Coaches

A focused, competent and passionate Agile Program Manager / Agile Coach with 16 years of delivery experience in IT Projects, Sreeram is experienced in Enterprise Agile Transformations in many fortune 500 companies focussed always on strategic goals. Expert in scaled Agile approaches & certified in SaFe. Well versed with the cutting edge technologies and establishing customized robust XP IT practices managing portfolios size of $50M+. He is an effective negotiator and communicator with exemplary leadership skills and commands over his subject. He is always proactive and ensures that customers realize the ROI for their investments.

Successful  Agile transformation records & demonstrated Leadership in several domains.

Expertise and Hands-on acumen in Agile Engineering practices such as Scrum, Kanban, TDD, and BDD and CI CD Test Automations with multiple DevOps capability build.

Trained over 300 technology and business folks on various Agile Engineering practices including scum, Kanban and customized scaled agile approaches.

Created Executive training sessions for organization alignments and team support.

Author of Metrics Framework tool for ROI/ adoption impacts & continuous improvement goals.

Authored Agile Transformation guidelines, checklists and self-assessment scorecard.

Effective & impactful Restructuring and COP establishment in several organizations.

My name is Kyle Dukes, and I have a background working as a developer, business analyst, project manager, program manager, Big 4 management consultant, ScrumMaster, and Agile Coach. I have my MBA, CSM, CSPO, SPC4, and PMP certifications. I have 16+ years experience working in the IT industry. My client industry experience includes: Financial (Bank of America, Wachovia, Banco de Chile, LaSalle Bank, TIAA, National City Bank, Ally Bank), Management Consulting (PwC, JSWco), Mortgage (Freddie Mac) Retail (Sealy, Lowe’s, Stein Mart, Carolina Pad, Barnes & Noble), Security (ADT Security), Software (Microsoft), Oil & Gas (Marathon Oil Company), Telecommunications (Verizon Wireless), Insurance (Nationwide Insurance, TIAA), Logistics (MBM, FHI) and Grocery (HT).

I am passionate about helping my clients create more business value, by delivering incrementally, and continuously improving, through the use of Scrum.I leverage all of my extensive client experience, in order to continuously improve as an Agile Coach. I also leverage Scrum Alliance to keep updated on the latest in Scrum. I hope to publish a white paper soon, with increased business value that my clients have realized, while leveraging Scrum. I even talk about Agile all the time in my personal life, especially to my wife. We even implemented it while planning our home renovation projects, which was a great success. I am thrilled to have found a subject matter in Scrum that can help people add more value, while maintaining a work life balance.

Architecting and Guiding Successful Enterprise Transformations

I help architect organizational lean business agility, strengthening people, teams, and enterprises in transformative ways so that they can compete and thrive in a highly competitive business environment. This work has allowed me to provide individuals, teams, and groups deeply impactful training and coaching, both onsite and remotely, in diverse global audiences across four continents, and companies ranging from startups to the Global Fortune 500. My passion is influencing individual mindset; shaping team thought models that found new organizational norms, which result in increased value delivery, significant business outcomes, and improved corporate culture.