This one-day event, hosted by Scaled Agile at the Ronald Reagan Building, will explore the challenges agencies face in implementing Agile acquisitions within the unique constraints of the US Government.
When:
April 11, 2023, 9:00 am – April 11, 2023, 5:00 pm EST
Where:
Ronald Reagan Building – 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Director, SAFe Program Consultant
This year’s conference focuses on developing Agile Leadership skills for an Agile (SAFe) transformation. The conference will provide insight and ideas around common United States Government staff concerns such as Agile contracting, measuring an Agile acquisition, and strategies to build an agile workforce.
Prior to the conference, there will be a one-day workshop on April 10th. You can attend one or both days based on the pass you purchase. Group discounts are available for teams with five or more attendees.
Speakers
Check back as we confirm additional speakers.
Dr. Steve Mayner
SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Expert thought leader, speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer in the principles and practices of agility at an enterprise level. Extensive experience building positive relationships with C-Level executives and management teams, translating business goals and objectives into initiatives that provide IT capabilities in support of organizational investment themes. Strong background in both Federal and commercial organizations.
Events > Webinars > Business Agility in Banking: How Easy Can It Be?
Business Agility in Banking: How Easy Can It Be?
Banking is a highly regulated business, and most of the large banks have traditions that can easily become a major impediment to new ways of working and thinking.
When:
December 7, 2022, 1:00 pm – December 7, 2022, 2:00 pm ECT
Companies in the financial sector are also extremely aware of risk and financial risk management is one of the very regulated areas one has to take into account when changing the way of working.
In this webinar, Audrey Boydston and Mats will share some experiences in a dialog and discussion, as well as answer your questions.
Speakers
Audrey Boydston
SAFe® Fellow and SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
As an executive management professional, I spent almost 20 years leading and managing projects and process improvement initiatives. After experiencing an agile transformation, I have discovered that it is more than just a methodology for managing product development, and am passionate about helping organizations on their Agile journeys. As an Agile trainer and coach, I have gained a unique perspective that allows me to take my hands on experiences and learnings and weave them into each training session I facilitate. I consider myself a visionary with the ability to establish rapport and facilitate highly collaborative sessions with diverse groups ranging from developers to senior leadership. I hold an array of certifications: SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Training from the BACK of the Room! (TBR-Certified Trainer), Project Management Professional (PMP), Org Mindset Enterprise Coach (OMEC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM and CSP-PO), SAFe RTE (RTE), ICAgile Certified
Mats Jegebo
Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor (WoW! Agile)
Currently Head Coach and co-founder of WoW! Agile, with 29 years of experience from being a consultant. Real life experience from large projects and organizations is what has given Mats his knowledge and understanding of how you create real business value and benefit. Since 2004 Mats has worked solely with large agile implementations, in leading roles as Project manager, Change control manager, Head coach, strategic advisor, etc. Mats has spent a great deal of his career in regulated businesses and the last 6 in banking.
Deema Dajani, Product Manager and SPCT at Scaled Agile Inc. will share synthesized updates applicable to your current operations. Carol McEwan and Anaël Pichon from iObeya will join Deema to share ideas on how to scale and improve your LACE practices as your organization matures. During this webinar, you will learn the following:
– How LACE formation evolves as a SAFe organization matures – The top concerns every LACE experiences – What LACEs budget for – How to improve awareness of your LACE progress and impact
Speakers
Deema Dajani
Product Manager, SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Deema draws on a Startup background and an MBA from Kellogg. She helps established enterprises create the environment to shape disruption with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Started her Agile journey in the early 2000’s as a Product Manager, Director of Strategy, and pre-IPO turn around specialist. Deema transitioned to advisory where she led some of the largest transformations to Lean-Agile with SAFe in Financial Services and Insurance. Deema currently serves as a Scaled Agile Product Manager focused on LPM and Leadership. Co-founder of the Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Carol McEwan
Agile Program Director (iObeya)
Carol McEwan currently serves as Agile Program Director at iObeya. She has more than 10 years Agile experience and is passionate about creating spaces for people to collaborate and solve complex problems. Previously, Carol has held senior leadership positions at Scaled Agile, Scrum@Scale, and Scrum Alliance.
