Leadership and Facilitation for Business Analysts

Jason Edleman is a certified life coach with over 10 years of experience providing coaching to individuals aiming to reach their goals either personally or professionally. ​Jason is certified in Motivational Interviewing, an NLP Master Practitioner, Stephen Ministry care giving, and holds his associate certified coach certificate (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation. He has received over 400 hours of training and supervision in coaching and caregiving. Additionally, Jason holds multi... moreple other professional certifications related to project management (PMP, CSM) and business strategy (BRMP). Coaching is a part-time passion for Jason. He is an active business leader working in the IT Services industry. Jason is also an insatiable shutterbug often taking to the streets to capture the more interesting aspects of our planet.

Jason Alba has been a Pluralsight Author since 2012, specializing in soft skills and professional development. He started his IT career as an intern developing tools for a robust intranet. He transitioned to an IT manager at another company where his job included web development as well as other IT functions. After an acquisition Jason became VP and then general manager at a newly formed tech company. He founded and manages JibberJobber.com, a CRM for job seekers. Jason has authored three books.... more He speaks and blogs regularly about soft skills, professional development, and career management. He has a CIS undergraduate and an MBA from Idaho State University.

Stephen Haunts is an experienced Software Developer and Leader who has worked across multiple business domains including Computer Games, Finance, and Healthcare Retail and Distribution. Stephen has worked in languages ranging from Assembler, various forms of BASIC, to C and C++, and then finding his love of C# and .NET. Stephen also runs a Software Development and Leadership blog called {Coding in the Trenches} which can be read at http://www.stephenhaunts.com . Stephen also runs a small music ... morelabel and sound design company where he also developed the site and content management system. As well as blogging, and running software teams for large companies, Stephen also runs some open source projects on CodePlex including SafePad - an encrypted text editor, Text Shredder - an encrpyted messaging tool, and Smoke Tester - a post deployment verification testing framework.

Heather Ackmann is an author and instructional designer. She has a passion for technology and a soft spot for people who find technology frustrating. She loves showing people how to make technology work better for them and figuring out how to make less than perfect technology work better for all. For over a decade now, Microsoft has honored her with the Microsoft MVP award in Office Systems and Services. In 2021, she completed her MS degree in human-computer interaction with distinction. She use... mores her knowledge of user interaction design daily in creating better instructional materials that resonate with both the client and the learner.

Heather is from Des Moines, Iowa. She grew up there, pursued her bachelors and graduate degrees there and stayed to raise her family. She is a stimulus for change as a mom, consultant, trainer, speaker and volunteer for IIBA(R). For the past 20+ years she's helped teams to identify and solve problems in the financial services, insurance and higher education industries. Projects include new system development, process improvements, COTS implementations, and coaching other business analysts. She d... moreemonstrates excellent analysis practices. Heather is a collaborator and engages people at all levels in organizations. There is no part of the RACI matrix she has not been responsible for! Heather has a BA in Accounting from Grand View College an MBA from Drake University is a Certified Business Analysis Professional a CBAP(R) and is a Certified Scrum Master, CSM. Heather blogs at www.BAsWithoutBorders.com. Follow her on twitter at Heather_MM for BA musings, advice and motivation.

Alice is a culture strategist and has a deep-rooted passion for cultivating cultures of change and belonging. Alice has 30 years of senior leadership experience in Corporate America and recognized credentials as a Certified Sr. HR Professional (SPHR) and Change Management Professional (CCMP), Alice brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to each course as she seamlessly integrates cultural strategy into evolving work environments. Known for her innovative approach, Alice has pioneered multipl... moree groundbreaking leadership techniques that amplify the effectiveness of leaders. These cutting-edge methodologies are at the core of her 20+ popular leadership courses, where she shares practical insights and strategies that resonate with aspiring and seasoned leaders alike. With a specialization in change management and human resources, Alice brings her comprehensive understanding of these domains to the forefront in all her teachings. As an HR Senior Professional, she utilizes her skills and knowledge with a singular purpose: to eradicate all forms of discrimination in the workplace and foster inclusive environments where everyone thrives. Alice is the author of 'Change Ready Cultures', on LinkedIn.

.

Dan Appleman is a well known author, software developer, and speaker. He is the author of numerous books, ebooks, and online courses on various topics (technology and other). His latest book is "Advanced Apex Programming" - advancedapex.com.

