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Christine Novello

Christine Novello

Phoenix, AZ

About

Title: Associate Director - Enterprise Agile Coach

Christine Novello, CSP CSM SPC - Summary Biography

I am a dynamic and driven enterprise transformation coach and trainer, and I leverage my 30+ years of multi-disciplinary experience to guide individuals, teams and enterprises clients and teams in the adoption and practice of agile/lean tools and techniques for product development and management.  
 
Tapping my broad experience across the technology spectrum, I am equally at home with all digital product development practitioners, including software development, UX/UI design, testing, technology/operations and product owners.  In fact, I’m an experienced coach and trainer for technical and non-technical teams and practitioners alike.  My keen observational skills, teaching experience, and practical coaching style have made me successful coaching both new teams in lean/agile practices and in guiding experienced teams toward performance gains. My goal is establishing trust and building winning, high performance teams.  My passion for Agile/Lean is infectious, and my confident and direct communication style breeds an atmosphere of transparency and clear understanding.  
 
I have experience in a number of industry verticals, including Education, Retail / E-Commerce, Beverage, Hospitality, Financial Services, Consumer Products, Telecommunications, Entertainment and Media.  My certifications include:  Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant (SPC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM);  I’m also studying toward the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential.

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2015-05-04 - present - Cognizant (Associate Director - Enterprise Agile Coach)
    • 1999-03-01 - 2001-11-08 - Barnes & Noble.com (Vice President, Web Development)
    • 2004-07-12 - 2006-03-31 - Legg Mason/Citigroup Asset Management (Vice President, Program/Project Manager)
    • 2007-09-04 - 2010-08-13 - Monroe College - King Graduate School (Adjunct Professor )
    • 2006-04-01 - 2010-12-31 - Dolce Sarde, Inc.
    • 2010-08-16 - 2014-03-07 - Kaplan Test Prep (Scrum Master / Senior Project Manager)
    • 2014-03-17 - 2014-06-23 - Valtech (Principal Consultant / Agile Coach)
    • 2014-07-07 - 2015-03-06 - InRhythm (Senior Enterprise Agile Coach)