Darnell Brownen is an agile coach, trainer, and scrum master with over 13 years of experience helping teams succeed through agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe. He has led agile transformations at several large companies, guiding the implementation of new processes to improve outcomes. Darnell is passionate about continuously improving himself and those he guides to deliver value to customers.

1. DARNELL BROWNEN
darnell_brownen@yahoo.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/darnellbrownen
Agile Coach, Trainer and Scrum Master
I do not prescribe leading software delivery only one way; rather, keep what works and employ target specific change to ever improve. Depending on company culture and business needs, a hybrid process is often more effective when choosing a software delivery model. I believe there is nothing stronger than an organization aligned (teamwork). Managing the portfolio, program and projects/teams is a challenge requiring experienced leadership which addresses the needs of the whole organization. I am passionate helping teams succeed while continuously seeking to improve myself and those I guide.
Skills Summary:
 Scaled Agile Framework: SAFe  Rally and JIRA Agile  Use Case / Story Writing
 Scrum Certifications: CSP  Portfolio Management  Cross Team Dependencies
 Waterfall, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, SAFe  Release Planning  Agile Best Practices
 Agile Coach, Trainer, Scrum Master  Program and Team Metrics  IT Program Mgmt.
Value Delivery
Agile Transformation Leadership: The goal is to improve business outcomes! Transform the various organizational departments so they work better together as cross-functional business service teams. Identify major sources of inefficiencies/waste using Lean methods then execute process improvements using Agile. Obtain executive engagement forming a Change Plan – involve all of the key organizations that deliver value to customers: Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Customer Support, IT, Operations and PMO.
Agile Coach, Trainer and Scrum Master: 13 years’ experience as an acting Agile Coach, Trainer and Scrum Master. Measured ROI use of Agile methodologies: Lean, XP, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe. Focus on engineering practices (code refactoring, pair programming, test- driven development/TDD, continuous integration, increased test automated and hardening sprints to de-risk the back end. Aide product management to understand and assign business value for more effective portfolio management.
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): 20 years of software development expertise directing SDLC planning and delivery of enterprise programs from concept to release. Strong strategic and leadership expertise in software development while matching a company’s business and cultural needs for effective use of the SDLC.

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SYMANTEC Mar 2014-present
Agile Coach and Trainer
 Serve as the Agile Coach and Trainer for enterprise Agile transformation. Guiding use of SAFe for portfolio, program and team use. Provide executive training to better understand change to company culture, performance assessment and structuring teams around feature delivery vs silos, working with globally distributed teams.
ADOBE Oct 2013-Dec 2013
Agile Coach and Scrum Master, Contractor
 Served as the Agile Coach and Scrum Master for deployment of new cash-to-order SaaS team.
 Trained staff on establishing prioritizing backlog against business value, story mapping and splitting techniques, controlling WIP and consistent use of Definition of done.
ELLIE MAE SOFTWARE Dec 2011-Jul 2013
Agile Transformation Lead
 Defined and implemented company-wide new Agile hybrid SDLC for SaaS products.
 Managed 6 Scrum Masters for 15 globally distributed Agile teams (US and China at 140+).
 Provided Agile (XP, Scrum, Kanban) training to the company: US (CA) and China (Beijing, Shanghai).
 Provided JIRA training to internal staff for 300 users.
GOOD TECHNOLOGY Apr 2011-Oct 2011
Agile Transformation Lead, Contractor
 Defined and implemented company-wide new Scrum and Kanban Agile process for mobile security software.
 Served as the Agile Coach to 7 Scrum Masters for 10 globally distributed Agile teams (US, Europe and China) with staff of 100+.
 Provided Agile and Rally tool training to the entire company: US (CA, TX, WA), China (Beijing, Tianjin), UK (London) and Europe (Poland) development offices – whole teams in multi-day sessions.
 Sourced, deployed and trained internal staff for the Rally tool to 260 users.
JOHN MUIR HEALTHCARE Dec 2010-Feb 2011
Agile Coach and Scrum Master, Contractor
THE APOLLO GROUP / UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Mar 2010-Sep 2010
Agile Coach and Scrum Master, Contractor
 Served as the Agile Coach and Scrum Master to five internal, distributed teams located in San Francisco and San Jose/CA, Phoenix/AZ, Seattle/WA and Montreal/Canada.
EXTREME NETWORKS, Santa Clara, CA Mar 2008-Jan 2010
Agile Transformation Lead
 Served as the Agile Coach and Scrum Master for Extreme Networks network software products to multiple, distributed teams.
PROPEL SOFTWARE, San Jose, CA Aug 2007-Feb 2008
Agile Transformation Lead, Contractor
CISCO SYSTEMS, San Jose, CA Apr 2000-May 2007
Sr. IOS Release Manager, Scrum Master
 Managed Cisco IOS software releases – concept to release.
 Defined and implemented Agile process for development of network infrastructure projects.
 Within a matrix organization, managed cross-functional, multi-geographic teams of 50 or more for the release of network operating system software to enterprise and service provider customers.