Achiever, Strategic, Responsibility, Learner, Woo (Strengths Finder Top 5), and Servant Leader. Amy began her career as an educator 25 years ago as a graduate student at UC Davis. Teaching college communication courses, she discovered a passion for facilitation and instructional design. She turned down the chance to pursue her PhD to study organizational communication where it happens! Her first job as a computer-based training developer led to developing 1st generation eLearning products at Peo... morepleSoft. These roles kicked off an extensive career designing, consulting, teaching and leading in the evolving world of eLearning. For more than 20 years, Amy has consulted with top global organizations to form expert practices strategic business alignment, learning implementation, continuous learning, and growing learning cultures. As a Pluralsight Author, she loves the chance to deliver practical and relevant content that learners can apply immediately to their professional lives.

She is the Co-founder as well as Strategy Lead of AtoANI (sustainable agriculture) and AtoANI BioPack (biodegradable packaging). She is passionate about Social Innovation and using it to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With a Chemical Engineering and MBA Degree, her corporate experience in multinational companies involves working on various topics in the areas of Strategy, Digitalization, Innovation, Finance, Material Management, Quality Assurance, Program and Project Managem... moreent. These has enabled her to work with multi-cultural and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization from top management to the operations personnel. She also has freelance experience consulting and creating business plans and digital transformation strategies for startups and enterprises from various countries (Asia, USA, Europe) in the areas of E-commerce, Tourism and Mobile Apps. Outside work, her interests include Food, Books, Movies, Documentaries and Travel.

Lars is a Principal Magician with Arkahna, author, trainer, Microsoft MVP, community leader, aspiring Microsoft Azure expert and part time classic car collector. He is heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azure, and is a published author, solution architect and writer for numerous publications. He has been a part of the software development community for the past 20 years and co-organises the DDD Melbourne community conference, organises developer events with Mic... morerosoft, and also runs a part time car restoration business. He has spoken at numerous technical events around the world and is an expert in Australian Outback Internet.

Audacious Leap, the digital marketing agency I founded has created and run hundreds of projects in dozens of industries ranging from notebook manufacturers in Australia, to bikes in Dublin Ireland, iOS apps and lawyers in Canada, real estate & stationery in the US, tennis supplements in France and business consulting in the Netherlands, I decided to share my experience from both successful and not-so-successful campaigns in the form of a series of marketing courses. All my courses are based on e... morexperience in the real world and are not read from a book. You will get in minutes the essence of 10+ years of online marketing experience.

Passionate about Business Intelligence and delivering knowledge and insight to support better decisions. An advocate of Self-Service Reporting and Analytics and a Data Visualisation evangelist. Andi has delivered face to face Business Intelligence training to many industries, covering topics such as Report Design, Semantic Layer, Dimensional modeling and Data Visualisation. Andi has led many Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence development projects and is well versed in taking complex an... mored chaotic data and turning it into something simple and easy to understand. Andi is a keen cyclist and amateur cook and lives with his wife in Southern Spain.

Milena Pajic has more than a two-decade-long career in the IT industry, leading distributed teams and managing projects on the international level. Software developer by education, she dug deep into the code, earned significant hands-on experience, and learned the rules of the game. She has been heavily involved in building teams on the basis of self-organization and cross-functionality, spreading her knowledge, and investing in education. Milena is a Master of Computer Science, PMP Certified Pr... moreofessional, Certified Business Analyst, Professional Scrum Master, and Kanban Management Professional. Besides, strong organizational skills led Milena to COO and General Manager positions. She is also a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Milena loves to immerse herself in puzzles and riddles and unlock doors in Escape rooms all around Europe.

Casey is an entrepreneurial leader with experience managing projects, analyzing challenges, and designing solutions in healthcare, mobile, digital media, online learning, and more. His Pluralsight courses have helped nearly 1,000,000 professionals gain the skills they need to tackle new challenges and earn globally-recognized certifications, including PMP, CBAP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, CompTIA Project+, ICAgile, and more.

Dragana is an Agile Consultant and founder at Adaptive, passionate about empowering teams and organizations to succeed. For more than a decade, she has been helping global software teams and various companies to implement Agile and other organizational practices, deliver successful projects and create software products. Over that time, she has been acting in different technical and leadership roles. Master of Computer Science by education, Dragana is also SPC, PSM 3, PSM 2, PSM 1, Prince 2, IT... moreIL, ASL certified, and a lifelong learner. In her free time, she loves spending time with her family, traveling, and having a good laugh with positive and inspiring people.