Results-driven Agile Coach and Management Consultant with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success building successful teams and managing profitable organizations for over 35 years.
Publications
• Over 250 5-star reviews on Google Maps from actual customers
• Built successful, multi-million dollar consulting company delivering training, coaching, and executive consulting services
• Delivered 9 successful Agile transformation engagements in 8 years for Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and US Federal Government clients.
• Trained > 11,000 Certified Scrum Masters (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owners (CSPO) with NPS of 86
• Led Agile Transformation for 1500 person Cyber Security division (Enterprise Protect)
• Ensured compliance and governance in accordance with TD Agile project delivery framework
• Built comprehensive training program for roles-based Agile training
• Built comprehensive assessment and scorecard system from team to sponsor to executive level
• Delivered Certified Product Owner (CSPO) training to internal employees
• Mentored Agile coaches within Enterprise Protect, Digital Transformation, Center of Excellence as well as in other segments and lines of business
• Established Agile coaching community of practice via MS Teams for leveraging practices and knowledge across organization
• Evaluated and championed procurement of Mural virtual collaboration tool for Agile ceremonies during COVID19 and beyond
• Insured SOX and other regulatory compliance throughout Agile project lifecycle
• Developed and led business transformation division by identifying enterprise needs, formulating solutions, and ensuring value delivery for portfolio of 10 clients
• Coached executives and other leaders on improving business agility of their organizations
• Established and led training department. Designed full scale training program for Agile including engineering and business agility
• Delivered training courses on business and engineering agility
• Coached Pray.com on marketing and product development for website and mobile app
• Provided domain knowledge expertise on Agile product development practices and business transformation
• Led Agile transformation initiatives for three enterprise level clients
• Helped clients work through their challenges to maximize value delivery and customer delight
• Coached and trained Agile practices from systems perspective following organizational change management standards
• Developed and provided Agile certification training
• Expanded Agile training practice with continuous innovation
• Insured SOX and other regulatory compliance throughout Agile project lifecycle
• Led Agile transformation engagement for Treasury Offset Program (TOP) with >400 people
• Facilitated product vision and strategic roadmap planning meetings
• Established Communities of Practice for promoting continuous innovation
• Coached and mentored leaders across Enterprise on their capabilities and agility
• Guided teams through Product Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospectives, and Daily Scrum meetings
• Insured SOX and other regulatory compliance throughout Agile project lifecycle
• Active Security Clearance
• Led Agile transformation engagement for >200 people
• Assessed current Agile practices
• Identified enterprise wide standards and gaps with recommended best practices
• Developed and executed remediation and "tune-up" strategy
• Raised automated build, deployment, and testing capabilities by implementing TDD, CI, and tighter tool integration
• Coached areas external to IT on how to maximize their effectiveness and deliver customer delight through input into process
• Re-booted Community of Practices model by identifying key objectives and approaches for these vital internal groups
• Developed culture of appreciation built upon existing corporate culture of excellence and innovation
• Formulated implementation plan for existing Software Factory Agile practices within new parent corporation
• Led Agile transformation engagement with >1200 people
• Assessed Enterprise Lifecycle (ELC) methodologies including Waterfall Path and Iterative Development Path (IDP)
