Jeevan Z. Mathew MBA, SAFe SPC *.*, LPM, CSP, PMP

770-***-**** ad3mfb@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn US Citizen Professional Highlights

● 9 years of experience as Agile Coach for clients such as Cisco, Equifax, Honeywell, and Netcracker

● SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban Coaching and Training at different levels & roles, from Execs to Teams

● A total of 13 years experience in the Agile space as Scrum, Kanban lead, Agile coach & trainer.

● Specializes in defining & continuously improving Agile frameworks (ways of working)

● Product Value Stream setup using global teams based on Lean principles and budgets.

● Expert in enterprise PMO/ALM tools [Jira, Rally, Jira Align] evaluation, customization, integration, & rollout.

● Expert in designing, training, and rollout of Agility metrics (Flow, Lean, Customer, Product). Certifications:

SAFe 6.0 Lean Portfolio Manager (2023), SAFe SPC 6.0 (2015), PMP (2004) Tools, Frameworks, & Platforms

● Agile/PMO: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, OKR, Spotify, V2MOM, PMP, Miro,

● Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Jira Align, MSSuite, G-Suite, Rally, Jira Cloud, Confluence, Aha!, Agility, Clarity

● Tech: Java, JEE, MS .net, Oracle, Azure, AWS, GCP, ADO Key Educational Background:

MBA - Georgia Tech, Master’s in Computer Applications - National Institute of Tech. India Work Experience

Aflac 08 /2023 - 12/2023 Consultant - Sr. Lean Portfolio Management Coach

● Established a streamlined intake process for strategic initiatives, laying the foundation for Lean Portfolio Management. Conducted assessments and crafted an implementation roadmap, including training, tool consolidation, and change management. Managed portfolio prioritization and budget adjustments. Cisco: 02/2022 – till date Consultant - Agile Coach & Trainer

• Part of an Agile transformation program for ~750 teams for an 8K size org.

● Provided SAFe POPM, MVP, Agile Roadmapping training and mentoring to about 25 Directors, and Sr. Directors of technology, PMO, and Product.

● Provided about 35 coaching sessions on SAFe LPM, Epic and feature writing, sizing, Scrum and Kanban, and Flow metrics.

● Trained Supply Chain org on Agile Mindset, Agile Leadership values.

● Trained teams on Jira and Jira Align metrics.

● Led the design of SAFe Agility Metrics (outcome-based, leading indicators) using Jira/Jira Align data

● Developed ALM (Jira Align, Jira) tools rollout, adoption & sunsetting strategy. pg. 1

● Coached teams on developing product variants using DOJO approaches with hyper Sprints, developing a Fail-Fast, Safe mindset.

Equifax: 2020 – 01/2022 Agile Transformation Lead, Coach, Trainer

● Agile Transformation Lead for Product Transformation on Google Cloud Platform. Provided SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and ScrumBan training to more than 40 Scrum teams transforming from waterfall to agile. Provided role-based training for Scrum Masters, Tribe and segment leaders, and Product Architects/Owners.

● Designed SAFe framework for Enterprise (1400 size) portfolio management, front door implementation for product idea management, risks, and dependencies planning & tracking.

● Created 4 Guilds (clubs) for Scrum Masters, Writing good Agile Epics and Stories, XP Club, and UX.

● Custom-built dependencies and risk escalation framework using Jira Cloud Widely used across a 1500+ size business unit.

● Established enterprise-level metrics using Google Data Studio. Jira, Azure, and Aha data. This measures key KPIs like predictability, throughput, say-do ratio, and flow metrics. These metrics helped (re)align strategic initiatives to products, and release trains ( Scrum, Kanban, customer support).

● Go-to person for PMO tool (Aha!, Azure, & Jira) implementations, process definition, and rollout. Honeywell: 2016 – 2020 Agile Coach & Agile PMO Leader

● Enterprise Agility Lead for the BU, responsible for defining organizational processes using the framework(s) such as Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, OKR & Z21. Built an upstream planning MOS using ideation management, portfolio Kanban, alignment of strategy to major initiatives, supporting Lean budgeting, and building Release Train backlogs & PI schedule.

● Conducted more than 75 training sessions for ~500 trainees of Agile training in Scrum, Kanban, Agile product & portfolio management, and Agile tools (Jira, Aha, Jira Align, VersionOne). The audience included CXOs to Interns.

● Created and supported Agile CoPs for Scrum Masters, Coaches, Product, and DevOps functions.

● Led evaluation (5 BUs, 25K users) of Agility tools. Liaison for the 4 Gartner top-ranked tools vendors. Negotiated pricing and contracts. Coordinated assessment of Security, Legal, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, and Tools teams.

● Led Agile transformation for Cyber teams(135 sized) – improving T2M by 35%, and employee engagement by 20%. Conducted SAFe training for SAFe team, POPM, and SM. Established the initial value streams for the Cyber products.

● Agile transformation lead for 350+ member IoT platform development team. Responsible for setting up a Scaling Agile execution environment and value Stream definition with the product, user experience, engineering, security, and ops org.

● Created a Dojo Challenge framework to develop and validate new product ideas with the five basic steps of Intake

, Frame, Learn, Review & Exit. This was conducted for multiple quarters and helped identify new products to be built. NetCracker: 2013-2016 Agile Coach and Technical Project Manager

● Agile Portfolio Manager of Mobile Center of Excellence. Introduced Portfolio and Program Kanban-based approach to visualize the priorities work in-take and roadmap creation. Provided SAFe training at Team levels to Program levels to ATT, Comcast, L3

● Established organizational Agility for NetCracker product teams such and improved Time to Market, Quality, and Engagement. Managed team sizes ranged from 18 - 45.

● Consulting project manager at NetCracker for AT&T, Comcast, and Level 3 clients. Oversaw product implementation, managed services, and coordinated client activities. Led teams of 8-12 PMs, SM, and Dev. 2007-2013 Senior Development Lead, Senior Technical PM, ADP, USA. Delivered HR and Benefits solutions products and services. Led technology teams. Worked as Scrum Master and Technical PM. pg. 2

1998-2006 Technical Lead, Senior PM iGate Global Solutions. Managed global teams. Senior Project Manager, responsible for project estimations and product delivery at GE Aircraft Engines, OH. Industries:

Finance/ Credit, Industrial IoT, Human Capital Mgmt, Telecom/Mobile, Insurance, Networking Technologies pg. 3

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