Steve Willis

Background

About Steve Willis

Experienced Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Kanban I Certified (PK I), Professional Applied Metrics Certified (PAM) and natural Servant Leader who for 3+ years have coached, mentored and supported multiple agile teams and external facing e-commerce Fintech clients on agile principles, values, frameworks and strategies and how to inspect and adapt processes, using data and metrics to optimize the flow of value to successfully deliver high-quality products and services in a software development (SDLC) environment, plus a background of over 10+ years delivering value as an IT Technical Support and System Analyst for a large organization, with a personable, professional manner who builds natural trusted and respectful relationships with a can-do attitude. Using a data-driven and flow metric approach, I respectfully coach agile teams to mature their self-organization and empowerment skills to develop a continuous improvement mindset to strive to find the right balance of effectiveness, efficiency and predictability in how work gets done and delivered, all while protecting the team from outside distractions, building team respect, trust and morale and helping to identify and remove impediments/blockers in a timely manner. Experienced in agile and flow metrics, charts, release planning, coordination, communication, collaboration, facilitation and presentation skills to teams, leadership and clients of all levels in an organization.