"I have heard Kevin speak/present at various past events, conferences, teleconferences, and workshops. I believe that Kevin is an excellent professional speaker and educator."
Gino Fusaro, PM Centre of Competency Leader, IBM Canada Ltd:
"Kevin is a great public speaker and very knowledgable resource in our field. I would contract him any day again to speak to an audience of any level."
David Barrett, Managing Director, ProjectWorld series of conferences in Canada:
"Toronto SPIN organizes conference events for members in our community on topics of interest to professionals in the software process improvement industry. Over the years, we have invited Kevin to present at two of our conference events. Kevin is a dynamic speaker that has excellent presentation skills and knows how to capture the attention of his audience. What really differentiates him as a speaker is the credibility he demonstrates through very practical real-world examples to explain the theoretical concepts. He makes the topics - that can often be boring - come alive!!!"
Rekha Kulshreshtha, President, Toronto Software Process Improvement Network (T-SPIN):
"I met Kevin as a speaker and author at a Golden Key symposium in Toronto. Later on, he presented a masterful overview of software development methodologies to my undergrad computer science class. Kevin is an excellent speaker and somebody who knows to the last details what he is talking about. Excellent communicator in all circumstances, in face to face, with a large audience or in writing within his books. I am warmly recommending Kevin."
Marc Lijour, Researcher, Ryerson University:
"He's a best selling author and project management guru of gurus."
Lisa Cummings, International Association of MBAs:
"Many thanks again for an amazing class and amazing finish to the semester. It was wonderful to have such a great speaker and communicator in the class. I enjoyed the interaction in this talk."
Trent University student:
"Did a nice job. Keep it up. The method used was splendid."
Matthew Ehiwere, Project Consultant/Test Engineer, Netsa Consulting, Stockholm, Sweden:
"Excellent instructor and interesting methodology."
Yahya (John) Baroudy:
"This is one of the best courses (if not THE best) that I have ever taken. Yes, it is about agile. But it goes way beyond this in getting to the heart of project management, the role of a project manager, and how to be truly effective. The course should be made widely available to everyone who is on the team and beyond in sponsors and stakeholders."
Mark Kozak-Holland, Senior Consultant, HP Services:
"This is an excellent course that quickly introduces Agile concepts and provides real-world examples to drive home important concepts. Kevin masterfully guides you through approaches and exercises. I had quite a few 'Ah-ha!' moments."
Dan Mair, Director, Silverblaze Solutions Inc.:
"A very knowledgeable instructor. Kevin used many real-world examples during the course which made it both practical and interesting. He is a great presenter and has a lot of experience in the field."
Leslie Ventura, PMP, Project Manager, Alterna:
"Kevin was really knowledgeable in explaining the points with his stories. I would recommend this course to my peers."
Piyush R. Kher:
"The instructor had a great knowledge of agile. He made the course fun despite the tight schedule."
Shiva Shahmohamad:
"Kevin has made significant contribution to the field of project management, especially in Canada, through his consulting, training, writing, speaking, and advocacy activities. He consults to Canada's largest organizations, has provided project management training to thousands of students, written and published books and articles on project management, spoken to thousands of people at meetings and conferences. He is tireless in his efforts to spread the knowledge and skills for managing projects as broadly as possible -- to businesses, universities, professional organizations, and the general public. As one of the co-founders and now president of PMAC he continues to build awareness of project management and to encourage its development and evolution. I have known Kevin for a number of years, working with him on the board of PMAC, and also providing Agile project management training. I find him to be ethical, intelligent, straightforward, hardworking, efficient, strategic-thinking, a good communicator and educator. In short, I enjoy working with him."
Grant Kerr, PMAC Treasurer:
"Thank you for the great presentation. I've got a lot out of it. I'm looking forward to your next session!"
Arnd Etz, IBM Advisory Project Manager, IBM Systems & Technology Group:
"Thank you very much for an informative session. This was very useful! I see a huge benefit of trying to incorporate more agile techniques in my work."
Deni Burroughs, Program Manager, IBM Software Group - Netezza:
"Great session on Agile...you are a very solid and comprehensive resource. You are a very concise and clear presenter...was a pleasure to have listened to you today. Thank you very much and I look forward to future presentations."
Darcy McLane, Senior Project Consultant, ISM Canada:
"Thank you again for the Agile course - there are some valuable components that will quickly fit into some of my current projects."
Cyndy Neilly-Spence, RN, MBA, PMP:
"We did a brief survey for all attendees at the 3-day agile course you did in August. [...] Against ALL of the questions, 93%-100% of the responses to every question were 'STRONGLY AGREE'. [...] In summary, the 3-day training was greatly-appreciated, well-received and full-of-value."
David Cook, Agile Transition Lead (PSSG), Bank of Montreal:
"An excellent speaker with a wealth of knowledge. This presentation actually encourages me to change how I want to work."
Anonymous feedback from ProjectWorld Atlantic Canada 2011: