Valerie W.

Experience

1. Sr Enterprise Agile Coach

   Dell Technologies

   Jul 2015 — Present · Raleigh, NC

   As a certified SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), I provide organizational analysis and leadership in implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) within organizations, ensuring effective Lean-Agile transformations and fostering a culture of continuous improvement for the implementation processes within the ISG Converge and Hyperconverge Infrastructure business portfolios. I provide agile guidance for VxBlock and PowerFlex scrum and kanban teams using my agile transformation leadership skills ensuring alignment with business goals and promoting agile at scale.• SAFe Coaching and Leadership: Coached over 20 Agile teams and 50+ enterprise leaders on SAFe principles, roles, events, and best practices, resulting in a 35% improvement in team velocity and a 25% increase in overall employee engagement in Agile practices.• Program Increment Planning and Collaboration: Facilitated workshops, big room PI planning sessions, and Communities of Practice (CoP) to enhance cross-functional collaboration and alignment with portfolio leaders and team members.• Agile Release Train Execution: Acted as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) to launch and execute Agile Release Trains (ARTs), coaching ART leadership, ensuring synchronization and cadence, and aligning with the continuous delivery pipeline.• Portfolio and Backlog Management: Partnered with enterprise leadership to establish and manage portfolio backlogs, roadmaps, and guardrails, ensuring alignment between strategic objectives and execution priorities.• Agile Metrics and Tool Optimization: Developed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and tracked Agile metrics for value delivery, quality, and process efficiency, optimizing workflows using JIRA and Confluence to support data-driven improvements and documentation.

Education

• North Carolina Central University

  BBA

• Southern Polytechnic State University

  MST