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Dharol Tankersley

Denver,CO

Summary

Agile leader with ten years of experience in implementing lean-agile frameworks to drive organizational performance. Proficient in coaching teams and executives to foster high-performance cultures, elevate product quality, and ensure predictable delivery. Demonstrated success in Devops enablement and facilitating cross-functional collaboration, maximizing the utilization of resources and automation. Strong background in training development and program management, focused on aligning strategic goals, and building consensus among leadership.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Enterprise Agile Coach

The Private Sector Group
01.2022 - Current
  • Guided leadership strategy for FMBT, an $8B+ Veterans Affairs modernization project, the largest scaled agile transformation in government history.
  • Cultivated transparent communication and alignment across executive leadership, VA departments, and vendors.
  • Established traceability of contract deliverables, benefiting over 4,700 end users.
  • Developed internal program pilot to boost employee morale and engagement.

Agile Coach

Verizon Location Technologies
08.2021 - 01.2022
  • Guided devops team through strategic roadmap development in accordance with R&D priorities.
  • Established quality standards for deployment pipelines and production releases.
  • Integrated devops capabilities within product teams, fostering shared responsibility for CI/CD.

Release Train Engineer (RTE / STE)

P2 Energy Solutions
01.2019 - 08.2021
  • Acted as an internal company SAFe trainer, certifying employees in POPM 5.0 and Scrum Master 4.6.
  • Servant leader for 14 teams across three countries, conducting all ART and solution-level ceremonies.
  • Fostered alignment across ARTs, promoting shared awareness of available technology resources.
  • Promoted technological alignment across ARTs, fostering the adoption of tools available.
  • Defined solution and train-level OKRs and KPIs to drive predictable delivery.
  • Achieved 50% reduction in product deployment time through automation initiatives.
  • Coached Scrum Masters, Product Managers, and Product Owners in agile methodologies and team dynamics.
  • Drove continuous improvement in governance processes and Lean Agile practices.

Scrum Master

P2 Energy Solutions
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Drove adoption of agile best practices to increase operational efficiency.
  • Improved delivery predictability by implementing protocols for inter-team dependencies.
  • Created strategic roadmap for AWS cloud in partnership with Architecture and Platform teams.

Product Owner | Report Developer

P2 Energy Solutions
05.2017 - 01.2018
  • Achieved 50% reduction in approval times with streamlined, standardized processes.
  • Decreased ticket times by training Support Team and procuring access to environments.

Business Analyst | SQL Developer

Enerpact, LLC
03.2013 - 05.2017
  • Designed ERP modules and led stakeholder engagement and UAT cycles.
  • Gathered business-level requirements and translated them into technical development plans.

Education

PhD - Cognitive Neuroscience

Duke University, Durham, NC
05-2008

BA - Philosophy

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
05-2002

Postdoctoral Research - Neuropsychiatry

University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Postdoctoral Research - Neurocomputation

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

Skills

  • SAFe and agile transformations
  • Large-scale PI planning facilitation
  • DevOps integration and release governance
  • Metrics-driven improvement
  • Value stream mapping
  • Lean portfolio management
  • Executive coaching
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Agile project tools: Azure DevOps, Confluence, Digitalai, Jira
  • Data: MS Access, MATLAB, R, SPSS, SQL, Tableau
  • Microsoft: Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams
  • Platforms: Salesforce, WordPress
  • Programming languages: Bash scripting, C#, and Python
  • Agile coaching
  • Scaled Agile Framework
  • Strategic planning

Certification

  • SPC (SAFe Program Consultant)
  • SAFe 6.0 Advanced Scrum Master, POPM, RTE, SAFe for Government
  • ICAgile Certified Professional - Enterprise Coaching (ICP-ENT)
  • CMMI Certified Associate V2.0

References

References available upon request.

Publications

  • Duke Alumni Profile Series: Dharol Tankersley Stevens
  • Publications in 6 scientific peer-reviewed journals
  • Marketing Conference - Neuromarketing
  • SXSW Interactive - Crowdsourcing Your Mental Health
  • Stanford Dpt. of Neuroscience – Neurobiology of Altruism

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Healthcare benefitsCompany Culture

Languages

English
Native language
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Interests

Music

Gardening

Volunteering

Timeline

Enterprise Agile Coach - The Private Sector Group
01.2022 - Current
Agile Coach - Verizon Location Technologies
08.2021 - 01.2022
Release Train Engineer (RTE / STE) - P2 Energy Solutions
01.2019 - 08.2021
Scrum Master - P2 Energy Solutions
01.2018 - 01.2019
Product Owner | Report Developer - P2 Energy Solutions
05.2017 - 01.2018
Business Analyst | SQL Developer - Enerpact, LLC
03.2013 - 05.2017
Duke University - PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience
Emory University - BA, Philosophy
University of California San Diego - Postdoctoral Research, Neuropsychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine - Postdoctoral Research, Neurocomputation

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