Mark Entrekin is a solutions driver and achiever.  He brings tremendous, measurable experience as a positive, innovative, pull up his shirtsleeves, lead to success, solutions driven professional. This includes extensive knowledge in creating climates that increase desire, commitment and motivation to succeed.

His diversified background in professional speaking, coaching, mentoring and program/project/team management brings you an increasingly complex understanding of unique and exciting insights in effective problem solving.  He promotes coordination, planning, scheduling, mitigation, risk management, proposal development and efficient process improvement.  His background and driving attitude give you results in goal-based successes as he drives this success through Agile and iterative methodologies.

Mark provides excellent coordination with direct issue resolution and outstanding communication skills.  He also builds on strong relationships with officers, peers, subordinates and customers.  He is a fast thinker, great leader, learns quickly and can expand knowledge to others through the Adult Learning Theory as he successfully exceeds assigned goals through his team.

He has tremendous experience in Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, ITIL, SDLC and Continuous Process Improvement.  Additional abilities include working with customer technology, support requirements, effective communication skills, excellent presentation expertise with solid interpersonal skills for team and client interaction, balancing and prioritizing work that promotes his analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Primary Methodologies / Technologies

Agile Certified Big Data Cloud Integration
Configuration Management Data Integration Management Infrastructure Management
ITIL Certified Lean Six Sigma trained MS Project / MS Suite
Performance Improvement PMI/PMP candidate Product Owner
Project Management Quality Assurance (QA) Scrum Master
SDLC SharePoint Software Test Management

Current Top Speaking Titles

  1. Achieving Unity: Ending Anger, Hate, Judging, Labeling and Prejudice
  2. What is your value in a RIDL affiliation?
  3. Understanding the 20% Pareto forgot! (in the 80/20 rule)!
  4. From Micro-Management to Macro-Leadership in 3 Easy Steps

 Additional Programs and Skills

Applying True Priorities to Tasks Management and Accountability Project Management
Business Management Success Managing Conflict Program Management
Communication is Key to Achieve Master of Ceremonies Service Presentations
Event Planning Based on Results Negotiation Starting a Business
From Management to Leadership Product Presentations Supervision for Success
Listening to a New Level Professional Speaking Working with Attitudes
Applying True Priorities to Tasks Management and Accountability Project Management

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS

  1. Chair, Pikes Peak Regional Transportation Authority (PPRTA) – Citizen’s Advisory Committee 2004/2005
  2. Collegiate Advisor – DeVry University, Colorado Springs 2003/2006
  3. Colorado Coordinator, The Best Parent is Both Parents, Children’s Rights Council, 2000/2006
  4. Commencement Speaker, DeVry University, 2003 Graduating Class
  5. Division Director, Foothills, District 26, Toastmasters International, 2015/2016
  6. Leadership Program of the Rockies, Graduate, 2013/2014
  7. M4 Area Governor, District 26, Toastmasters International, 2014/2015
  8. Project Management Institute, 1982 to Current
  9. SQuAD (Software Quality Assurance Denver), 1998/2004
  10. Steering Committee/Board Member – Pikes Peak Regional Transportation Authority, 2003/2004
  11. Vice-Chair, El Paso County Highway and Traffic Commission, 1998/2006

EDUCATION

  1. MA/Organizational Management – 1999, University of Phoenix, Colorad Springs, CO
  2. BS/Business Information Systems – 1997, University of Phoenix, Colorado Springs, CO
  3. Studies in Chemical Engineering / Computer Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  4. SAFe Agilist Certified
  5. Agile Certified – PMI-ACP
  6. ITIL Certified
  7. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt trained
  8. PMI-PMP trained
  9. CISSP trained