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We are passionate agilists with sharp business acumen. We have a history of helping businesses succeed in their goals. We mentor, coach and train individuals, teams, departments and entire organizations to succeed with Agile. We partner with our clients and work with them to bring out the best in their people – Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Development Teams, Stakeholders, Sponsors, Customers and Users.
We are passionate agilists with sharp business acumen. We have a history of helping businesses succeed in their goals. We mentor, coach and train individuals, teams, departments and entire organizations to succeed with Agile. We partner with our clients and work with them to bring out the best in their people – Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Development Teams, Stakeholders, Sponsors, Customers and Users.
“Serving selflessly is at the core of Servant Leadership. Such selfless activity fosters an environment of safety, trust, teamwork and collaboration, resulting in a foundation that brings out the best in people and organizations.”
-Amitabh Sinha
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Digital Business Strategist | Executive Coach | Explorer
Craig Thielen is a seasoned Strategic Business Advisor, Transformation Expert, and Digital Innovator dedicated to elevating organizations through forward-thinking strategies and cutting-edge technology. For over 30 years, he has been instrumental in guiding global brands and multinational enterprises through transformative change, focusing on strategic alignment, digital innovation, data centricity, Generative AI, enterprise agility, and next-gen operating models.
Craig’s leadership has consistently empowered organizations to navigate complex change processes by blending expertise in process improvement, cultural transformation, and technology enablement. His approach centers on a servant leadership mindset, dedicated to improving the lives of the individuals and teams he works with.
Craig’s core competencies include:
Craig loves nothing more than helping clients accelerate their journey to improvement and lasting competitive advantage through a people first, customer-focused, data centric, AI enabled fully agile organization.
Certified Scrum Trainer,
CST, PMI-ACP, PMP, DBA
Steve “Doc” Martin has over 25 years’ experience, with the last decade focused specifically on helping organizations make the transition to greater agility via working with agile values, principles, and practices.
Steve has worked in a wide range of industries including Healthcare IT, Finance, Insurance, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Publishing, and Communications, over a wide range of organizational structures, from startups to the Fortune 10.
In addition to training in Scrum, Steve is also an adjunct instructor in the Doctor of Business Administration program at Franklin University teaching topics in leadership and change management.
Trainer and Coach, Soaring Connections
Jeff Cheney is a dedicated trainer and coach at Soaring Connections, focusing on multiple aspects of Business Agility. His training and coaching are grounded in computer science degrees from Baylor University and the University of Southern California, three decades of experience in the efficient and effective delivery of software and hardware products, and a passion for the human element of business. Jeff has led agile transformations at NetApp, Western Union, and Cisco Systems, and has trained hundreds of students worldwide.
Jeff holds numerous SAFe certifications, including SAFe Practice Consultant, SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, and certifications in SAFe DevOps and SAFe Lean Portfolio Management. Additionally, he is trained in Lean Startup, Kanban, and holds a Green Belt in Lean. These qualifications enable him to bring a breadth of experience to his training, sharing insights on both successful and misapplied techniques.
His teaching style is hands-on and interactive, emphasizing active engagement and participation. Jeff encourages students to connect course content with their real-world experiences, fostering a deeper understanding. By sharing stories of his professional journey and experiences, he ensures students gain practical knowledge they can apply in real-world situations and on certification exams. Jeff’s approach prioritizes not just certification but the wisdom that comes from practicing the techniques and theories discussed in class, preparing students to excel in their roles.
Principal, Agile Coach
Kate Brown Gonzales is a distinguished Agile Coach known for her expertise in guiding organizations through transformation and enhancing team performance by applying Agile and Lean approaches. Kate has become a sought-after consultant, speaker, and mentor in the Agile community.
She has worked with a diverse range of organizations, from startups to Fortune 100 companies, helping them adopt Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). She is certified in SPC 6.0 (SAFe Program Consultant), and her training sessions are known for their practical insights and engaging delivery, making complex concepts accessible and actionable.
Advisor / Collaborator
Global Consulting Group US
MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Business School) Generating Business Value; PMP, SAFe SPC6 / LPM6 & RTE6
Hernan is seasoned Agile Coach, Trainer, and Transformation Leader with extensive experience in Fortune 2000 organizations. Hernan possesses strong leadership skills that facilitate effective change management, transformation, and process improvement. He is recognized for executing and implementing innovative strategies, successfully leading global IT operations in supply chain, distribution, operations, and logistics. With hands-on experience in transitioning organizations from a transactional mindset to an agile one, Hernan also brings consulting expertise across various industries including manufacturing, retail, insurance, telecommunications, media, financial services, energy management & automation, non-profit, franchise networks, and hospitality. Hernan has been teaching SAFe classes private and public since 2018.
Expertise:
Web Developer
A results-driven Web Developer with 10+ years of experience in web development. A proven track record of architecting, developing, and implementing interactive websites. Adept at leveraging SEO strategies and user-centered design principles to engage users and grow web traffic.
Agile Coach and Trainer
Eric Rapin is the founder and CEO of Lucid Agile, Inc. and a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer®, leading efforts to adopt and improve organizations use of Scrum and other Agile methods. He has been working in software product development in various roles for over 30 years. Beginning his career as a software engineer and moving through various product development roles from dev to test to release and performance, Eric has covered the gamut in the software world, half of that time in various management roles. Eric discovered that many things he had started doing were articulated best by the Agile world and found a natural home there. Eric has worked at many leading companies such as Nortel, Apple, Sun Microsystems, Openwave, Adobe, Tableau, and Salesforce.Eric focuses most specifically on Retrospective Facilitation and has been active in the Retrospective Facilitator’s Gathering community for over 10 years.
