PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2022 - Present
CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF COACHING AND TRAINING SERVICES
SIMPLY START TRANSFORMATION, LLC
I serve as a design strategist supporting the creation of tools, curricula and training materials. In partnership with other leadership, I advance the vision for system-level coaching and strategic support by drawing upon best practices of our coaching team, insights from our partners, and data and research to bring new learnings and insights.
April 2019 - January 2022
AGILE COACH
CHARLES SCHWAB INC.
Operated as an internal coach, responsible for ongoing organizational transformation efforts. Primarily focused on developing leaders in creating sustainable supportive environments. In addition, provided support in developing XP Practices as well as supporting the teaching of Digital Product Development.
September 2017- April 2019
LEAN/AGILE COACH AND TRAINER
FREELANCE
Coached teams and organizations in the adoption of Agile practices with a Lean perspective. Primarily focused on team interactions and technical practices. Facilitate workshops and classes to introduce people to Agile, and to help their development in XP Practices.
November 2015 - August 2017
SENIOR AGILE CONSULTANT
SOLUTIONS IQ
Primarily provided embedded coaching support for two Fortune 100 insurance clients. This involved multiple aspects of training and coaching support, including training, team coaching, and large group facilitation.
April 2015 - November 2015
TECHNICAL AGILE COACH AND TRAINER
DAVISBASE
Provided coaching and training support primarily for a Fortune 100 logistics company. This involved mostly team coaching but also had aspects of training and large group facilitation.
February 2014 - April 2015
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
DAPTIV
Worked as an active part of a software development team primarily focused on building and maintaining the scheduling part of the application. Worked to foster XP Development practices and overall team cohesion.
October 2009 - December 2013
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
GETTY IMAGES
Was an active team member on several teams, supporting many parts of Getty Images' external presence, including the main site and external web services. Was a contributor in helping Getty go from releasing to production infrequently (less than monthly) to multiple releases to production per day. All the while maintaining very high quality standards.
March 2009 - September 2009
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
MOD SYSTEMS
Was a key team member building a portal to allow the ingestion of movie metadata into a library that would be attached to media assets.
December 2008 - March 2009
CONTRACT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY
Worked closely with Mod Systems Inc's Marketing organization to build a custom website to manage articles and events.
February 2008 - October 2008
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SEVEN SIMPLE MACHINES
Performed development work for a custom HR application for our client, a major hospital system.
July 2007 - February 2008
SENIOR INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER
FITCH
Worked to build out the Interactive group into a more professional web development offering. Worked with leadership to determine future course of action.
September 1999 - July 2007
SERIALS SOLUTIONS
WEB DEVELOPER
Was one of the earliest people working with the founders in their basement days. Built out versions of their original product as well as an interface for libraries to customize their accounts. In time my primary responsibilities were centered on the customization interface.