Yes, I could have written it more clearly.

Both - the OP is one and the PO is the other. If the situation is not resolved, one will be leaving. Not that the OP is both.

@Mikaveli - why should they have custodians? Market forces are the final arbiters. This is not democracy or regulatory environment. It's business.

I did say others had never heard of him as well @krb686

So @krb686; your hypothesis is that both theories have equal weight despite the Agile Founder & the other agile trainers & keynote speakers all visibly looking puzzled & saying they had no idea who he was? Your theory is that either a mass delusion is taking place or a mass conspiracy to cover up a systematic denial of the project managers involvement in high profile projects & publications. It's not more likely that the Project Manager embellished his experience? You are saying both theories hold equal weight... yeh, I am going to reject that rationalwiki.org/wiki/Balance_fallacy

@grenade Not at all. I secured the role in that question including a sterling recommendation from the individual in question. I now find out that the individual has none of the supposed links or credibility he has claimed. I don't harbour any ill will; if I did I wouldn't be asking for advice. I would going straight to his management tier.

I don't need extensive experience; I simply need common sense and the ability to speak to people. I can also use search engines which return no trace of an individual's supposed achievements beyond those they self-proclaim.