Christopher Bailey-Smith, Pmp, Csm, Cspo, Sa, Rssp Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Burbank, Ca, Us

Building on the work of the last two years, I have taken on the exciting opportunity of building out our release planning capability in our broader Quality offering, integrating increased focus on release into our agile frameworks and broader integrated quality offering.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Leading a team of Sr Agile Specialists (Coaches) and Agile Specialists (Scrum Masters) to implement business agility best practices across the Walt Disney Company's Enterprise Technology organization, we look to build an innovative, best in class agile organization. As part of the Quality Management Office, we partner closely with Quality, Security and Software Delivery best practice teams to deliver holistic solutions in our Core Systems & Platforms team as we pivot to iteratively deliver while we ensure our organizations ability to deliver our customer commitments; on time, on budget and on function.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Reporting to the Director of the newly formed Quality Management Office, this role will build the foundational competency to drive organization change in adopting agile practices across the core systems and platforms in the TWDC Enterprise Technology group and partner groups in Architecture & Standards and End User and Technical Operations.Responsibilities:- Partner with CSP leadership to develop strategy to adopt business agility standards to drive on time, on budget and on function outcomes- Develop Transformation roadmap for Portfolio, program and team level agile transformation and adoptions- Develop and implement agile best practices and training to foster an environment of self organization and continuous improvement - Develop the core roles necessary to deliver a high performing, agile at scale competency across the organization- Coach and train cast members to perform in critical roles to drive and sustain ongoing business agility

Burbank, Ca, Us

• Managing the Cloud Cost Optimization Program which identified $31M in cost optimizations in its first year as well as delivered $6M of those optimizations to date• Delivered product line agile transformation for the Cloud Platform Engineering organization establishing transparency in the development pipeline, stabilizing velocity and building competencies for product and agile development practices across the three development teams.• Delivered IAM Product Management Ingest process addressing resource constraints and communication challenges between product and engineering• Delivered 21CF IAM Product Management Ingest Process for integration services• Delivered IAM Agile transformation for the 3 IAM engineering teams to provide transparency in development & stabilize velocity to address limited resources and capacity• Delivered AES Agile assessment for SAP Ops, designing a custom agile approach for non-collocated and heavy agency-based resourcing• Ongoing coaching of product management resources and agile teams across Enterprise Technology

Engaged at Disney on the adoption of project management tools, processes and techniques in the creation of a organization portfolio and project management framework for the Systems Engineering group.

Santa Monica, California, Us

Reporting to Head of Operations, Central Technology and managing 10 Project Managers for Central Technology, which integrates the deliverables of 288 developers across 17 teams working on integration projects for the 13 Activision Publishing Game Development Studios. • Established and staffed Central Technology Project Management Office to manage cross functional work tracking, transparency and communication, stakeholder management, and risk management• Established core competencies for agile development in Scrum, Scrumban, and Kanban reflective of the company’s development constraints • Developed Agile training programs to support the continued deployment of agile across the company• Established PMO Strategy aligned to CTO organizational restructure• Developed PMO maturity model reflective of the ATVI business and implemented three-year plan to elevate to Maturity Lvl 5, integrating project management results to business systems.• Developed core organizational assets and Project Management capabilities for use by Central Technology and the broader publishing org • Lead team of 10 project managers to asses and implement project management support across• Established a core tools competency, standardizing the tools used for managing work and collaboration (JIRA, Confluence, Shotgun & Slack)• Developed and Chair the cross functional work group to manage the cross functional development to support the 2016 MTX cross-franchise strategy• 2016 Key Projects supported by the PMOo Implementation of a new Data Services organizationo Integrated Cross-franchise Data instrumentation initiativeo Formation of Franchise MTX organizationo Formation of Franchise eSports

Los Angeles, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

Director of Operations & PMO, Consumer Technology, March 2015 to presentProgram Manager, Global CRM (Senior Manager), January 2012 to October 2015Reported to VP of the Consumer Technology Group (CTG) and managed three project managers for CTG Operations & PMO which integrates the deliverables of the five interdependent project teams in the CTG and our internal customers DemonWare, ATVI IT, Digital Marketing, Product Management Group, and studio operation teams. As a part of the CTG Leadership team, responsibilities include developing the evolving departmental operations and the expanding PMO.• Established the CRM/CTG Program Management Office governing all technology and process implementations, a $16M portfolio• Built Agile centers of excellence, promoting adoption and optimization of agile and lean development methodologies• Mitigated project escalations across internal departments, external partners and consulting services• Lead technology solution reviews and selections for ongoing capability development• Engaged with Global Information Security to ensure all CRM technologies, processes meet compliance guidelines on data handling, storage, privacy and security• Facilitated all privacy & risk reviews and approvals for all Consumer Marketing initiatives in partnership with the Chief Information Security officer and Chief Privacy Officer • Managed vendor relationships and negotiate contracts for goods and services• Supervised the Procure to Pay processes for the Consumer Technology Group from budget planning to final payment of all costs on a $8M protfolioProfessional Memberships:Production & Project Management Community of Practice, Founder & ChairmanCRM Leadership Team BU Quarterly Steering Committee, Chairman, 2013

Santa Monica, California, Us

Senior Manager, Global IT Learning & CollaborationManager, Global IT Learning & Collaboration Reported to the VP of Strategic Projects & IT Security and managed the global IT Learning programs and collaboration technologies used across the Global Activision Blizzard organization. Responsibilities included the management of Oracle UPK and Tutor, SharePoint while assisting Activision departments to match the appropriate collaboration solution to their specific business needs. • Developed and Implemented IT project documentation standards and templates• Developed and implemented Process, Procedure & Policy documentation for Sox Compliance & Disaster Recovery• Creation of Documentation Standards & tools via SharePoint 2007 & 2010, and Oracle Tutor for HR, Global Finance and Studio Finance• SharePoint Administration – worked with departments globally to design SharePoint sites to meet their business needs, implement the sites and train departmental admins for management of their site.• User Productivity Kit (UPK) rollout and adoption across Finance, HR, IT, and EU Operations• Training Programso Oracle Training program thought Oracle Universityo Established Microsoft Enterprise eLearning o IT Professional training: analyzed 3rd party solutions to find one that would provide flexible training for our IT Professionals for continuing certifications, new skill development & new technology support. Professional Memberships:IT Leadership Team (ILT)Activision CIO Advisory CouncilBoard Co-Chair – Oracle Customer Advisory Board, UPK & Tutor

Santa Monica, California, Us

Manager, Global IT PMO Reporting to the VP of IT Strategy, PMO & Security and managing a Project Management Office with an average of 30 project managers across the global IT organization. Responsibilities include• Standardized the PM tools and processes across all of IT and all business partners and documented in the Quarterly Release Toolkit• Build of IT PMO SharePoint site in all iterations over the sites two year lifecycle (migrated to Google). Including the management of the QR Process Improvement project involving the IT Leadership team.• Testing Manager for the Oracle 11.5.1 enhancement projects (awarded dpt. Excellence Award)• Creation of Global IT Training Resources site to centralize all tools, resources and requests for IT training globally. Professional Memberships:Activision CIO Advisory CouncilBoard Member – Oracle Customer Advisory Board, UPK & Tutor

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Westlake Village, Ca, Us