Rishab Garg

About Rishab Garg

Leading the implementation of SAFe, ensuring alignment with SAFe principles and practices.•Working with leadership and teams to build a transformation roadmap and execute the adoption of SAFe across all levels.•Coaching executives, managers, and team members on SAFe practices, values, and principles to build a lean and agile mindset.•Mentoring to SAFe Program Consultants, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and other agile practitioners to enhance their knowledge and skillset.•Coaching ARTs (Agile Release Trains) in conducting successful PI planning events and ensuring alignment with business goals.•Supporting the creation and execution of Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and ensuring It\'s are effective functioning.•Ensuring alignment between multiple teams within an ART and working with other consultants to identify dependencies, resolve blockers, and ensure smooth collaboration.•Supporting the development of cross-functional teams that align with SAFe’s goal of delivering value incrementally and frequently.•Helping the organization adopt practices of continuous delivery, continuous integration, and lean thinking.•Encouraging a culture of innovation, experimentation, and learning at all levels of the organization.•Assisting teams in tracking and analyzing metrics that provide insight into performance, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.•Working closely with leaders and key stakeholders to address concerns and resistance to change, and helping them navigate the transition.•Ensuring that the organization’s strategic goals and objectives are clearly understood and reflected in the SAFe implementation.•Delivering training workshops on various aspects of SAFe, such as SAFe for Teams, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe Lean Portfolio Management, etc.•Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of SAFe implementation, including team performance, ART performance, and business outcomes.•Regularly assessing the progress of the SAFe transformation, and providing reports and feedback to leadership to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.•Ensuring that tools are effectively integrated with the organization’s processes to help support collaboration, transparency, and visibility across the teams.•Promoting the adoption of Lean-Agile principles throughout the organization, including creating value streams, reducing waste, and improving flow.•Providing guidance on establishing and maintaining a Lean Portfolio Management process for aligning strategic initiatives with agile delivery.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   Aristocrat Gaming

   Jan 2026 — Present

Education

• Air Force Senior Secondary School

  Intermediate, Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology

  2007 — 2008

• Maharshi Dayanand University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

• Arunachal University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology

• Air Force Senior Secondary School

  High School, PCM

  2005 — 2006