Scaled Agile Coach

Bart Schroder

Hendersonville, TN 615-***-**** *******@******.** linkedin.com/in/bartschroder Agile Coaching & AI Product Management Expert 15+ Years in IT Consulting Professional Summary

Dynamic IT consultant with 15+ years specializing in AI/ML deployments and agile product management in finance, insurance, telecom, and manufacturing. Expertise in tools like ChatGPT, Llama, BERT, TensorFlow, and PyTorch to build predictive platforms, combined with agile coaching (SAFe, Scrum) that drove efficiencies like $2.8M annual TCO reductions. Proficient in engineering stacks (Java, Python, Azure, Snowflake) and data management

(Bloomberg, Tableau, SAP) for enterprise transformations. Proven in launching MVPs, optimizing sales funnels (e.g., 9% revenue growth), and coaching teams to achieve strategic outcomes and innovate in AI-driven environments.

Skills

AI/ML Technologies: ChatGPT, Llama, BERT, Word2Vec, TensorFlow, PyTorch, HMM, Viterbi, LSTM, GMM, Bayes Nets, Naive Bayes

Agile & Product Management: Personas, Customer Journey Maps, Story Maps, User Stories

& Acceptance Criteria, Working Agreements, Team Health Metrics, Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), MVP Definition

Engineering & Cloud: Java, React, Python, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Spark, SQL Data Warehouses/Marts, On-Prem Infrastructure, DevOps PaaS, IAM Solutions

Data Management & Reporting: Bloomberg, FactSet, Plaid, Google Cloud Data Lakes, NCR Data Warehouses, Domain Data Marts, Tableau, SAP, Crystal Reports Professional Experience

Cigna Group, Remote Agile Coaching Senior Advisor, Strategy & Operations January 2025–January 2026

• Partnered with executive teams to deliver strategic objectives, coaching tactics that addressed inefficiencies and drove TCO reductions through onshore/offshore optimizations.

• Analyzed product demand against staffing costs, targeting multimillion-dollar savings via data-driven recommendations.

Nettle LLC, Dubai (Remote) Fractional Chief Product Officer October 2024–January 2025

• Collaborated with founders to define product-market fit, authoring Total Addressable Market (TAM) reports and customer personas to solve key pain points.

• Developed Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and MVP definitions, accelerating go-to-market strategy.

Huntington National Bank, OH (Remote) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management March 2023–February 2024

• Facilitated procurement and rollout of enterprise IAM solution (Ping), replacing legacy systems for 10,000+ users while managing SAP BI reporting and 20+ year-old code integrations.

T-Mobile, WA (Remote) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management June 2022–January 2023

• Led migration of enterprise data services for 220 engineering staff to hybrid cloud/on- prem platforms, impacting data warehouses, data marts, and SAP BI reporting, resulting in enhanced data access efficiency.

The Zebra, TX (Remote) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management January 2022–May 2022

• Integrated analytics into insurance products, boosting sales margins and revenue by 9% through experiments that reduced abandoned carts by 3%.

• Optimized sales funnels to minimize cart abandonment and enhance user experience. John Deere, IA (Remote) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management August 2021–December 2021

• Coached enterprise product ownership and management during agile transformation, driving operational efficiencies using SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban. FinGen, FL (Remote) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management October 2019–June 2021

• Led alpha release of deep-learning SaaS product, incorporating machine learning, data persistence/governance, and data marts for downstream API subscribers, enabling scalable subscriber integrations.

Educational Sabbatical Professional Development Sabbatical November 2018– November 2019

• Researched and developed AI models (NLP, ML), including delivery strategies (real-time vs. non-real-time), stochastic analysis, feature selection, and test-driven validation techniques.

Chemical Abstracts Service, OH (On-Site) Agile Technical Delivery Leader & Product Management April 2016–November 2018

• Launched enterprise DevOps PaaS and AI/ML platforms using Snowflake, AWS, and on- prem hosting, supporting MDM/engineering teams and reducing TCO by $2.8M annually. Education

Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE

B.S. in Management Information Systems

Certifications

SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), Scaled Agile, Inc. Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Scrum.org

FINRA Series 7, 3, 34

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