Donald J Patti

Donald Patti is an Enterprise Agile Coach and Trainer based in the Washington, DC area, where he assists organizations in applying Lean and Agile to develop new products and services as well as improve organizational performance. He is the creator of Lean Strategy, a lightweight approach for small businesses to develop and execute their business strategy.

Known for his strong business and technology acumen, Mr. Patti has successfully founded and grown three entrepreneurial businesses during his career and consulted to well-respected organizations that include HP, Daimler Benz, JPMorgan Chase, CheckFree, Navy Federal, the Hearst Corporation, Marriott, Verizon, the College Board, Amazon Web Services, and the US Federal Government.

As a trainer through partner Grow-Lean LLC, Donald has delivered more than two hundred public and private training sessions in Agile subjects over the past five years, earning a trainer review rating of 4.9+/5 stars across all of his classes.

Donald's strengths lay in his ability to tailor Agile and Lean techniques to the unique needs of each client and situation. He has successfully adapted Agile for use by a number of organizations, while also developing Lean Strategy for use with clients.

Mr. Patti has an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Information Systems from the University of Maryland’s RH Smith School of Business, earned his BA in Business Economics and Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

He is certified in a number of areas, including:
* Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP) by the Balanced Scorecard Institute;
* Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) & Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) by the Scrum Alliance;

* Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) from Kanban University; 
* Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer (RS@ST) and Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner (RS@SP) by Scrum, Inc.* Lean Six Sigma Black Belt by Moresteam University;
* SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5) and SAFe Agilist (SA) by the Scaled Agile Academy;
* Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) with the American Society for Quality;
* Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute™;
* Active Government Security Clearance

Mr. Patti lives with his family in the Washington, DC area, where he enjoys triathlon training, reading, playing music and open-wheel racing. He is a multi-year officer in the Knights of Columbus, a charitable fraternal organization; chairman and founder of the Columbus League, a federally recognized 501(c)3 sports association.