Accelerate: Digital Velocity Summit | Session #5
Inadequate experience with agile is one of the main reasons why agile projects fail in large enterprises. For this reason, organizations should create a game plan and provide experience through pilot programs and coaching.
Session Highlights
Shifting the Culture – Lead From the Back of the Room
Agile Across the Organization- Deliver Value Faster
Stakeholder Inclusivity – Developing a “One-Team” Mindset
From Thought Leadership to Production: Applying Agile
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Speakers
Quincy Jordan is an experienced senior level strategist and consummate transformative agilest with domain expertise in agile and Waterfall. He is an adept project portfolio, project, program, process improvement and change management consulting professional with more than 20 years of experience in various industries including: IT, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Government and Real Estate Development.
Quincy Jordan (Co-Facilitator), Director of Innovate & Agile Leader, AgileThought
Andrea Floyd is an experienced Agile Transformation and Scaling consultant with extensive experience leading global Agile Transformations resulting in enterprise-wide excellence. She is passionate about helping clients build better products, create more adaptive organizations, and achieve their most critical business outcomes. Andrea has over 25 years of experience working in software development and product management in various industries; Transportation, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Financial Services and Cyber Security.
Andrea Floyd (Co-Facilitator), Enterprise Agile Innovation Consultant, AgileThought
Jackie is an experienced technology professional with over 20 years’ experience. The past 12 years as an Agile practitioner helping teams and organizations implement and improve their Agile adoption and delivery. Evangelizing a passion for Agile across multiple areas of an organization, including non-IT functions including Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, and Finance, to deliver business value and improve employee satisfaction. She is a proven leader committed to motivating and coaching teams and individuals to be their ‘best selves.’ Creating a purpose-driven work environment that results in better business value. Jackie is also passionate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is a Co-organizer of Women In Agile Atlanta.
Jackie Chambers de Freitas (Panelist), Agilist, Coach, and Transformative Leader, Fiserv
Stacey Warner is Vice President of General Services Administration (GSA) for The Suddath Companies. In this key role, Stacey oversees operations, financials, networking and sales for Suddath’s Government Services GSA division. Together with her team, Stacey establishes benchmarks for performance, streamlines processes and drives new technology for the department. Over Stacey’s 15-year career with Suddath, she has held roles in data analytics, document control, shipment distribution, container control, move coordination, customer service and international operations. Stacey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in education from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Business degree in transportation and logistics from the University of North Florida.
Stacey Warner (Panelist), VP, GSA, Suddath
Nir Patel is a Vice President of Software Engineering at Brierley, a globally recognized leader in loyalty technology, strategy, and execution. He is a servant leader, agile evangelist, and ardent change agent, responsible for leading overall product development strategy and solutioning. Nir brings many years of experience building successful and high-performing teams and transforming culture, process and technology that drives results. Reputed for building DevOps, Quality Engineering transformation, agile and Automation practices from the ground up and driving related culture transformation and adoption.
Nirav (Nir) Patel (Panelist), VP, Software Engineering, Product Development, Brierley
