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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name Certified Professional: RTE, CSM, CSPO, CST, SAFe SPC 4,5,&6 PM/PO, EMAIL AVAILABLE or PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLESummaryOver ten years of experience in Agile Coaching, Portfolio Management, and Agile Metrics and Reporting, with over five years implementing the SAFe framework. Expertise with the Agile experience. Knowledge of DevOps-CI/CD, testing, metrics, portfolio management, and collaborating with business, IT, Finance, and technical leaders. Hands-on practical approach with a commitment to achieving excellence in delivery, problem-solving, taking ownership, and delivering business outcomes. To stay ahead in software engineering, you must embrace an agile mindset is crucial. Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, emphasize flexibility, continuous improvement, and rapid response to change. By incorporating these principles into your workflow, you can adapt more quickly to new requirements or user feedback In the unpredictable world.Fiserv; Senior Principal Transformation Agile Team Coach. Berkeley Heights NJ. 9/4/2-23 PresentAn experienced, enthusiastic team member and Senior Agile Coach supporting a large federal agency. Committed to an operating model based on Agile, Product-focus, and DevSecOps in pursuit of increasing efficiency, efficacy, and overall success of various IT verticals and missions. As a Senior Agile Coach who is motivated, and highly skilled, to bring creative people together to solve the governments most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. I embody an Agile mindset and am passionate about empowering an Agile culture through experience coaching, guiding, and supporting executives, managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and others.Oversee the Agile transformation for multiple teams at both the team and program levels to enable the successful delivery of large strategic system development initiatives.Facilitate team workshops to help new teams understand Agile and Lean principles, Scrum, Kanban, and individual and team roles and responsibilities.Lead in the creation, delivery, and strategy of Agile Training to government stakeholders and contractors regarding agency Agile processes, tools, and policies.Help teams with sprint planning and implementation, as well as provide ongoing Agile Coaching support for new Agile teams throughout multiple iterations.Experience supporting and executing PI Planning events and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs).Provide practical hands-on mentoring to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team members of new and existing Agile teams.Ensure Agile project metrics (OKR) object key results are being tracked and monitored for indications of potential problem areas and assist teams in identifying and implementing solutions to address the problems.The Private Sector Group /US Deloitte (VA) Veterans Affairs Agile Coaching Senior Advisor 11/21- 8/23As a senior Agile Coach, Coach executives on supporting organizational structures for agile transformations. Teach, lead, and mentor cross-functional business groups to build, sustain, and strengthen Agile values, scrum concepts, and practices, providing them the necessary tools and guidance to successfully implement across high-impact programs throughout the enterprise. Identify and coach Agile evangelists across several divisions who can act as informal mentors/peers and continue increasing the maturity and mindset across the organization. Support the development of coaching strategies and plans for agile adoption based on assessment outcomes and transformation goals.Drive organizational change and advance Agile mindset by championing Agile values, principles, and practices.Lead initiatives to promote the adoption and sustainment of Agile ways of working at all levels of the organization.Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning to support transformation efforts.Expose teams to the latest innovative thinking and ideas from the Lean, Agile, and Product Communities.Mentor and coach Agile Leeds, Product Owners, leaders, and other related roles to build their capabilities and effectiveness.Provide guidance and support to three scrum teams and individuals in adopting Agile practices, overcoming challenges, and optimizing their performance and effectiveness.Provide coaching on discovery and continuous delivery of customer-centric work, including the creation of product roadmaps, user journeys, story maps, product backlogs, and iterative delivery.Conduct assessments and retrospectives to identify areas for improvement and tailor coaching approaches accordingly.Senior Agility Enterprise Coach. Prudential Consulting Assignment 5/20-11/21As a senior-level coach and servant leader optimize the delivery of features and functionality. Improving the capability of all teams working on agile. Leading in crafting the strategy and driving the implementation of several products, integrations, and automation using agile best practices. Setting standards for our scrum teams to define and measure delivery success. Manage, mentor, and assist Scrum masters to create a strong delivery function within the Mentoring organizational leaders and their teams to instill a scaled, successful enterprise-wide adoption of Agile