• Coached and trained >1200 people on Agile practices
• Coached senior management on leadership Agility, Agile project management, and Agile engineering practices
• Committee member: Iterative Working Group, Development Working Group, Enterprise Lifecycle Working Group, Iterative Path Cadre, Implementation and Testing Working Group, Agile Tool Working Group
• Developed Scrum Master training, Product Owner training, Kanban training, and other Agile and Scrum training sessions
• Coached organization through program planning by coordinating and facilitated Business Process Owner meetings
• Mentored and coached Development and Quality Assurance team members on Agile engineering practices
• Insured SOX and other regulatory compliance throughout Agile project lifecycle
• Active Security Clearance
• Led Agile transformation engagement with >200 people
• Conducted Agile training and learning sessions
• Facilitated product vision and strategic roadmap planning meetings
• Established Communities of Practice for promoting continuous innovation
• Coached and mentored leaders across Enterprise on their capabilities and agility
• Initiated new technology projects with Scrum
• Guided teams through Product Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospectives, and Daily Scrum meetings
• Mentored Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Scrum Team members, and other project stakeholders
• Executed as Scrum Master when necessary; i.e. to ensure success of projects
• Led Agile transformation assessment engagement for five national data centers
• Assessed current USPS SDLC and Project Lifecycle
• Developed implementation plan for USPS Enterprise Agile Implementation
• Trained and coached >150 USPS staff
• Identified and prioritized projects for USPS Enterprise Agile Implementation
• Defined USPS Agile engineering practices in support of USPS Agile Project Management framework
• Insured SOX and other regulatory compliance throughout Agile project lifecycle
• Active Security Clearance
• Managed $20 Million P&L for Quality Assurance practice
• Developed and led Agile Coaching and Training practice
• Delivered Agile coaching and training services to clients for business transformation and business agility
• Developing strategic Quality Assurance solutions and service offerings for process analysis and improvement
• Writing RFPs, contracts, SOWs
• Managing project teams across organizations
• Ensuring timely execution of deliverables, monitoring progress, analyzing and mitigating risk, contractual compliance
• Client relationship development and management
• New Business development
• Travel: 75%
Electrician's Mate, Nuclear Power (EMN)
• Lead and managed teams of 5-15 people in accomplishing various project work
• Operate and control generators, switchboards, control equipment, and electrical equipment associated with reactor plants
• Operate and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on power and lighting circuits, electrical fixtures, motors, generators, voltage and frequency regulators, controllers, distribution switchboards, and other electrical equipment
• Test for short circuits, grounds or other casualties; and repair and/or rebuild electrical equipment, including solid state circuitry elements
• Active security clearance
Change Management
undefined• 09-2009 to 02-2012 - Scrum Alliance Committee - CSP Application Reviewer (2009-2012)
• 09-2011 to 12-2011 - Scrum Gathering Atlanta (SGATL) - Submission Reviewer
• 12-2011 to 03-2012 - Agile 2012 - Conference Submission Reviewer
• 04-2012 to 07-2012 - Scrum Gathering Barcelona (SGBCN) - Submission Reviewer
• 05-2012 to 05-2012 - Scrum Gathering Atlanta (SGATL) - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 05-2012 to 05-2012 - Scrum Gathering Atlanta (SGATL) - Conference Volunteer
• 05-2012 to 05-2012 - What's Done Is Done: A discussion of what "Done" means different perspectives. - Scrum Gathering Atlanta (SGATL) - Session Speaker
• 08-2012 to 08-2012 - Agile 2012 - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 08-2012 to 08-2012 - Agile 2012 - Conference Volunteer
• 08-2012 to 08-2012 - What's Done Is Done: A discussion of what "Done" means different perspectives. - Agile 2012 - Session Speaker
