As ICAgile Accredited Instructor, provides Lean-Agile Training to all levels and interests of participants including executives, directors,managers, and various professionals; covering divers lean and agile concepts, frameworks, and patterns; focusing on leadership &lean-agile values, principles, and practices; adapting the training as needed. This was accomplished through:● Lean Portfolio Management – ICP-LPM; Class covers:- LPM Context - The What and Why of Lean Portfolio Management- Enabling LPM - Align Strategy & Execution, Budgeting, Funding, Governing, & Measuring- Structuring for LPM - Organization Design, Portfolio Design, & Portfolio Types- Executing LPM - Enabling Cross-Org Visibility, Capacity & Demand Management, & Continuous Planning & Delivering● Leading with Agility – ICP-LEA; Class covers:- LEA Context - The What and Why of Leading with Agility- Personal Agility - Developing Self as an Instrument and as a Leader- Relationship Agility - Developing Emotional Intelligence in Social Contexts- Leading to Agility - Leading Change and Transformation Agility

Provided freelance virtual workshops, coaching, and mentoring to interested parties with the view to networking and engaging new clients; this was accomplished through:• Agile Culture Change Model: ABC Culture Shift – Conferences, Meetups, Workshops, prepping book; culture4agility.com• Agile Coaching Pro Bono – providing free coaching to schools, non-profits, individuals, etc.• Agile Mastermind – PSLLC Coaches debate and problem solving on Strategy, Vision, Mindset, Culture, etc.

As Enterprise Agility Consultant provided Agile Coaching to multiple programs and teams transforming them to agile methods. Therebyassisting each in incrementally tailoring and adopting Agile Practices from SAFe™ to increase collaboration and integration betweenbusiness and IT teams, respond faster to change, and bring valuable IT products/services to the market faster and on-target. This wasaccomplished through:● Agile Transformation Office (ATO) – mentored & partnered with internal SME’s & leaders● Program Visions – facilitated visioning workshops defining long term scope and strategies● Program Roadmaps – facilitated defining objectives and milestones for the time horizon● Agile Verifications – facilitated assessments to identify strengths, opportunities, actions, results● Team Transformations – coached individuals & teams on Agile adoption & continuous improvement● Specialized Agile Workshops – delivered custom Agile sessions; e.g. Lunch & Learn, Brown-bags, etc.● Chalk-Talks – delivered on-demand/on-the-spot short impromptu intensive trainings on selected subjects

As Enterprise Agility Consultant & RTE provided agile leadership, consulting, training, coaching, and mentoring to individuals, teams,trains (programs), overall portfolio and local leaders; this was accomplished through:● Vision Proposals – prepared custom offerings tailored to client needs and desires● Senior Leadership Team (SLT) – Reported on program vision, strategy, roadmaps, and program progress● Guiding Coalition – Guided and coached Sponsors in envisioning and defining the Agile Transformation initiative● Core Agility Team (CAT) – Guided & coached change agents in defining, socializing & leading the Agile Transformation● Agility Health Assessments – Defined, trained and implemented assessments of teams, trains, programs, & individual roles● Program Impediments escalation – Identified, assessed & socialized anti-patterns to program agility● Agility Training – prepared and delivered orientations, overviews, and custom trainings by role, team, train, and technique● Agility Mentoring and Coaching – provided on-demand Q&A as well as structured Coaching● Team Transformations – coached individuals & teams on Agile adoption & continuous improvement● Program Transformation – coached Agile Release Trains and Program Management on Agile adoption & continuous improvement● Portfolio Setup - guided overall portfolio visioning and setup, including Product Management in the ERP system● Specialized Agile Workshops – delivered custom program agility sessions; e.g., Lunch & Learn, Brown-bags, etc.● Chalk-Talks – delivered on-demand/on-the-spot short impromptu intensive trainings on specific subjects

As Enterprise Agility Consultant & RTE collaborated with PSLLC Coaches focusing on multiple teams and program transforming themto agile methods; thereby assisting each in incrementally tailoring and adopting Agile Practices from SAFe™ and other models toincrease collaboration and integration between business and IT teams, respond faster to change, and bring value and products/services to the market faster and on-target. This was accomplished through:● TameFlow Program Modeling – co-facilitated Operational Flow mapping for ERP system to identify: roles, artifacts, activities, etc.- Repeated with ERP Financial Flow Network mapping for the program● Agile Verifications – co-facilitated program assessments and evaluations of current-state strengths and opportunities● Product Agility – as RTE, co-defined approach & key improvements for Product Management roles, techniques, and artifacts● Program Agility Workshops & Chalk-Talks – as RTE, delivered custom/ad-hoc Agile sessions on target subjects

