Bradley Nelson Spc4, Sps, Less Clp, Pmp, Csm, Csp, Psm Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Consulted long term at large engagements as a lead consultant \ Enterprise Coach• Contributed many thought leadership artifacts including a standard Coaching Governance model, a new framework for aligning IT delivery to value, a Disbursed Team model, Team ADLC Value Mapping techniques, Barriers to Agility management, etc.• Maintained 98% billable rate for 6 yearsInternational Hotel Group – Enterprise Agile Coach• Assessed a major LOB to gain a holistic understanding of their Agile needs • Laid the foundation for implementing Coaching Governance and a Coaching ProgramBank of America - Enterprise Agile Coach • Advised on the SAFe Agile Transformation for one of the largest LOBs at the Bank• Developed and implemented a Coaches Coverage program to coordinate 20 Agile Coaches over 150 Agile Teams• Partnered in creation of a new approach to identify \ map middle-tier value to IT delivery• Helped build an Agile Coaching staff of 20 Coaches• Coordinated Agile transformation activities through the Enterprise Center of Excellence• Saved the company an estimated 1.2 million by recommending an alternate Agile training regimeJP Morgan Chase - Enterprise and Lead Agile Coach • Lead Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach in large LOB of JPMC for one of the largest Agile Transformations • Introduced at Chase an approach to identify and resolve enterprise “barriers to Agility” in a bottom-up approach to Agile transformation • Presented an Enterprise Agile Transformation planning method to JPMC• Oversaw a coaching group of six coaches with over 70 Agile teamsDaVita Inc., - SAFe Agile Program Coach Barclays Bank - Agile Transformation and Team Coach Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) - Enterprise Agile Coach Target - Agile Team Coach Bank of America - Agile Transformation and Team Coach

Traveling Consultant

Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise Consultant (SPC)Advanced Solutions Group ASG

Omaha, Ne

Agile Transformation is an Agile training and consulting company, delivering services nationally.Agile Transformation Coach at Blue Cross \ Blue Shield. Based in Fargo, ND.• Coached the Agile Enterprise Transformation for over 20 Agile Teams. Created and executed a strategically phased Agile Transformation plan. Led an Agile Transformation to phase ramp-up usage of multiple Agile frameworks and methodologies (Kanban, Scrumban, Scrum, Water-Scrum-Fall, Waterfall). Collaborated on an Agile Coaching Team to consistently implement Agile principles, practices, and rules across all teams. Identified Enterprise constraints to Agility and led constraint resolution planning and execution.• Advised and helped found an Agile Center of Excellence. Created a COE Charter with objectives, roles, and meeting cadence. Socialized Agile process improvements across a large audience. Identified and started writing over 20 Agile process guides for the Center of Excellence.• Established an Agile Coaching Mentorship program. Helped build out Coaches training with Training department. Edited an Agile Coaches Guide Book. Mentored internal Agile Coaches.• Advised the restructuring of the PMO to be an Agile PMO. Creating a PMO Project Methodology Selection Matrix (Kanban, ScrumBan, Scrum, Water- Scrum-Fall, Waterfall). Created a phased Team methodology ramp-up guideline for five methodologies (Kanban, ScrumBan, Scrum, Water-Scrum-Fall, Waterfall). Modeled Agile project scheduling scenarios. • Aided Teams in methodology \ framework Process Improvements. Created a standard Agile Team Assessment. Conducted standard Agile Team Assessments with Process Improvement Roadmaps. Created (an industry first?) Kanban Team assessment. • Individually Team Coached various Agile Teams

Columbus, Ohio Area

Taking leading roles in executing key engagements of rolling out Agile to projects / programs / organizations. Wipro Technologies is a top tier international IT consulting and services company.Agile Coach at British Petroleum (BP) • Performed end-to-end Agile transformation planning and execution, multiple Agile trainings, and coaching to one of the largest current BP Enterprise development initiatives. Based in Houston, TX. • Coached Scrum Agility and configured four new Scrum teams of over forty members in a distributed onshore \ offshore environment. • Established Agile governance and an Agile Center of Excellence to monitor Agile maturity in the organization new to Agile development practices.• Worked closely with BP, Pegasystems, and Wipro Program Management to kick off a 35m project to integrate a Pegasystems Business Process Modeling (BPM) incident management solution. Agile Coach at Capital One Bank • Engaged to conduct Agility suitability assessments in a department spanning six lines of business and multiple Agile Teams with numerous developmental interdependencies. • Uncovered constraints to implementing Agility, proposed Agile Life Cycle and Team configuration models to resolve constraints.• Provided an Agile Transformation Roadmap to phase the implementation of Agility across lines and Teams.

