Alex Kelly

Quick history of me: I started my first business at 14, and first tech related business at 17. At professional companies, I've been a software developer, senior software engineer, program manager, product manager, and a development manager. My true calling is development leadership - I enjoy this the most out of all of my roles to date. Rather than talk thousands of words about myself, here's how I can help you. For the individual capacity, these are the skills I'd be able to help with the most: - Software Development / Technical interview coaching and practice - Software Development Challenges - Management and Leadership skills following the servant based leadership style - Networking and self-marketing - Improving development skills - Program and Product Management - Diffusing difficult conversations and navigating crucial conversations - Giving and receiving constructive feedback - General career advice - Overcoming diversity challenges - Agile methodologies For the start-ups / businesses, here's how I can help: - Teaching Effective Leadership - Helping with Diverse Hiring (How to hire diverse individuals by improving the experiences instead of discriminating) - Providing Diversity Experiences (Anecdotal experiences as a diverse individual and how it's impacted previously) - Ensuring Product Fit, Usefulness, and Scope - Help retaining talent - Performing Business Reviews (roadmap and vision) - Implementing Agile Methodologies - Implementing best practices for software development While the list above is not all inclusive, it should provide an excellent start as to how we can work together! A note: In my free time, I mentor women in the computer science field who are local to Atlanta. For this site, I choose to charge because I'm taking time away from my wife, my volunteering efforts, and my other mentees that are local to Atlanta. With that, I don't intend on making a living off this site - I will use all proceeds to further my mentoring efforts and helping underprivileged individuals get in to the computer science field

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  Product management

  I hate admitting that I'm a former product manager as that usually puts me in a position where employers will say something like "Why don't you just run the entire agile processes too!" With that, I've been a product manager for two and a half years and continued those behaviors for the last five years at my other roles.

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  Technology and tools

  Having worked in high tech companies such as Microsoft, General Electric, and General Motors, I am an expert in most tools and technologies that are available in the corporate world. I specialize in Software Development mostly (e.g. packages, api's, languages, etc); however, I am very familiar with content tools such as Wordpress and Adobe AEM as well.

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  Venting frustration

  Not only can I listen to you vent about your frustrations, I can also give you advice on how to use your frustrations to improve processes, businesses, and your life. As someone who's built an extremely large subreddit that's designed to share frustrations around hiring, I love helping, listening, and providing advice so that frustrations are transient!

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  Javascript

  23 years of experience

  I've been developing using Javascript since I was 14 and fully understand most of the ins and outs of the language. Javascript is one of the languages I love the most.

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  Tableau

  14 years of experience

  Power BI isn't listed on this list; however, I was part of the product team that delivered the Power BI you see today. I would consider myself to be a Power BI Expert and know the platform inside and out.