Agile Coach
Patrick Foster
I’m a leader who serves as an Agile Coach in organizations.
I help senior leadership plan long-term strategic decisions while embracing the Agile mindset.
I also work with teams to help them become self organizing on their journey of providing value to the customers.
I see my clients as creative, resourceful, and whole and I’m here to walk alongside them to achieve business outcomes.
Innovation Leader Coach & Agile Transformation Adviser
Elena Vassilieva is an executive leadership coach who uses virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate sustainable and immersive feedback for conscious leadership development. Elena integrates principles of Conversational and Emotional IQ and Systemic Team coaching with an Agile/Lean empirical approach to create a personalized holistic coaching
experience. Drawing on her years of training, mentoring, and coaching executives and teams in Agile transformation, she now serves as a trusted advisor for thought leaders who engage in digital transformation.
Elena is an experienced people development leader known for her ability to creatively align business strategy to people’s practices while keeping a passionate focus on workplace culture and values.
Elena is an ICF Certified Coach, ORSC, and AoEC Certified Systemic Team Coach, Certified Visionary Leadership Coach.
As the Scrum Alliance Certified Coach and Certified Agile Leadership Educator, Elena is teaching, training, and coaching teams and individuals to become great Agile professionals and Agile leaders. She brings together diverse and passionate voices dedicated to developing thriving workplace cultures, creating joy and value with the Agile approach, and embracing the agile mindset in work and life environments.
Elena works with leaders and teams around the globe, helping them engage in digital transformation and mapping out powerful organizational shifts to create a sustainable culture focused on learning and innovation. She helps executives in global companies find alignment around cultural and social diversity and aligns around shared purpose, shared values, and business goals.
Elena blends her diverse experiences as a trusted advisor, professional consultant, coach, researcher, and VR documentary producer.
PhD in Computer Science
Alireza Boloorchi is passionate about efficiency for the whole. He believes leadership is about the courage in sacrificing localized efficiency for a greater goal. For the last 12 years, he has been helping several large and small organizations to adopt/adapt more efficient process using Agile/Lean values and principles.
He received his PhD in Computer Science and is Certified Scrum Professional by Scrum Alliance. His experience is rooted in software engineering followed up in roles such as Scrum Master, Agile coach, ENT Agile coach, and leadership in Agile organizations.
He has worked/consulted in several industries such as Finance, Game, Semiconductor, manufacturing , etc. Academia has been an important part of his professional life, and He is researching and teaching Agile in the academia as an Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma State University. And serves as reviewer for several journals such as Journal of Super Computing, Network Systems, and Information Science.
PhD, MIT, CEC, Co founder Demingway.com
Michael de la Maza is the founder of Heart Healthy Scrum and a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC). Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Microsoft in 2006) and co-founder of Inquira (acquired by Oracle in 2011). He is the co-editor of Agile Coaching: Wisdom from Practitioners and co-author of Professional Scrum with TFS 2010 and Why Agile Works: The Values Behind The Results. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.
Chief Troublemaker
Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, and UX Design and Design Thinking to end up with a holistic product-centric way of working. Jeff is author of the bestselling O’Reilly book User Story Mapping which describes a simple holistic approach to using stories in Agile development without losing sight of the big picture.
Jeff’s a Certified Scrum Trainer, and winner of the Agile Alliance’s 2007 Gordon Pask Award for contributions to Agile Development. You can learn more about Jeff, and find essays and past writing from his columns with StickyMinds.com, Better Software Magazine, and IEEE Software on his website: jpattonassociates.com.
Amitabh (Amit) Sinha: Your Catalyst for Agile Transformation
Amitabh (Amit) Sinha isn’t just your typical advisor. He’s the strategic force behind unlocking the full potential of individuals, teams, and organizations. As an entrepreneur, visionary, mentor, trainer, and coach, Amit is a true servant leader, driven by a passion for Agile and its profound impact on people and principles.
Championing People for Success
Amit doesn’t just manage teams; he elevates them. His leadership is rooted in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and an innate understanding of what motivates individuals. He’s a people champion, dedicated to nurturing the best in teams, helping them discover their path to both effectiveness and happiness.
Transforming Success Stories
Amit’s track record speaks for itself. He’s spearheaded transformative journeys for countless teams, departments, and organizations. His approach has seen teams evolve into high-performing, ecstatic units. Exuberance isn’t just a word – it’s a common descriptor for teams under Amit’s guidance.
Mastering the Agile Mindset
Amit’s influence doesn’t stop at team levels. He empowers Scrum Masters, Product Owners, leaders, and executives to embrace the Agile mindset fully. Through his guidance, they learn the art of crafting effective products that genuinely delight customers.
Sharing Wisdom with the World
Amit’s contributions extend beyond organizational boundaries. He’s a sought-after speaker at prestigious forums and meetups, including the Agile Alliance conferences in Nashville (AA 2022) and Denver’s Global Scrum Gathering (GSG 2022). At these events, he has captivated audiences with his insights and vision for Agile transformation.
Leadership Coach of Choice
Amit holds the International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential, making him the leadership coach of choice for several senior executives and C-suite professionals. His guidance doesn’t just create success; it fosters excellence.
Amit’s Universe
In the heart of Silicon Valley, Amit resides with his wife and three sons, thriving in an environment that thrives on innovation and possibility.
Amit’s not just a name; it’s a catalyst for Agile transformation. Embrace the change. Engage, partner, and collaborate with the person who can redefine success for you. Amitabh Sinha – your guide to Agile excellence.
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