Ross Libby Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As AgileSherpas CVO, I am a leader of service looking after value in its many forms: * Fulfilled team members finding meaning and purpose in their work * Delighted clients thrilled with the impacts of our co-creation * Healthy service delivery yielding desired outcomes

AgileSherpas brings new ways of working to marketing teams that:• Help organizations stop the cycle of burn-out, improve employee engagement and retaintalent, taking teams from high stress to high performance• Increase the pace of campaign delivery and speed-to-market for successful GTM strategieswith more reliable outcomes• Align marketing teams with business goals, delivering better value to customersI lead the team of skilled Sherpas overseeing the training, coaching, and consulting efforts to ensure exceptional experience and results.Our Sherpas are highly trained specialists who guide marketing organizations from zero toAgile, in less than 18 months, using Marketing Agility Ascension© (our proprietarytransformation model), proven with over two thousand marketers at dozens of globalenterprises.We can also help you elevate new ways of working with our 90-Day Jumpstart best-in-classAgile marketing education program. It applies a 'learn by doing' format with online tools,teamwork and practical applications - all delivered 100% remotely.Our Agile marketing coaches facilitate and guide your teams to:• Increased marketing impact - delivering more value• Eliminated waste - doing more, with less• Prioritized work - for outcomes that are optimizedIn addition, we offer world-class certifications in: Marketing with Agility and in Leading withAgility, from ICAgile (the International Consortium for Agile). This enables each member of thetransforming organization the opportunity for professional development, while discovering andapplying proven, effective ways of working together.New ways of working are critical to success in an ever-changing landscape, and businesses mustbe positioned to respond to rapidly evolving customer needs and habits. Agility is crucial toachieving this.Curious to find out how you can create a value-adding, customer-centric hub of excellence?Email me at ross@agilesherpas.com and check out https://www.agilesherpas.com

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Transformation leader coaching executives, leaders, and cross-functional agile squads throughout enterprise and building communities of practice to drive growth, evolve mindsets, and embrace ways of working that unleash the potential of our customers and people. Subject matter expert on enterprise business agility serving as continuous improvement catalyst to all organizational areas and levels. • Leader in Business Agility Center of Excellence (COE) driving the Agile transformation journey of a 25,000+ global enterprise • In 2 years of existence as a COE, drove tens of millions in business agility enabled sales, saved over 25K business days from new ways of working, and engaged over 2K customers in co-creation• Reimagined next generation customer success for an over 350 person organization resulting in amazing impact (1000s of people days saved, over $1M in potential revenue upside for customers, 3 pt. NPS improvement, and over $1M in consulting value)• Elevated marketing agility by driving over $3M in sales and pipeline while decreasing speed to market by 2 months and leading Conference Workshop with 500 attendees receiving an NPS of 12 • Received coaching NPS of 50 for those I serve• Instituted self-sustaining agile operating model in Spain business to enable growth• Contributed to hiring and onboarding team growing COE from less than 10 to more than 30 within first full year• 2020 Overall Transformational Initiative Winner at World Agility Forum• Business Agility Institute Head of Global Conference Experience, co-founder of BAM Twin Cities, and Agile Enterprise Summit Panelist

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Servant leader and change agent, as it relates to Product, Lean, Agile, Innovation, and DevOps (PLAID), working with teams and leaders in the Target Dojo and across the enterprise to cultivate a culture of curiosity, build an environment conducive to continuous learning, and instill a customer and team centric mindset.- Group that led 300 product teams and leaders in the Product Thinking, Agile Principles, and DevOps Disciplines- Founding member of downtown Minneapolis Dojo (immersive learning environment) location & PLAiD Radio podcast- Agile leader for the Pricing/Promo/Clearance Portfolio- Institute an immersive and educational environment where experimentation is encouraged to happen in a learn, adapt, iterate, and teach cycle establishing a growth-mindset culture and enhancing effectiveness of idea (discovery) to implementation (delivery)- Create cross-functional teams that can adapt by maturing practices and acquiring skills to develop dynamic and timely solutions- Created unique TDD Mob Programming Workshop which drove improvements in team morale and code quality- Organize products for meaning that can evolve through story-telling and story mapping with personas and value streams starting with customers - Built industry presence conducting leadership workshop and keynote at Fortune 500 companies- Leverage neuro linguistic programming (NLP) research, especially when interacting with team and human dynamics, to promote a focus beyond just environment and behavior logical levels to nurture and take root in the more intrinsic levels of identity and beliefs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

The Space and Presentation Product team is responsible for the technology used for macro space (adjacency / division) and micro space (item level / planogram) design, planning and execution. Our goal is to create world-class tools and systems to enhance the store guest experience in connection to enterprise Enterprise Key Initiatives like localization and flex format guest strategies. Our primary customers are stores and global Merchandise Presentation team members in support of merchant strategies.Responsible for making sure the Scrum process is used as intended and removing barriers. Agile team leader (servant leader) fulfilling team needs as they relate to the people, product, process, and project.- Built scrum team rapport and develop cross-functional engineering team to foster inclusiveness and psychological safety creating excitement for what we do and each of us offers- Encourage taking appropriate risks and making the most of learning opportunities (i.e. Dojo Challenge to enhance our CI/CD pipeline and expedite our desktop packaging process from 6 weeks to 20 minutes)- Promoted Dual-Track Agile where discovery and delivery occur in parallel and appropriate attention is given to both the short-term and long-term value (i.e. replatform space solution on Java to align with tech roadmap)- Demonstrate resiliency and adaptability leading team through ambiguity to ensure milestones are hit, quality delivered, and big picture considered (i.e. release plans, architecture decisions around CI/CD)- Maximize productivity taking advantage of formal (Leading in Agile) and informal (agile coaches) opportunities to learn and in turn practice and root these disciplines within team (test driven development, mob programming, Elephant Carpaccio, etc.)- Championed how to scale agility and develop high-performing teams across organization (i.e. scrum of scrums, blogs, communities of practice)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

