AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By stitching together advances in Cloud, Automation, Operations, Security and DevOps, we help clients deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

Responsible for guiding teams, individuals, business leaders, vendors, and consulting firms through the agile transformation, providing feedback, coaching and mentoring while catalyzing organizational growth and improvement.• Designed strategies for the organizational adoption of Agile including education, fostering team cultures that practice Agile, to sustaining Agile methodologies and continually offering strategies for improvement• Coached and mentored the organization on Agile and… Show more Responsible for guiding teams, individuals, business leaders, vendors, and consulting firms through the agile transformation, providing feedback, coaching and mentoring while catalyzing organizational growth and improvement.• Designed strategies for the organizational adoption of Agile including education, fostering team cultures that practice Agile, to sustaining Agile methodologies and continually offering strategies for improvement• Coached and mentored the organization on Agile and Scrum values, principles, and practices through real time feedback, resulting in continuous reflection and an increase in efficiencies, predictability, quality, and collaboration• Facilitated interactive agile trainings and workshops for over 300 resources (Agile 101, User Story Writing, Kanban)• Supported agile communities of practice through introducing Open Space sessions, and identifying areas where roundtable forums could be beneficial• Leveraged rolodex of Agile practitioners to ensure proper support in place for effective implementation of Agile principles• Drove consistency across teams through oversight of agile coaches and mentors; led with energy and passion, and conducted weekly individual check-ins with Scrum Masters and Product Owners• Established collaborative partnerships with the CIO and other Senior leaders to help them in their journey of adopting Lean and Agile methodologies Show less

Delivered project leadership and direction, oversaw four project teams responsible for the frictionless execution of back-end system migrations and implementation for the $37 billon prescription benefit management subsidiary of CVS Health.• Partnered with client teams to conduct strategic visioning sessions and create multi-phase project roadmaps that included current state assessments, future state vision, resource allocations, budgets and project plans• Guided multidisciplinary teams… Show more Delivered project leadership and direction, oversaw four project teams responsible for the frictionless execution of back-end system migrations and implementation for the $37 billon prescription benefit management subsidiary of CVS Health.• Partnered with client teams to conduct strategic visioning sessions and create multi-phase project roadmaps that included current state assessments, future state vision, resource allocations, budgets and project plans• Guided multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle and conveyed a clear vision related to project execution and strategy; fostered a culture of openness, continuous improvement and flexibility to adapt to emerging business needs• Oversaw the application of best practices for scaling and sustaining Agile frameworks across teams• Structured governance processes for solution architecture, project oversight and stakeholder engagement; created a disciplined project management environment based on speed of decision-making and project visibility• Managed all project planning phases including stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, definitions and functional specifications, gap analytics, calendar management and product release schedules Show less