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PARTNER/ENTERPRISE AGILE COACH (SPC) AGILE BIG PICTURE NOVEMBER 2019 – PRESENT

· Provide SAFe Training (public & private) for all SAFe certification courses

· Conduct Epic/Feature/Story writing workshops

· Coach various estimation techniques for sizing features and stories

· Coach Sr. Management, Portfolio Leaders, Product Management to identify Value Streams and design Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver value to customers

· Serve as Release Train Engineer (RTE) for clients transitioning to SAFe Framework

· Guide client teams through Value Stream Identification, ART Launch, PI Planning, PI execution and Inspect & Adapt Workshop

· Help ARTs identify and implement metrics to help improve value delivery, speed and quality

· Track Team and ART level metrics and facilitate all ART level ceremonies and activities

· Provide 1:1 and group coaching for Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Agile Team members

· Conduct Design Thinking workshops

· Conduct Training & Coaching on Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)

· Clients supported include: Milliman Intelliscript, Charter Communications, Zillow, Atos, Wolter’s Kluwer, RSM US, FEV Tutor, Teachstone, Everest Insurance, GS1 Global Office DIRECTOR OF GOVERNANCE/AGILE COACH HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT JUNE 2018

– OCTOBER 2019

· Collaborate with Senior Management and technology Leaders to evolve delivery framework to be agile, scaleable and continuously improving

· Customized common Jira workflow for all teams to provide consistent sprint level metrics (burndown, burnup, velocity, cycle time) to teams via Jira dashboards and stakeholders via Smartsheets integration

· Conduct Epic/Feature/Story writing workshops

· Coach various estimation techniques for sizing features and stories

· Form and facilitate various Communities of Practice (CoPs) Page 2

· Implement and maintain best practices around application of Lean/Agile principles and practice to bring organizational performance to a higher level helping the business to deliver highest value to customers

· Provide 1:1 and group coaching for Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Agile Team members DIRECTOR OF DELIVERY/AGILE COACH HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT APRIL 2017 – JUNE 2018

· Coached team members in Lean/Agile principles and practices, resulting in increased productivity and team dynamics

· Coach Product Owners and Scrum Masters through backlog refinement & prioritization techniques and best practices

· Implemented tracking and reporting of metrics providing increased transparency between Agile Teams and Leadership

· Conduct feature/story writing and estimation workshops

· Established and facilitated LACE (Lean Agile Center of Excellence) AGILE COACH/RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER (RTE) HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT JUNE 2015 – APRIL 2017

· Implemented Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for HMH Intervention Solutions Group

· Trained teams and leaders on Scaled Agile Framework

· Release Train Engineer (RTE) for two ARTs consisting of 10+ teams and 100-125 people

· Expertise in launching Agile Release Trains by training, coaching and executing on SAFe Methodology and engineering best practices

· Proven experience in adopting key engineering practices like Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Kanban to improve quality and reliability of ART deliverables

· Facilitate PI Planning

· Track Team and ART level metrics and facilitate all ART level ceremonies and activities (ART Sync, System Demo, Program Backlog Refinement)

· Facilitate Inspect & Adapt Workshops

· Conduct Epic/Feature/Story writing workshops

· Coach various estimation techniques for sizing features and stories (WSJF, Stack Ranking, MoSCoW, Cost of Delay, Walking Skeleton)

AGILE COACH/RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER (RTE) SCHOLASTIC 2014 – 2015

· Implemented Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for Scholastic Education

· Trained teams and leaders on Scaled Agile Framework

· Release Train Engineer (RTE) for three ARTs consisting of 10+ teams and 100-125 people

· Expertise in launching Agile Release Trains by training, coaching and executing on SAFe Methodology and engineering best practices

· Proven experience in adopting key engineering practices like Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Kanban to improve quality and reliability of ART deliverables

· Facilitate PI Planning

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· Track Team and ART level metrics and facilitate all ART level ceremonies and activities (ART Sync, System Demo, Program Backlog Refinement)

· Facilitate Inspect & Adapt Workshops

· Conduct Epic/Feature/Story writing workshops

· Coach various estimation techniques for sizing features and stories (WSJF, Stack Ranking, MoSCoW, Cost of Delay, Walking Skeleton)

DIRECTOR OF RELEASE MANAGEMENT/AGILE COACH SCHOLASTIC 2013 – 2014

· Oversee deployment and release strategy for all Scholastic Education products on-premise and hosted implementations

· Created Rapid Release model to enable monthly production releases of Scholastic Education’s high- profile products meetings demands of customers and key stakeholders

· Coordinate with Product Owners to implement release strategies that meet the needs of individual products and the overall business

· Manage risk and coordinate resolution to any and all issues impacting release scope, schedule and quality

· Develop & maintain overall release calendar for all Scholastic Education products and communicate release details and schedules to stakeholders