Columbus, Ohio

Agile Mechanics is an independent Agile consultancy engaged in Agile training and coaching• Sophisticated Systems: Agile mentoring of a Columbus based recruiting company. • Central Ohio Agile Alliance (COHAA): Serve as VP of Volunteer Relations.• Pursuing advanced Scrum certification with Scrum.Org and with the Scrum Alliance • Pursuing PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Pratitioner) trainer credentials

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Agile Mechanics is an independent Agile consultancy engaged in Agile training and coaching. Developing end-to-end training cirriculum for PMI certified Project managers transitioning to Agile.

Surrex Solutions IT Project Manager Consultant to Humana Insurance in Louisville, KY, a Fortune 98 company.Iteration Manager and Agile Coach at Humana Insurance•Managed three concurrent medical insurance software development projects within a SDLC PMO of 600 projects.•Implemented Agile SCRUM software development methodology within a distributively managed Java and .NET sub project with an overall budget of one million dollars.•Promoted an incremental approach to implementing SCRUM development within a Waterfall SDLC environment. Recommended and compiled a PMI standards Change Control policy for implementation in 2009.•Utilized Clarity, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Excel, Visio, Power Point, among other tools to manage projects.

A high tech composite and core material technology start-up company.•Following PMBOK (PMI), performed Project Management and Business Analyst duties in the creation of company scope statement, operating agreement, 6M budget plans, timelines, and communication plans.•Assisted in the formation of Advisory Board including OSU professors, industry executives, and independent business persons.•Assisted in the preparation and presentation of Business Case to the State of Ohio for grant application, to major corporations including Parker Hannifin, Ashland, Inc., and the OSU Materials Science Department for funding.•Certified as an Agile Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

e-Play, a kiosk manufacturing company developing a revolutionary new way to sell consumer entertainment including DVD’s and video games; currently partnering with GameStop, NCR, and national retailers for national expansion. Market for the emerging kiosk DVD delivery is in the billions of dollars. •Led development team utilizing Agile XP development methodology. Development was modeled in VB, C, MS SQL, PHP (web browsing) client server and object oriented programming. •Projected and managed developmental budgets and milestones in a multi-phased developmental project to develop extremely technical kiosk prototypes from inception to delivery. Advised on a project budget of $4M. •Managed multi-disciplined Subject Matter Expert IT team of 10 developers plus major vendors.•Managed the IT architecting and development of kiosk and corporate software, networking infrastructure, databases, MSMQ transaction processing, and back-end ERP integration, from concept through two SDLC phases.

Exact Software, a global provider of Enterprise ERP software, project scheduling and document management software.•Traveled nationally to Project Manage numerous client B2B EDI and ERP software transition planning and implementations. Worked within company PMO best practices. Projects often involved Business Process re-engineering. •Co-authored a comprehensive SQL platform conversion manual. Co-taught Business Partners on that topic.•Maintained meticulous project and budgetary control.

A Columbus based, IBM Platinum Partner consulting firm of one hundred sixty employees providing a wide range of consulting services. •Project Managed and consulted on various ERP and B2B EDI projects for over forty clients, defining scope statements, project budget estimates, milestone delivery, needs analysis, and implementation plans. •Project Managed major JBA EDI integration projects on the AS/400 and Sterling Commerce GENTRAN EDI. Helped champion the formation of the EDI LOB. Personally provided services of $1/2M billable dollars. Honored as an outstanding employee in 1999.•Major clients included Bath & Body Works, Gryphon Industries, and Scotts. Work done on-site in New York City lead to large contracts with the Limited.

A multiple PC Magazine award winning LAN software provider offering a full range of integrated ERP modules with multi-platform capabilities. Macola Software was one of the first companies to provide ERP Software on a PC\LAN. •Contributed significantly to company revenue via products developed and services provided for use in hundreds of businesses. •Program managed the cost \ benefit analysis and selection between numerous potential add-on products to the Macola Software product line. This included the Iterative development and commercialization of two major software modules (EDI and Bar Code). •Project Managed 5 developers and multiple vendors in Iterative SDLC development and support of multiple simultaneous strategic 3rd party software integration initiatives. •Closely coordinated products and services promotion with Sales, Marketing, and 3rd Party vendors.•Presented technical topics at annual conferences. Published in EDI World magazine.

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