Implementing SAFe® 5.1 with SPC Certification

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach with a passion for helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.

Doug's coaching approach involves applying compassion, humor, flexibility, and creativity to navigate some of the most difficult transformation situations and motivate people into doing amazing things. He has been a SAFe SPC since 2015 and became an SPCT Candidate in November 2020. He has trained and coached teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Engineering Management, and Executives at several large and international Scaled Agile Transformations.

Doug draws his energy from a very active and adventurous family, including his wife Kerri and their three children Mackenzie, Miranda, and Mason.

Isaac spent the past 25 years working with organizations across the spectrum of sizes and industries seeking to realize the promises of Agility - responsiveness, productivity, quality, predictability, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. By helping leaders understand how their operating systems and leadership practices drive the culture and performance of the organization, he's been able to realize lasting change and measurable improvements. Through these experiences, Isaac has become an industry thought leader in the areas of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), Agile Product Management (APM), and Organizational Change Management (OCM). While he regularly speaks and teaches at conferences around the world, and is a frequent contributor to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), his passion remains working in the field, helping organizations achieve sustainable competitive advantage and business Agility. 

Danielle is a Scaled Agile SPCT Candidate and contributor to SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) IP. She is an accomplished consultant with over 28 years of experience and specializes in working with highly regulated organizations. She has over 15 years of extensive experience coaching and consulting organizations in Lean-Agile Transitions/Transformations at all levels of Scale. She’s worked with Fortune 100 companies in industries such as financial services, energy, government, retail, and pharma.

Danielle’s experience includes coaching and consulting as a Trusted Advisor for Senior Leaders (including C-suite). Prior to her work in Lean-Agile Frameworks, she was in PMO Direction and Program Management for the technology sectors of very highly regulated organizations; and her background as a mainframe developer comes in handy when working with teams and Architects. Her undergraduate minor in accounting fuels her passion to coach leaders in lean accounting and governance, and strategic investment and funding practices in LPM. Danielle is currently on track to complete her SPCT journey in the Summer of 2022.

Matt has been helping people build better business solutions for over twenty years. He has consulted or worked full-time for travel, retail, financial, medical, consumer products, and technology companies (many of which were Fortune 100 companies) giving him a wide variety of experience and knowledge. Matt was introduced to Agile methods in 2000 through Extreme Programming and has embraced Lean and Agile practices since that time. Matt implemented his first SAFe Lean-Agile transformation in 2012 after being introduced to SAFe by a colleague and has been helping large companies with their SAFe Lean-Agile transformations since that time. Matt was certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in early 2014 and as a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) in January of 2017.

Matt has coached people on every level inside and outside of IT - executives, managers, developers, testers, operations personnel, infrastructure personnel, product managers, product owners, business owners, support specialists, etc. He has coached and worked with offshore groups all over the world and has extensive experience managing highly distributed teams. Matt has helped companies apply Lean-Agile principles and practices in finance, HR, recruiting, consumer product development, marketing, sales, business operations, and at the executive level as well as other business areas outside of IT.

Besides helping many companies as an outside consultant, Matt has also held key positions in different companies where he was instrumental in their transformation and adoption of Lean-Agile principles. He has been a Vice President of Technology and Lean Portfolio Management at a multi-billion-dollar travel company, a Vice President of Globalization and CFO at a software services company, a Director of Business Analysis and Quality Assurance at a healthcare analytics company, and a Director of Quality Assurance and Internationalization at a voice of the customer company. 

Neil is an Agile Consultant and SAFe SPCT Candidate. Neil is passionate about connecting business strategy to product development execution, leveraging the power of high-performing teams to value delivery.

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach with a passion for helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.

Doug's coaching approach involves applying compassion, humor, flexibility, and creativity to navigate some of the most difficult transformation situations and motivate people into doing amazing things. He has been a SAFe SPC since 2015 and became an SPCT Candidate in November 2020. He has trained and coached teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Engineering Management, and Executives at several large and international Scaled Agile Transformations.

