Alice Okane

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About Alice Okane

My Brand: People are glad when I join a team; I get sh#t done! Current Position at McKinsey: Agile Coach, Product Manager Prior paths: • Product Engineering / Senior Technology Engineer • Application Development Product Owner • Application Development and T&D Technical Delivery Lead • ORE Messaging and Collaboration, Operational Engineer Experience highlights • I have been on several IT teams, as Product Owner, and Agile Coach, as well was other technical roles over my 22 years with The Firm. • Have had great success on teams who have not been collocated. • Able to adjust the team’s focus as we have had to pivot due to changes in goals or the makeup of the team. • Tailored ceremonies such as retrospectives or daily stand ups to make sure they support the work needed, the team’s needs • I make sure that the stakeholders are well-informed and on top of getting answers back to the team and getting user-acceptance sorted • I have a proven track record of both being able to be an Agile coach as well as a Technical coach. Previous experience outside McKinsey • IT professional for over 40 years, 22 with McKinsey • Worked in the banking and insurance industries, also as a consultant for Lotus/IBM • Managed several projects, migrations, and teams, albeit in an ‘old fashioned’ manner Strengths • Several years working in Scrum/Agile • Professional Scrum Master levels I and II (PSM I, PSM II) • ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC) • Have wrote the training materials and delivered training on Jira • Excellent written and oral communications as well as soft skills in guiding teams I love to speak before a group. My approach to commanding attention in formal or informal presentations is to • Keep a keen eye on the reaction of those listening and tailor your message on the fly • Actively listen and solicit opinions and input • Get up, move around; bear in mind this is like doing standup without the jokes Before joining McKinsey, I worked in several banks and insurance companies on their messaging environments. I attended Wheaton College and Dartmouth College and hold a B.A. degree in Economics.