Irina Fedorova MBA, ICE-AC, ICE-EC, SPC, SAFe RTE, ICP-CAT, ICP-ENT

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Experience Summary

Agile Coach, Scaled Agile Consultant, and ICAgile Coaching Trainer with over 15 years of professional experience guiding diverse teams, programs, and organizations through Agile adaptation. Capable of overcoming organizational challenges of transitioning to Agile methodology from traditional project management. Extensive knowledge and experience in leading the adoption of Scrum, Kanban, Scrum @ Scale, SAFe, Lean, and DevOps. Ability to motivate, coach, mentor, train, organize, and develop IT and non-IT teams across multiple locations. Experienced in developing change agents and Agile Coaches within the organization.

Competencies

Product / Portfolio Coaching DevOps Adaptation Enterprise Transformation

Scaling Agile Practicies Design Thinking Traditional Role Transitions

Agile / Scrum / SAFe Training Cross Team Dependencies Value Driven Prioritization

Objective Key Results (OKRs) ART Launch Risk Assessment/Management

Experience

Agile Consulting Services –Senior Agile Coach for the Federal and Commercial Clients 9/2022 – present

• Collaborated with executive sponsors and leadership to get to the "Why?" for Agile transformation and build a shared understanding around business results they hope to achieve by adopting the Scaled Agile Framework. Created Coaching Alliance and clarified focus areas, SAFe adaptation success criteria, metrics, timebox, and roles and responsibilities for transforming selected agency departments.

• Trained, coached, and supported Government Business Owners to adopt a strategic funding approach by creating and refining Epics and Lean Business cases.

• Guided leadership in defining and integrating metric-driven Objective Key Results (OKRs) into the portfolio management processes to gain organizational alignment and promote forward-thinking while setting strategic directions for teams and programs.

• Conducted value stream mapping workshop and guided participants to identify delays and insufficient processes that resulted in action items and improvement roadmap.

• Supported and facilitated interactions between executive leadership, technology department, and security group to identify the vision for the maturity of organizational process and bridging the gap between security and technology.

TEKSystem – Senior Enterprise Agile Coach 8/2021 – 8/2022

• Engaged with the Release Train Engineers and Program Management and overcame resistance to Agile Transformation by enabling them to create a shared vision for the role transitions using future search practice.

• Conducted a role mapping workshop with leadership and a custom plan for transitioning each manager to a new role based on their career motivations and skillset/experience.

• Established partnership with the stakeholders and executive leadership team to initiate the ART Launch Readiness activities. Integrated industry best practices for PI readiness, including creating customer Journey Maps, Feature Refinement, economic prioritization, etc. Identified additional coaching and mentoring needs for the Product Manager and RTE on the PI Plan execution process.

• Coached Portfolio Leadership on Lean Principles, development of Lean Business cases, facilitation of Portfolio ceremonies, and identification of business outcomes and KPIs.

• Collaborated with the Agile Coaching team to create an Agile Transformation strategy, deliver role-based training, and create an environment enabling several customers to adopt sustainable practices and improve collaboration between businesses and IT teams.

Agile Consulting Services - Portfolio Advisor / Enterprise Agile Coach for the FDA 4/2021 – 8/2021

• Observed program syncs and interactions of the Portfolio team, designed tailored Agile engagement activities, and addressed specific needs, including portfolio backlog visualization, portfolio dashboard development, epic creation, and economic prioritization.

• Facilitated the creation of OKRs and guided leadership to track their progress during Portfolio ceremonies.

• Trained and mentored Team coaches, RTEs, Product Managers, and Architects to facilitate PI readiness and execution, including dependency and risk management.

• Coached the IT infrastructure management team to improve workflow by identifying high-priority initiatives and dependencies that directly contributed to the support of the daily operations and future value deliverables.

TEKSystem - Program Agile Coach/Dev Ops Coach 10/2020 – 04/2021

• Designed and delivered customized and interactive DevOps, Product Management, and Portfolio Management training sessions. • Observed existing value delivery processes, conducted interviews with stakeholders, and facilitated technical assessment for delivery teams. Collaborated with Architects and Leadership on developing DevOps adoption roadmap, coaching plan, and recommendations for improving automated defect identification process, managing integration and testing environment and enhancing infrastructure for automated deployments.

• Coached and mentored teams on best engineering practices to promote code quality, frequent integrations, test-driven development, collaboration, and system thinking mindset.

• Collaborated with portfolio leadership to ensure delivery aligns with product vision and organizational strategy through roadmaps, OKRs, and work hierarchy (Epics, Features, Stories) using Jira Portfolio and BetterWorks.

