Steve Sanoff, Csp, Csm, Cspo, Cal, Icp-Acc/Ent/Cat Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Developed and rolled out a new Software Development Life Cycle process, combining Agile ideas with waterfall phases and milestone planning for complex projects. Drove several software launch readiness programs, including defining issue escalation processes and ensuring that support organizations were trained on the products. Scrum Master for 2 teams and active contributor to the Agile Community of Practice. Introduced Scrum improvements, significantly improving team effectiveness.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Served as Lead Technical Program Manager, Agile Coach and acting Product Manager, to deliver software for Western Digital and SanDisk storage devices. Managed the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch. Managed complex programs that included 5 product managers, 60+ developers and 20+ test engineers. Coached managers, teams and individual contributors on Agile principles and methodologies, Scrum and Kanban, and tools (JIRA, Confluence). Defined the features and roadmap for a content management application. Facilitated Agile ceremonies, including release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos, to ensure effective communication and collaboration among team members. Created and ran the Agile Center of Excellence.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Led the adoption of Agile in the Data Technology division with a focus on product delivery outcomes. Transitioned 600+ people from Waterfall development to Agile by hiring and managing a dedicated team of 12 Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. Mentored and trained team members on Agile principles and best practices, helping them to become self-sufficient in the Agile process. Worked directly with key teams as a Scrum Master and coached other Scrum Masters and Product Owners. Implemented Agile metrics and dashboards to track team progress and identify areas for improvement. Facilitated SAFe-style “big room” release planning.

Maidenhead, Berkshire, Gb

Managed a team of Product Owners responsible for industry leading enterprise products used to manage translation workflows. Personally managed the entire product lifecycle, from definition to launch, of version 2 of an award- winning SaaS solution for machine translation. Managed the work of an offshore Agile development team of 20+ engineers. Worked closely with the UX team and the engineering team on requirements, user experience, release planning and execution.

Maidenhead, Berkshire, Gb

Responsible for SDL BeGlobal (cloud platform for real-time machine translation and communication).

Carried out Scrum training and consulted for a stealth startup.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Product manager responsible for immersive TelePresence (video) B2B conferencing services. Joined the TelePresence Exchange Business Unit as employee number 5 and helped it grow to 160+ people by hiring and managing Product Owners and User Experience designers. Product Owner for a team developing a high visibility and successful white label TelePresence cloud service for Cisco's largest customer. Introduced Agile practices to the Business Unit. Hands-on Scrum Master for teams during initial growth phase. Defined and documented scaling processes for Agile planning, execution, and delivery by all teams.

Product manager responsible for managed and hosted conferencing services. Created requirements for a shared tenant hosted conferencing service, including the user journey and copy for the marketing website. Developed pricing and internal processes for sales, support, and billing. Developed Epics, User Stories and UI prototypes.

Led product management for a B2B negotiation and contract management solution. Contributed to growth from 3 employees to 40+ until its acquisition, by hiring and managing Product Owners and working closely with prospects and early customers. Developed marketing requirements, use cases, UI prototypes, specifications, and roadmaps. Worked closely with early customers, gathering requirements and deploying the solution.

Managed product management, QA and documentation teams. Drove multiple releases of various business process modeling tools for companies implementing SAP – “LiveModel” (IntelliCorp’s flagship product), “Business Engineer” (under contract to SAP), Business Visualizer (product acquired from Visio Corporation). Invented a business process mapping product, LiveCapture, that generated the majority of IntelliCorp’s product revenue for FY2000.

Ph.D., Control Engineering

M.Sc., Control Theory

B.Sc. (First Class Honors), Mechanical Engineering