Thurston Thompson

Engaged and experienced Agile Activist, IT Professional and Change Agent with a passion for collaboration, excellence and fun at work. We build great stuff by bringing motivated people together in an environment of transparency and trust. We recognize that being part of a great team is one of the most rewarding experiences in most peoples' lives. That is our prize!

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Director of IT / Landscape Photographer / Designer / ERP Systems Expert / Aviation MRO System Specialist

Agile Coach & Scrum Master at Cimarron Software Services

Skills: Agile Leadership · Scaled Agile Framework · Communication · Jira · Atlassian Suite · Strategic Thinking · Teamwork · Process Analysis · Negotiation · Coaching · Team Building · Scrum · Agile Methodologies · Team Leadership

Scrum Master / Agile Coach at United Launch Alliance (ULA) 

We are helping to send people back to the moon on Artemis II and Artemis III

Skills: Agile Leadership · Scaled Agile Framework · Communication · Jira · Atlassian Suite · Application Development · Strategic Thinking · IT Transformation · Teamwork · Process Analysis · Negotiation · Coaching · Team Building · Scrum · Team Leadership

Photographer / Designer

Howl at the Earth  

Skills: Fine Art Photography · Web Development

Scrum Master / Agile Coach at Valen Analytics

Skills: Agile Leadership · Communication · Application Development · Teamwork · Coaching · Team Building · Scrum · Team Leadership

Agile Coach / Scrum Master at Old Dominion Freight Line

Skills: Agile Leadership · Rally · Application Development · Coaching · Team Building · Scrum · Team Leadership

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Mentor at SHOP.COM

Skills: Agile Leadership · Jira · Atlassian Suite · Application Development · Agile & Waterfall Methodologies · Coaching · Team Building · Scrum · Team Leadership · SDLC · E-commerce · Web Development

Director of Information Technology at M7 Aerospace

Skills: Computer Information Systems · Manufacturing Process Improvement · Application Development · Strategic Thinking · IT Transformation · Process Analysis · Requirements Gathering · Business Requirements · Negotiation · Agile & Waterfall Methodologies · Team Building · Team Leadership · Software Development · SDLC · ERP Implementations · Enterprise Software

IT Manager at ST Aerospace

Skills: Computer Information Systems · Manufacturing Process Improvement · Application Development · Strategic Thinking · IT Transformation · Process Analysis · Requirements Gathering · Business Requirements · Negotiation · Agile & Waterfall Methodologies · Team Building · Team Leadership · Software Development · SDLC · ERP Implementations · Enterprise Software

• CSAPOPM – Certified Scaled Agile Product Owner Product Manager (Scaled Agile – 2023)
• SFE – Scrum Foundations Educator (Scrum Alliance – 2021)
• A-CSM – Advanced Certified Scrum Master (Agile42 – 2018)
• SASM – SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (Scaled Agile – 2016)
• CLP – Certified LeSS Practitioner (less.works – Craig Larman – 2015)
• CSP – Certified Scrum Professional (Scrum Alliance – 2015)
• CSPO – Certified Scrum Product Owner (CollabNet and Scrum Alliance – 2014) 
• CSM – Certified Scrum Master (CollabNet and Scrum Alliance - 2013)
• Photoshop 7 Beginning and Intermediate (New Horizons)
• Developing Applications with Java and Accessing the Database with Java (Oracle Training)
• Introduction to SQL / PLSQL (Oracle Training)
• Enough professional & life experience to have earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree by now.
• Associate of Applied Science Degree (Computer Programming, graduated #1 in class with 4.0 average) National Education Center, Universal City, TX / Recipient DPMA's J.A. Harriot Scholarship Award