· Coach teams and leaders on Lean/Agile practices and principles

· Conduct Epic/Feature/Story writing workshops

· Coach various estimation techniques for sizing features and stories

· Managed team of Scrum Masters and Technical Project Managers

· Coordinated onsite Certified Scrum Master and Foundational Agile/Scrum training for key members of development organization resulting in a baseline understanding of Agile methodologies and consistent implementation across teams

EXECUTIVE RELEASE MANAGER SCHOLASTIC 2012 – 2013

· Manage the development process, new product integration, platform maintenance and testing efforts of annual upgrades to Scholastic Achievement Manager (SAM) and its accompanying suite of Enterprise level Reading and Math intervention and Assessment products for the K-12 market

· Responsible for broadening the scope of function for Release Management and Release Engineering to build a team to support all deployment models (locally installed, hosted and mobile) for all current Scholastic Educational Software applications and new product development

· Coordinate all product releases and deployments to the production environment

· Manage Work Intake process to ensure that all projects that enter the workflow for the development team have been properly vetted, represent value to the business and have a properly resourced scrum team

· Conduct Agile training sessions for Product Owners, Project Managers, Engineers, QA and 3rd party development vendors

· Identify and implement process changes that result in greater transparency and productivity

· Maintain universal development, deployment and release schedules

· Scrum Master for Release Engineering team and overall development Scrum of Scrums Page 4

· Provide stakeholders with detailed development status reporting SENIOR RELEASE MANAGER/AGILE COACH SCHOLASTIC 2007 – 2012

· Manage the development process, new product integration, platform maintenance and testing efforts of annual upgrades to Scholastic Achievement Manager (SAM) and its accompanying suite of Enterprise level Reading and Math intervention and Assessment products for the K-12 market

· Led organization wide Agile transformation from Waterfall SDLC to Iterative development leveraging Scrum and Kanban

· Establish and maintain build and deployment schedules across all project initiatives within the annual development cycle and web operations

· Identify areas of risk and facilitate mitigation strategies. Communicate status and risk to the VP of Technology and the Director of Software Development, product business owners and stakeholders for all products and deployment models

· Responsible for maintaining consistent flow of information and managing expectations of Product Marketing Managers, Editorial, Sales and the Executive staff of Scholastic Education

· Implemented an Agile development program which resulted in increased control and flexibility of project scope, greater transparency for stakeholders and higher quality of the end product

· Conducted Agile training sessions for Product Owners, Project Managers, Engineers, QA and 3rd party development vendors

DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGER MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION 2006 – 2007

· Managed the development of the Digital Homework Management and Assessment initiatives for all Humanities and Social Science courses using ClassWare, McGraw-Hill’s proprietary Learning/Content Management System from content creation through Quality Assurance and final release of product

· Worked closely with Editors and Publishers for Developmental English, English Composition, English as a Second Language, Psychology, History, Health and Human Performance, Philosophy, Criminal Justice, Art, Anthropology, Education, Political Science and Social Work to ensure that all content and associated learning objects were created to spec and met business objectives

· Coordinated with Sponsoring Editors, Development Editors, Publishers and Marketing Managers from all disciplines to ensure that the homework management platform satisfied the specific needs of each of their course disciplines

· Managed scope, schedule and budget for Humanities and Social Sciences Homework Management products

· Coordinate QA schedules and requirements with Director of Quality Assurance MEDIA PRODUCER MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION 2004 – 2006

· Managed the production of websites, interactive CD-ROM’s, eBooks and Interactive Learning Objects to support titles in Developmental English, English Composition and Psychology which represented highest revenue generating disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences

· Worked closely with the Sponsoring Editor, Publisher and Marketing Manager to establish requirements for Digital Product

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· Conducted research with students and professors to ensure customer needs and course objectives influenced product requirements

· Responsible for long range planning and competitive analysis

· Sourced and contracted 3rd party development vendors

· Responsible for drafting Request for Proposal (RFP) and vendor contracts, negotiating project costs, establishing and managing development schedules and allocating resources Media Producer on New Product Launch of the Year for 2006 for A Writer’s Resource by Elaine Maimon Awarded McGraw-Hill Media Producer of the Year for 2005 Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS MAY 1992 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MA

Skills & Abilities

· Seasoned Agile Leader dedicated to Innovation

and Value Delivery

· Scaled Agile Framework

· Experienced SAFe Coach and Trainer

· Scrum Master

· Design Thinking Techniques

· ART Launches

· Agile Methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/XP)

· Calm under pressure

· Relationship builder

· Teamwork

Certifications

Certified Certified Certified Certified Certified Certified SAFe Release SAFe SAFe SAFe Scrum Practice Government Product Practitioner, Master, Train Owner/Consultant, Engineer, CSM Practitioner, SP Product RTE SPC Manager, 6 SGP POPM

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