• Establish an outcomes-based strategic vision for One80Compass, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform designed to assist Product Managers in developing customized design thinking and a lean startup journey.• Conducted Product Discovery sessions and conducted qualitative and quantitative research better to understand our customers’ problems and pain points.• Completed rapid wireframes and prototypes to validate hypotheses and determine MVP functionality.• Coordinated with a cross-functional team of engineers and designers to deliver and test the platform.• Manage the product roadmap, making tactical decisions between what features to prioritize, pricing, and budgets to help the product achieve customer-centric goals.• Produced training materials, i.e., Videos, Articles, Templates, and automated chatbot programming.

• Product Manager\Owner: One80Compass. Artificial Intelligence Product Thinking & Facilitation Platform.• Agile Coach & Trainer• Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer (RS@ST) and Registered Scrum Trainer (RST)• Enterprise Agile Coach, Scrum Master & Product Owner, Product Coach• Instructional Design & Course LicensingNick is a Servant Leader who specializes in Agile Program and Project Management. His experience as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and Product Owner with multiple Agile teams, and his innovative approach to creating hyper-productive, self-organized teams, in-person and remotely, has made him a sought-after team member, innovator, trainer, and coach. Nick firmly believes in driving innovation within an organization by harnessing the power of the team and customer connection via the company value stream with a Design Thinking approach. Training and Coaching:• Specializing in course content creation, visualization, facilitation techniques• Coaching teams through portfolio/program/project visioning, planning, execution, and closure.• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban & XP methodologies• Coaching multiple teams and working with IT and PMO executive management and leadership team to achieve program and enterprise-level agility• Scaled Agile framework consulting- Scrum@Scale and SAFeSoftware Development• Product Manager- responsible for planning and delivering strategic and tactical product objectives.• Scrum Master – Assist teams and management with Agile principles, frameworks, and techniques.• Uses Design Thinking and a Lean Startup approach to build client’s in-house software • Technology and resource management (8 Developers & 5 Testers)• Align business goals and technology strategy into a cohesive, actionable plan• Industries served: Commodities Trading, Accounting, Logistics, Entertainment

Innovation, Experience, Flexibility

• Drive the vision, strategy, and execution of the ‘Deal’ product. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to work on all phases of the product lifecycle, including strategy/vision, market research, customer requirements, feature prioritization, engineering, customer feedback, and go-to-market strategy.• Responsible for conducting Product Discovery and user experience activities to explore potential new features or innovations to add to the product. These included the Abstraction Ladder, Surveys, Gemba Walks, Interviews, Contextual Inquiries, Competitor Analysis, and Data Research.• I worked with the development and design teams to build and test potential new functionality. Test techniques include low-fidelity mock-ups, Figma & Adobe high-fidelity mock-ups, A/B testing, usability testing, and performance testing.• I assisted with their enterprise Product Transition to an Agile Mindset. I worked directly with the President and Senior-level staff to determine the Enterprise Product rollout strategy. I scaled from 2 teams to 8 teams.• Coached the Sr. Product Managers on their role, success definition, and appropriate metrics.• Coached the Scrum Masters and Product Owners in shortening feedback loops, empowering the delivery teams, and handling conflicts and impediments.• Facilitated brainstorming sessions with Product Management and the business stakeholders to determine valuable, high-level customer deliverables to build a Strategic and Tactical Product roadmap.

Scrum Master for two remote Agile\Scrum teams working on a unique Health Care related application. Responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating of project activities to achieve program\project objectives. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-ups, and Product Owner Planning sessionsWork with remote teams to establish norms, common practices, communication standards and team release processes. Coordniated with other Scrum Masters to insure communication consistency, remove impediments and mentor junior Scrum Masters.

•Managing Projects - MBA\ITM 501 (Agile) •Mastering Projects - MBA\ITM 701 (Agile)•PMI\ACP Agile Practitioner MBA\ITM 707 (Exam Prep)

Enterprise Agile Coach and TrainerAreas of Expertise:*Senior Agile trainer (thousands of people have experienced Nick unique training and Coaching style)*Consulting: Scaling Enterprise Agile*Workshop Course development; Tactical to Strategic Leadership, Real-World Program Management, Leading Agile Teams*Lean Start-Up training and coaching *Building high performing teams through people, culture and collaboration transformation.*Specializing in visualization and facilitation techniques*Coaching teams and management Agile principles, frameworks, and techniques.*Coaching teams through portfolio/program/project visioning, planning, execution and closure.*Experience with Agile, Scrum, Lean, KanBan and XP methodologies*Facilitation and guidance in team planning and review sessions including requirements definition, prioritization, estimation, road mapping, release and sprint planning, stand-up meetings, demos and retrospectives.*Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner– PMI-ACP*Certified ScrumMaster – CSM

PMI-Certified Agile Practitioner and Certified Scrum Master with a strong technological background. Responsible for planning, scheduling, and directing of project activities to achieve program\project objectives using Agile principles. Developed a comprehensive approach to leverage team knowledge to develop a set of prioritized Themes, Features, and Stories to meet the Product Owners objectives. Identify and obtain human resources, material resources, and budget to complete programs\projects by established due dates. Managed multiple project budgets and constraints. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Standups, Demo’s, and Strategic Planning sessions) with a high level competency of the Agile artifacts and roles. Passionate about Servant Leadership, empowering people, developing self-managing cross-functional teams, removing obstacles, mentoring and coaching Agile, Lean, and KanBan, and Six Sigma mythologies. Utilized daily stand-ups and sprint backlog to keep team, senior management, and product owners fully apprised of progress and potential impediments. Maintenance of project backlog and project artifacts (burn-up, burn-down, velocity trending, release roadmap, and cycle time charts), release planning, project cost planning and budgeting, third part vendor communication plans.Worked with individual cross-functional team members to develop training opportunities and development plans to help each team member become a generalized specialist. Facilitated team activities to develop norms and procedures applicable to the project’s success. Manage and motivate resources, internal and vendor provisioned, to complete the backlog commitments on time and in a quality manner. Managed the minimum set of required features for the project to provide maximum value for the business and return on investment (ROI). Resolved conflicts related to project activities, stakeholder priorities, interpersonal issues, and team norming.