Technology Leader with a track record of transforming portfolios and delivering measurable results.

Partners with organizations to bring the strategic clarity, cultural alignment and execution discipline to move from uncertainty to momentum.

From banking and insurance to healthcare to cybersecurity to retail - transformational change inside organizations where complexity is high and the cost of stagnation is not an option.

Five teams. Forty people. One goal: make every sprint count.

When teams are busy but not delivering, the problem is rarely effort; it’s focus. At Republic Services, the task was to shift five Agile teams from measuring activity to measuring value. The results came quickly.

Republic Services · Scottsdale, AZ

Scrum Master — Agile coaching & delivery

Mar 2020 – Sep 2020

Impact at a glance

+54%

velocity increase for lead team

62→85%

sprint commitment certainty across all teams

5 teams

~40 staff coached and aligned

The full picture

What was needed

Five Agile teams whose performance struggled to match business expectations. Teams were completing work, but not necessarily the work that mattered most. The organisation needed someone to close the gap between team output and business value, fast.

What I did

Coached and mentored all five teams with a deliberate focus on shifting the measure of success from tasks completed to business value delivered. Provided targeted coaching on individual roles and responsibilities to sharpen accountability and cross-team collaboration. Realigned sprint planning and commitment practices to what the business actually needed.

What it meant

One team’s delivery velocity increased by 54% by doing more of the right work, not just more work
Sprint commitment certainty improved from 62% to 85% across all teams
Teams became more accountable, more collaborative, and more focused on outcomes over activity

“If your Agile teams are busy but not delivering what the business actually needs; let’s talk about how to close that gap.”

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