Brian Stonesifer, CSM, PMP, ITIL, AWS-SSA, AWS-CCP

My Path to ScrumMaster

Brian Stonesifer's career in IT began as a .Net Developer in the private and non-profit sector following traditional waterfall delivery models in 2004.  He was first introduced to Scrum in 2010 when he joined Deloitte Consulting as a Solutions Architect and Delivery Manager.  He worked as a systems integration specialist on projects in the Public Sector, leading diverse, co-located and distributed teams developing custom applications for the Affordable Care Act.  He quickly adapted Deloitte’s RUP delivery framework, known as Earned Value Delivery to incorporate Scrum principles.  This modified Scrum approach leveraged ALM toolsets such as Team Foundation Server (TFS) and JIRA; which he used to successfully implement enterprise solutions for Federal and State government.  With successful implementation of a nationwide Pre-Existing Conditions solution for ObamaCare and an integrated eligibility system in South Dakota, Brian began earning a reputation as an innovative ScrumMaster and a go-to Agile expert; his expertise focused not only on the application of Scrum principles, but creating effective methods for transforming project teams and ALM toolsets to meet demanding Product Owner needs.  

Innovator

Later in Brian’s career, he learned that Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all, silver bullet solution - instead the Agile world must evolve to meet business needs and the changing landscape of technology.  As an innovator and leader of change, he developed his own Agile framework known as ScrumBan (Scrum + KanBan), designed to meet the needs of maintenance teams with products near end of life.  ScrumBan is an innovative, hybrid framework, which leverages the ceremonies and artifacts of Scrum with the flexibility of KanBan.

Breadth and Depth

Over the years Brian has implemented Scrum principles and served as the ScrumMaster for successful projects delivered for hot-button issues including Pre-Existing Conditions, Affordable Care Act, Opioid Crisis and Unemployment Insurance Modernization.  Brian earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and is a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).  In addition to his agile certification, he holds certifications in AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Project Management (PMP), ITIL Foundations v3 and ITIL Service Transition v3.

Featured Speaker

Agile Lean Summit 2019, Harrisburg University

Topic:  ScrumBan for DevOps Teams

Current Work

As IT Shared Services Leader at Deloitte, I manage a team responsible for platform upgrades and cloud enablement at the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. I manage project planning, work prioritization, and executive-level communications to drive large-scale technology modernization, including the migration of over 1,000 servers and 250 application workloads to Azure. My leadership ensures seamless execution and collaboration across diverse enterprise systems supporting critical public services.