Dave Prior is an Agile Consultant for BigVisible Solutions where he provides training and consulting for individuals, teams and organizations who are transitioning to Agile. Dave has been managing IT and Technology projects, programs and portfolios since 1995 and has been working with Agile methodologies since 1999. Because of his experience working with traditional project management and the challenges he faced in transitioning to Agile, Dave’s work has a strong focus on establishing a better bridge between Agile and the traditional project management worlds. In 2008, during his time as Chair of PMI’s IT & Telecom SIG, Dave began working with the Scrum Alliance to establish programming designed to enable traditional project managers become more aware of and educated about Scrum and Agile. Dave also has extensive experience training Information Technology leaders and coaching organizations in managing projects using both an Agile and a traditional approach. His work as an educator and speaker has provided him with the opportunity to lecture and teach classes in the U.S., Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Central America.
Dave is a CST, a PMP and an ACP. He received his MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. He lives in Oklahoma.