As Enterprise Agility Consultant & RTE provided on-demand virtual agile training, coaching, mentoring, and leading to selectedprograms with a view to networking and engaging new clients; this was accomplished through:● Agile Coaching Engagement (ACE) Team approach – Lean Change Canvas with vision, roadmap, and strategy● Agility Health Assessments – teams, programs, & leaders, with reports, rollups, and summaries● Program Impediments escalation – Anti-patterns to agility elicitation, collection, analysis, and reporting● Agility Program Training – orientations, overviews, and custom trainings by role, team, and technique● Agility Mentoring and Coaching – on-demand Q&A provided as needed● Proposals – custom program offerings tailored to client needs

As Enterprise Agility Coach provided Agile Coaching to multiple programs transforming them to agile methods (Mobile, Infrastructure, CRM, etc.). Thereby assisting each in incrementally tailoring and adopting Agile Practices from SAFe™ to increase collaboration and integration between business and IT teams, respond faster to change, and bring valuable IT products/services to the market faster andon-target. This was accomplished through:● Agile Transformation Office (ATO) – mentored & partnered with internal SME’s & leaders● Portfolio & Program – facilitated visioning and road-mapping workshops defining long term scope and strategies for targeted ERP portfolios● Leadership Coaching – mentored directors providing metrics, strategies, & suggestions for Agile● Agile Governance – established lifecycle criteria, metrics, & verifications to manage work in the selected ERP portfolio● Team Transformations – coached individuals & teams on Agile adoption & continuous improvement● Infrastructure Agility – DevOps, Prod Support, SDP, CI, CD, ER, ISM, SCM, Vendor Mgt., Tools & Tech in the ERP systemAs Mobile Program Release Train Engineer (RTE) served as a leader and coach for the Mobile Products Agile Release Train (ART) indelivering high business value and customer centric products. This was accomplished through:● Product & Business Agility - initiated & facilitated synch events for Product Managers & Owners on vision, strategy, & roadmaps● Program & ART Agility - organized & facilitated program & ART events for PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt Workshops, Scrum of Scrums (S2), S3, RAID/ROAM, System Demos, and various Checkpoints.● Team & Individual Agility - coached & trained teams, coached & mentored Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Architects, & others● Infrastructure & Technical Agility - assisted in development of Kanban boards, dashboards, metrics, and information radiators; enabled pairing, mobbing, swarming, refactoring, hackathons, A/TDD, CI, CD & delivery pipeline

As Sr. Agile Trainer, provides Agile Training to all levels and interests of participants including leaders, managers, portfolios, programs, groups, and teams; covering divers agile concepts, frameworks, and patterns; focusing on agile values, principle, and practices; scaling and tailoring the training as needed.

As Enterprise Agility Coach & RTE provided insights and expertise in defining Program Agile Transformation vision, roadmap, scope,and strategy for McDonald’s Corporate Digital Solutions business organization; to enable quality, delivery and performanceimprovements, through increased collaboration and integration with IT teams. This was accomplished through:● Agile Foundation Team – identified & engaged core members & champions to kickoff & bootstrap team● Program Agile Strategy – defined Program vision, roadmap and targets for Agile Journey within the selected ERP program● Leadership Feedback – updated directors with progress & systemic impediments to Agile Adoption● Agile Pilot Teams – defined strategy, identified projects, and engaged team members for Agile Pilots● Pre-Assessments – facilitated baseline team assessments of Agile Pilot Projects/Teams● Transformation Pivot – retargeted strategy to Immediate Opportunities (Quick Wins);changed direction to minimize scope of Agile Adoption due to low readiness and overwhelming business priorities● Guru Cameo – invited Dean Leffingwell (SAFe author) to present SAFe Model to leaders in organization● Leading SAFe Workshops – piloted whole-team multi-day trainings on the SAFe Model● Chalk-Talks – delivered on-demand/on-the-spot short impromptu intensive trainings on selected subjects

