Project Manager Engineering

Latha Swamy 925-***-**** *****.*****@**.***

**** ******** *****, *** *****, CA 94583 LinkedIn, facebook, twitter Willing to travel globally US Citizen excellent references available AGILE TRANSFORMATION LEADER and COACH CSP, SAFe SPC, AKT Leading practitioners of Lean Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Experience in successfully rolling out Kanban and SAFe ranging from Silicon Valley startups to fortune 50 companies. Over 18 years of experience in co-creating an agile eco-system that delivers IT solutions effectively with quality. As a transformation leader, my commitment is to empower the executive leadership teams to align on a portfolio vision that teams can execute, deliver extraordinary business results and quality of life. As a trainer and coach, my commitment is to deliver the Kanban and SAFe programs in such a way, it transforms the mindset of the participants to one of Lean thinking leader. Below is a summary of skills and expertise:

• Direct experience in implementing the SAFe and a contributor to evolving Dean Leffingwell’s SAFe framework

• Worked with leadership to powerfully create the Portfolio vision that calls forth a powerful future for their teams

• Skilled in addressing sensitive organizational and cultural changes in implementing Agile Practices

• Hands-on agile coaching and training RTE, SM, POs and teams to bring workability and improve performance

• Inspire people to move far beyond traditional boundaries to take ownership and participate fully

• Build agile communities, agile playbooks and center of excellence, successfully implemented Kanban systems

• Reliable for creating conditions for collaboration resulting in innovation and outperforming the competition

• Skilled in producing a shared understanding, teams aligning on the goals resulting in exponential performance

• Known are sought out for as an excellent speaker and an engaging transformative trainer EDUCATION

Accredited Kanban Trainer AKT and (Kanban Coaching Professional KCP), LKU 2014 ScaledAgileFramework (SAFe) Professional Consultant SPC4.0, SAI Feb 2013 Being a Leader & Effective Exercise of Leadership, EJ Ontological Foundation Oct 2011 Coaching Agile Teams, Coaching Stance, Agile Coaching Institute June 2011 Tribal Leadership Approval Program (2 yrs.), USC Culture Sync June 2010 Certified Scrum Professional CSP, CSM and CSPO, Scrum Alliance Nov 2009 Team Management and Leadership Program (2 yrs.), Landmark Worldwide Nov 2000 Ph.D. in Lean Manufacturing Engineering (Degree not awarded) Sep 1992 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

M.S in Engineering Management Science / Computer Science, WSU, KS July 1989 Wichita State University, KS - Fulbright scholarship winner and a teaching assistant B.S in Industrial Engineering, Anna University - India June 1987 Gold Medalist for the highest GPA

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SKILLS

Lean Kanban Agile Practices: SAFe Consultant, Kanban Trainer and Coach, SCRUM, Kanban, Lean, XP, Lean UX, Lean Startup, SAFe Metrics and Organization/Team Agility Assessment, IDEF0, ITIL, ToC Collaboration & Communication: Bringing tools like Back of the Napkin, Business Model Canvas, Lean Canvas, Validation Board, Story Mapping, JAD sessions, Problem Solving workshop, Open Space Technology Training: Known to lead SAFe training and Kanban training that are transformational in nature rather than informational; SAFe Trainer and CSC from Scrum Alliance; mentored by Lyssa Adkins and Pete Behrens Facilitation: Listening skills and Inquiry skills to understand and manage complex organizational and team dynamics Bringing agile practices and rhythm to initiatives and creating a collaborative culture where teams thrive PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN LEADING AGILE TRANSFORMATIONS: AGILE TRANSFORMATION COACH, SolutionsIQ

Infoblox, Santa Clara, CA Jun 2015 – present

Accountable for enterprise agile transformation, and in rolling out Scrum and Scaled agile practices to a 300 person Product Engineering organization. Rolled out Kanban for a 60 person IT organization to effectively manage service delivery. Worked with leadership team in altering the budgeting and portfolio planning using lean agile principles. Supported with VersionOne tool implementation. Worked with engineering leadership team to strategize and implement on CI and other Dev Ops practices. Trained over 300 people in Scrum, Lean and Kanban. Symantec, Mountain View, CA Oct 2014 – Jun 2015

