Brenda Higgs
About
Brenda Higgs is a Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance and a Certified Master Business Analyst from George Washington University. She has over thirty years working in the financial and insurance technology industry.
Brenda volunteers her time to aid in the knowledge of technology to all who have a passion for learning. She has served on the Board of Directors, Livingston M-TEC, a Technical school in Livingston County, Michigan. M-Tech centers provide training and workforce development solutions in 18 state-of-the-art centers with an investment of 60 million dollars. Michigan Economic Development Corporation M-TECH.
Brenda was an Organizing Committee member for the Michigans Agile & Beyond 2016 conference Agile & Beyond Organizing Committee.
As well as the Principal Owner of BA Bridge to IT, LLC, which provides training and educational coaching to IT Professionals searching for creative ways of "Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Knowing." BA Bridge To IT, LLC
Brenda has worked at various companies practicing Agile since 2006. She has a committed belief in the common Agile values and applies these principals to not only working with her IT teams but in all things in her life. Focus, Courage, Openness, Commitment, Respect.
Where others say agile cannot be done, Brenda prides her self on proving that it can be done.
Brenda is active with Michigan Agile Coaching Circle.
Current life goals for Brenda is to change organizations from "Doing Agile" to "Being Agile" through her "Edgy Agile" approaches practiced daily with the team.
Experience and services
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Career history
- 2022-05-16 - present - KTD Kroger Technology & Digital (Advanced Scrum Master)
- 2007-01-01 - 2010-07-17 - Citizens Insurance (Process Owner)
- 2010-11-03 - 2012-06-30 - The Hanover Insurance Group (Agile Lead Business Analyst)
- 2012-06-30 - 2015-05-01 - MB Financial Bank (Agile Lead Business Analyst)
- 2015-03-31 - 2022-04-05 - AAA Life Insurance Company (Scrum Master/Project Manager)