Angela Agresto

Angela Agresto is an Agile coach and leader with 20+ years of experience transforming organizations across 22+ countries. Her credential stack integrates three disciplines most Agile coaches hold separately, if at all:

Agile leadership:

• • Certified Agile Leader (CAL1 and CAL2, Scrum Alliance)
  • ICAgile Certified Expert in Agility in Leadership (ICE-AL)
  • ICAgile Certified Professional in Agility in HR (ICP-HR)
  • Accredited Team Coach (ATC, Agile Coaches Alliance).

Professional coaching:

• • ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • ICF Accredited Coaching Educator — the ICF credential specifically for those who teach and develop other coaches
  • ICF Mentor Coach
  • ICF Coach Supervisor

Scrum practice:

• • Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master (CSP-SM)
  • Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Certified Scrum @ Scale Practitioner (CS@SP)

What distinguishes Angela in the Agile community is the integration of these three disciplines with brain-based facilitation depth. She is a Certified Training from the Back of the Room Trainer (TBR-CT and TBR-VE CT), trained directly by Sharon Bowman, and the author of the Brain Building Blueprints suite — a set of interactive facilitation tools built on the 4Cs brain-based instructional design model. Her work is grounded in cognitive science, adult learning research, and evidence-based emotional intelligence assessment (EQi-2.0, the leading validated measure of emotional intelligence). Facilitation is an essential foundation of great Agile coaching, and her practice reflects that.

Angela's fundamental philosophy centers on educating, empowering, and inspiring clients to own their transformation journey. She builds internal capability so organizations continue evolving long after her engagement ends — establishing coaching cultures, creating custom leadership development programs, and building Communities of Practice and Communities of Excellence that outlast her involvement.

Her Agile community leadership reflects the same principle. She is the founder of the Fargo Agile Learning Network (FALN, 2017), co-founder of the Minnesota Agile Community (2020, 2,000+ statewide members), and a sponsor, leadership team member, and occasional presenter for Scrum Masters of the Universe (SMotU, 7,000+ global virtual members).

Angela's Agile coaching and consulting engagements span a range of industries: healthcare payer operations, pharmacy benefits management (PBM), consumer product manufacturing, global agriculture and food ingredients, telecommunications, energy and utilities, federal consulting, retail, and dental insurance. This cross-industry range means Angela has adapted Agile practices to regulated environments, globally distributed teams, matrixed organizations, and operational contexts most Agile coaches never touch.

Her expertise has been sought by organizations including PG&E, AT&T, Breville, Cargill, Express Scripts/Cigna, Accenture Federal Services, Costco, and Delta Dental — through Training from the Back of the Room certification courses, ICF Coaching programs, bespoke workshops, custom leadership development, Agile coaching engagements, and the Brain Building Blueprints suite.

Angela's assessment and diagnostic toolkit includes:

• Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach,
• EQi-2.0 and EQ 360 Certified Practitioner (Emotional Intelligence),
• Certified Wiley Partner for Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
• Agility Health Assessment Certified

A combination that lets her assess team dynamics, individual strengths, emotional intelligence, and Agile maturity as an integrated diagnostic before shaping coaching interventions.

Additional education includes:

1. Master of Science in Project Management
2. Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Management
3. Associate of Applied Science in Laboratory Science

A combination which grounds Angela's work in scientific method, empirical observation, and regulated-environment operational rigor.

When partnering with Angela, clients experience her ability to adapt to any environment, understand complex transformation challenges, and implement solutions that deliver measurable value based on their unique context. Her approach combines Agile principles with brain-based facilitation and community-building rigor to transform how teams collaborate and how leaders sustain continuous improvement.

For more information about Angela's work in coaching, facilitation and leadership development, visit angelaagresto.com.