Reid Lowery
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About
Consultant, Instructor, Enterprise Agile Coach & Software Engineering Program Manager
Certified ScrumMaster – Enterprise Agile Coach
A leader in software development and project management offering 14 years experience using Agile, Scrum, Six Sigma, Seven Step, rapid programming, and extreme programming methodologies. Excels in managing multiple project teams within an organization and working with external stakeholders. Also offering 20 years experience in IT program/project management, product management, IT engineering, and team leadership. Excels in client relations and customer service.
Core Strengths
Software Development LifeCycle – Project/Program Management – Business Integration – Scrum & Agile Methods - SharePoint Administration – Audio Engineering – Data Center Management – IT Engineering – Customer Service – Software/Application/Process Implementation – Product/Software Development – Team Leadership – Quality Assurance
Select Career Highlights
- 35 years industry experience including eighteen years of Software Project Management at Microsoft shipping 5 versions of Windows and multiple internal tools
- Lead trainer and implementation specialist for Kanban, TDD, DevOps enablement, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for TekSystems Global Systems (Agile Practice)
- Portfolio implementation of Rally across 3 lines of business and 18 teams for a Scaled Agile (SAFe) Release Train
Led the engagement and rollout for Agility Health & TekSystems Enterprise Agile transformation effort for American Express
· Led engagement for Eliassen Group’s Agile transition effort related to the Capital One/ING Direct merger.
· Drove quality assurance and served as Agile coach for the State of Idaho’s innovative, multimillion-dollar online health care and benefits fulfillment system that was used as a example for operations nationwide.
· Named on a US Patent and nominated for Engineering Excellence Award; expedited product development, reduced customer escalation 40%, decreased support costs 30%, and improved customer satisfaction 25%.
· Developed and built the MS Project Server delivery system for several divisions of Microsoft that resulted in synergy between 26 different teams and building a cascading release train system for the tools and online division
· Delivered 99.99% system uptime during 24 consecutive monthly releases and 4 consecutive bi-monthly releases for Microsoft projects covering ticketing systems, issue management, and design change requests in SharePoint.
· Designed and developed a Trade Secret and Intellectual Property portal for Microsoft that obfuscated ideas and trade secrets and protected them during discovery by sequestering them under attorney client privilege.
Experience and services
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Career history
- 2019-07-08 - present - Lowery Research LLC (Enterprise Agile Consultant)
- 2018-05-29 - present - Computer Associates (Principal Transformation Consultant)
- 2007-03-03 - 2011-12-24 - Microsoft Corporation (ScrumMaster )
- 2011-12-10 - 2012-02-15 - Western Electricity Coordinating Council (ScrumMaster)
- 2012-04-29 - 2012-09-28 - DHW State of Idaho - Agilex - Princeton Information systems (ScrumMaster & Coach)
- 2012-10-04 - 2013-09-30 - Eliassen Group (Scrum Master & Sr. Agile Coach)
- 2014-06-16 - 2014-07-31 - Cisco Inc with Bratton Inc (Agile Coach)
- 2014-08-04 - 2014-10-03 - Dealertrack (ScrumMaster)
- 2013-10-07 - 2015-06-04 - Bank of America (Agile Coach)
- 2015-10-05 - 2016-12-19 - American Express (Agile Coach & Scrum Master)
- 2017-12-11 - 2018-04-13 - Anthem Insurance (Enterprise Agile Coach)