Is it Agile?
-by Jon Liebertz
Professional Statement: 20+ years industry experience in business technologies, operations, and security – directing, implementing, and managing Tech & DevOps solutions focused on best practices, SMART objectives, process maturity, and scalable project / team success.
Technology, Operations, Ai-RPA, Project Management, Security, & GRC (CISSP, ITIL 4, CSM)
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Summary: Extensive, hands-on career in business technologies, leadership, governance, and special projects management among a range of industries (e.g. technical operations, healthcare, manufacturing, service, municipal) in Fortune 50’s to start-up. Directed numerous teams, held change focused leadership roles, strategic business innovations, IT and operations restructuring, Ai readiness and orchestration, and special project launches impacting bottom line revenue using proven frameworks, best practices, and least technical debt. Currently working through a Masters MBA program in Project Management at Ferris State.
Unique Industry Experience
- Servant Leadership, Management, Team Design, Mentorship, and Training (EOS, Paired Learning, Collaborative Retention, SWOT, KKC)
- Business & Project Management, Merger & Acquisition (PMI-PMP, Agile, LEAN, Six Sigma)
- Information & Cyber Security / Physical Security / Best Practices (ISO/IEC 27000, NIST SP-800, CISA, CUI)
- Governance & Compliance / Policy & Change Mgmt (CMMC, POAM, SSP, ITIL / ITSM, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC, SOX, FERPA)
- Ai, RPA & Automation / Process Orchestration / Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Driven Solutions
- Enterprise Technologies / Datacenter Management / System & Network Architecture / Config Mgmt
- Software / Hardware / IoT Development, Web Technologies (SAFe, CI-CD, XP, FDD, DevOps, Scrum)
- Proposal / Grant / Services Contracting in Government, B2B, and Public Sectors
- Contract Negotiation / Product, Vendor, & Service Mgmt / Sales & Marketing
My MeetUp and LinkedIn group for everything Project Management. 🎉
New for 2026! Join me in a hands-on, collaborative space dedicated to discussing the tools, communication styles, integrations, automations, and orchestrations (not to mention modern Ai) that fuel the success of change management and projects.
Current Events
Being honest about Ai. (Real world case study)
End of Life for Microsoft Project Online (an expected shift)
Is it Agile? 5 Requirements Needed to Support the Term in an Organization.
Meetup: 2025 ISSA Motor City / ISC2 Holiday Chapter
🏅 CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL (CISSP): Cyber / TechOps Security and Mgmt – ISC2
🏅 ITIL 4 FOUNDATIONS - ITSM CERTIFIED: ITIL 4 Certified Foundations – PeopleCert/Axelos
🏅 CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM): Scrum Alliance – Brett Palmer
🏅 GOOGLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFIED: Google Agile and Project Management (240 hours)
📚 EOS / L10 LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: Entrepreneurial Operating System – Gino Wickman
🏅 MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (MCP +I): Server, AD, Exchange, SQL, TCP/IP, Workstation
🧑🎓 BACHELORS IN BUSINESS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Ferris State University, Dean’s List, 2023 - 2026
🧑🎓 MBA MASTERS PROGRAM – PROJECT MANAGEMENT: In process, Ferris State University, 2025 - 2027
🏅 PMI AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER (PMI-ACP): In process, completion set for summer 2026
Project Management Design & Implementation: Microsoft – Project, Planner, Loop, Excel (SmartSheets), 365 Project, Asana, Monday, Jira / Confluence (Atlassian), ConnectWise, Vorex, SAP EPPM, Clarity
Governance, Compliance, Adherence: Config & Matrix Mgmt, SOP, Technical Wiki, Technical Operations, Business Continuity, ERP & Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, information classification and categorization, response and process orchestration, SIEM, SOAR, ComplianceManager GRC (Kasaya), ZenGRC, Archer, ServiceNow
Mobile, iOS & Android: Mobile Application Development and Direction
SaaS Platform and Microservice Business Process Integrations: ConnectWise, SalesForce, ServiceNow, Twilio, Sendgrid, Google Workspace, Microsoft Azure / Dataverse / Power BI / Power Apps, Odoo
PSA, Ticket, Work Oder Management Systems: ConnectWise, ServiceNow, N-Able, TigerPaw, Autotask (Datto), BMS (Kasaya)