Anaël Pichon
Manager – US Customer Success Operation (iObeya)
Anaël Pichon currently manages iObeya’s Client Success operations in the USA. She combines her experience as a Project Manager and her passion for Agile as a certified Professional Scrum Product Owner and SAFe SPC to help iObeya users get the best out of the platform.
Connect with SAFe coaches, industry experts, and change agents
Get advice from subject matter experts on setting up a SAFe transformation
Network, ask questions, and share best practices with your peers
Discover firsthand how British and European organizations use SAFe and Atlassian Solutions to deliver value to customers
Speakers
Tina Behers
VP Enterprise Agility (Adaptavist)
Tina is a Lean-Agile Transformation Professional, and an accomplished Business Leader with a proven ability to successfully create and execute value. Over 20 years of experience in leading organizational improvement initiatives with a strong focus on delivery and business alignment. Her expertise in delivering exceptional value, leading complex high-value technology, and business process improvement initiatives as a trusted advisor is proven in how she provides the right balance of consulting and the hands-on practical expertise.
Aslam Cader
Principal Atlassian Consultant (Valiantys)
Aslam Cader is based in London, and he leads the Agile at Scale practice for the Valiantys North EMEA region. He is an Atlassian Certified Expert and a Scaled Agile specialist with over 10 years of experience working with teams at all levels of scale. He has a Masters’ degree in Information Systems and Technology from City, University of London. He co-authored the book, Scaling Agile with Jira Align: A practical guide to strategically scaling agile across teams, programs, and portfolios in enterprises.
Fiona Chalk
Head of Portfolio Strategy and Funding (Vodafone)
Fiona Chalk is Head of Portfolio Strategy & Funding for the Lean Portfolio Management & Transformation team in Vodafone’s global Digital IT organization. Driven to support the implementation of SAFe for Vodafone by establishing how Digital & can organize to match strategic business priorities with the demand from multiple functions, in line with Lean Portfolio Management. Fiona has over 20 years of experience across Vodafone UK and Group in roles spanning Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Procurement, and Business Management. The last 15 years she managed large global Programmes launching major business products and solutions across multiple markets. Fiona enjoys fostering a culture of collaboration in large virtual teams in order to achieve transformational results. She adopted SAFe in 2017, implementing Lean Portfolio Management in 2019 for her programme. Fiona lives in Newbury, UK, with her husband, son and daughter. Outside work she enjoys time with her family cycling, sailing, skiing and walking the dog, and also supporting the local Scout Group. She can be contacted at Fiona.Chalk@vodafone.com or on LinkedIn.
Rick Cobb
Head of Global Solutions Sales (Atlassian)
Rick Cobb is the Head of Global Solutions Sales for Atlassian, a collaboration software company with a mission to unleash the potential of every team. Rick is a strategic, high-integrity technology executive and passionate leader with 25 years of experience building innovative, high-growth software companies known for the quality of their employees and commitment to customer success. His background includes deep international expertise in commercial and government sales, customer support, professional services, business development, and marketing, as well as overall technology company operations.
Mary Gagne
Director, Product Owner of SaaS Business Applications (Boston Consulting)
Mary is a sought-after leader and technology expert at Boston Consulting Group. She spearheaded the Atlassian tool implementation as part of the scaled agile transformation. The success of the Atlassian implementations and adoption has positioned Mary as an internal asset for BCG consultants. She advises colleagues on implementation approaches, governance models, technical challenges and best practices for client cases. In her current role, as a Product Owner, she oversees BCG’s Enterprise Business Applications, spanning Adobe suite, WalkMe, Atlassian & others. Prior to BCG, she had over 15 years of Product/Program Management experience within large to medium sized software development firms. Mary’s ability to deeply understand the organization she works for, while having a pulse on the needs of the people, accelerates the success of any transformation that she is part of. She lives in Boston, MA with her boyfriend and their three dogs. Outside of work she coaches individuals to awaken their heart and find their life purpose. She can be contacted at gagne.mary@bcg.com or through LinkedIn at Mary C Gagne.
Raj Heda
Expert Associate Partner (Bain)
Raj leads Bain’s Global Agile and Product coaching practice. Raj has 25+ years of experience in Healthcare, Banking & Finance, Media, Retail, and Education. He has helped dozens of firms across industries and around the world improve the agility and effectiveness of their technology-based innovation.
