Stuart Oakley
(Founder and CEO)
Stuart, possesses over 12 years of expertise as an Agile Coach, Trainer and Change Navigator, specializing in guiding organizations through transformative change. Stuart achieves this through a repertoire of specialized workshops, industry certified training sessions, and embedded coaching programs, meticulously designed to bolster an organization’s adaptability to change.
Over his extensive career, Stuart has successfully helped organizations of various sizes through transitions from process-centric to value-centric systems. His approach entails strategic collaboration with top-tier management and seamless integration with cross-functional teams, culminating in the seamless integration of Agile principles and practices.
Stuart’s overarching vision is to instill a sense of shared ownership in the operational process ultimately drives professional fulfillment and overall success for individuals and organizations.
Thriving in the dynamic, innovative landscape of progressive organizations, Stuart is a strong advocate of servant leadership and a seasoned change agent. His impressive track record of successful partnerships and validated client endorsements serves as a testament to his unwavering dedication to transformative change.
To inquire further or initiate a dialogue, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@usefulchange.com. Your journey towards Agile excellence commences here.
Certifications:
Kanban and Scrum
• Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT)
• Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
• Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
• Scrum Kanban Practitioner (SKP)
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
• Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• SAFe Scaled Agilist (SA)
Change Management
• Lean Change Management Instructor
• Coaching Agile Transitions Instructor (ICAgile)
Coaching / Leadership
• Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
• Coaching Agile Transitions (ICP-CAT)
Project Management
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• ITIL Foundation (ITIL 4)
Teaching
• Ontario Certified Teacher
Nima Honarmandan, M.Eng, CSP, CSP
Account Executive and Client Services
After completing his degree in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Nima decided that he liked building relationships with real people more than he liked building relationships with steel bridges.
Furthermore, Nima came to the conclusion that he liked supporting business people with their objectives; helping businesses to embrace Agility was a natural way to do that and so began his decade long career in the Agile field.
Nima has experience working in the Atlassian ecosystem and helping business to get more out of their Atlassian Suite.
Experience Summary:
- Over 20 years of experience in business development
- Over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing
- Over 9 years experience helping business adopt Scrum and other Agile methods
- Experience catering to the needs of business in the Atlassian realm
Nima is committed to the well-being of people at work and believes everyone has the ability to shine in their role.
He is focussed on helping organizations think about the return on their investment – in the people they have, and the work tools they use – and how this investment will result in improved work performance and happier, more motivated staff.
Aaron Kohl
Business Consultant and Agile Coach
I am a seasoned Business Consultant and Agile Coach with a rich history spanning leadership development, product ownership, project management, business analysis and application and database development. My journey has cultivated a deep understanding of the intersection between technology, business strategy and leadership effectiveness. This makes me a valuable partner to organizations seeking to optimize their operations, refine their product development, maximize efficiency, and gain leadership insights. My approach is characterized by empathy and pragmatism.
I offer a versatile skill set encompassing sustainable agile transformation, project management, process optimization, product development, data strategy, organizational leadership, data and metric analysis, and personalized coaching. I have a wide proficiency with specific tools and approaches including OKRs, Kanban, Scrum, and Design methodologies. My commitment to empathy ensures a deep understanding of your unique challenges, while my pragmatic approach ensures that solutions are actionable and effective. I enjoy creating cooperatively with my clients as we utilize those tools and approaches to drive progress and effectiveness within teams and the organization.
Let’s Collaborate
I’m committed to helping your organization reach its full potential. Whether you’re aiming to boost efficiency, accelerate product development, or improve data management, I’m ready to tailor my expertise to meet your specific needs. Let’s connect and embark on a journey towards your business success. Reach out at coaching@lifeisagile.com or on LinkedIn. Together, we’ll achieve your business objectives in an ever-evolving market.
Certifications:
Kanban and Scrum
• Accredited Kanban Consultant (AKC)
• Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
• Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Coaching / Leadership
• Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
• Leading with Agility (ICP-LEA)
Project Management
• Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
Financial
• Canadian Securities Course (CSC)
Jerry Doucett
Business Consultant, Leadership
Coach, Team Mentor
Jerry is a business consultant, leadership coach, team mentor, and advisory trainer with over 30 years of hands-on experience improving business practices, and in managing, creating, and delivering engaging learning and coaching development programs. He has extensive experience helping multinational organizations improve their business agility, to become systems thinkers, and to adopt a continuous learning and improvement mindset
Jerry is the founder of evolutionize, a business agility consulting and training organization. He is an established, well-seasoned Agile instructor and coach, and has taught and certified over 2500 people globally in 5 continents over the past 15 years.
Jerry is also currently serving on the Finance Committee and Board of Directors for the Prince Edward Learning Centre, a nonprofit education assistance organization. His role is to assist in defining and executing on their mission, vision, and strategy, and to ensure their policies and practices are fiscally responsible.
