Drew Grant

Experience

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  VALIC

  May 1998 - Apr 2012

  • Project Manager

    May 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Sr. Programmer Analyst

    May 2006 - Apr 2010

  • Programmer Analyst

    May 2001 - Apr 2006

  • Associate Programmer Analyst

    Sept 1998 - Apr 2001

  • Programmer Analyst Intern

    May 1998 - Aug 1998
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  VALIC

  May 2013 - Aug 2016

  Senior Project Manager
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  AIG Retirement Services

  Sept 2016 - now

  Agile process champion for multiple teams who enables agility by improving ways of working and empowers the organization to adopt an agile mindset of continuous improvement. Enable Agile adoption by teaching, mentoring, and coaching teams in Agile-based frameworks to ensure the successful delivery of value as a sustainable pace.• Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile teams and management on agile best practices• Assess agile maturity of the organization and identify opportunities for growth• Establish core metrics to evaluate team performance and empower teams to objectively reflect and make data driven decisions to support self-organization• Facilitate workshop training on Agile frameworks, competencies, and methodologies• Contribute to the Agile Center of Excellence• Facilitate, support, and participate in employee-led Agile Communities of Practice• Work as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master Show less Servant leader of multiple scrum teams focused on driving continuous improvement towards self-organization and building high performing teams that deliver customer value through tight feedback cycles.• Guides and coaches scrum teams on how to use agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services.• Achieve high performance teams through continuous improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques• Ensure scrum is understood and the team adheres to scrum theory, practice, and guidelines• Facilitates and supports all scrum events• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization Show less

  • Senior Agile Facilitator / Coach

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Scrum Master

    Sept 2016 - Feb 2020
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  Corebridge Financial

  Feb 2022 - now

  Experienced Agile leader that helps scale and deliver Agile capabilities while working across journeys and teams applying knowledge, skills and techniques in the adoption and improvement of agile practices and mindsets across the organization. Demonstrate leadership, strategic thinking, have a solutioning mindset, have accountability and the ability to build rapport with clients, team members, managers and senior executives.• Lead the Agile Enablement function of our Agile Practice to continue to build out new offerings and solutions that best fit our clients needs• Manage and foster growth of agile consultants• Lead client organizations in their agile adoption and improvement journey as an Enterprise-level Agile Coach• Design, advise and promote strategic agile direction and transformations in partnership with organizational leaders• Provide agile coaching to impacted executive, business and technology functions• Establish and implement metrics to optimize agile delivery and measure business agility in terms of predictability, reliability, and adaptability• Assess and communicate enterprise-wide agile adoption progress against coaching, improvement, and change roadmaps• Coach Product Managers, Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Agile teams, and senior management, to enhance Agile application, release planning, agile ceremonies, Kanban best practices, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery practices.• Share agile (Scrum) and/or Kanban best practices through informal communication and/or formal training sessions Show less

  • Vice President, Head of Agile Enablement

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Assistant Vice President, Agile Enablement Lead

    Feb 2022 - Apr 2023