A competitive landscape exists which offers consumers tailored and personalized offerings. The Planogram Localization and Automation initiative developed functionality to increase customer satisfaction and improve productivity.Responsible for representing customers and stakeholders by creating vision, communicating direction, collaborating with product team, and making decisions- Served as Planogram Localization and Automation product owner enabling functionality to enhance creation of guest relevant assortments and presentation across channels and drive 5% sales lift- Developed the foundation documentation which guided project (problem statement, vision, OKRs, persona, story maps, etc.)- Directed the Proof of Concept which defined the go-forward strategy (RFI for 5 consultants, selection of 5 category sample set, store visit, recap/demo sessions, etc.)- Determined pilot areas, rollout plan, and change management strategy- Drove data model and object mapping to ensure clean and organized hierarchy and analytics- Developed integrations, web applications, and automated testing to deliver value through user-based design and continuous integration/continuous delivery

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

The Business Process Consultant (BPC) is the primary driver of process change and system solutions to support new or changing business initiatives. The BPC is responsible for working with a technology team to implement application(s) that meet the business need and is readily adopted.- Served as techno-functional strategist and decision maker driving direction on solution design (customization reduced 50% while mitigating 15K in incremental workload)- Managed relationships and expectations for project deliverables keeping project on task (received the Annual MPSD Team Leadership award)- Created plan to manage organizational change resulting from project (demos of 30 applications over the course of 3 months to share and document business impact)- Communicated progress across organization (weekly user group meetings, monthly Stakeholder meeting, and approx. 50 sync, roadshow, and kickoff meetings)- Determined optimal space planning vendor and applications (facilitated space management Request for Information (RFI) and 20 scenario vendor demo)- Compiled over 1000 requirements gathering business needs (business representative user (BUR) weekly meetings and analysis of over 100 best practices, 25 training packets, and 1500 fields across 9 hierarchy levels)- Drove user acceptance testing (750 test cases in 3 different environment over 15 months in addition to time studies which showed 30% overall efficiency increase)- Lead data remediation and validation effort (avoided $70M of inventory cost in the 5% pilot alone)- Directed rollout, change management, and training (converted and validated over 1M POGs across 240 departments and coaching over 150 team members within a 6 month time-frame)- Supported the transition process and learning curve (3 months of On Floor Support, 6 months of Space Planning Mailbox, 10 Knowledge Shares, over 50 Open Labs, etc.)- Delivered post release fixes and enhancements (implementation of 14 sprints over the course of year)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Planned the macro space for Healthcare and micro space for HPB partnering with merchandising, marketing, and fixturing to deliver merchandising excellence and results.- Drove the planogram and communication strategy in Dust Floor for Swiffer Out of the Box rollout which drovw $8M in incremental sales.- Led Healthcare presentation project to drive a 3-4% sales lift in OTC and Pharmacy.- Captured nearly $400K in incremental sales and $25K in pull expense savings in Dish Soap by running anlysis and driving effort to increase the High Volume store count.- Led Collaborative Proofing Process improvement project which will result in approx. savings of 3,500 hrs ($300,000) for the analyst group. - Mentored a summer intern nominating her for the Personal Leadership Award she won.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Planned the micro space for Dry Grocery partnering with merchandising, marketing, and fixturing to deliver merchandising excellence and results.- Reduced revision workload by approximately 25% in my department by implementing a revision schedule and grid that organizes and streamlines the revision process- Mentored a business analyst in training challenging her and providing her continuous guidance and feedback through tools such as GAPS.- Managed SWAT assistance for my August Transitions providing documentation for the process which was published as the model for documentation.- Participated in multiple team and MPD committees, such as Soft Skills and All Analyst captainships, allowing me opportunities to teach others and develop processes and practices.- Captained the Fall Warehouse Conversion for the Dry Grocery Team conducting the analysis necessary to eliminate the need for new version creation or existing version revisions.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Planned the micro space for Dry Grocery partnering with merchandising, marketing, and fixturing to deliver merchandising excellence and results.- Drove the merchandised presentation of the Salsa Localization which resulted in a $7 million sales increase.- Captained the quarterly MPD All Analyst meeting, organizing and facilitating a meeting that dealt with career-pathing and consisted of a panel from across the company who talked about their roles.- Managed the GM Boxed with Expanded Tortilla/Canned Pasta special project working with multiple buyers on a tight time-line to deliver $5 million sales increase.- Received MPD “Speed is Life” award for working a impromptu reset of GM Pasta/Pasta Sauce in order to protect inventory and brand presentation because of a recall.

Worked directly under Director of Shared Services on numerous projects serving as project manager for several. Project included the following:- Marketing to promote department and its initiatives- Standard operating procedures for the corporation- Onboarding Toolkit for departments joining Shared Services- Employee suggestion program for the corporation- Customer service recognition program for Shared ServicesOther responsibilites included:- Working with Shared Services departments (AP, IT, Payroll, and Travel and Meeting Services) and customers on key concerns and objectives- Managing the Shared Services websites- Contributing to the Shared Services newsletter- Attending Raving Fans training

One of three machinists who worked directly under the owner to take blueprints from clients, analyze the specifications, rough cut the material, and program the mills to create custom steel, aluminum, plastic, etc. parts.We had a broad client base including members of the medical, technology, and manufacturing industries.