SAFe® 5 Scrum Master Certification - (How to become) Certification Process

Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master with over 10 years of experience in IT who has played different role such as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Owner , Senior Business Analyst and Support Lead for all kinds of software Projects (Development, Migration and Support) executed via Agile (Scrum) or SDLC (Waterfall) methodologies.

Leadership Coach (consultant and freelance), Agile Coach, Team Coach, Trainer. I coach in a way where “everybody gets to win,” because how I coach one leader or team brings positive changes that reverberate through the teams, product, organization and customers.

I bring 22 years in IT leadership, 15 in Leadership Coaching and Agile, 10 in Executive & C-Level Coaching, 10 in Leadership Development.

My coaching and leadership offerings span C-Level, Director Level, Managers, High Potentials, leaders at all levels, teams and the entire organization. I offer freelance leadership coaching.

Types of coaching I offer include coaching for: Leadership growth, Agile, "Agile Leadership," ways to use blockers as a gateway for progress, Leader transitions, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence for Leaders, Communication for Leaders, and team effectiveness.

Enterprise Lean/Agile & SAFe Transformation leader with 25+ years of progressive experience in IT industry leading people, process, and technology to deliver high value solutions with measurable results

-Proven track record of successful Lean/Agile, SAFe transformation of large scale, complex federal systems. Hands-on experience working with agile/SAFe coaches/consultants to tailor transformation effort for lean product/solution delivery in large, complex, and controlled Federal Govt. settings

-Mentored and Coached teams in SAFe, Lean/Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban, and other technical practices such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Release on Demand etc.