SUMMARY
Braswell Brandt
Thirty years of experience as a technology leader, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Agile Coach, working in the non-profit, for-profit, and federal government sectors, helping startups to Fortune 100 clients become agile-aligned organizations delivering outcomes that delight their customers.
EXPERIENCE
Director of Delivery Operations
Individual & Family Plans at Cigna
2023 – Present
Richmond VA
After working as an internal Enterprise Coach at Cigna, I decided to shift to an internal leadership role as a Director of Delivery Operations – a technology role responsible not only for our agile Ways of Working, but also our Release Management and DevOps environments, pipelines, and processes. My team keeps our software delivery processes and pipelines running while also building a healthy organization of empowered Product teams.
President, Agile Richmond
2019 – Present
Richmond, VA
Since 2019, I've led the Board of Agile Richmond, the community non-profit supporting Agile practitioners and companies in the Central Virginia region and beyond. The highlight of our programs is InnoVAte Virginia, our annual conference serving an average of 1,500 members of our community.
Vice President, Enterprise Agile Coach at Truist
2022 – 2023
Richmond VA, Charlotte NC, and Atlanta GA
I've been an Enterprise Agile Coach at Truist, where I was working to help the whole organization adopt agile practices and mindsets across all levels and divisions, so that we could achieve our long-term business outcomes, delight out customers, and live our values.
After a reduction in force due to the economic climate, I joined Cigna Healthcare in May of 2023.
Enterprise Product and Agile Coach, Eliassen Group
2020 - 2022
Richmond, VA and Client Sites
I worked with a Fortune 100 mortgage company to help them adopt agility practices, applying them to their mission-critical business rules program and associated teams. I worked with their teams, people managers, and leaders as they aligned on their outcomes, learned and adopted new ways of working, and built a predictable system of work.
I also worked with a Fortune 150 financial services client as we worked together to apply the principles and practices of agile into their work as a second-line risk organization. I helped the organization – from their C-level leader down to individual team members and every person in-between – understand how agility could work in their unique context, and build "Empowered Teams Aligned to Deliver Value".
Enterprise Agile & Product Coach at CirrusLabs
2019 – 2020
Richmond, VA and Client Sites
At CirrusLabs, I worked to help one of The Big Four consulting companies, and a Fortune 50 company, understand and implement Agile practices using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Helping lead a team of Agile Coaches, I primarily worked with client leaders as they shifted their practices and own personal leadership to become more agile-aligned, and support their organizational change.
I also worked with a Fortune 100 financial services client inspect, adapt, and expand their adoption of Agile practices in their credit card operations division, where we aligned teams around value, shortened delivery cycle times, and increased quality while migrating infrastructure to cloud platform providers.
Enterprise Agile Coach at Agile Velocity
2017 – 2019
Richmond, VA, Austin, TX, and Client Sites
While at Agile Velocity, I worked with a major US airline to implement rapid experimentation to delight customers and increase booking revenue; I worked with a major insurance company to scale agile practices across their entire organization; and I worked with startups in and around the Austin area to rapidly respond to market and customer demands.
Sr. Agile Coach & Engagement Lead at SolutionsIQ
2014 – 2017
Richmond, VA, and Client Sites
At SolutionsIQ, I led a team of 20+ coaches and consultants as we helped a large Fortune 100 financial services company adopt agility in their marketing operations division. Based on that success, our team then replicated our success for their entire retail banking division, where we applied agility practices in marketing, operations, and even retail construction efforts.
Sr. Director of Technology at GuideStar USA
2005 – 2014
Williamsburg, VA
While at GuideStar, I held many roles – from Director of Enterprise Development to Senior Director of Technology Strategy. In addition, I also started GuideStar's adoption of Agile and Scrum, serving as Scrum Master, Product Owner, and de facto Agile Coach – helping stand up teams, train and coach peers, managers, and leaders across the organization.
