Daniel James Gullo

Daniel has been a well-known and highly regarded servant of the Agile community for many years. His tireless dedication and effort has earned him several accolades including Most Valued Agile Professional 2016, Most Popular Scrum Professional 2016, and Most Valued Agile Professional 2015. As founder and principal of Apple Brook Consulting® (ABC), he has first hand experience about what it takes to make business work. A lifelong entrepreneur, Daniel’s portfolio of clients is long and distinguished: ING Direct (CapitalOne), NAVTEQ, IRS, PayPal, ADP, US Postal Service, GM, US Treasury Department, T. Rowe Price, GE, and many other high-profile organizations.Daniel is the founder of and chief advisor to Agile Delaware and a frequent reviewer, volunteer, and speaker for the Scrum Alliance, Agile Alliance, PMI and other organizations. His experience includes delivering keynote addresses for conferences such as Scrum Gathering – India; Scrum Gathering – Rio; Scrum Gathering – China; et al. He is also co-founder of AgileNEXT – The Next Generation Agile Talk Show and CoreAgility – a monthly publication with Agile articles and other information. Daniel was Conference Chair for the 2015 Scrum Gathering in Phoenix. He was also the Conference Chair for the 2013 Scrum Gathering in Las Vegas, which makes him the only individual in the community to serve twice in this capacity. He has coached other conference chairs for both Scrum Gatherings and Agile Alliance events and is one of the administrators of the submission review system for Scrum Gatherings.Daniel has been a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) for many years. His courses are very well attended and highly rated: http://www.apple-brook.com/courselist/ As one of the best CSTs in the industry, Daniel has served on the Trainer Acceptance Committee (TAC) for the Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) certification program. He has also been a reviewer of Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) applications. Daniel is a founding member of the Scrum Coaching Retreat Planning Committee; host of Coaches Clinic events; and facilitator of Open Space Events, including the Scrum Alliance's largest Open Space ever at the Scrum Gathering in Berlin (with over 500 people) and the Open Space at Scrum Gathering – Shanghai.Daniel is a prolific contributor to a vast array of online forums, blogs, and other social media including a network of over 9500 connections on LinkedIn and 23,000 followers on Twitter. Daniel has given much of his free time to mentoring and coaching candidates for CST and CEC and has received accolades for his efforts from the individuals whom he has mentored, as well as, his colleagues in the training and coaching community.Daniel has been a trusted advisor to staff and management of the Scrum Alliance on matters related to policy, strategy, and vision; including but not limited to the Global Events program, CST program, CEC program, and other community outreach efforts.As an Impact Partner and Investor for Fresco Capital, Daniel is passionate about enabling small companies with big ideas to live up to their full potential and achieve success.Daniel is co-founder and co-host of AgileNEXT: The Next Generation Agile Talkshow, with Stephen Forte. This weekly show interviews industry leaders and experts and asks them the burning question: "What's in store for Agile NEXT??" Visit the website here: http://agilenext.tv