Biography
Liz Lewinson, a certified, practicing ScrumMaster since 2006, has led and created Agile-based project offices, conducted successful Agile training, served as ScrumMaster for product releases involving cross-functional teams and complex, technical initiatives. She has mentored traditional teams in adopting Agile and worked with all key stakeholders to deliver iterative business value in a timely and cost effective manner. She has strong and innovative communications skills.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Successful delivery of a wide range of product releases using Agile
- Created and led corporate Agile-based project offices
- Initiated and led Agile training for numerous initiatives
- Initiated (and practice) Agile best practices
- Developed highly effective Agile communication plans
- Managed PMO for complex back office systems at major financial institutions
- Led Business Process Re-engineering for banks and brokerages
- Program Manager for regulatory compliance initiatives
- Initiated strong vendor management , negotiation and monitoring best practices
COMPETENCIES
- Introduction and implementation of Agile for technology and business process changes
- Agile scrum master since 2006
- Agile training
- Business Process Re-engineering
- Web 2.0 technologies and crowdsourcing
- Strong verbal and written presentation skills
- Technical savvy
- Stakeholder/client relations
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
- CSM (Certified Scrum Master - Agile)
- PMI-Certified PMP
- ITIL Foundations v3 (IT Infrastructure Library)
- Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, Boston University (currently enrolled)
- BA , UC Berkeley
- Certificate in Computer Programming, Computer Learning Center, Boston
- Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do
Work experience
Agile Consulting Services, Inc., Co-Founder
October 2011 - January 2014, Sausalito, California, United States
A co-Founder of Agile Consulting Services, provided a range of Agile consulting to a number of clients, including training, Scrummaster roles, coaching.
Articles I've written
Scrambled Scrum
I recently interviewed for a coaching role. The teams were definitely having problems; the good news is that an Agile coach can slowly untangle all the issues. But here's the key: Scrum works, but scrambled Scrum does not.