Accountable for rolling out SAFe to a 400 person Appliance Solutions organization that is distributed between USA and China, with an annual budget of $200M, to promote innovation and improved speed to market. Launched 4 ARTs and created custom playbook for effective execution, and trained over 200 people in SAFe AGILE TRANSFORMATION COACH, Adisya.com

Zynga, San Francisco, CA Feb - Oct 2015

Agile transformation of the Words division, using the Spotify model. Worked with the leadership team to gain alignment on the roadmap. Trained and coached squads on lean Kanban agile and dev ops practices. FedEx, Memphis, TN Jan – May 2015

Designed a Portfolio Governance model for a $200 M/year, funding authority demand management group, to transform to a lean portfolio prioritization-using SAFe. Created custom models that will reduce the cycle time by 200% and increases the throughput by 100%

Source Medical, Birmingham, AL May – Sep 2014

Accountable for Enterprise Agile Transformation and Scaling Agile for Source Medical, along with creating an agile Playbook for effective execution; Training and Coaching Execs, Programs and Teams; implemented Kanban & SAFe. Tagged, San Francisco, CA Jan - Dec 2014

Accountable for Portfolio Planning with leadership using Lean Kanban prioritization, program execution using light- weight SAFe, and running innovation using lean startup techniques. Launching new mobile products in 6 months with 40% increases in revenue and DAU. Presented the case study, at the Agile Camp 2014 VCE, Santa Clara, CA July – Sep 2013

Accountable for rolling out agile practices for HW and scaling agile using SAFe for VCE in just 8 weeks, so we can get some real requirements from customers to compete against the world’s fastest servers for half the price GE, CoE, San Ramon, CA Nov 2012 – Jun 2013

Accountable for working with the executives in bringing portfolio alignment, and fiduciary governance where value is continuously delivered through SAFe agile release trains for a $200M portfolio. Launched 2 ARTs and trained Latha Swamy page 3 of 3

AGILE PRACTICES LEADER, Adisya, CA (cont.)

Visa, Foster City, CA Nov 2011 – Nov 2012

Customized SAFe Release Trains and Kanban Portfolio Supply/Demand Pipelines for 500 person program on a

$2B investment for an emerging product; in 3 months launched the product, by bringing in agile and transformation Adobe – San Jose, California Mar 2011 – Nov 2011

Accountable for bringing in agile practices to launch a new initiative that impacts all of Adobe, as an agile pilot. Empowered the IT and Business leadership to prioritize and align on the roadmap. Worked with all IT areas including the PMO, RM and Dev Ops to transition from Waterfall to Agile; Coached & trained teams Cisco Systems, Inc - Milpitas, California Mar 2009 – Mar 2011 Responsible for implementing solutions for Cisco Commerce Services from planning through deployment PMI Mortgage Insurance Company - Walnut Creek, California Jan 2004 – Mar 2009 Responsible for implementing a lightweight Scrum process and transitioning the teams and PMO from RUP to Agile BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT

Transplace, Inc. (B2B mid size Logistics Company) - Dallas, Texas May 2001 – Jan 2004 Agile XP Project Manager, provided consultancy and coaching in implementing XP practices for rapid release cycles Royal Caribbean International –Miami, Florida Oct 1998 – May 2001 Manager, Business Transformation, accountable for implementing various eCommerce portals The SABRE Group - Dallas, Texas July 1995 - Sep 1998 Management Consultant, responsible for bringing aspects of product development flow to design, coding and implementation of eBusiness tools to Sales, and Pricing and Yield Management models using SAS General Motors/Ford – Detroit, Michigan Jan 1992 – Sep 1995 Industrial Engineer intern, responsible for lean manufacturing principles to auto manufacturing, and programming simulation, queuing and inventory models for optimal flow PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS on Agile and Transformation 2013 Rally ON, Boulder CO June 2013

2013 Total User Experience Summit, San Francisco, CA Sep 2013 Agile Meet up, Portland, OR Feb 2014

2014 Total User Experience Summit, San Francisco, CA Mar 2014 2014 Agile Camp, San Jose, CA May 2014

Development 2014, Millbrae, CA May 2014

UX Conference 2015, Millbrae, CA Feb 2015

Actively participates in linked blogs to share about SAFe and Kanban Ongoing About to publish a SAFe Case Study Apr 2014

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