Henry Dittmer
My credentials
About
Henry Dittmer, Agile Coach & Trainer
As a coach 1st, and manager 2nd, I have a wealth of experience in mentoring individuals, as well as building self-organizing teams & organizations. I have a passion for the human experience while balancing practical needs, bringing solution-oriented systems thinking to many situations.
I have 45 years of software industry experience in all aspects of engineering product development & delivery, and at all organizational levels, including executive roles & accountabilities. The breadth of organizational complexity I have engaged in throughout my career includes start-ups to large enterprise companies. I’ve developed a wide range of software from embedded systems to real-time applications, as well as SaaS & IT services. I've managed global, distributed teams. I’ve been instrumental in defining business policies & practices for Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management, as well as software development processes & methods. Over the last 10 years, I’ve grown to embrace Agile principles, through real-world application, as the most human & productive methods that I’ve tried.
In 2010 I co-founded Swift Ascent, a practical & practiced group providing services with Agile transformations, focusing on large enterprises. Recently, I translated my experience with Agile into becoming an Agile Trainer and Coach for Agile For All, which is dedicated to helping technology companies embrace Agile. Most recently, Steve Spearman and I have formed Full Spectrum Agile which provides both training and coaching of Agile and Scrum.
Certifications:
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Former
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Former
MBTI Certified Professional
Specialties:
Passionate to help individuals & teams learn, experience & transition to the Agile Philosophy
Gravitate to helping managers through executives transition to Agile
Bring clarity to Agile Release Planning & Product Backlog Management
Strategy & Portfolio Planning & Management
Scrum ceremonies: Planning, Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives
Experience and services
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Career history
- 2021-01-01 - present - Full Spectrum Agile (Agile Coach & Trainer)
- 2015-03-01 - present - Agile For All, LLC (Agile Coach & Trainer)
- 1980-06-18 - 1996-12-31 - AT&T Bell Labs (Supervisor of Software Development)
- 1997-01-01 - 2000-12-31 - Lucent Technologies (Director - Software Development & Division Program Management)
- 2000-01-01 - 2004-08-31 - Avaya Inc (Director - Global Business Management Processes)
- 2004-09-01 - 2005-01-01 - StorageTek (Management Consultant - Quality Management)
- 2004-11-01 - 2008-12-31 - Avaya Inc (Senior Director/Aciting VP)
- 2009-03-15 - 2011-12-31 - Dittmer Consulting Group (Principal - Agile Coach & Trainer)
- 2012-01-01 - 2015-03-01 - Swift Ascent, LLC (Principal - Agile Coach & Trainer)