John Horwath Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Global

I am working on SAFe Training and other engagements.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

I am looking forward to my first engagement with this great company.

United States

I am working with a team of independent, experienced coaches with the Lean-Agile Mindset. We are working on small engagements to enable companies and people to succeed.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Setup and was the Product Manager for the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).Helped create several workshops, i.e., Agile 101, SAFe in a Nutshell…Managed the Scaled Agile Enterprise Agreement, that in 2023 enabled 485 trainees (over 230 certification) in SAFe classes, while teaching several of them, like: Leading SAFe, Agile Product Management, SAFe.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Led a team to support a $16 billion global retailer through an eCommerce digital transformation. With no guidance, I created and continue to act as the Product Owner and Scrum Master for the UST CoE; this includes the Operating Model, Kanban, and IP delivery needs, while working with Coaches to Delivery content as consultants (which is difficult).I greatly.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

United States

Did a SAFe implementation and Agile Coaching at Colegate-Palmolive and Prudential, and more!

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

I helped LitheSpeed implement Colgate-Palmolive's first SAFe implementation, by launching their first Agile Release Train (ART).

Uxbridge, UK

Strategic: Developed an 18-month Roadmap that was achieved within the timeframe and under budget. Lead transformation to SAFe using Portfolio Configuration. Created and was the Product Owner for the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).People: Created company-wide Network organizations with Operating Models. I built a highly affective Lean Agile team.

Commerce, California, United States

Solution: Responsible for the Supply Chain Program and all the initiatives for a $2.2 billion a year retail company. This included Integrated Planning, Inbound Logistics, Store Inventory, and the Fresh Department. The program saved the company well over $20.0 million a year in inventory and fees. People: Started the first Agile team in multiple locations..

Irvine, California, United States

Solution: Entire Dental Practice solution from purchased software to developed competitive advantage solutions, like Fees Schedules Calculation.People: I had a cross functional team of 65 direct reports from Architects, to Product Owner, to Developer, to Quality Assurance analysts. Utilised the “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” workshop to create a highly.

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Strategic: Ended responsibilities with the UK PMO team, moved onto have Change Control and Infrastructure PMO team. People: Managed a PMO team responsible for managing 15 to 20 projects and over 100 technical resourcesSolutions: Successful continue to manage a portfolio of 15 to 25 projects, both for business solutions and Global Business platform.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Strategic: Ended responsibilities with the UK PMO team, moved onto have Change Control and Infrastructure PMO team. People: Managed a PMO team responsible for managing 15 to 20 projects and over 100 technical resourcesSolutions: Successful continue to manage a portfolio of 15 to 25 projects, both for business solutions and Global Business platform.

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Solutions: Managed four major projects for an On-line E-Commerce business - Managed numerous web site launches - Portfolio management of Work Order and Production Support projects/tickets for the US ECD business units - Integral part in Vision and Strategy activities for the ECS Project Management Office

Solution: Project Manager for Business Intelligent solution for Financial Analytics Date Warehouse (FADW).

Long Beach, California, United States

Solution: Reviewed and analysed numerous business plans from $2.0 million to $2.0 billion and make recommendations.

Commerce, California, United States

Solutions: Point of Sales – Responsible for the POS project/task portfolio and several upgrade projects. Training Kiosk – Training Application for the store locations, responsible for the Application and Technology rollout and security. Network Update – Upgrade the network infrastructure in the corporate location and all warehouses, including cabling, LAN.

Commerce, California, United States

Solutions: Point of Sales – Responsible for the POS project/task portfolio and several upgrade projects. Training Kiosk – Training Application for the store locations, responsible for the Application and Technology rollout and security. Network Update – Upgrade the network infrastructure in the corporate location and all warehouses, including cabling, LAN.

Irvine, California, United States

Built several speculative homes for sales from $1 million to $3 million dollars

City Of Industry, California, United States

Strategic: Completely reworked and implemented the company’s entire technology security model and implemented full IT governances. - Member of the RIS News Editorial Board and active member of NRF by speaking at several conferencesPeople: Managed a staff over 60 people. Transformed the department to a Customer Focused group winning the Customer Service.

Culver City, California, United States

Strategic: Developed and Strategic 5 year planPeople: Managed a small team for this Global companySolutions: Stabilized and increased functionality of Point-Of-Sales and corporate systems - Installed Lawson financial systems - Implemented ESS Base budgeting and financial analysis toolsFinancial: Complete budgetary responsibilities

Torrance, California, United States

Strategic: Integrated and converted Blockbuster Music financial systems and Point of Sales (POS) to Wherehouse Entertainment’s legacy systems. - Performed a technology renaissance in corporate office infrastructure - People: Managed over 100 technology professionalsSolutions: Implemented Lawson financial systems for additional functionality and Y2K.

Beverly, CA

Strategic: Team member for North America Technology Restructure - North America representative for the Global Software Development and Technology Standards – Developed Global Strategies for Document Management, E-mail processing, and MAC integrationPeople: Build the West Coast Technology Group to over thirty Solutions: Developed a technical infrastructure.

Marina Del Ray, CA

Strategic: Key member of the Strategic Reorganization Team (the only employee with a group of consultants). Member of the Warehouse Management Design team for both warehouse design and systems design.People: Management over 125 resources in the Delivery team.Solutions: Developed and installed the Distribution Center Management System in less than six.

Carson, CA

People: Managed 10 software development professionals.Solutions: Installed a Payroll/Personnel system, which processed 6,000 checks a week and saved $10,000 a month in outside processing charges - Developed and installed a Point-Of-Sales reporting system in less than two weeks. Supported Distribution, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Fixed Assets.

Sylmar, CA

People: Managed all technology personnelSolutions: Implemented a complete ERP solution - Managed numerous custom development projectsFinancial: Complete departmental budgetary responsibilities

San Bernardino, California, United States

Strategic: Created and implemented all the controls and a complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which exceeded all the audit requirements. The Board of Directors had Arthur Anderson perform a complete audit of the IT. Arthur Anderson had only positive comments and NO areas of improvements. - Managed all aspects of the Data Processing Department.

Greeley, Colorado, United States

Management of the engineering staff and Project Delivery