Doug draws his energy from a very active and adventurous family, including his wife Kerri and their three children Mackenzie, Miranda, and Mason.

Danielle is a Scaled Agile SPCT Candidate and contributor to SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) IP. She is an accomplished consultant with over 28 years of experience and specializes in working with highly regulated organizations. She has over 15 years of extensive experience coaching and consulting organizations in Lean-Agile Transitions/Transformations at all levels of Scale. She’s worked with Fortune 100 companies in industries such as financial services, energy, government, retail, and pharma.

Danielle’s experience includes coaching and consulting as a Trusted Advisor for Senior Leaders (including C-suite). Prior to her work in Lean-Agile Frameworks, she was in PMO Direction and Program Management for the technology sectors of very highly regulated organizations; and her background as a mainframe developer comes in handy when working with teams and Architects. Her undergraduate minor in accounting fuels her passion to coach leaders in lean accounting and governance, and strategic investment and funding practices in LPM. Danielle is currently on track to complete her SPCT journey in the Summer of 2022.

With over 29 years of professional experience, Charlene has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams into Agile and Scaled Agile best practices. Charlene has experience working with enterprise Agile initiatives with organizations large and small, Federal Government, and Fortune 500 companies for over 17 years. She is passionate about Agile and enjoys helping enterprises on their journey towards organizational agility.

Charlene holds several certifications/designations including but not limited to SAFe Fellow, SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Enterprise Business Agility Strategist (EBAS), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), and SAFe Contributor. Charlene has been part of several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations providing enterprise, portfolio, program, team, and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

When she is not working Charlene can be found at the beach, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing/traveling, volunteering, and knocking items off of her bucket list. 

Neil is an Agile Consultant and SAFe SPCT Candidate. Neil is passionate about connecting business strategy to product development execution, leveraging the power of high-performing teams to value delivery.

Duane Bushman is a Consultant, Trainer, and Agile Transformation Coach with a genuine passion for helping organizations to understand and realize the business value of Lean and Agile principles. His pragmatic approach to applying principles and proven practices to develop a culture of continuous improvement has been cultivated from 10+ years of practicing and coaching Agile in IT and product development environments. Duane's journey in life-long learning includes being certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in 2014 and an SPC Trainer (SPCT) in 2016. Duane brings an engaging, energetic, and highly collaborative presence to both the classroom and the most challenging real-world scenarios. Guiding teams large and small, he has consistently helped leaders understand what it is they need to do to unlock the potential of their people and become truly Agile. 

Matt has been helping people build better business solutions for over twenty years. He has consulted or worked full-time for travel, retail, financial, medical, consumer products, and technology companies (many of which were Fortune 100 companies) giving him a wide variety of experience and knowledge. Matt was introduced to Agile methods in 2000 through Extreme Programming and has embraced Lean and Agile practices since that time. Matt implemented his first SAFe Lean-Agile transformation in 2012 after being introduced to SAFe by a colleague and has been helping large companies with their SAFe Lean-Agile transformations since that time. Matt was certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in early 2014 and as a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) in January of 2017.

Matt has coached people on every level inside and outside of IT - executives, managers, developers, testers, operations personnel, infrastructure personnel, product managers, product owners, business owners, support specialists, etc. He has coached and worked with offshore groups all over the world and has extensive experience managing highly distributed teams. Matt has helped companies apply Lean-Agile principles and practices in finance, HR, recruiting, consumer product development, marketing, sales, business operations, and at the executive level as well as other business areas outside of IT.

Besides helping many companies as an outside consultant, Matt has also held key positions in different companies where he was instrumental in their transformation and adoption of Lean-Agile principles. He has been a Vice President of Technology and Lean Portfolio Management at a multi-billion-dollar travel company, a Vice President of Globalization and CFO at a software services company, a Director of Business Analysis and Quality Assurance at a healthcare analytics company, and a Director of Quality Assurance and Internationalization at a voice of the customer company.