on agile software product development and high-performance team building skills
CTO, Co-Founder – MobiLingua – 2004
(See description above.)
Community Building and Participation
In my community work, I share my skills and resources to help people have more joyful lives. Much of my community work focuses on children, women, and people of color.
Creator – VaccinateAll.org – 2021-present
(See description above.)
Founder and coauthor of the Greatness Manifesto
Advisor to conference founder and chief organizer
Lender – Kiva – 2015-present
Micro-loans to women in developing countries
Lead Mentor, Organizer – Charles River CoderDojo – 2014-present
(See description above.)
President, board member, conference organizer, volunteer – Agile New England – 2011-2021
President, conference organizer, speaker recruiting
Donor – Black Girls Code - 2020
Donor
Founder, Chief Organizer – Epic Agile Party – 2017-present
Annual evert for members of the Agile community
“Judge” – TechTogether – 2019-2020
Give encouragement and feedback to teams women and non-binary people
Founding Advisor – Greater Boston Coding Dojo (merged into Boston Software Crafters) – 2017
Advisor to meet-up founder
Recent Publications
- High-Performance Team Building, interactive e-book/ self-paced online course, to be published in 2022.
- Manifesto for Online Collaboration, with Matt Barnaby, Barb Bickford, et al, 2022.
- With Great People: The Podcast for High-Performance Teams, 81 episodes of interviews and monologues exploring technical work teams, collaboration, and creativity, 2017-2022.
- Richard Kasperowski’s Blog, 107 articles on team building, innovation, creativity, and agile software development, 2008-2022.
- High-Performance Teams: The Foundations, C4Media, 2019.
- “High-Performance Team Behaviors” measurement instrument, Comparative Agility, 2018.
- Agile & Scrum Foundations Class Workbook, With Great People Publications, 2018.
- Manifesto for Greatness, with Algimantas Stancelis, Alice Ivashina, et al, 2015.
- The Core Protocols: A Guide to Greatness, With Great People Publications, 2015.
- “Building a Connected MIDlet, part 2,” with Alex Bourgeois, Java Developers’ Journal, March 2004.
Recent Presentations
- Keynotes (all invited)
- High-Performance Teams: Core Protocols for Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence – Communauto internal keynote, 2023. Also keynote at Enexis internal keynote, 2023; Bosnia Agile Week, 2021; Project Management Institute, New York City, 2018.
- Teaching Agile (Or Anything Else) So It Sticks – Citizens internal keynote, 2022.
- High-Performance Teams in a Virtual World – Toronto Agile Conference, 2020.
- Awesome Teams: Games for Continuous (Extreme?) Teaming – Agile Games, 2016.
- Sessions
- Liberando equipos de alto rendimiento – ICF Colombia, 2023 (invited).
- Teaching Agile (Or Anything Else) So It Sticks – Agile India, 2023 (invited); Agile Hartford, 2022 (invited); Agile 2021 Minimum Viable Conference, 2021 (invited); Also at Boston Area Women In Agile, 2020 (invited); Heart of England Scrum User Group, 2020 (invited); Venture Cafe, 2020 (invited); AgileCamp SF, 2019; Agile New England, 2019.
- Team Transformation Canvas: Team Building Starts With You – Agile India, 2023 and 2021 (invited).
- Agile Dojo – the monthly meet-up I host, where participants learn skills and activities to bring agility to their organizations, 2015-present.
- Search and Rescue: Rescuing Your Team So the People Who Show Up Can Be the Best Team Ever – Scrum Gathering 2022.
- Product Inception Canvas: How to Build the Right Thing – Scrum Gathering 2022. Also at Agile & Beyond 2022; Agile 2021; BAIstanbul, 2020 (invited); Agile Arizona, 2020 (invited); TriAgile 2022.
- High-Performance Teams: Core Protocols for Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence – Agile Mastery, 2022 (invited at this and many other instances).
- Course Creation Canvas – Miro, 2022 (invited).
- Test-Driven Development: How to Get Started with the Foundations of Technical Agility – Excellence In Agile conference, 2021 (invited).
- Test-Driven Development: A Stunningly Quick Introduction for Everyone – Agile Arizona, 2021 (invited).
- Lean Coffee to Build Stronger Teams – Miro, 2021 (invited).
- Agile Product Owner Skills: How to Build the Right Thing – Project Management Institute Minnesota Professional Development Day, 2021 (invited).
Awards
- Nokia IMPACT Award – presented to the top ~100 of ~120,000 employees, 2012
- Nellymoser MVP – 2008
- CentrePath Customer Commitment Award – 2005
Languages
- English – native
- Spanish – C2