methodologies and practices including Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Worked with software engineering practices (e.g., XP, BDD, DevOps, Test Driven Development, Automated Testing). Including creating tools and leading training sessions to demonstrate how leaders and associates will apply the Agile mindsets and principles in their day-to-day work. Transitioning and driving the adoption of Agile principles and practices. Promote a culture of innovation by implementing Agile principles and frameworks to increase collaboration, predictability, and transparency, across the enterprise.Developed and oversaw transformation management processes, proactively aligning transformation efforts from the start of the initiative.Identify impacted stakeholders and craft communication strategies for all parties throughout the transformation process.Oversaw the adoption of Agile methodologies and ensured alignment with our digital transformation goals.Assess transformation readiness, conduct impact analyses after changes have been implemented, and track and report issues during and after the transformation process.Ensure accountability to business cases, track, and report progress on operational and financial KPIs, and enable stage-gated decision-making.Drive alignment on operational model choices, facilitate technical deep dives, and gather input on key decisions to drive adherence to choices and identify technical interdependencies.Worked with the senior leadership team and digital leadership to evolve priorities, sequencing, and the roadmap.Sr. Operating Officer of PMO.NYC, Office of Technology, and Innovation. Consulting Assignment 6/18-5/20Senior Operating Officer of the Office of Technology and Innovation (DoITT). Overseeing the transitioning of the five boroughs within New York City is the technology core of (NYC) government and communication. With a staff of 35 worked with over 100 City agencies. End-to-end projects concurrently with multiple cross-functional and cross-discipline projects in support of New York City strategic and tactical initiatives. Worked with project sponsors and stakeholders to establish budgets, and define goals, objectives, and scope. To ensure that corporate and vendor resources are focused and aligned, and appropriate change management practices are implemented. And entities to deliver the technology they need to serve and empower New Yorkers. Upgrading Establishing IT strategic direction, security policies, and standards procure. Citywide IT services and evaluate emerging technologies services maintain NYC gov, Geographic Information Systems (GIS); operates the Citys state-of-the-art data center, the Citywide Radio Network (CRN), NYPD, the wired network (City Net), the Citywide Service Desk and various telecommunications systems; The new franchise contracts providing fiber, cable television, and mobile telecom equipment installed on city property and streets. This citywide IT infrastructure consolidation program; supports the Emergency Communications Transformation Program and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. That fosters public-private partnerships to improve IT service delivery.Managed product/solution evaluations, vendor selection, and contracts.Managed the requirements gathering, scope planning, design/development/execution of deliverables, testing, and completion signoff. Leads business initiatives with cross-functional and technical teams to improve service quality, service delivery, and financial results.Demonstrated the value of corporate business initiatives by 95% that helps New York employees/users/stakeholders understand the change. Worked across all levels of the NYC/organization to identify and recommend improvements to achieve operational effectiveness.Worked closely with functional owners to ensure that requirements were clear and that there was business value, user involvement, ownership, and ongoing support.Evaluated, and deployment of tools and methods to improve business performance by 90%. Worked with business partners to facilitate agreement on new roles and responsibilities that may be required with a new functionality; that required establishing process ownership.Served as a mentor for project team members. Leads and manages the global project portfolio, project approval, and prioritization. Acted as a business advisor and consultant to senior executives on business challenges.Federal Reserve New York &Washington DC Agile Team Coach Consulting Assignment 6/20176/2018Senior Principle Agile Transformation Coach, overseeing the New York and Washington DC Federal Reserve, with several coaches of Agile Center of Excellence (Agile CoE). Providing hands-on services prioritization of continuous improvements to key stakeholders. With a focus on empowering teams and contributing to a collaborative culture. Meeting the teams and organization where they are in the process and guiding them in their maturity, with a primary focus on team-level improvements. Enable greater transparency into delivery progress and contribute to and evolve a culture of continuous improvement. Identify and eliminate waste, improve quality, and increase delivery flow and value generated by teams. Worked with new Dev-Ops teams and stakeholders throughout the New York and Washington DC Federal Reserve at various levels to influence change, solicit and achieve buy-in, and effectively communicate the value of agilityCoaching and developing people and teams, influencing behavior change, and establishing sustainability through cultural change. Worked closely with senior leaders and executives to drive agile transformation initiatives and create a culture of agility within the organization.Encourage and promote a culture of continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives and providing feedback to teams and individuals.Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.Coach teams on how to conduct agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.Guide teams on developing and maintaining a backlog, estimating work, by using scrum poker, planning sprints, and tracking progress using agile practices.Ensure Agile project metrics are being tracked and monitored for indications of potential problem areas and assist teams in identifying and implementing solutions to address the problems.U.S. Census Bureau & IRS, Principle Agile Enterprise Team Coach Consulting Assignment 8/5/16 -5/30/17Senior Agile Coach in the Digital Transformation programs for the U.S. Census Bureau in adopting new agile practices. Worked with several teams to transition new ways of working. Establish organizational and program-level agile engineering and management principles. Support the Corporate Digital Transformation Office (DTO) and Digital Transformation team. Responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving Agile methodologies, policies, procedures, and standards; developing training materials and conducting training classes on Agile methodologies; directly supporting teams as they build, deploy, and support/sustain digital capabilities throughout U.S. Census Bureau New Systems.Oversaw the coaching and planning of multiple high-performing Agile development teams and journeys Teach, led, and mentored cross-functional business groups to build, sustain, and strengthen Agile values, scrum concepts, and practices, providing them the necessary tools and guidance to implement across high impact programs throughout the enterprise successfully.Drive consistent and marketplace opportunities.Grow trust by monitoring the health of the collective team, checking that our commitments, pace, and quality are on track with organizational standards.Conduct training for executives, managers, and leaders, (as well as agile teams and other positions like Product Owner, Product Manager, Scrum Master, and Release Train Engineers) on the use of Agile frameworks, processes, and practices to deliver desired business outcomes.Robert Wood Johnson & Barnabas Health Sr. Admin Project Manager Consulting Assignment 5/2015 -8/2016Consolidated financial statements and financial analyses. Supported all aspects of the institution of the institution's and department's missions. by providing administrative leadership in the development of efficient and effective financial processes, procedures, and policies. Collaborated with other department divisions to improve financial effectiveness to achieve financial targets. Review all medical regulatory remediation programs including Finance, Treasury, management, credit risk, Market Risk, and technology and data. Performed complex statistical, cost, and financial analysis of financial reports and data, and prepared subsequent narrative analysis for management.Work with the leadership team, chairs/departments, program directors, service line medical directors, aligned physicians, nursing leaders, and medical groups to drive quality and service line initiatives across acute and ambulatory settings in the system according to lean principles.Worked with physicians and staff members by planning, negotiating, and purchasing new capital equipment and negotiating with vendors and suppliers of existing products and equipment to achieve favorable pricing.Serve as the primary contact to marketing and physician relations liaisons to plan new initiatives for the growth and exposure of programs to customers and potential customers.Montefiore Medical Centre PMO Director NYC Employee 9/2009 -5/2015State of New Jersey Sr. State Deputy PMO / Agile Coach Consulting Assignment 4/ 2007 9/ 2009Cendant Mortgage Director of Business Services NJ. *Employee 3/2004 - 1/2007Credit Suisse, NYC. Sr. Vice President of Information Technology; *Employee 9/1998 to 2/2004Technical Skills:Jira, Jira Line, Rally, Clarity, MS Project, Excel, Confluence, SAFe, Program Consultant SPC 4,5 &6, ITIL (IT infrastructure library) V3 certified, Pivotal Tracker, Version-One, TrelloCertificationsAgility in Enterprise(ICP-ENT), Coaching Agile Transition ( ICP-CAT), SPC SAFe, 4,5,6 Certified Scrum Practitioner(CSP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Product Owner (CSPO), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), ICAgile Certified Professional for Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF), ICAgile Certified, Software Testing Engineer (CSTE), Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC) ITCPM-IT Certified Project Management (PMP)Project Management Leadership GroupMethodologies:Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, PMBOK, Green & Black Belt, (OKR)-Objectives & Key Results, Dev-Ops, (KPI) Key Performance Indicator. CFD Cumulative Flow DiagramEducation and CredentialsSan Francisco State University; BSEE, Electric EngineeringMBA, Business Administration (Park University) |