Raj has co-authored Agile Project Management (2009) and Risk Management (2013). He has published 13 patents. He is an adjunct professor at Boston University. Previously, he was head of Business Agility at BCG. He is also an SPCT (C).
Aaron Monroe
Global Head of Enterprise Agility (Visa)
Aaron is the Global Head of Enterprise Business Agility at Visa. He is a dynamic transformation leader with over 20 years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies build high performing teams, accelerate speed to market, and increase the business value delivered. He has a proven track record of leading successful enterprise transformations, and is capable of defining and implementing high-agility behaviors and practices at scale. He is a senior-level Agilist proficient at leading analytical problem-solving efforts to improve the effectiveness of product development, engineering practices, and business operations. Aaron is a compelling communicator able to motivate leaders at all organizational levels to embrace an Agile mindset, adopt Agile practices, and embrace change.
Odile Moreau
Strategic Advisor and SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Odile has over 20 years of experience helping profit and non-profit organizations in the fields of IT Service Management, Business Information Management, and Software Engineering across Europe. Over the last 10 years, Odilehas been helping leaders and teams adopt Lean and Agile values, mindset, principles, and practices at scale. Working as a Strategic advisor, Scaled Agile instructor, and consultant, Odile loves inspiring people and helping them develop the necessary skills, competencies, and behaviors in order to take the first step in improving and changing the way they work. By combining deep matter expertise with the ability to coach on behavior and leadership, she has proven to be a highly effective transformation coach for large organizations. Born and raised in France, after spending 27 years abroad (mainly in the UK and The Netherlands), she now works in Paris. When Odile is not working, you will probably find her exploring the world, immersing herself in local history, culture, cuisine, and arts.
MichelleNeilson
People and Practice Executive (The Adaptavist Group (Gravity Works))
As an entrepreneur, IT Professional and Enterprise Agile Coach in Financial Services and Telecommunications, Michelle has more than 16 years experience in developing and implementing progressive technology solutions for leading corporations. Coupled with her outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills and talent for successfully leading large projects, Michelle thrives on coaching, mentoring, leading teams (across global locations) to deliver beyond expectations. Michelle is a critical thinker, passionate about high-quality, sustainable delivery across all facets of business and technology. Michelle is currently a Founding Member and Director of Gravity Works Business Consultants (part of The Adaptavist Group), a boutique consultancy focused on all facets of organisational and digital transformation in the financial services and telecommunications industry.Previously, Michelle was a Founding Member and Director of Freethinking Business Consultants, a financial services consultancy. Michelle has also held several senior managerial positions within large financial corporations.Her skills and expertise include Agile Methodologies, Six Sigma, Prince 2, ITIL, Release Management, Risk and Compliance Monitoring Solutions, TOGAF.
Andrew Sales
Principal Consultant, SAFe Fellow & Framework PM (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Andrew is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) and has many years of experience in delivering SAFe implementations across a wide range of different industries. He is an accomplished trainer, regularly delivering Scrum, Kanban, and Certified SAFe courses in both private and public settings.
Andrew possesses an excellent balance of technical and business acumen and has Masters’ degrees in both Philosophy and Software Development, and is part of the MBA program at Warwick Business School.
Sarah Sego
Agile Transformation Consultant (Cprime)
Sarah Sego is an Agile Transformation Consultant with over 10 years’ IT experience. Her career has focused on guiding Agile and Lean practices within large enterprises, both for process (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.) and tooling (Jira, etc.). Sarah helps enterprises achieve scaling, productivity, speed to market, and customer satisfaction. She champions a hands-on leadership approach, emphasizing transparency, learning, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement within all levels of an organization.
Derek Vaughan
Head of Presales Consulting Northern Europe (Valiantys)
As a member of the Northern Europe Leadership team Derek works closely on Agile at Scale deployment with strategic customers. Derek has a passion for helping customers to achieving their value creation objectives with a combination of digital and organisation transformation. As a SAFe(TM) Agilist Derek takes a hands-on role as Project Director, assisting executive teams steer the enterprise in scaling agile and the deployment of Atlassian tools. He has worked on strategic transformation projects with Booking, Boston Consulting Group, amongst others.
