Agile Transformation Leader for Fortune 500s

SUMMARY

Agile Coach with **+ years of experience leading enterprise Agile transformations at Fortune 500 companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, United Airlines, Cigna, and Mayo Clinic. Proven track record of boosting team performance by up to 60%, accelerating delivery, and achieving 100% transparency through coaching, mentoring, and scaling Agile practices. Skilled in SAFe, Scrum, and Agile adoption at the team and enterprise levels. Recognized for building high-performing teams, influencing leadership, and delivering measurable business value.

CORE SKILLS

Agile Coaching & Transformation SAFe, Scrum, Kanban

Enterprise Change Leadership PI Planning OKRs

Team Performance Optimization Coaching & Mentorship

Agile Metrics (Velocity, Cycle Time, Transparency)

Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), Tableau, TFS, MS Office

Certifications: SAFe Scrum Master (SSMC), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mayo Clinic – Senior Scrum Lead

2024 – 2025

Drove Agile delivery across multiple Public Platform teams, ensuring incremental value delivery each sprint.

Introduced Skills Bingo framework to identify and close team skill gaps, improving delivery confidence and capability.

Facilitated PI Planning, aligning Product Owners, Product Managers, and 50+ stakeholders to reduce dependencies and risks.

Created Agile maturity assessments and performance metrics, producing actionable insights that increased delivery efficiency by 25%.

Fostered psychological safety by launching Lean Coffee sessions, enhancing team collaboration and trust.

ABS – Agile Coach (Senior Scrum Master)

2023 – 2024

Guided two product lines from Waterfall to Agile, improving transparency and accelerating ROI.

Partnered with leadership to transition to a product-based strategy, boosting organizational productivity.

Mentored and trained Scrum Masters; established a community of practice that enhanced Agile adoption across the enterprise.

Implemented Agile playbooks and scaled practices that improved delivery predictability and shortened release cycles by 20%.

ExxonMobil – Senior Scrum Master

2022 – 2023

Supported two geoscience application teams; coached on SAFe PI Planning and milestone execution.

Improved stakeholder collaboration and trust by leveraging Agile metrics to drive transparent delivery.

Led continuous improvement initiatives, introducing peer code reviews and swarming, which reduced defects and rework by 15%.

Chevron – Scrum Master

2021 – 2022

Coached three global Scrum teams within the Smart Engineering product line.

Increased cycle time and velocity by 30% within 6 months by optimizing Agile practices.

Guided PI Planning, retrospectives, and demos, strengthening alignment and delivery outcomes.

United Airlines – Senior Scrum Master

2019 – 2021

Coached two Agile teams to a 60% performance improvement in 7 months by optimizing velocity.

Facilitated PI Planning and cross-team workshops, improving delivery cadence and transparency.

Introduced working agreements using Liberating Structures, fostering team collaboration.

Cigna – Senior Scrum Master

2018 – 2019

Reduced call handle time by 40% through Agile process improvements and cross-functional collaboration.

Increased delivery transparency and enabled effective inspection/adaptation practices.

EARLY CAREER

Scrum Master / Client Services (2012 – 2018) – Aetna, HTS Services, Lagos State IRS, Centerspread, T-Mobile

Supported multiple teams in Agile delivery of mobile/web apps and enterprise solutions.

Recognized as an Agile evangelist, leading communities of practice and scaling Agile knowledge.

Delivered measurable results including 30–40% improvements in velocity, transparency, and product adoption.

VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY

Founder, Agile Cop (2019–Present)

Member, Agile Austin (2018–Present)

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