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Dearborn, Michigan, US

I work directly with senior leadership to oversee and optimize the Digital Products and Digital Platforms portfolio. I also collaborate with the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) and ProdOps office to enhance the organizational delivery model.

I started a podcast with Drew Podwal where we have transparent and authentic discussions about the agile industry, its values, principles, frameworks, practices, and roles as industry experts ourselves and with guest experts. We co-host the episodes and take turns editing. We both work on promotions, I take lead on graphic design and publishing, and he.

Chandler, Arizona, US

Shifted focus from people leader to thought leader to build up our practice capabilities, assist with strategic direction, promote conference/community involvement, and generate multi-channel thought leadership content marketing in written form, video, and in-person presentations. I partnered with marketing, portfolio, and delivery operations to define.

Chandler, Arizona, US

I became the first Product Strategy & Agility manager in the West Region, responsible for growing the practice by supporting sales, ensuring delivery excellence, and managing all agile coaches, scrum masters, product managers, business analysts, and project managers west of the Mississippi River. I grew the team headcount 5x, had a teammate satisfaction.

Chandler, Arizona, US

I was promoted after my first full year and made team lead of three teammates of scrum masters and product owners, and continued consulting full-time at a Fortune 500 utility company. I helped this client to adopt Scrum and Kanban while advising directors and managers; mentoring product owners, scrum masters, and development teams; and partnering with.

Chandler, Arizona, US

I was hired by Cardinal Solutions Group (acquired by Insight) to coach, mentor, and train clients in agile values, principles, frameworks, and delivery models. I advised a medium-sized ERP provider to implement Nexus and Scrum, including mentoring the Product Owner, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and leaders. I also facilitated the creation of our.

I helped a friend start his business by creating the company logo, website, and copywriting. I also designed the first client's native mobile apps.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I guided an R&D team and mentored a new Product Owner at a Fortune 500 global marketing company through the innovation process in a Scaled Scrum environment for a new IoT device and mobile app. I collaborated with leadership and the other SMs to build out our portfolio.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I worked with the Lead Business Analyst and Product Owner at a Fortune 500 foodservice distributor to enhance their internal web app and mobile app, along with delivering a single-page application (SPA) replacement of a critical business application. I implemented an entirely new requirements process, mentored BAs, the PO, SMs, and stakeholders, and worked.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I became one of Meijer's first Scrum Masters during our SAFe transformation that helped to train Marketing Analysts into Product Owners and build Meijer's Digital Portfolio. I was trained to replace the vendor Release Train Engineer (RTE) and helped increase our production deployments from twice a year to twice a month.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I was hired in full-time to continue supporting the mobile apps, but my responsibilities increased to include the ecomm and loyalty sites.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

Due to my communication skills, I was promoted to BA to collaborate with Marketing Analysts to define and validate new features for Meijer's native mobile apps. I was responsible for documenting requirements, creating the release plan, managing vendor relationships, and performing user acceptance testing (UAT). I continued to support the quality team by.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I became one of the first testers for Meijer's native apps that helped to establish testing standards and practices. I reported 200 bugs in my first month, and by the time I left Meijer, we could consistently push to production with no showstopping defects.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

Contracted as a point-of-sale quality analyst specializing in testing the automated self-checkout kiosks through system configuration and test scripts.

Deerfield, IL, US

I was promoted to Coordinator over all deliveries, responsible for all non-medicinal inventory, managing a team of 3 drivers, and handling all shipments while maintaining Clinical Technician responsibilities.

Deerfield, IL, US

I was hired as the only person on the western side of the state to maintain our medical equipment inventory, document care guidelines, and train nurses and clients on proper usage. This position lived in distribution and I would assist with deliveries, as needed.

Due to my contracts ending, I stayed home to raise our newborn daughter and son while the wife worked.

Deerfield, IL, US

I installed new point-of-sale (POS) terminals, servers, and wireless access points at multiple store locations.

Holland, MI, US

I answered customer calls in a call center and performed data entry for scanned copies of bill-of-ladings.

Framingham, MA, US

I repaired computers and electronics in-store and was the first in-home certified technician at this location.

I was injured while working on the line due to an OSHA violation that resulted in surgery and rehabilitation. This would end my career in Lean Manufacturing.

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Due to my technical aptitude, I was trained in a proprietary query language to program and maintain vision systems that automated quality through machine learning (ML) / artificial intelligence (AI) that interfaced with a programmable logic controller (PLC).

Grand Rapids, MI, US

I led a dynamic cross-functional team of 6-60 predominantly non-English speakers in a fast-paced environment to meet strict deadlines while maintaining FDA and OSHA standards by leveraging Lean principles and servant leadership.

Grand Rapids, MI, US

I returned to Lean Manufacturing where I fulfilled orders via a Kanban pull system with a shear press brake, overhead crane, powered pallet jack, and forklift. I was laid off by seniority and called back two months later but I already had another job.

I performed various positions, including customer service at multiple retail stores, tech support at Geek Squad, and even vehicle recovery due to physical rehabilitation. During this time I had my firstborn child.

I was in a car accident on my way to work and needed time for cognitive rehabilitation.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

I was able to leverage my experience in Lean and Kanban to perform quality control for steel parts and was trained to operate progressive and pull-back steel stamping presses.

I went back to school and worked part-time retail jobs in technology and fashion.

Aurora, Ontario, CA

This is where I was first introduced to Lean Manufacturing and Kanban. I quickly became a recognized leader and trainer by demonstrating how to increase throughput by 67% while reducing the required team size by 25% across four assembly cells and three shifts.

I continued to pick up part-time website and graphic design projects for local companies and small businesses between college classes.

After years of creating my own fan sites and portfolios, I was signed on to replace the only developer at a local studio that specialized in promotional videos and marketing. I designed and maintained the studio website and performed feature enhancements for several clients.

Computer Science

High School Diploma