Daniel specializes in providing software transformation solutions that address the challenges of organizations, leaders and teams. His focus is on educating teams, leaders and stakeholders while removing program impediments. A focal point of his engagements is the communication of progress by driving iterative change using lessons learned.
Most recently, Dan has worked with organizations to expedite adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and the Scrum methodology.
Dan enjoys travel and has visited all 50 U.S. States He also enjoys the outdoors and has visited 35 U.S. National Parks while Internationally having recently visited Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Portugal and Peru
In addition to Agile Coaching, Dan has a deep knowledge of software tools designed to support Agile methodologies. These include technologies such as Atlassian Jira, Jira Align, the IBM Rational Jazz suite, VersionOne and Microsoft Azure DevOps. Dan has consulted on the installation and configuration; development of training curriculum; and overall support of these tools which are vital to the success of Agile implementations.
Speaking Experience
Dan holds numerous certifications and has participated as a speaker at numerous industry conferences. These include:
* Agile and Beyond Conference (multiple times)
* Agile Days Chicago
* CincyDeliver
* DevOp Days Des Moines
* IBM TechXchange Conference
* Various regional Meetup Events
* Online Scrum Master Summit 2024
* ProductBoard World Tour – Chicago 2022
Product Development Boards
Dan has participated with several corporate product development boards. These include:
* IBM Rational RequisitePro / DOORS Product Board
* Scaled Agile Framework DevOps Curriculum authoring cohort