Leidos - Senior Enterprise Agile Coach 6/2019 – 9/2020

• Assessed the FDA program and Leidos' ability to change and created an implementation roadmap to scale Agile Transformation to the program and solution levels.

• Established Coaching Corner, Lean Coffee, Community of Practice, Agile Lunch and Learn, and Lean-Agile Center of Excellence to promote learning and innovative culture across the program.

• Provided role-based SAFe training for executive leadership, government Business Owners and Stakeholders, Product Owners and Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and Delivery and DevOps Teams.

• Facilitated the first ART launch and PI Planning event. Provided RTE with guidance and coaching support on creating program artifacts, facilitating ART ceremonies, and managing program boards and risks.

• Worked with architects and DevOps team to establish code coverage standards, develop automated testing strategy, and integrate quality reviews within iteration boundaries.

NTT Data, Inc. - Enterprise Agile Coach 12/2018 – 06/2019

• Conducted initial Agile assessments for various programs at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts - Executive Project Management Branch to identify gaps in project management operations and worked with Executive leadership to create the Agile engagement plan to achieve the desired outcome.

• Collaborated with the Agile Coaching team and Government Branch Chiefs to organize, prioritize, and refine portfolio Epics to meet agency objectives for serving public and bankruptcy court employees.

• Provided Jira training and ongoing support to stakeholders and management to embrace transparency, collaboration, and accurate project reporting across multiple programs.

• Advised leadership team on the Implementation process of the team, program, and portfolio levels metrics. Ensured measurable metrics were created for the program, and that they align with the overall KPIs for the products.

• Assisted program leadership and teams in Agile Release Planning; provided Release Train Engineer and Product Manager guidance in creating Product Vision, PI Roadmap, and Release/Program Plan with features and dependencies.

Coached R&D team on best quality practices, including code refactoring, continuous integration, small batch size development, and lean flow. Helped the team reduce the escape defect rate by 45% in the first three months of engagement.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. – Senior Agile Coach 8/2014 – 12/2018

• Provided training, coaching, and mentoring to developers, testers, and business analysts to ensure development teams of internal Cyber Security programs adopt Agile best practices in delivering high-quality services and products to the federal government.

• Drove adoption to Scrum of Scrums ceremony helping Department of Transportation Scrum Masters to better coordinate cross-team dependencies and escalate impediments and risks to Chief Scrum Master.

• Enforced Kanban principles at the program level that reduced features cycle time by 20%, thus increasing the Cyber Security program’s throughput in less than eight weeks.

• Organized and facilitated Team Startup/Reset activities, Value Stream Identification Workshop, Inspect and Adapt ceremony, and Program Increment Planning to improve the program, team collaboration, and efficiency in delivering business value.

• Guided the Program leadership in establishing a workflow for managing portfolio-level epics in an Agile way.

Education

• Master of Business Administration, George Washington University, 05/2021

• Bachelor of Science, Management Studies, University of Maryland University College, 5/2016

• Bachelor of Science, Accounting – Analysis - Audit, Magnitogorsk State University, 5/2007

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – June 2016

ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) – December 2017

ICAgile Project Manager (ICP-APM) – January 2018

ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Coaching (ICE-ACC) – March 2018

ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) – March 2018

ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC) – March 2021

ICAGile Candidate for Enterprice Coaching Expert (ICE-EC) - 2022

ICAgile Certified Professional in the Enterprise Agility (ICP-ENT) – March 2022

ICAgile Certified Professional in Coaching Agile Transitions (ICP-CAT) – April 2022

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) – February 2018

SAFe Certified Agilist (SA) – April 2018 – April 2019

SAFe Program Consultant (SPc) - November 2018

SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) – April 2021

Authorized ICAgile Instructor, SAFe Remote Trainer, SCRUMstudy Instructor

Enabled to deliver: ICAgile Foundations, ICAgile Certified Coaching, SAFe RTE, SAFe for Teams, SAFe SA, SAFe SM, SAFe ASM, SAFe POPM, SAFe DevOps, SAFe for Government

Summary of Skills, Tools, And Technologies:

Programming Languages: XML, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, PL/SQL, Java

Frameworks: Bootstrap, Foundation, jQuery, US Web Design Standards, Angular

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Visio, Jira, Jira Allign, Jira Portfolio, ServiceNow, Confluence, SVN, Git, Balsamiq, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, TestLink, HP Quality Center, Bugzilla, Jenkins, Cucumber, Selenium, Mural, Miro, ALM, Trello, Target Process, Zoom, Webex, Skype.

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