Matthew Pattee, Asl, Sc, Csm, Ac, Pspo I, Pspo Ii Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead complex initiatives and pose open, thoughtful questions to help rethink and change the way work is structured. Translate theory into practical and tangible actions that evolve how teams work together, by facilitating the learning and adoption of Agile principles and practices with teams and managers.Review and analyze complex challenges, while guiding teams in the use of metrics for continuous improvements and data inspired decisions. Utilize maturity assessments to understand team and product area needs to help design viable coaching plans that increase levels of team and product maturity. Coach for continuous delivery of customer centric work including management and prioritization of product backlogs, and iterative application development using modern engineering practices. Partner with peers and leaders to guide behavioral shifts with managers and development teams, with an emphasis on evolving planning, innovation, and personal development to deliver tangible outcomes. Mentor Scrum Masters and product owners on Agile and product practices; coach technology and business in innovative ways to resolve issues inherent in application of the Agile methodology. Use data actively to create transparency, and pressure test product features and functionality against customer needs. Collaborate strategically and consult with peers, partners, and mid-level to senior managers to share and evolve proven practices for beneficial product discovery, development, and management.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Transformational agile coach for Wells Fargo Agile Scrum/Kanban practice. Facilitates team formation and stand up. Coach transformational change by adopting Agile Scrum/Kanban frameworks. Specific focus in Customer Communications Services. Coaches Product Managers in assuming the role of Product Owner in support of empirical team operations developing improved data management practices, digital utilization of data, and building streamlined value stream process integrity. Coaching Scrum Masters toward higher levels of performance nurturing high performing cross-functional teams. Partnered with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to establish and maintain a prioritized backlog given enormous organizational change and transformation. Engaged with Product Owners and Scrum Masters on team engagement and incremental CI efforts influencing team maturity and consistent growth in team predictability, process control, and team dynamics. Persistent focus on building business value for the organization and the organization's customer experience. Partnered and coached scaling operations blending SAFe and LeSS model scaling practices. Engage with Executive Leadership to embrace new ways of viewing product development, team analytics and mindset changes required to sustain organizational change across the organization. Designed and facilitated multiple Digital workshops.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Kforce, Inc. contract to serve Wells Fargo as an Agile consultant/coach coaching the adoption and transformation of Wells Fargo push waterfall practice of project management to a pull system of scaled Agile practices Scrum/Kanban. Facilitated team formation, training, and adoption of Agile Scrum/Kanban frameworks for 20 teams focused on Customer Communications Services. Coached Product Managers in assuming the role of Product Owner in support of empirical team operations developing improved data management practices, digital utilization of data, and building streamlined value stream process integrity. Coaching the process of building team maturity toward team stability ensuring consistent growth in team predictability, team dynamics, and persistent focus on building business value for the organization and the organization's customer experience. Coaching Executive Leadership stakeholders on team analytics and mindset changes required to sustain change across the organization. Designed and facilitated multiple Digital workshops using Zoom to train and coach Product Owners and Scrum Masters in role accountabilities associated with scaled Scrum framework. Two digital workshops focused on training middle managers in Systems Thinking, Lean practices, and how their role as managers shifts from command and control task masters to cross-functional team coaching. Workshops successfully inspired a 25% increase in experimentation to reduce flow impediments to Scrum Team activity and operations impacting workflow efficiency and effectiveness. Mentored 20 Product Owners on the role of Product Owner in a Scrum Agile Framework focusing on how Product Owners serve both the business and the momentum of the Scrum operations in an Agile framework. Personal accomplishments contributed to overall development of EI and competence in establishing and nurturing organizational transition to an Agile practice.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led the implementation of Lean and Agile at Ergotron. Developed and implemented Agile in support of broader Stage Gate waterfall practices for developing New Product Designs. Collaborated with product managers to create user stories using the product requirements document (PRD) describing the value requirements as defined by the market, marketing trends, the vertical strategic plan set by the organization. Defined testing criteria on 4 levels; 1) establishing a solid “Definition of Done,” 2) subsystem integration requirements (weight, range of motion, acceptance criteria), 3) health and safety standards, and 4) Collaborated effort managed by the Marketing department to market test user reaction and feedback to prototype designs to bring about incremental improvement to form, fit, and function. Also implemented “Design Thinking” interviews with healthcare professionals to obtain feedback on product models and how the new designs fit with Nurse workflows. Trained key stakeholders in how to implement Scrum as an Agile method. Facilitated role clarification for people fulfilling Scrum roles. Coached Product Owners on the appropriate practices for establishing and refining Product Backlogs. Trained/coached Scrum Masters and coached Scrum teams on team cohesion, dynamics, and Scrum principles and practices, and metrics. Facilitated Kaizen events for processes centered on New Product Development, Customer Care, and Order Management Optimization, and ECO changes.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Managed OCM projects for global SAP Implementations- Led global communications for Accenture’s global Best Buy Team- Led on-shore and off-shore instructional design teams- Mentored team members to succeed and advance within the department and company- Managed project to transform a passive Internet news-reporting site to an active collaborative social media based site for Accenture's Global Best Buy Team. Significant impact to overall collaboration.- Managed the Training project for a big oil company’s Proprietary Strategic Planning software product as part of an Agile Framework Project.

Coached leadership and teams in building cross-functional high-performing teams in order to support re-organization toward non-siloed operations. Coached Supervisors, Managers, and Directors in building cross-functional high-performance transitioning away from siloed specialization project management. Delivered training and coaching in Performance Management, Emerging Leader, Change Management, Diversity, Principled Centered Leadership, Building Team Agility, Managing Team Conflict, Career Development, Team Dynamics, Four Agreements, and New Employee Orientation/On-boarding.• Led 6-month leadership development cohort training program focusing on principles and qualities of genuine leadership, establishing team pride and purpose, developing team agility, negotiating resources for your team, and managing team conflict.• Coached leaders on developing high performing teams• Delivered navigating change training to 1500 people• Created testing and evaluation procedures. • Trained and coached leadership on leading and managing corporate change• Managed multiple training program development projects simultaneously• Facilitated leadership action plan development for employee engagement corporate program• Conducted small group and individual activities based on differentiated learning needs reflected in team performance (DiSC, StrengthsFinder, Meyer’s Briggs)

Implemented Lean Six Sigma organizational practices to Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant assembling Ranger/Mazda Pick-up Trucks. Facilitated Hoshi Kanri Mother A3 strategic planning development and deployed performance expectations throughout the salaried ranks of the plant. Facilitated UAW work group meetings (Stand Up) tracking iterative process improvements to the balanced scorecard for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Morale, and Environment (SQDCME).• Facilitated monthly retrospective meetings for work groups• Facilitated and established Process Value Stream Maps• Ford Certified Kaizen Facilitator - UAW/Ford RAPID process• Led Work Group Leader development and transitioned from zone based management to work group practices (~200 teams)• Facilitated/Managed strategic plans for SQDCME establishing Plant Score Card (Hoshin Kanri) o Mother Strategic Plans for the Plant (SQDCME). o Area subordinate Strategic Plans (SQDCME) for Body, Paint, and Final Assembly (Product Backlog).• Deployed Area Strategic Plans (SQDCME product backlog) to salaried employee performance goals gaining alignment to iterative process improvements and lean implementation• Coached new UAW work group leaders (scrum masters) in daily stand up activities and process.• Managed $2.5 Million Annual Plant Training Budget• Managed the training program implementation project for ISO 9000/14000 Certification and along with 8-years maintenance and improvement leading to consistent recertification over employment tenure. • Managed the Twin Cities Assembly Plant Work Group Expansion Project for lean implementation over a 4-year period. ($10 Million Annually).• Managed 2-year Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) Implementation Project ($250,000).

Successfully delivered 5 shrinked wrapped training modules over 5 releases of software over a 2 year period. Served as a designer of a 9 month shrink wrapped training program intended to educate high level implementation teams on how Fourth Shift's MRP II/ERP computer software functioned. Overall purpose was to produce a starting point for overall customization of the software system to an organizations' accounting and processing needs. Specific programs developed are as follows: Accounts Payable, Work In Process, Product Costing, Accounts Receivable, and Purchasing. Delivered training in Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Work In Process and General Ledger.

Masters Of Science, Human Resource Development

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant - PR for the Music Department Graduate Assistant - Woodcraft Industries, Inc.My attendance.

Bachelor Of Science, Mass Communications Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Member of Public Relations Society of America Served in the Public Relations Department for KVSC RadioAs.