Shawna Becknell

About Shawna Becknell

I’m a strategic product, transformation with nearly 20 years of experience driving enterprise-scale change, digital innovation, and organizational agility. I partner with C-suite executives and senior stakeholders to modernize operating models, optimize portfolio delivery, and achieve measurable business outcomes.Currently, I’m engaged through Apex Consulting, supporting ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) on a global Product and Lean-Agile transformation. I lead enterprise rollout strategies, build product competency, shape operating models and team structures, develop new roles and job descriptions to enable high-value delivery across business and technology teams.Previously at Fifth Third Bank, I spearheaded an enterprise-wide Agile and product transformation, transitioning 250+ annual projects into 250 Agile teams and driving delivery on $550M+ in strategic initiatives. I also established portfolio governance frameworks, scaled SAFe across the enterprise, and developed data-driven delivery models to enable sustainable business growth.I thrive at the intersection of strategy, product, and technology, building empowered, high-performing teams, driving executive alignment, and delivering enterprise-wide impact.Core Leadership Expertise:Enterprise Strategy & Business TransformationProduct Portfolio Strategy & Value Stream ManagementGlobal Lean-Agile Transformations & Scaled Implementations (SAFe)Organizational Design & Workforce EnablementDigital Transformation & Customer-Centric InnovationExecutive Stakeholder Collaboration & Portfolio GovernanceChange Management & Adoption LeadershipI’m passionate about leading transformation at scale, enabling cross-functional alignment, and helping organizations adapt, innovate, and grow in rapidly evolving markets.

Experience

1. Enterprise Product, Transformation Coach

   Apex Systems

   May 2025 — Present · US

   Senior Product & Agile Transformation Leader Company Name • DatesDriving enterprise‑wide product excellence, agile maturity, and delivery transformation across data, technology, and cross‑functional teams. Focused on modernizing product practices, elevating team capability, and enabling scalable, repeatable ways of working.Key ContributionsDesigning a modern product design‑documentation approach that equips teams with clearer alignment, faster decision cycles, and a more agile, product‑centric way of working.Developing the organization’s Product Competency Model, establishing the foundation for future capability growth, role clarity, and career pathways.Partnering with the PMO to customize and implement Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) to improve prioritization, strategic alignment, and value‑based funding.Certified Advanced SAFe Practice Consultant (ASPC) authorized to teach and certify multiple SAFe courses across the portfolio, product, team, and technical tracks.Delivered product and lean‑agile bootcamps and SAFe for Teams training to 400+ participants, strengthening enterprise‑wide agile fluency and product thinking.Coaching 10+ data and technology teams, helping Scrum Masters and Product Leaders elevate from good to great through hands‑on mentoring and capability uplift.Created a Product Team Workbook to help teams articulate product vision, define measurable outcomes, and establish strong team charters for cross‑functional cohesion.Authored the enterprise Scrum Standard now used across all teams, improving consistency, predictability, and delivery maturity.Built maturity metrics and an automated testing strategy for the Quality Center of Excellence, strengthening reliability and accelerating release cycles.Created the enterprise Product SharePoint hub as a single source of truth for standards, templates, training, and best practices.

Education

• Mount Vernon Nazarene University

  BA, Psychology, Business, Communications

  2000 — 2004