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LitheSpeed specializes in the structured definition of business problems through a blend of Lean and Six Sigma techniques, and the rapid delivery of business value via Agile and Lean methods. LitheSpeed's Agile expertise covers Scrum, Lean Software Development and Extreme Programming. Our offerings include Lean and Agile management and process consulting, interactive training workshops, and just-in-time coaching services.
Our consultants and trainers have had more than a decade of experience implementing Agile methods including Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP) at companies ranging from Fortune 100 stalwarts to startups. Our trainers are recognized experts with real life experience gleaned from multiple engagements across various industries.
Our Leadership Team
Sanjiv Augustine, President
An industry-leading agile and lean expert, Sanjiv is a co-founder and board member of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). He is also the author of several publications and the book Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005); and the founder and moderator of the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. He presents regularly at several agile conferences worldwide, and project management conferences including Project World and Project Summit. Sanjiv has assisted clients in deploying agile and lean methodologies at many institutions large and small. As a management coach and consultant, he has advised in the enterprise rollout and adoption of Scrum at several Fortune 250 companies. As an in-the-trenches practitioner, he has personally managed agile projects varying in size from five to over one hundred people and coached numerous project teams. For more information, see Sanjiv’s website: www.sanjivaugustine.com.
Arlen Bankston, Executive Vice President
Arlen is an established leader in the application and evolution of process management methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma and BPM, as well as Agile software development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified ScrumMaster Trainer. He also has eleven years of experience in product design, leveraging principles of information architecture, interaction design and usability to develop innovative products that meet customers' expressed and unspoken needs. Arlen has led Agile and Lean deployment and managed process improvement projects at clients such as Capital One, T. Rowe Price, Freddie Mac, and the Armed Forces Benefits Association. Arlen's recent work has centered on combining Lean Six Sigma process improvement methods with Agile execution to dramatically improve both the speed and quality of business results. He has also led the integration of interaction design and usability practices into Agile methodologies, presenting and training frequently at both industry conferences and to Fortune 100 clients.
Roland Cuellar, Vice President
Roland has years of Agile Project Management and Lean expertise - he is a leader in helping enterprise level clients to adopt the use of both agile and lean in their organizations. Roland has helped executives prepare their organizations for agile transformation by identifying challenges and opportunities related to agile and lean implementation and developing action plans and risk mitigation strategies to insure that agile and lean initiatives are successful. Roland has led numerous agile product development teams in the areas of marketing applications, mortgage, compliance, and logistics. Roland has also given numerous agile training classes to both management and technology teams. Roland has prior experience leading large software development projects for IBM, Lockheed Martin, and DHL. Roland has a B.S. in Computer Science, an MBA, and is a Certified ScrumMaster and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Bob Payne, Senior Consultant
Bob Payne is the President of Electroglide, Inc, and a leading proponent of Agile Methodologies and Agile Engineering Practices with 25 years of project management, software development, engineering and business experience. As an early adopter of Extreme Programming (XP), he has worked exclusively as an Agile Coach and practitioner since 1999. He has mentored and managed many projects ranging in size from five to over one hundred people. As host of the AgileToolkit podcast he has produced over 60 podcasts, recording a variety of industry leaders and Agile practitioners. He has been on the organizing committee of the Agile Software Development Conference in 2007 and 2008. He is cofounder of the Washington, DC XP Users Group. Bob is passionate about training development teams in the use of Agile Engineering Practices that allow them to deliver high quality software in an Agile, iterative and incremental manner. With a MSEE in Computer Architectures for Artificial Intelligence and having grown up working in his family restaurant, he brings a unique blend of technical excellence and customer service to bear on his projects and training courses.
Jeff Patton, Senior Consultant
Jeff Patton has designed and developed software for the past 13 years on a wide variety of projects from on-line aircraft parts ordering to electronic medical records. Jeff has focused on Agile approaches since working on an early Extreme Programming team in 2000. In particular Jeff has specialized in the application of user centered design techniques to improve Agile requirements, planning, and iterative product design and development. Some of his recent writings on the subject are found at www.agileproductdesign.com , Alistair Cockburn's Crystal Clear, and his regular StickyMinds.com and IEEE Software Magazine columns. His forthcoming book "Agile Development Outside-In" will be released in Addison-Wesley's Agile Development Series and gives tactical advice to those seeking to deliver useful, usable, and valuable software using Agile methods. Jeff is the founder and co-moderator of the Yahoo agile-usability discussion group.
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