Creating a gracious experience in software development for Agile teams and stakeholders in North America and Asia

• Steward innovation through a flexible and iterative approach to scaled software development through an Agile mindset
• Activate Agile teams through immersive training and coaching
• Foster a culture of collaboration, open communication, and continuous learning to uncover value with proven tools including PI planning, the matrix of influence, business model canvas, and affinity mapping, supporting more than a 62% improvement in On-Time In-Full performance
• Leverage shift left testing to help IIoT Agile teams reduce technical debt and improve code quality
• Create and lead two communities of practice across business disciplines, aligning software applications with Kohler Co’s Leading Boldly behaviors to enable Product Owners and ScrumMasters to effectively translate and engage with associates and senior leaders who are not familiar with the Agile lexicon
• Volunteer as an innovation coach for a company-wide innovation prize (I-Prize) and Marquette University (M-Prize), with both teams receiving support to create prototypes while serving six Agile teams

Transforming DevOps teams to Scrum by synthesizing best practices and techniques to deliver scalable solutions at a cadenced frequency

• Increased output by 4x over a one-year period for newly formed machine learning development team through Scrum
• Supported AI and Machine Learning products focused on image classification, condition-based monitoring and process optimization control in various manufacturing processes

• Converted 2 grant awardees to Scrum coordinating disparate programs for K-12, STEM, Community College and workforce development non-profits as a ScrumMaster

• Built and coordinated the framework and messaging with regional and Commonwealth stakeholders for the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce Workforce model using Scrum, now considered the Workforce 2.0 model for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with two school districts sponsored by four leading companies
• Introduced and led Agile for Hardware approach to manufacturing becoming a certified ScrumMaster and certified Scrum Product Owner, resulting in 24% immediate efficiency gain in lead time
• Led Elsner’s Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) initiative including leadership in the project design of a supervised machine learning-driven platform
• Managed customer service team with P&L responsibility of $2.5MM in sales, introducing the Kanban method to reduce customer service wait times