Ronnie S. C. Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

United States

At Cognizant, my tenure as Associate Director of Agility centers on steering enterprise-wide agile transformations, nurturing a culture of continuous improvement, and driving customer value. With a solid background in IT strategy and value stream mapping, I have effectively mentored agile coaches and fostered strategic alignment across numerous teams.Our collaborative efforts have cultivated a dynamic environment at Discover Financial Services, where I guided product leaders through the incremental delivery of key objectives, ensuring our agile practices are tightly interwoven with business goals. My role emphasizes strategic coaching and the adoption of OKR strategies, which has led to measurable advancements in Discover's Technology Academy and Data and Analytics Programs.

United States

Contracted through Cognizant,Enhanced business processes, product development, and organizational performance by guiding Discover through adoption and implementation of lean and agile practices. Formulated and delivered agile operating models and procedures for DTA in first year. Spearheaded and directed Data and Analytics (DNA) project-to-product transformations over subsequent two years.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Enterprise Agile Coach of the successful Agile Transformation including: a renewed strategic focus on clarity and priority on Omnitracs objectives; product and program alignment of key results to complete the business objectives; and teaching, coaching, supporting, and providing oversight for 80+ Scrum teams in Agile practices creating frequent delivery of incremental value.Implemented a renewed strategic emphasis by integrating Omnitracs goals into a flexible adoption plan.Narrowed down 15 initiatives from FY2020 to 4 key customer-focused value streams for FY2021.Instructed Product & Program Management teams on targeting objectives related to the integration of Hours-of-Service with Vistracks (Canadian ELD).Accomplished objectives by coaching leadership on OKRs virtually using Aha! tools.Conducted training for 20 teams in agile methods, planning, and development, employing agile frameworks to enhance value delivery.Enhanced platform rollouts by 20%, spearheading initiatives to utilize CI/CD Pipeline and Agile DevOps practices.Facilitated workshops on Methods of Working & Organization Efficiency for the Executive Leadership Team and SLT.Applied insights from these efforts in the strategic planning for FY2021, establishing new value streams, and designing Omnitracs' organizational structure.Created a Virtual Agile Community of Practice within Omnitracs: authored a training agenda (21 PSPO & 11 PSM certifications), produced educational materials, and formed the Scrum Master group.

Plano, Tx

Principle Agile Consultant (Coach, Trainer, and Agile Transformation Champion) for BP, Intuit, CapitalOne, Rimini Street, TTI Inc., and Toyota Connected Technologies.

Plano, Tx

Worked with App Suite Toyota and Lexus app teams to deliver awesome in-vehicle experiences.Coached 20 platform teams for Toyota Infotainment Fleet Releases: 2020 release and 2021 development of multimedia.Mentored, trained, and led Scrum Masters in TCT’s Agile and Scrum adoption for 80+ Scrum teams delivering incremental value.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

Trained 8 value-driven agile team startups in the Scrum framework to improve business product value delivery.Coached executive leaders in the “19 or Below” project initiative. Project results indicated BP could not produce a barrel of oil for less than $19, influencing BP’s decision to sell its entire business in Alaska to Hilcorp Alaska for a total consideration of $5.6 billion.Decreased time to market by 17% by scaling teams to optimize value stream delivery.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Formed and trained 2 teams in Agile Scrum Immersion (ASI). Stood-up and coached five teams to successfully adopt Agile.Coached teams in product visioning, roadmap creation, product ownership, and Scrum framework.Served as expert on tool updates for the delivery organization, in team progress management and quality assurance. Coached leadership in agile human resources and employee development. Changed team mindsets to follow agile values & principles.

Houston, Texas

Introduced Agility using the Scrum framework to five Gulf of Mexico Upstream teams:- Horizontal Drilling- Materials and Maintenance- Shallow Water Drilling- Area Development Planning- Drilling OptimizationCo-educated the business teams in Agile Scrum Immersion to adopt Agile & Scrum. Coached in product visioning, roadmap creation, & value creation.Created $200K ROI in 1 month by leveraging OKRs to track results and improve business operations processes.Enabled 9K barrels/day production by coaching the first BP Horizontal Drilling, which used the scrum framework to land 600sq/ft of oil-rich sand.

Fort Worth

Co-taught ASI to two teams. Coached, trained, and mentored the new Scrum teams and their leadership.Retained business by fostering a mindset grounded in agile values & principles.

