● Acting as a business and technology leader for the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE), developing strategies for implementing SAFe at scale across all the IT portfolios● SAFe 6 trainer

● Working for the Office of the CIO and acting as a business and technology leader for the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE), developing strategies for implementing SAFe at scale across all the IT portfolios● Enterprise Coaching● SAFe Trainer

● Created the Agile transformation strategy at scale for the Midstream applications division● Overseeing all Midstream Agile teams and managing a team of Release Train Engineers ● Creating SOPs and guiding the implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)● Responsible for identifying and defining the capabilities, technical tools, and management systems required to implement Agile practices at scale across the enterprise● Acting as SAFe®/Scaled Agile expert and enterprise coach for Product Managers, Architects, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Agile Team Coaches, Agile teams, and senior management● SAFe trainer for all SAFe certification programs in Midstream

● Acted as a business and technology leader in the implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), enabled to train all SAFe certifications - responsible for training and certifying over 700 people, including SAFe® SA, SP, ASE, POPM, RTE, LPM, and PM● Coaching and Mentoring technology executive leadership, Agile teams, and Product Management to accelerate the transformation at scale across the organization● Facilitated Value Stream Mapping and Product Hierarchical Taxonomy for multiple product teams across multiple ARTs for three new portfolios● Provided consultative services for company-wide implementation of Lean business practices● Responsible for establishing new organizational policies and creating the transformation roadmap

● As a leader in the Agile Transformation Office, overseeing all Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) strategic initiatives, deliveries, organizational impediments, enterprise-wide coaching, product line releases, and deliverables for all Agile teams across the e-commerce and supply chain org● Led the Agile transformation within the supply chain org and Value Stream Mapping for two portfolios● Training and supporting all Agile teams on SAFe® practices inside the supply chain organization ● Providing Agile coaching to Agile team members, Product Owners, management, and executive team members and delivering SAFe® training curricula to meet specific long-term strategic goals for supporting business Agility across the portfolio● Conducting Agility assessments of projects leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)

● Led Agile transformations across Fortune 500 organizations, and global companies, facilitating their adoption of SAFe®/Scaled Agile Framework, and other agile methodologies● Specializing in designing, advising, and implementing strategic agile transformations at scale● Overseeing the application of Lean-Agile practices across geographically distributed teams● Acting as SAFe® expert and Agile methodologist for Agile teams and executive management

● Overseeing the Lean-Agile transformation at scale, and implementation policies for organization-wide adoption of SAFe® inside Cisco SaaS Reimagined org, including training for Leading SAFe (SA), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)● Leading Service Delivery of Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and cross-ART release cadence● Acting as functional SAFe®/Scaled Agile expert and evangelist, providing coaching, training, and mentoring throughout the SaaS Reimagined organization● Introduced Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) practices to organize and manage the SaaS Reimagined Portfolio● Implemented the digital strategy for the SaaS transformation to self-managed subscription-based services and the integration of legacy service management models● Led the implementation of Rally for unified portfolio and Agile delivery management● Led implementation of Rally and Jira integration for cross-platform synchronization

● Agile portfolio and release management of microservices applications for B2B eCommerce, payment processing, and fulfillment in a Scaled Agile environment leading the design and development of Cloud End Points for retail/wholesale partner order management, payment processing, supply-chain automation, and analytics● Led SAFe Agile Transformation from legacy waterfall practices● Managed all SAFe Agile events across all Agile teams, including PI planning, facilitating Agile Release Trains (ART), Program Increments (PI), portfolio backlog refinement, velocity metrics, Scrum of Scrums; acting as Agile evangelist for leadership, Agile Development Teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters; and ensuring strategic alignment between stakeholders● Implemented migration programs for Node.js/Express.js with Python backend and PostgreSQL to MongoDB and GCP Firestore (noSQL) databases● Oversaw Digital Transformation Roadmap for all GCP application migrations and consolidation● Instituted 'Team Readiness Levels' and implemented Agile Team-Health metrics

● Oversaw the on-time delivery of the entire SaaS portfolio and all program teams, leading programs with a 45% gross margin or better for Django-based VoIP Management applications ● Managed all program deliveries of large-scale, complex Agile, and transitional ‘Water-Scrum-Fall’ (Agile/Waterfall hybrid) applications development● Managed the Agile PMO in the transition from Waterfall to Agile (Scrum) practices● Maintained product portfolio backlog as input for all Agile team development backlogs● Coordinated scope, roadmap, design, and new product and services introduction within existing and new customer Cisco, Avaya, Microsoft, and BroadSoft VoIP environments, and Cisco Mobile Gateway-provisioning environments

● Created the software QA infrastructure where there was no previous managed testing ● Oversaw all functional testing, requirements analysis and project objectives for the development of enterprise SaaS financial and human resource management systems in public and private cloud implementations● Led the implementation of full test automation and reduced product regression cycles from over 4 weeks to nightly automated testing● Led automation testing initiative to automate 100% of system and regression testing for full CI/CD● Led the Agile (Scrum/Kanban) transformation from legacy Waterfall environment● Led the implementation of Google Docs, and Rational DOORS for full requirements traceability between BA, DevOps, and Support teams

● As a consultant, developed the Agile Center of Excellence (CoE), following the Scrum Framework, overseeing the creation and management of Epics, Sprints, User Stories, wireframes, and storyboard development for 3D product simulations, client-server web applications development, and AR implementations with Adobe ARToolkit

● Management of a multi-disciplined engineering group, including bio-medical, software, electrical, and mechanical engineers following strict design controls testing Class III, implantable neurostimulation medical devices used in deep brain stimulation and spinal cord stimulation therapies● Rapidly rebuilt the software verification organization with skilled engineers to release defect-free embedded systems, tablet-based, and .Net-based programming applications and devices● Managing the development of applications used in the verification of medically implanted electronic embedded-systems and medical implant programming devices in Agile (Scrum-Kanban), XP/Shift-left, and Transitional Water-Scrum-Fall (Agile/Waterfall hybrid) environments● Instituted a dedicated software automation group, which reduced regression testing time by 70% and reduced regression test errors by over 99%● Led the Digital Transformation of the software and embedded-systems QA organization including the implementation of Quality Center, Business Process Testing (BPT), QTP, and LoadRunner for 100% cloud-managed, end-to-end traceability for all functional, automated, and load testing from requirements through post-testing product release.● Increased product releases from one per year to six releases successfully submitted to the regulatory bodies of the US, EU, Australia, and Asia in the first year of the new organization ● Delivered all products as FDA Title 21 CFR (820) regulatory-compliant

● Management of the Software QA organization responsible for solution testing for the fixed-mobile convergence divisions, including mobile signaling, mobile routing, mobile gateway, mobile provisioning, and microwave transmission groups● Introduced a transitional ‘Water-Scrum-Fall’ (Agile/Waterfall hybrid) methodology to transition from legacy waterfall practices● Oversaw all functional, performance, and security testing activities of local, offshore, and near-shore QA resources including staffing forecasts, test utilization metrics, release planning and approval● Oversaw the launch of Rational DOORS for end-to-end requirements traceability ● Acted as liaison between the QA organization, R&D, and Business Development (PLM) groups ● Managed the development of in-house system and load testing applications, and automated system restore utilities in Solaris Unix, and RedHat Linux utilized by multiple groups within the fixed-mobile convergence division ● Experience leading CMMI Appraisals and TL9000 & ISO9001 Audits