Kathleen Britton

·         Agilist with a track record of guiding Teams to increase Velocity (productivity) and decrease Over Commitment through Coaching.

·         Expert in successful transformation from Waterfall to Agile while meeting business and regulatory deadlines.

·         Twelve Agile certifications plus six years of using Frameworks supporting 16 Scrum, 1 Kanban, and 7 SAFe teams.

o    Up to $1.2 million in budget (non-product funded), up to 3 Agile Teams at one time, and 24 on + offshore team members.

o    Launched 1 Scrum Team and 1 ART.  Assumed Servant Leadership of in-flight Teams 11 times.  Led 1 Enterprise and 8 Team Transformations. 

·         PMP certified plus fourteen years using PMI’s Waterfall methodology:

o    Managed programs / projects up to $2.5 million in budget, 20 team members, and 35 simultaneous projects.

o    13 years as a Project Manager (PM), 9 years as a Business Analyst (BA), and 16 years as a Developer / Development Manager.

Credentials:

·    Scrum Alliance:  Certified Scrum Master [000568436] (CSM)

·         Scrum Alliance:  Certified Product Owner [000568436] (CSPO)

·         Scaled Agile:  SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant [81374703-7562] (SPC)

·         Scaled Agile:  SAFe® 6 Agilist [50669126-0967] (SA)

·         Kanban University:  Management Professional (KMP)

·         Kanban University:  Kanban Systems Design [9231] (KSD)

·         Kanban University:  Kanban Systems Improvement [9015] (KSI)

·         Kanban University:  Team Kanban Practitioner [9940] (TKP)

·         ICAgile:  Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)

·         ICAgile:  Enterprise Agile Coaching (ICP-ENT)

·         ICAgile:  Coaching Agile Transformations (ICP-CAT)

·         ICAgile:  Product Management (ICP-PDM)

·         Jira Software Essentials (expected April 2025)

·         Jira Software Board Configuration (expected April 2025)

• Project Management Professional (PMP^®), and the
• Six Sigma Green Belt.  

Education:

• Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School in the City of New York,
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill, and
• Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics / Computer Science from UNC Charlotte.

Kathleen is a member of the Scrum Alliance, Scaled Agile, PMI, and the PMI Metrolina Chapter.