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Kay Johnson

Kay Johnson

Treasurer and Secretary, Hampshire Branch

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Busy being retired and traveling

  • Education

    • University of Plymouth

      1994 - 1997
      BSc First Class Mathematics with Computing

      Activities and Societies: Fresher mentoring, Swimming Mathematics with Computing

  • Experience

    • National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)

      Jan 1987 - Jan 1992
      Treasurer and Secretary, Hampshire Branch

      Volunteer, with the Hampshire Branch of the NDCS. Managing membership, events, accounts and audits.

    • IBM

      Sept 1997 - Oct 2017

      Agile consultant, coach and mentor to other coaches. Successfully instilled the agile mindset to 8,000 IBMers with a measurable cost avoidance of $41m in one year. Ran bootcamps to quickly get agile coaches and champions trained, then mentor them as they work with teams.Goal is to address business problems and improve the lives of team members by introducing them to the Agile practices, techniques and tools, together with the lean principles.Analysis of data from software development projects to enhance development effectiveness and efficiency. Provide consulting services to deploy associated practices.Specialties include facilitation, coaching, software development, project management, scrum master, software testing, consultanting. Show less

      • IBM Cloud Architect and DevOps / Agile Transformation Advisor

        Jun 2014 - Oct 2017

      • Development Effectiveness Consultant

        Jan 2006 - Jun 2014

      • Senior Project Manager

        Dec 2004 - Jan 2006

      • Software Development Manager

        Dec 2000 - Dec 2004

      • Software Test Team Lead

        Sept 1997 - Dec 2000

    • Assurity Consulting Ltd

      Nov 2017 - Oct 2022
      Principal Consultant (Business Agility, Education, Agile & DevOps)

      Trusted advisor to clients, helping them understand the business benefits of transformation to an agile mindset. Defining user outcomes, transformation strategies, MVPs, hypotheses, metrics, training and coaching needs. Delivering training in Facilitation, Agile Project and Delivery Management, Agile Coaching, Foundations of DevOps. Leading engagements with CxO level clients including: Value Stream Lead at Vector Metering; Agile Coach at Worksafe; Agile Coach at Argos Financial Solutions. Show less

    • Self-employed

      Nov 2022 - now

      • Agile Coach

        Oct 2022 - now

      • Traveler

        Nov 2022 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications