Business Agility Consultant / Client Engagement Lead

• Apr 2021 - Present

Leading Business agility and Organizational Agile Transformation efforts at Independence Blue Cross. Assists in the coaching and planning efforts of Business Agility rollout across clients. Provides the necessary tools and guidance to successfully adopt new ways of working. Works with client leadership to create more business value-driven processes. Utilizes feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and partners with others to coach on potential improvement options. Drives consistent Business Agility practices and strategy across the organization to enhance business value delivery. Identify and coaches Agile evangelists across the organization who can act as informal mentors/peers and continue increasing the maturity across the organization Serves as a mentor to other agile coaches Trains teams and leadership on business agility Show less

Co-Founder / Principal Agile Coach

• Sep 2019 - Present

Co Founder: SAFe Silver Partner Agillium. SAFe Training, Enterprise Agile Transformation Co Founder: SAFe Silver Partner Agillium. SAFe Training, Enterprise Agile Transformation

Agile Coach/Trainer/Principal Consultant

• Jun 2016 - Present

Provide Training on Scrum Practices, Agile Boot camp, SAFe Training, Backlog Grooming, Agile Estimation, Agile delivery and Self organization for teams, Scaled Agile, DevOps fundamentals Provide Training on Scrum Practices, Agile Boot camp, SAFe Training, Backlog Grooming, Agile Estimation, Agile delivery and Self organization for teams, Scaled Agile, DevOps fundamentals

Enterprise Agile Coach

• Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

Portfolio/Program level Organizational Agile Transformation, Agile Coaching at all Levels, Supporting multiple Agile Release Trains. Portfolio/Program level Organizational Agile Transformation, Agile Coaching at all Levels, Supporting multiple Agile Release Trains.

Enterprise Agile Transformation Consutant / Sr. Agile Coach

• Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

Leading Portfolio/Program level Organizational Agile Transformation. Value Stream Mapping, Establishing Lean Agile Center of Excellence, Agile Coaching and Training at all Levels of the Organization, Standing up Agile Release Trains and Scrum Teams Leading Portfolio/Program level Organizational Agile Transformation. Value Stream Mapping, Establishing Lean Agile Center of Excellence, Agile Coaching and Training at all Levels of the Organization, Standing up Agile Release Trains and Scrum Teams

Enterprise Agile Coach

• Jul 2017 - Sep 2018

Agile Transformation, Coaching, Provide Role-based Training for RTE, SM, PM, PO, Value Stream mapping, Agile Release Train formation, Building Self organized Teams, Facilitate PI Planning events Agile Transformation, Coaching, Provide Role-based Training for RTE, SM, PM, PO, Value Stream mapping, Agile Release Train formation, Building Self organized Teams, Facilitate PI Planning events

Agile Coach

• Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

Agile Coach/Agile Project Manager for software development efforts at Comcast for their Customer Service Portal Agile Coach/Agile Project Manager for software development efforts at Comcast for their Customer Service Portal

Agile Coach/SAFe Program Consultant 4.0 (SPC4)/SM

• Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

Manage multiple scrum teams in Scaled Agile Framework for delivery of software iterations, Responsible for software delivery strategy, execution and support for projects and application enhancements, identifying risks and clearing roadblocks, agile estimation and Coaching teams on Agile principles Manage multiple scrum teams in Scaled Agile Framework for delivery of software iterations, Responsible for software delivery strategy, execution and support for projects and application enhancements, identifying risks and clearing roadblocks, agile estimation and Coaching teams on Agile principles

Agile Coach /Sr.Consultant

• Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

Conducted detailed process analysis, developed process flow, facilitated project status meetings with business, project sponsors and other business groups, functioned as a liaison to partner with internal business and technical personnel and other stakeholders, researched and documented impacts and risks of business proposal, developed recommendations to reduce risk, maintained project documentation, elicited business and functional requirements Conducted detailed process analysis, developed process flow, facilitated project status meetings with business, project sponsors and other business groups, functioned as a liaison to partner with internal business and technical personnel and other stakeholders, researched and documented impacts and risks of business proposal, developed recommendations to reduce risk, maintained project documentation, elicited business and functional requirements

Senior Consultant

• Dec 2013 - Jul 2014

Manage the Performance Assessment and Quality Assurance programs. Analyze performance data and metrics. Manage the QA team, facilitating the professional growth of each team member and their QA skill sets. Develop and establish quality assurance measures and standards for new web applications, products, and enhancements to existing applications throughout the development/product lifecycles. Manage the Performance Assessment and Quality Assurance programs. Analyze performance data and metrics. Manage the QA team, facilitating the professional growth of each team member and their QA skill sets. Develop and establish quality assurance measures and standards for new web applications, products, and enhancements to existing applications throughout the development/product lifecycles.

Sr. Project Manager

• Dec 1998 - Nov 2013

Member of Technical Staff (Project Management) Managed assigned projects throughout the enterprise and managed vendor system releases. Helped the organization define and implement new processes to manage all aspects of the project life cycle. Infrastructure Upgrades, Software Upgrades, Automation, Infrastructure for Supporting Sales force and technicians, Program Management, Evaluation and Certification of Mobile devices, Scalability and capacity planning, Member of Technical Staff (Project Management) Managed assigned projects throughout the enterprise and managed vendor system releases. Helped the organization define and implement new processes to manage all aspects of the project life cycle. Infrastructure Upgrades, Software Upgrades, Automation, Infrastructure for Supporting Sales force and technicians, Program Management, Evaluation and Certification of Mobile devices, Scalability and capacity planning,

Senior Business System Analyst

• Jan 1998 - Nov 2008

Software Development Consultant

• Jan 1997 - Nov 1998

Responsible for Design and development of software for testing high bandwidth receivers Responsible for Design and development of software for testing high bandwidth receivers

Systems Engineer

• Mar 1996 - Jan 1997

Worked as a control systems Engineer to provide technical assistance to the system processes in various Projects Worked as a control systems Engineer to provide technical assistance to the system processes in various Projects