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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

As an Agile Coach at Georgia-Pacific, my work is driven by a passion for fostering seamless flow and continuous improvement in our processes. Guiding teams through Agile, Scrum, and Kanban practices, I aim to enhance collaboration and efficiency. My role involves training stakeholders and tackling Agile delivery challenges with a focus on transformation, knowledge sharing, and leveraging our diverse talents. This dedication not only helps in deeply embedding Agile methodologies into our culture and also aligns our practices with the goal of creating superior value, embodying principles like humility, respect, and self-actualization.

At Agile Flow Consulting, LLC, I offer agile consulting expertise and delve into the world of agility and value stream management, bringing experience from both corporate and consulting settings, I collaborate with senior leaders to enhance business processes. This side venture allows me to bring my years of experience to the table in a flexible and personalized manner. If you're interested in exploring how we can work together to enhance your organization's agility and efficiency, feel free to reach out.

Thomasville, Ga, Us

I developed and improved practical approaches and plans in the Transformation Office at Flowers Foods, which helped the company quickly adapt to changes and achieve its goals. My role was key in helping the Transformation Office's mission of improving Flowers Foods earnings by $400 million through various projects. These projects involved managing changes in the organization, overseeing projects, reducing risks, capturing valuable opportunities, and assembling a team for tackling challenging and important projects, including a multi-year project to upgrade our digital capabilities.I served as a guide, instructor, and advisor to our internal teams and leaders. For example, I introduced and fine-tuned a system for better organizing and prioritizing work in both business and IT projects. I led regular meetings, large planning sessions, priority-setting meetings, and review sessions. One of my achievements was making our meetings more effective and eliminating unnecessary ones; I managed to cut down the number of regular meetings by 20% and reduced attendees in unproductive meetings by about half.

Reading, Ma, Us

As a Senior Agile Delivery Lead for Eliassen Group, I led several large engagements and supported Agile transformations within the transportation and logistics industries. I helped improve the way IT departments operate by adopting more flexible and efficient work practices. I chose to leave Eliassen Group to explore and understand changes in business operations beyond IT in the consumer goods sector. I played a key role in creating strong connections within the professional community, organizing events for leaders in both the flexible work practices and IT fields from various industries to exchange ideas, including what works and what doesn't. I also pinpointed ways to offer immediate, practical advice to IT leaders on effective long-term and short-term planning.I provided support to specialists in different areas while working directly with clients. These areas included making teams more adaptable, ensuring quality control, managing projects, developing software for both the front and back end, managing service desks, improving user experience, coordinating business resources, and enhancing cybersecurity.

Reading, Ma, Us

As an Agile Account Executive for Eliassen Group, I collaborated with IT agile leadership on designing agile success strategies. I led review meetings with our team to make sure we were always working on getting better. I also guided team members on how to enhance their own work and our team's performance overall.

Littleton, Co, Us

As an Account Executive at Fahrenheit IT, I carefully worked out agreements that benefited IT managers, digital marketing groups, and human resources, focusing on providing real value. I partnered with our team and our clients to speed up project completion and boost team happiness, laying the groundwork for lasting improvements in decreasing time-to-market. I also led daily planning meetings to outline our daily tasks, discuss any issues, and collectively tackle challenges.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us