Faculty: Ainsley Nies, MS. PMP

Ainsley Nies, MS. PMP

Ainsley has a BA in Criminology, an M.S. in Educational Psychology and spent 20+ years at Hewlett Packard as a software developer, business process consultant and program/project manager. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practioner (ACP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).

Ainsley’s consulting work is focused on development of sustainable environments for learning and continuous improvement, and includes methods such as chartering, retrospectives, Open Space Technology, and World Café. She also speaks at conferences, facilitates public workshops and teaches a variety of Agile Management courses. Ainsley is co-author with Diana Larsen of “Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams”.

COURSES TAUGHT

OP 342   Agile Management for Project Managers

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RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Agile Project Management

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EDUCATION

• BA (Criminology), U.C. Berkeley
• MS (Educational Psychology), Cal State Hayward
• Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI Credential
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

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PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Acorn Consulting, Owner and Principle
• Hewlett Packard, Business process consultant, software developer, project manager (former)
• Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University
• Instructor, U.C. Berkeley Extension

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author with Diana Larsen of "Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams and Projects" (Onyx Neon Press, 2011).

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Director of the Agile Alliance Agile Open Program
• Practice Team Lead, PMI Agile Community of Practice
• Co-founder, Agile Open California conferences
• Committee Member, Bay Area, Agile Leadership Network
• President, Pacifica Branch AAUW