About the Authors
Mark C. Layton, known globally as Mr. Agile, is an organizational strategist and Scrum Alliance certification instructor with more than 20 years in the project/program management field. He is the Past President and Executive V.P. of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Southern Nevada Chapter and the Los Angeles chair for the Agile Leadership Network. He is the author of the international Agile Project Management For Dummies and Scrum For Dummies book series and creator of the Agile Foundations Complete Video Course. He is the founder and managing member of Platinum Edge, LLC — an enterprise transformation company that uses organizational design to help businesses with their agile transformation journey.
Before founding Platinum Edge in 2001, Mark developed his expertise as a consulting firm executive, a program management coach, and an in-the-trenches project leader. He also spent 11 years as a Cryptographic Specialist for the U.S. Air Force, where he earned both Commendation and Achievement medals for his accomplishments.
Mark holds MBAs from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the National University of Singapore; a B.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Behavioral Science from Pitzer College/University of La Verne; and an A.S. in Electronic Systems from the Air Force's Air College. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force's Leadership School, a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a recipient of Stanford ...
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