About
▶ ABOUT ME
✫ Globally well regarded software product development practitioner, Agile Coach, consultant, mentor, trainer and facilitator
✫ Well known for helping hundreds of teams (including Executives and other senior leaders) improve working behaviours and practices, leading to increased customer value and business performance
✫ 74 professional recommendations of my work, and 600+ skill endorsements
▶ EXPERIENCE and EDUCATION
✫ 23+ years professional experience in a broad range of roles, companies and industries
✫ 15+ years of management and leadership experience — including heading up teams of Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Software Engineers and Testers — in roles such as Lead Agile Coach, Agile Capability/Coaching Lead, Head of Engineering, Global Product Manager, Portfolio/Program Manager, Lead Business Analyst, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Team Leader and Technical Leader
✫ 10+ years extensive Agile/Lean experience as a Leader, Coach and Developer in Scrum/Kanban teams
✫ BA (Hons) degree in Accounting with Computing from University of Kent
✫ Invited submission reviewer for Agile Australia
▶ SPECIALITIES
✫ Leading/coaching/training/mentoring teams, managers and Executives in effective (rapid/sustainable/incremental/high quality) product and service delivery
✫ Lean/agile portfolio management and transformation at scale, across small to very large enterprises
✫ Customer and UX focused software/product development
✫ Business analysis and process improvement
✫ Agile/Scrum/XP/Lean Startup/Toyota Kata/Kanban/Systems Thinking/Theory of Constraints
✫ Strategic, economic and tactical prioritisation
▶ CERTIFICATIONS
✫ Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
✫ Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
✫ Certified Scrum Professional/Practitioner (CSP - Only 1% of CSM's have this accreditation)
✫ Professional Scrum Master (PSM I - Test score 100%)
✫ Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
✫ Apply team participation skills (TAFE)
✫ Demonstrate inclusive communication skills (TAFE)
✫ Listen and respond in a range of contexts (TAFE)
✫ Mentor individuals or groups (TAFE)
▶ SPEAKING
✫ Keynote and track chair at Agile Online Summit
✫ Keynote at Agile Spain
✫ Submission reviewer and speaker at Agile Australia
✫ Speaker at Oredev, Agile Singapore, ScanAgile, Scrum Australia, Australian Testing Days, Quality Software Australia, LAST Conference, 1st Conf, DDD Melbourne, Agile Testing and Test Automation Summit, Dev Day Sri Lanka, SIGiST
✫ Host and speaker at dozens of Scrum, Agile and Kanban Meetup groups
✫ Invited brown bag / Lunch n'Learn speaker
