Steve Coleman Email and Phone Number

Accountable for driving Nationwide Insurance's DevSecOps platform experience.

Leader of seven Agile teams developing high performing systems across a variety of technologies including Angular, Java, Informatica, API’s, Kafka, SAP, and Anaplan. Responsible for team uplift and improving software delivery through End-to-End Agile, Lean, and DevOps across the Nationwide Financial Pre-sales and New Business department. Analyzed team data to create insights and improved strategies for team processes and practices, resulting in 18% Lead Time improvement year-over-year. Optimized team structures to meet best practices and business partner demand.

BI & Reporting Software Engineering Manager within Finance Technology department. Leader of a Business Intelligence and Reporting team. Primarily working with Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) suite. Partner with Nationwide's Enterprise Finance team to provide technical capability to forecast and report on Nationwide’s overall financial health.In addition to BI & Reporting capability, Steve is the leader of an internal automation, innovation, and efficiency line focused on reducing the daily toil of Finance Technology individual contributors by developing solutions to move their manual efforts to more efficient tools and automation.

Working in the Nationwide Application Development Center. Has played several roles within the ADC including test automation lead, development line test lead, and Agile coach with a focus on Acceptance Test Driven Development.Led an organization consisting of 60+ Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET’s) and Requirements Analysts across 5 Agile delivery lines, focused on Data & BI, Retirement Plans, and Automation.

Lead automation developer within Nationwide's Application Development center. Developed an automation architecture for use with multiple automation tools, in particular, Ruby and Cucumber. Agile coach responsible for the creation of training materials for Agile and ATDD practices. Coached 23 development lines on automation and Agile best practices. Speaker at Teradata Partners conference.