James Kutz
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About
James Kutz has been practicing Agile for more than 10 years, shifting from coaching roles to leading technical teams as a Scrum Master and Delivery Manager. He currently works for SolutionsIQ as an Agile Coach. Before joining SolutionsIQ he worked at the Economist as a Delivery Manager, leading a global initiative to transform their eCommerce and subscription management capabilities. He also spent 3 years at NBCUniversal where he first coached teams to transform their Digital Products team, guiding them through organizing around a common process, and created consistency in how they plan, manage, measure, and execute their work. Additionally he helped institute a common agile framework that was used across the company. He left for a short while to do a project at McGraw-Hill Construction then re-joined NBCU as Implementation Manager, leading rollout of common content management, Identity Management, and Video streaming platforms. Before that he held a variety of roles at The McGraw-Hill companies where he led the rollout of a social-media platform for business readers, as well as several re-platforming initiatives and site re-vamps for BusinessWeek.com and other related media sites. Besides his love for software development, he also enjoys traveling, architecture, and exploring the ever-changing landscape of Brooklyn, NY where he has lived for the past 20 years.
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Career history
- 2016-11-14 - present - Accenture - formally SolutionsIQ (Agile Coach)
- 2010-08-02 - 2011-05-27 - Macmillan Publishing (Agile Coach)
- 2011-05-02 - 2012-08-30 - Gear Stream (Agile Coach)
- 2012-08-13 - 2013-12-20 - The McGraw-Hill Companies (Scrum Master/Program Managaer)
- 2013-01-01 - 2015-06-01 - NBCU (Director, Product Implementations)
- 2015-07-01 - 2016-11-11 - The Economist (Delivery Manager)