Paul Gower

Paul Gower has a history of working in various roles within the software engineering and technology field. Paul is currently a Software Engineer at Power Auctions LLC, starting in January 2023. Prior to this, they served as an Engineering Team Lead at Kin Insurance from December 2021 to January 2023. From 2014 to 2021, they were the Principal Consultant/Owner at Lunamark. Paul also has experience as a Kanban Trainer/Coach at HUGE IO from March 2017 to August 2020, Chief Technology Officer at Aristotle, Inc. from April 2017 to March 2018, and Director of Engineering/Kanban Trainer/Coach at Aristotle Labs from February 2017 to March 2018. Before these roles, they worked as a Lead Technical Architect at Catholic Health Initiatives from October 2013 to April 2015. From 2005 to 2013, Paul held multiple roles at Edgewater Technology, including Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Engineer. Paul began their career as a Software Engineer at Perks.com in June 2004 and then worked as a Software Engineer at Fidelity Information Services from June 2001 to June 2004.

Paul Gower's education history is as follows:

Paul attended West Monroe High School from 1992 to 1996, where they focused on studying Math. After completing high school, they enrolled at Harding University from 1997 to 2001. At Harding University, they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Computer Science and Vocational Ministry, along with a minor in Math.

In 2001, they participated in Alltel's Client-Server University, where they graduated from the Tech Lead Class in Software Development.

Aside from their formal education, Paul Gower has obtained several certifications throughout their career. Paul received the following certifications: Transitioning to Software Leadership from Construx Software in February 2022, Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK I) from Scrum.org in May 2020, Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC) from ICAgile in April 2020, Certified TBR Practitioner from Bowperson Publishing and Training in July 2018, People Stack Accelerator from The People Stack in August 2017, Kanban Management Professional from Kanban University in December 2016, Team Kanban Practitioner from Kanban University in October 2016, and Certified ScrumMaster from Scrum Alliance in October 2016. Paul holds additional certifications such as Accredited Kanban Trainer from Lean Kanban Inc. (obtained year unspecified) and various Microsoft certifications including MBSS: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Installation and Deployment in August 2010, MCAD: Microsoft .NET in June 2006, and MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional in March 2006.