• 09-2012 to 09-2012 - Scrum Gathering Barcelona (SGBCN) - CST/CSC Retreat Facilitator
• 10-2012 to 10-2012 - Scrum Gathering Barcelona (SGBCN) - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 10-2012 to 10-2012 - Scrum Gathering Barcelona (SGBCN) - Scrum Gathering Volunteer
• 12-2012 to 03-2013 - Agile 2013 - Conference Submission Reviewer
• 05-2013 to 05-2013 - Scrum Gathering Las Vegas (SGLAS) - Conference Chair
• 05-2013 to 08-2013 - Scrum Gathering Paris (SGCDG) - Submission Reviewer
• 06-2013 to 06-2013 - What's Done Is Done: A discussion of what "Done" means different perspectives. - Scrum Gathering Beijing (RSGC) - Keynote Speaker
• 07-2013 to 07-2013 - The Secret Pyramid of Agile - Scrum Gathering Shanghai (RSGC) - Keynote Speaker
• 09-2013 to 12-2013 - Scrum Gathering New Orleans (SGNOLA) - Submission Reviewer
• 09-2013 to 09-2013 - Scrum Gathering Paris (SGCDG) - Coaches' Clinic Facilitator
• 09-2013 to 09-2013 - The Secret Pyramid of Agile - Scrum Gathering Paris (SGCDG) - Session Speaker
• 11-2013 to 03-2015 - Scrum Alliance Committee - Provisional Trainer Approval Committee (PTAC)
• 11-2013 to 02-2015 - Scrum Alliance Committee - Trainer Approval Committee (TAC)
• 12-2013 to 03-2014 - Agile 2014 - Conference Submission Reviewer
• 01-2014 to present - Scrum Alliance Committee - Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) Review Committee
• 03-2014 to 03-2014 - So, you want to be an Agile Coach? - DFW Scrum - Keynote Speaker
• 05-2014 to 05-2014 - Scrum Gathering New Orleans (SGNOLA) - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 07-2014 to 07-2014 - Wanted: Agile Coach, ScrumMaster, Janitor, Whatever! - Scrum Gathering India (RSGI) - Keynote Speaker
• 07-2014 to 07-2014 - Scrum Gathering India (RSGI) - Coaches' Clinic Facilitator
• 07-2014 to 08-2014 - Agile 2014 - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 07-2014 to 07-2014 - Raising Agility: Brining Up The Next Generation of Agile Thought Leaders - Agile 2014 - Session Speaker
• 08-2014 to 08-2014 - Wanted: Agile Coach, ScrumMaster, Janitor, Whatever! - Scrum Gathering Rio (RSGR) - Keynote Speaker
• 09-2014 to 09-2014 - Scrum Gathering Rio (RSGR) - Coaches' Clinic Facilitator
• 09-2014 to 09-2014 - Scrum Gathering Berlin (SGBER) - Open Space Facilitator
• 10-2014 to 10-2014 - Scrum Coaching Retreat, Raleigh (SCRR) - Conference Chair
• 11-2014 to 11-2014 - A Portrait of the Agilist as a Young Project Manager - Give Thanks For Scrum - Keynote Speaker
• 01-2015 to 01-2015 - A Portrait of the Agilist as a Young Project Manager - PHXSUG South - Keynote Speaker
• 05-2015 to 05-2015 - Scrum Gathering Phoenix (SGPHX) - Conference Chair
• 07-2012 to 09-2015 - Scrum Alliance Committee - Global Scrum Coaching Retreat Planning Committee
• 07-2015 to 07-2015 - Pigs in Zen: When Your Agile Transformation Team *IS* The Primary Barrier To Agile Adoption - Agile Philly - Keynote Speaker
• 09-2015 to 09-2015 - When your Agile Transformation Team *IS* The Problem… - Scrum Gathering Shanghai (SGCDG) - Session Speaker
• 09-2015 to 09-2015 - Scrum Gathering Shanghai (SGCDG) - Open Space Facilitator
• 04-2017 to 04-2017 - Scrum Gathering San Diego (SGSAN) - Coaches' Clinic Volunteer
• 10-2017 to 11-2017 - Scrum Gathering Dublin (SGDUB) - Coaches' Clinic Facilitator
• 05-2019 to 05-2019 - Scrum Gathering Austin (SGAUS) - Coaches and Trainers Retreat
• 10-2019 to 10-2019 - Dave's Not Here! A discussion of the past, present, and future of distributed teams. - Agile Philly - Keynote Speaker
• 10-2019 to 10-2019 - Agile Stalwarts Panel - Agile Philly - Keynote Speaker
Certified Enterprise Coach® (CEC)
• Project Management Institute
• Agile Delaware - Founder/advisor
• Rotary International
• Real World Agility: Practical Guidance for Agile Practitioners - ISBN-10: 0134191706 - http://www.realworldagility.com
• 97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts - ISBN-10: 1492073849
• Agile Coaching: Wisdom from Practitioners - ISBN-10: 1973723778
• The Definitive ScrumMaster® Workbook
• The Definitive Scrum Product Owner® Workbook
• AgileNEXT! podcast - http://www.agilenext.tv
• The Agile Portal - http://www.agileportal.com