John Hill

25+ years in IT, with extensive experience managing major organizational initiatives (using Agile frameworks, most notably Scrum since 2003).

• ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
• Certified Agile Leadership for Organizations (CAL-O)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM and CSP-PO)
• Former Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
• SAFe Agilist (SA6)
• SAFe Practice Consultant 6.0 (SPC6)
• Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP)
• Kanban Management Professional (KMP-I & KMP-II)
• Certified AgilityHealth Facilitator (AHF)
• "Comparative Agility" assessment suite expertise
Specialties Include:
• Coaching Director through C-level (CEO/CTO/CIO) leaders.
• Enterprise Agile/Scrum Transformations (focused on psychological safety).
• Lean software development (Kanban/Scrumban)
• XP Engineering Practices (TDD, CI/CD, PP, etc.)

• Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool expertise: Jira/Confluence (5+ years), Rally (4+ years) and VersionOne (5+ years).
• Managing on-line and mobile SaaS applications (including on-line banking).
• Expertise guiding transitions from legacy SDLC initiatives to “Agile” or Agile hybrid frameworks.
Program Management and Product Owner Coaching:
• Creating Agile Program Charters, Vision Statements and current Roadmaps using “Rolling Wave Planning” (i.e., “progressive elaboration”)
• Being the voice of the Program for the PMO
• Coaching the importance of a “product centric” view of Programs