Experience

Agile Big Picture

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SAFe Fellow, SAFe SPCT, President

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Greater Boston



Agile Big Picture, LLC

• President, SAFe SPCT

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

• Founder, SPCT-candidate

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2020

  Boston MA, Nashua, NH Providing classroom instruction and coaching to teams within large enterprises seeking to adopt agile methodologies and make it work at scale scale. Starting with Leading SAFe 4.0 and SAFe 4.0 for teams I can help you and your teams transition to a framework for applying agile which is made freely available and is supported by a professional network of thousands.



Fidelity Investments

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Agile Trainer and Coach

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2016

  Merrimack, NH, Boston MA Director - Agile Coaching Responsible for rolling out Agile methodologies at a major financial organization. Achievements include: preparation of coaching materials, presenting multi-day courses to a team of several hundred staff in multiple locations, embedding within teams to ensure they are coached in the adoption of Agile practices, providing tailored workshops to teams requesting more focused training. I have both a technical and a managerial background to influence best practices in a… Show more Director - Agile Coaching Responsible for rolling out Agile methodologies at a major financial organization. Achievements include: preparation of coaching materials, presenting multi-day courses to a team of several hundred staff in multiple locations, embedding within teams to ensure they are coached in the adoption of Agile practices, providing tailored workshops to teams requesting more focused training. I have both a technical and a managerial background to influence best practices in a fashion which is pragmatic and effective. Specialties: Agile coaching of Scrum/SAFe in a large financial enterprise. Prior Specialties: Web application development, Websphere, RAD, Java, J2EE, Flex, C, C++ Show less



Scholastic

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Software Solutions Development

  • 2009 - Jul 2013

  Boston, New York Responsible for oversight of product planning, development, development management, budget and staffing.

• Director Architecture

  • Sep 2005 - Nov 2009

  Director Architecture Overall technical lead for a $13 million payroll project which was delivered on time, to specification and on budget using Agile methodologies (Scrum and XP practices). Responsible for overall governance including design, quality, testing, performance and delivery. Played a key role in the adoption and application of agile practices. Provided leadership and oversight for all tech leads on the project. Initiated and led a training initiative for technical leads… Show more Director Architecture Overall technical lead for a $13 million payroll project which was delivered on time, to specification and on budget using Agile methodologies (Scrum and XP practices). Responsible for overall governance including design, quality, testing, performance and delivery. Played a key role in the adoption and application of agile practices. Provided leadership and oversight for all tech leads on the project. Initiated and led a training initiative for technical leads. Supplied hands-on support and coded in both Java and Flex as the need arose. Acted in an advisory capacity to VP of development and other managers in the group. Provided representation for the department as a whole when liaison with other departments and divisions was required.

• Software developer/ Tech lead

  • Sep 1996 - Sep 2005

  Worked on many projects for Fidelity beginning with straight windows API development in C/C++, through client-server architectures and then moving into Java and web development circa 1999. Established a solid reputation for delivering well designed quality software. Gradually moved from individual developer to a tech lead in which I was responsible for the oversight and leadership of other staff (including both contractors and full time employees).