The Team Of Advisors Working With Michael Vizdos
The way we worked, “before times” is never coming back.
Let’s harness this shift as an opportunity to do this (work) in a different way and learn more about the team.
My name is Michael Vizdos and I’ve been privileged to serve clients in various professional capacities for over 30 years (yikes). One of the main things I’ve learned is that I am only effective delivering incredible outcomes with clients by surrounding myself with the team of professionals.
Some people may call this group of people advisors, a squad, friends, mentors, misfits, colleagues, trusted sources, or even “competitors.”
For me, people on the team are all about collaboration and keeping one another grounded. They are my “go-to” people when I am stuck and need help. We check in on a regular basis and collaborate (one-on-one and sometimes in groups — some of them have never met the others yet).
Nobody on this list works FOR me…
and yes, sometimes we are in “competition”.
I am sharing this list of contacts with you because this is the crew I call. You can contact them directly; realize that if you and I work together, these are people we can both lean on for professional assistance. I hope it’s useful to you!
The Team Of Advisors
It’s an evolving list and in no particular order; I’ve listed their names alphabetically along with a brief description of their super-powers, a link to their site, and their social profiles.
Ace Callwood
Ace is a mediator, storyteller, and founder of Coffitivity and Painless 1099. Think FinTech and I think of Ace.
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Al Shalloway
Al is working to close the difference in what we know how to do and how much of that is done in the world.
website - linkedin
Ashley Shoval
Ashley is a design strategist and innovation consultant. Also see her ideas around Product: You.
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Catherine Louis
Catherine is all about delighting customers and has deep product development experience.
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Cat Swetel
Cat is a technology leader interested in exploring how digital transformation facilitates relationships and could create conditions for more generative institutions.
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Chris Brogan
Chris runs a media company and is a “Chief of Staff” at a rocket-ship company going places. He is working on his next best seller and hosts The BackPack Show.
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Fred Madrigal
Fred is a facilitator and coach from beautiful Costa Rica. He likes legos. And Star Wars.
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Hala Saleh
Hala is all about Product Management. Experience counts here!
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Howard Sublett
Howard knows everyone in the Agile and Scrum world. And he is good people.
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Jake Smith
Jake is a co-founder of MetaCTF. When I think of cyber security, I think of Jake.
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Jessica Allison
Jessica is a Product Manager at CarMax and the co-organizer of Product Tank Richmond. Strong product mindset.
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Krissyn Sumare
Krissyn is passionate about Agile In Education and is responsible for all things Agile at Blueprint Education.
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Lyssa Adkins
Lyssa is unleashing the potential in top leadership teams (because it’s time to thrive). Best selling author.
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M. Scott Ford
M. Scott mends your legacy code mess. He is the founder and chief code whisperer at CorgiBytes.
website - linkedin - github
Mark Deutsch
Mark is the Vice President of Business Development at Veracity. Think selling. Think Mark.
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Mike Sutton
Mike is the founder at Decksender. Chief instigator of shenanigans. Professional procrastinator.
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Perry Reinert
Perry is passionate about agile user groups, agile conferences, telemedicine, and flying. Take a look at AgileArizona.org.
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Ron Jeffries
Ron is one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto and we collaborate together at AgileMentoring.com. Development. Guru.
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Scott Ambler
Scott is back out on his own making some major dents in the universe. Because he can. And does.
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Vern McClandish
Vern is a cyber threat professional and great person to know in that industry.
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About the Author: Michael Vizdos
Hi. I sincerely appreciate you reading this article. My name is Michael Vizdos and I’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of people on teams all around the world over the past 30+ years of my professional career.
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