Stephen de Villiers Graaf
Managing Director (The Adaptavist Group (Gravity Works))
Stephen is an inspirational coach, trainer and entrepreneur. He has gained over 20 years of experience in creating environments where people can excel, having held senior leadership roles such as Head of Application Development, Development Manager and Support Manager. Stephen has worked in many different industries from the collar and tie of large corporates, to the hard-hats and steel-caps of manufacturing.As a keen methodologist, Stephen is all about helping people discover new ways of thinking, learning and relearning with a strong emphasis on focus, simplicity and continuous improvement practices. As a talented public speaker and thought leader, Stephen inspires people and organisations to become passionately curious, creative, expressive and collectively responsible.Stephen is currently a Founding Member and Director of Gravity Works Business Consultants (part of The Adaptavist Group), a boutique consultancy focused on all facets of organisational and digital transformation in financial services and telecommunications.
Connect with SAFe coaches, industry experts, and change agents. Get advice from subject matter experts on setting up a SAFe transformation. Network, ask questions, and share best practices with your peers. Discover firsthand how European organizations use SAFe and Atlassian Solutions to deliver value to customers.
Speakers
Odile Moreau
Strategic Advisor and SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Odile has over 20 years of experience helping profit and non-profit organizations in the fields of IT Service Management, Business Information Management, and Software Engineering across Europe. Over the last 10 years, Odilehas been helping leaders and teams adopt Lean and Agile values, mindset, principles, and practices at scale. Working as a Strategic advisor, Scaled Agile instructor, and consultant, Odile loves inspiring people and helping them develop the necessary skills, competencies, and behaviors in order to take the first step in improving and changing the way they work. By combining deep matter expertise with the ability to coach on behavior and leadership, she has proven to be a highly effective transformation coach for large organizations. Born and raised in France, after spending 27 years abroad (mainly in the UK and The Netherlands), she now works in Paris. When Odile is not working, you will probably find her exploring the world, immersing herself in local history, culture, cuisine, and arts.
Andrew Sales
Principal Consultant, SAFe Fellow & Framework PM (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Andrew is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) and has many years of experience in delivering SAFe implementations across a wide range of different industries. He is an accomplished trainer, regularly delivering Scrum, Kanban, and Certified SAFe courses in both private and public settings.
Andrew possesses an excellent balance of technical and business acumen and has Masters’s degrees in both Philosophy and Software Development, and is part of the MBA program at Warwick Business School.
Events > Webinars > SAFe® Enterprise as Your Agile Learning Platform
SAFe® Enterprise as Your Agile Learning Platform
Attend this deep dive into SAFe® Enterprise – our platform for enterprises with special services and support – and learn how the SAFe® Enterprise Platform helps you scale and sustain your agile transformation within your enterprise.
When:
September 29, 2022, 4:00 pm – September 14, 2022, 5:00 pm ECT
SAFe® Fellow & Product Management Director (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Draws on a Startup background and an MBA from Kellogg Deema helps established enterprises create the environment to shape disruption with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Started her Agile journey in the early 2000’s as a Product Manager, Director of Strategy, and pre-IPO turnaround specialist. Deema transitioned to advisory, where she led some of the largest transformations to Lean-Agile with SAFe in Financial Services and Insurance. Deema currently serves as a Scaled Agile Product Manager focused on LPM and Leadership. Co-founder of the Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Scaled Agile & Volvo Cars: Tomorrow’s Automotive Industry
Radical change is happening in the automotive industry. The sector leaders and suppliers need a faster, more cohesive, and more efficient way to build and deliver products.
When:
September 28, 2022, 4:00 pm – September 28, 2022, 5:00 pm
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Director, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager
Volvo Cars is our first guest for a webinar series that brings leaders who think about business challenges differently with fresh perspectives while building tomorrow’s automotive industry.
Speakers
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe® Fellow and Principle Contributor (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile Inc., where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades consulting with aerospace, defense, automotive, and other organizations to adopt better engineering practices, including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, Systems Engineering, and government conferences.
Maria Hansson
Director Continuous Improvement and Change (Volvo Cars)
Maria Hansson is a senior Change Leader targeting product development within Volvo Cars. Her main focus is directed to drive transformation in collaboration with the organization. She holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and have held a number of managerial positions within the organization over 25 years, mainly within system engineering environmental technology and powertrain controls