As Enterprise Lean-Agile Coach provided Lean & Agile Coaching to two consecutive Grainger Core IT Services Departments (Supply Chain & Services Management). Thereby assisting each in incrementally tailoring and adopting Lean & Agile Practices from "The Lean Change Method"; to increase collaboration and integration between business and IT teams, respond faster to change, and bring valuable IT products/services to the market faster and on-target. This was accomplished through:● Lean Change Canvas & Kanban – identified urgencies, targets, criteria, vision, priorities, communication, team, & action; tracked & managed on Change Kanban board● Agile Center of Excellence (CoE) – mentored & partnered with internal Coaches and SME’s● Lean-Agile Roadmap – defined increments of improvement via small, strategic experiments within the targeted ERP portfolio● Leadership Feedback – provided directors metrics, observations, suggestions for Lean-Agile Adoption● Lean Governance – established lifecycle criteria, metrics, & verifications to manage work start to finish● Team Transformation – coached individuals & teams on Lean-Agile adoption & continuous improvement● Infrastructure Agility – DevOps, Prod Support, SDP, CI, CD, ER, ISM, SCM, Vendor Mgt., Tools & TechAs Portfolio Solution Train Engineer (STE), provided Lean-Agile leadership & training to leaders, programs, and teams; covering Lean-Agile concepts, frameworks, & patterns; focusing on Lean-Agile values, principle, & practices; facilitation portfolio events. Accomplished through:● Lean-Agile Training – delivered overviews and whole-team workshops on Lean-Agile concepts, values, principle, & practices● Product & Business Agility - facilitated synch events for Business Owners & Product Managers on vision, strategy, & roadmaps● Portfolio & Solution Agility - organized & facilitated portfolio & solution events for Solution Planning, Inspect & Adapt Workshops, S3, S4, RAID/ROAM, Solution Demos, and various Checkpoints.

As Enterprise Agility Coach provided Agile Coaching to five consecutive Capital One Business Units (Digital, Card, Mobile,Partnerships, and Commercial) to assist each in tailoring and adopting Agile Frameworks and Practices, thereby to increase thecollaboration between business and IT teams, respond faster to changing market conditions, and bring valuable products/services tomarket faster and on-target. As Enterprise Agility Trainer & RTE, provided program training and leadership to various leaders, portfolios, programs, trains, andteams; covering diverse agile concepts, frameworks, and patterns; focusing on agile values, principle, and practices; scaling andtailoring the training as needed. This was accomplished through:● Product & Business Agility - facilitated synch events for Business Owners & Product Managers on vision, strategy, & roadmaps● Program & ART Agility - organized & facilitated program & ART events for PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt Workshops,Scrum of Scrums (S2), S3, RAID/ROAM, System Demos, and various Checkpoints.● Infrastructure & Technical Agility - assisted in development of Kanban boards, dashboards, metrics, and information radiators;enabled pairing, mobbing, swarming, refactoring, hackathons, A/TDD, CI, CD & delivery pipeline● Agile Management Orientations – delivered an overview of agile concepts, methods and motivations● Leadership Immersion Workshops – delivered Agile-intensive Training to managers, directors, & leaders● Agile Boot-camps – delivered whole-team training on agile frameworks, values, principle, and practices● Agile Practices Workshops – delivered hands-on practice of targeted agile techniques;e.g. Visioning, Road-mapping, Strategy Building, Story Mapping/Writing, Release Planning,Prioritization, Estimation, Sprint Planning, Tasking, Sprint Reviewing/Demos, Retrospectives, etc.● Lean-Agile Clinics – delivered short/on-demand Q&A-driven sessions; e.g. Lunch & Learn, Brown-bags, & Chalk-Talks

Agile Coaching, Training, & Mentoring with Analytics & Innovation Information & Technology Group

Organization Change Manager (OD-CM), Sr. Agile Coach, Scrum Master, PM, QM, CM, BA, etc.Grainger, Capital One, Sears, IAA, Carlson Co; Redbox, LLC; Solo Cup Co; Walgreen’s Health Services CS; Primex Family of Companies; Prime Software Inc; Hospira / Abbott Labs; State Farm, etc.

As SQA Manager, prepared & delivered SQA Plans, Audits, & Reviews; coordinated & mentored SQA Team; consulted project / release managers and directors; prepared & presented SQA Metrics Reports to directors / AVP; achieved goal of 95% process compliance. As Process PM, lead / managed SEI CMM/CMMI Level 3 process improvement program across 500+ staff, while maintaining CMM Level 2 over multiple sites & merged organizations (SBC / Ameritech); defined & promulgated program strategy, process gaps & organizational policies; initiated & guided improvements; prepared agendas & lead Core Team meetings, mentored / tracked teams & verified progress; achieved goal of 50% gap closure within 1st year.

+ Software Process PM / Internal Consultant + Software Process Manager+ Software Quality Lead+ Software PM / Test Lead + Software Senior Engineer+ Maintenance and Test Engineer + Hardware Development Engineer