Helping Rimini Street teams and leadership with their Agile adoption.Educated executive & department leadership in agile product development. Created product visions, roadmaps, and ownership in virtual collaboration. Focused on the value of Trust to leaders as the top competency.Removed waste in product delivery, assisted creation of agile HR, & employee development. Utilized Scrum tools & processes.Introduced the Speed of Trust and Trust Huddles in a virtual environment, and saw a noticeable increase in team collaboration and working towards the goals of the organization.

Plano, Texas

Coached 100 Scrum & Kanban teams in FS Tech Agile Transformation & governance. Enabled full access to resources for teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and technical leads, implementing Agile coach sessions.Increased performance 5% by empowering Scrum Master & removing false metrics. Led team standups, product visioning, etc.

Plano, Tx

Helped the people, Enterprise Data Services (Big Data) and Financial Services teams improve with purpose while removing waste as they moved to the cloud.

Plano, Tx

Scrum Master for Lacerte Tax and Link engineering teams.Organized and facilitated product planning, Scrum events, and release planning. Encouraged collaboration and inspired leaders within the teams to create self-organizing and self-improving teams.Worked one-on-one with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, management and team members, providing feedback and advice on how to improveLed teams continuous integration improvements by redefining Definition of Done and reducing release work.Coached 4 India Lacerte engineering teams by training Scrum Masters to facilitate scrum events, JIRA training, and organizing collaborative events (scrum-of-scrums, release planning, and release reviews).Coached teams, Product Owners, and Product Managers through release forecasting, burnups, and release planning.Guided the PMO through agile release and integration management.

Allen, Tx

Implemented ecommerce solutions to integrate MSP, CCN, AFS, and FNBO products into Union Bank OLB/IBB. Provided Union Bank OLB/IBB users with a consumer improved credit and sales portfolio performance, real-time MSP mortgage information, SSO for consumer care, and individual AFS loan/lines account information. Managed multiple cross-functional project teams with a focus on strategic eCommerce, integration, application development and deployment. Agile Coach / Scrum Master for the FNBO Integration Project team. Led Agile/Scrum workshops and provided coaching in relative sizing, story writing techniques and leveraging an Excel spreadsheet for burn-downs. Trained team members in Agility by creating and leading: - Agile/Scrum Review (Agile/Scrum 101 class)- Defining the Working Agreements- Vision statement- Creating the Product Backlog - Story writing, relative sizing, and prioritizingOrganized and facilitated Scrum events, and release planning.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Stood-up the IRIS team to work in Scrum. Trained the team in Agile/Scrum and led Scrum team to deliver value. Organized and facilitated sprint events and release planning. Encouraged collaboration and inspired leaders within teams to create self-organizing and self-improving teams.

Plano, Tx

Scrum Master for multiple Agile IT teams. Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, road mapping, and release planning. Encouraged collaboration and inspired leaders within teams to create self-organizing and self-improving teams.

Plano, Tx

Implemented strategic process improvements and automations to simplify delivery, improve quality and reduce risk. Improved credit and sales portfolio performance. Managed multiple cross-functional project teams with a focus on strategic IT, integration and application development.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Delivered multiple large-scale integration and development projects within scope, under budget, and on schedule supporting multiple lines of business, customers, and vendors.

Managed loan servicing data warehousing and business intelligence functional project teams for data analytics and reporting projects.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed multiple financial software development projects/programs for two customers in the top twenty banks in the United States.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Lead internal and external conceptual, detail, and technical design sessions.• Mentored new employees by conducting introductory and intermediate training sessions.• Planned and designed system architectures aiding in standardizing internal products.• Lead campus interviews, team interviews, and presentations for college recruiting.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Used ADS/BankPro toolset to generate GUI object-oriented designs and development software.Developed middle-tier application functionality in a consolidated server environment.

Korea

Squad Leader for medical and military training, field maneuvers, and combat readiness exercises.Maintained and managed medical screening facility and provided emergency medical care for the battalion.Instructor of Expert Field Medical Badge and chemical warfare training.The Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) is a United States Army special skills badge first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge (CMB) and is awarded to medical personnel of the US Military who successfully complete a set of qualification tests including both written and performance portions.Army regulations prohibit the wearing of both decorations simultaneously by personnel awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge and the Combat Medical Badge. In such cases, the Combat Medical Badge has precedence according to Army Regulation 670-1.The infantry equivalent of the Expert Field Medical Badge is the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB).The pass rate for FY 2013 was 19%, making the EFMB one of the most difficult and prestigious Army special skill badges to earn.