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Life is what you make of it. It's not the place, but the person that determines your happiness, your destiny. Yet, the road less traveled should take you out into the world even as you deepen and explore the depths of your Inner Being, your Inner world. While what follows may seem like a disparate collection, they all tie back to one thing. Jack of all trades, renaissance creatures, we should be limited by our time. Not our curiosity.
S. Wachtler
| Name | : | Scott Wachtler |
| Phone | : | upon request |
| : | scott.wachtler@gmail.com | |
| Address | : | I like to say the Frozen Tundra |
| : | schweettweet | |
| Career | : | Agilist, Connector |
| Interests | : | Writing, Composition and People |
Writing
"There are only two things that will ever change the course of your life," my Professor intoned on our first day of class. "The people you meet and the books you read".
That has certainly proven to be the case.
Let me be clear, I don't think of myself as a writer. I'm not. I can 'write', but I'll be the first to admit that I don't write very well - though I am working on it.
No. I'm not a writer. I'm a story-teller. And I'm trying to get the stories, some that have bounced around in my head for decades, down on "paper".
Mobile Apps
My dad brought a computer home when I was in fourth grade, and I was hooked. Today, as a hobbiest, I'm back to tinkering around with various tech including Mobile apps and Alexa Skills.
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Challenge yourself and your friends to find, tast, or act the items on the Bingo Board and be the first to get Bingo! (Now with Fall Festivals and School Boards) Available in the App Store
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Concert Pitch
Put your pitches for acapella songs in Order for your concert(s). Available in the App Store
Music
I begged my parents to learn Piano and finally wore them down in 4th grade. Once my fingers found those keys there was no turning back. While I love to sing, composition is where my heart lies.
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The Funnest Five Acapella Singers you'll ever meet. From chamber to pop this group is a joy to perform with.
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Peter Pan - A High Flying Musical
The story you know you love. The music you didn't know you would.
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A group of High School Student find their pre-conceived notions of one another are challenged when the old story comes to life. A tale of bullying, forgiveness and seeing people for who they really are. Demos.
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Jennie
Stranded on a deserted island Franklin encounters a mysterious woman. As she relates a story of how a young woman became the Genie of fables, Franklin will find a connection he never thought he'd find again.
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Papers
The story of a family told through the documents the all have to sign.
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Solo Pieces
A mish-mash of various songs, recordings and compositions.
- Summer Dreams
- Oh Minnesota
- It Isn't You - a take on a short story.
Employment
I'm searching for opportunities that are challenging and meaningful with small companies comprised of passionate individuals. I love being a Scrummaster as it fits my personality well. The Servant Leadership model was a lightening bolt term that finally felt like a label that fit. I beleive that building teams, connecting with and to people, deepens any work experience and can change the world.
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2000 - 2003
Application Developer & Trainer
Plumtree
Provided weekly training classes on how to develop against the Plumtree Portal API in ASP and Java. Was also part of the professional services organization so would also be assigned to build projects at customer sites.
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2004 - 2012
Team Lead - Application Support
ING Direct
Ran a small team responsible for core internal customer facing applications. This included Disaster Recovery testing, Audit support as well as upgrades and daily support of applications such as Sharepoint, AWD, Tidal Scheduler, IIS (with various home grown web applications) and SNAP.
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2012 - 2014
Scrummaster
ING Direct
Led the Infrastructure Project Team working to deliver enterprise level application for the customer. Included standing up new Agile teams, assisting as a Product Owner liason and modifying Agile methods to work with support Teams. Projects included re-branding the customer facing website, converting the primary customer application from windows to linux while migrating to a more secured DMZ design.
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2014 - NOW
Scrummaster
Capital One
Started up on new Community of Practices for Scrum Masters, extended training and on-boarded new team members at a wide variety of levels (POs to Chickens), presented architecture as agile and positioning my core team as an essential part of the transition of our architecture to AWS
Writing Progress
Looking for updates on various stories?
Community
It takes a village. And boy does it ever.
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GREAT Theatre
Music Director
2005-Now
Teaching kids, teens and adults what I can about music and musical creativity has been one of the best experiences of my life. Last year's James and the Giant Peach was a phenomenal experience. This year I will be Musical Directing Beauty and the Beast! I can't wait!
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LGBT
Speaker
2008-Now
I have spoken at several events about our experiences as gay fathers. Our son is an amazing individual and sharing our story, how we got here, is one that I hope challenges any misconceptions and stereotypes.
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Junior Achievement
Teacher
2014-2015
Led classrooms through the middle-school curriculum.
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C1Coders
Class Assistant
2017 - Now
Starting a Capital One Coders to teach middle-schoolers and teenagers some basic coding skills.
The words seems to choke Sam as they all tripped on themselves trying to spill out of his mouth in that instant. Every sore word he'd ever spoken, every insult, every time he had taken out his pain on his father seemed to leak from his pores, his eyes. Every moment he knew he wouldn't have, everything he had ever and would ever want to share with his dad burnt his soul. Yet all he could do is stand with his mouth agape as his father met his eyes as he smiled and said, "I love you to."
The Heart of Darkness - The Frankenstein Legacies
“They don't know, do they?"
"No. They don't. They believe."
"But they heard 'The Story'!"
"And they will have forgotten how it ends by the time the sun rises. They may dream of it now and then, recall they heard it told with an honest voice by a great "wizard", but probably not. Even if they do remember, it will always be a fairy tale to them."
Descent - The Bard of Armageddon
There is a story told by parents to scare their children. A fable told to keep them close. to keep them from the woords.
A warning to children against straying from the path and questioning what may lay beyond their own tiny little worlds.
It's told to teach them. It's told to keep them safe. It's told to warn them.
It's the tale of the end of the world.
But it's just a story. Right?
The Bard of Armageddon - The Emerald City
Blog
Notes on Family, Work, Music and Writing
7/7/2017
Geographically Distributed Teams
Some Pros to having your team scattered around the country.
6/1/2017
The Federation Spectrum
DevOps before there was such a thing. Some Good. Some Bad. Balance in all things.
Contact
Interested in getting Beta versions of upcoming work? Looking for Scrummaster advice? Have some Wachtler or Brion News? Let me know!