Biography
Padraig Brennan ,yes thats me. I am fascinated by the entire spectrum of Software Development, and strive to improve teams where ever I work. I am passionate about agile methodologies as they encompass most of what is great about software development. I have worked in a variety of roles, enjoying all of those, from managing a department of 20 people, to developer , architect and project manager. I have worked with Agile since 2001, mainly XP and Scrum. Previously I had developed projects mainly in C++. I ran an agile rollout in Ericsson OSS. This is quite a challenge as it comprises about 500 developers in a number of locations, more recently I have lead a Scrum Adoption across distributed team in HP. Currently building an system using Agile concepts.
Work experience
Hewlett Packard, Scrum Program Lead and Architect
March 2011 - March 2012, Galway , Ireland
Scrum Project Lead - Introduced Scrum to distributed team, lead the change. Currently preparing work on further Lean concepts for a large systems project.
Ericsson, Agile Change Program Manager
September 2007 - March 2011, Athlone, Athlone, Ireland
Introduced, Initiated, Managed and Lead Scrum Rollout to Ericsson System Expertise, across three locations, Hungary, Sweeden and Ireland. Primary Agile Guy in this organisation, consisting of about 1400 employees.