Brian Warden Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Nationwide

People driven lean/agile consulting and training rooted in fundamentals, designed for real-lifeCentene Corporation – St Louis, MO - January 2023 to PresentSub-Contractor with Sketch Development Services-Enterprise Agile Coaching-Leading multi-coach effort across several areas and approximately 80 teams across multiple Agile Release Trains-Establish, train.

Nationwide

On-site and remote agile coaching and training for 20+ organizations, from start-up’s to major established organizations – Highlighted engagements:Major National Bank - Pittsburgh, PA - July 2016-Product Implementation and Agile CoachingMajor Telecommunications Organization – Broomfield, CO - Aug 2016-Agile and Lean Kanban implementation for a Marketing.

Highlands Ranch, CO

• Responsible for our corporate agile transformation across all offices in multiple locations (300 people in IT, 3,000 total)
• Developed a talented internal coaching team to replace the need for external consulting for coaching and training across executives, managers and teams
• Identified and introduced areas of improvement for teams through coaching or modeling behavior ultimately allowing 22 teams to successfully transition from waterfall methods to scrum and kanban teams in only 12 months
• Trained over 400 associates in Agile fundamentals over nine months and then developed and facilitated custom training tools and methods to connect fundamentals to real-life scenarios and to address specific challenges.
• Demonstrated tremendous tangible success and delivery of value through enterprise metrics and reporting
• Devised and delivered multiple team evaluation and measurement methods to ensure continuous improvement

• Agile pilot coaching and justification - Large program level oversight and leadership – PMO direction
• Spearheaded agile framework pilot project efforts ultimately building the case for a corporate agile transformation
• Overall program management for multiple projects using waterfall and agile frameworks with a focus on delivering customer value while encouraging a fun and positive work environment
• Leadership development across IT managers and project managers with an emphasis on celebrating success balanced with correcting and learning from mistakes
• IT ownership across all software development for multiple program level implementations including managing budget, hiring, resource allocations and overall accountability for results
• General oversight and relationship management with the Dept of Education significantly contributing to consistent top rankings in performance management allocation statistics

Aurora, CO

• Developed team of 14 project managers and provided coaching and mentoring

Aurora, CO

• Consistently delivered results and developed great teams through dozens of successful project implementations

Boulder, CO

• Created end to end CRM and Accounting solutions streamlining complex and challenging processes

• Leveraged personal interactions with veterinarians to create technology solutions that limited administrative burden

• Slashed overhead expense in the financial accounting department through innovative technology solutions

• Transformed a pilot concept into a fully operational production plant through process and procedural methods

• Flight deck troubleshooter and two time recipient of Southwest Asia medals for service on the USS Nimitz

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Leadership

Ba, Business Administration