Jerry’s approach is to provide guidance and mentorship to people, teams, and organizations on five key success pillars:
- Cultivating in-house expertise on Agile and Lean business improvement and management practices with the targeted outcome of achieving sustainable capacity and predictable delivery.
- Defining enterprise Business Agility change implementation strategies.
- Building coaching programs to organically grow and improve internal coaching, development, and delivery capabilities.
- Developing collaborative, long lasting relationships among business partners.
- Creating and delivering educational training development programs to help foster learning.
Jerry’s passions and areas of expertise include: Agile, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup, continuous learning and improvement, organizational change management, team and individual coaching, collaboration techniques, eXtreme Programming (XP), and Six Sigma.
See Jerry’s bio on the evolutionize site and his profile on LinkedIn for details and recommendations.
Certifications:
Industry Specific
- Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)
- Certified Scrum Professional –
- Scrum Developer (CSP-D)
- Product Owner (CSP-PO)
- Scrum Master (CSP-SM)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Large Scale Scrum Practitioner (LeSS)
Change Management
- ProSci ADKAR Change Management
- Lean Six Sigma- Yellow Belt (LSS-YB)
Coaching / Leadership
- Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
- Project Leadership (Schulich ExecEd)
Project Management
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Teaching, Facilitation, and Instruction
- Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) – Kanban University
- Registered Scrum Trainer (RST) – Agile Education Program
- Registered Education Provider (REP) – Scrum Alliance
- ICAgile Authorized Instructor (ICAI)
Aparna Renganathan
Accredited Kanban Trainer and an Accredited Kanban Consultant
I have never played any sports as a child but I was a professional dancer and my kids swim, play tennis and basketball. Whether the coaches are trained professionals or parents volunteering, the coaches who are great know how to develop the players and develop their game. The others just let the Good Players play and take credit for wins and blame the weather or make up excuses when they lose.
When it comes to Agile Coaches and Leaders, the ones who are consistently successful are not the ones who have the smartest people in their team, or even best understanding about methods and frameworks or have earned the most number of 2 day Certification courses. They are the ones who have a Coaching philosophy and an Amazing Playbook.
I have a over 15 years of experience working in different domains such as Manufacturing, Banking and Financial Services, Railways, Energy, Airlines, Retail and Media. I lead with values and outcomes in mind. I provide pragmatic, evidence based guidance that enable people and organizations to evolve their own solutions in their unique business contexts.
I am an Accredited Kanban Trainer and an Accredited Kanban Consultant and would love for y’all to come and learn with me. I can help you Design your Kanban System(KSD), Improve and Scale your Kanban (KSI) and explore Kanban Coaching Philosophy (KCP) and Kanban Playbook(KMM). In addition to teaching Kanban, I also teach Scrum, SAFe and IC Agile courses as well.
Alternate path to Agility – Kanban Method
• Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT)
• Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
• Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
Agile Frameworks – Scrum, SAFe
• IC Agile Instructor – Agile Fundamentals (ICP)
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
• Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)
• SAFe Program Consultant 6.0 (SPC6)
- Release Train Engineer 6.0 (RTE)
- Lean Portfolio Management 6.0 (LPM)
Change Management
• Accredited Kanban Consultant (AKC)
• Prosci Change Practitioner
Coaching / Leadership
• Enterprise Services Planning Practitioner (ESPP)
• Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
Project Management
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
Forbes Benning, KCP, A-CSM
Enterprise Agile Coach, Kanban Coaching Pro – KCP, Jira wonk
Forbes began using the Agile philosophy in 2008 and wonders how he ever lived without it. Now he shares that knowledge and experience with other organizations. He has experience consulting, coaching, facilitation and team building in large enterprise settings. With a focus on methods such as Kanban and Scrum, Forbes is committed to helping transform people, process and culture in organizations.
Forbes was active in helping projects succeed for 10 years before becoming a PMP in 2005. He then received certi!cation as a ScrumMaster® in 2008. He is dedicated to sharing this knowledge to help other teams succeed.
Forbes has worked as a coach to assist enterprises in their adoption of SAFe, Kanban and Scrum. He has also assisted firms in the financial, gaming and automotive sector with their Agile transformations, including Agile teamwork, Agile project and product management, and Agile consulting and training at the executive level.
Testimonials
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Stuart as he guided our team through training, liftoff, and then provided on-going coaching. He always made himself available when the team needed him, and was knowledgeable enough to encourage agile best practices, while still allowing the team to find their own way forward..”
– GM, Large Insurance Organization
“When I first heard of Agile, I was very skeptical. Is it just another business management fad that seems to come and go every few years? I am a strong believer in people and their genuine desire to work hard as a team to deliver a quality product. Everything else seems to naturally follow this simple principle, and I wondered if our team needed to embrace another method. It turns out that Agile is a framework that seeks to cultivate the growth of individuals, as well as the team as a whole, by continuously challenging us all to strive for success.”
– MM, Large Financial Institution
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