Scott Aucoin
Currently the Bay Area, CA
Experienced Agile Project, Program, and Portfolio Manager and Certified Scrum Master specializing in Agile Transformation and PMO Org Designs. Capable of building software development teams and maturing their processes by utilizing Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Scrumban, and traditional schedule driven project methodologies and tools. Proven track-record of improving team velocity, managing with transparency, and guiding projects and portfolios to rapidly deliver tangible business value, including experience:
- Building and managing diverse PMO teams
- Developing Agile & Lean transformation and strategies for improving efficiency and communication
- Managing a variety of distributed teams
- Coaching teams on how to further improve processes and techniques by utilizing various methodologies and their tools including classical approaches and methods from various industries
- Building and implementing measurement tools for highly effective teams and organizations
- Guiding projects by being an effective change & improvement agent, collaborating with teams, peer projects, and business resources/stakeholders
- Implementing Agile & Lean frameworks in organizations including start-ups and Fortune 500 companies
Additional attributes:
- Level-headed and organization focused mindset
- Organization-first mentality and leadership
- Proven track-record of improving portfolio velocity, managing with transparency, and guiding projects to rapidly deliver tangible business value
- Strong communicator with the ability to focus teams on critical success criteria
- Systems thinker with a knack for developing visuals to describe larger systemic challenges
- Experience working in, developing, and implementing Enterprise Agile practices and program coordination tools
- Experience managing multiple team members and mentoring junior project and program managers
- Conference speaker, educator, and active member of the global process improvement community