John C. Goodpasture

John C. Goodpasture, PMP is a program manager, coach, author, and project consultant specializing in technology projects, strategic planning, and project office operations.

He is the author of four books about project management, numerous magazine and web journal articles in the field of project management, and has been an invited speaker at many professional project management events.

John has been a leader of high-tech program offices [PMO's] where he was portfolio manager and business leader. He has operations experience as vice-president at Lanier Worldwide leading a national-international unit responsible for applications, networks, and product delivery.

He was project director of an E-Business application development unit at Lanier Worldwide where his team delivered a number of successful projects using agile principles and practices.

For many years, John was a system engineer and program manager in the U.S. Department of Defense leading high technology programs. Subsequently, he managed numerous defense software programs while at Harris Corporation in Melbourne, FL.

In recent years he coached and trained many technology teams in new product development, risk management, and functional process improvement, both in the United States and abroad, in industries as diverse as semi-conductor manufacturing and retail mortgages.

His recent engagements are focused toward on-line instructor to a wide breadth of professional adults. Subject matter include: risk management, Agile project management, and organizational change.

For more on the subject of project management and agile methods, check out these websites: John blogs at www.johngoodpasture.com, and his work products are found in the library at www.sqpegconsulting.com.

Many of his presentations on agile methods are found at www.slideshare.net/jgoodpas. John maintains a professional profile at www.linkedin.com/in/johngoodpasture