Nivarti Jayaram An IC Agile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC) recognised as one of the TOP25 Thought Leaders on Agile & DevOps by Thinkers360, ICF Accredited Executive & Leadership Transformation Coach, Certified Team Coach, Enterprise Transformation Leader, Keynote Speaker, Author, Service Veteran and an UN Peace Keeper with over 30 Years of experience across Industry sectors. He believes agility is a state of mind, transformation never a destination but a continuous & an ongoing journey. He is author of “Unlearning – Secret to better coaching engagements” and has curated content for the world’s first DevOps Coach program being delivered for DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) and also created & delivered “Leader as a Coach”, an experiential learning program for Executives and Senior Leaders in organizations. A certified professional on “Global Leadership Assessment” by Marshal Goldsmith, he coaches and mentors Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and Senior Leaders on aspects of enterprise transformation, leadership agility and career growth. Specializes in delivering great customer experiences through transforming organizations and helping maximize people potential through coaching. He has the experience of leading Enterprise Transformation Programs covering Digital Transformation, Infrastructure Modernization, Operational Process Transformation, Payments Transformation, Agile, DevOps & Cloud Transformation programs over the past 15 Years in Defence, Automotive, Service and Financial Sectors. Recognized for consistently achieving targets set for business development, off-shoring through identification of opportunities, capability & strong brand building and stakeholder management. Established Centre of Excellence for Cloud, DevOps, Agile, Business Process Management, Project & Program Management at multiple organizations. He has held senior roles as Head of Project Management Practice, Head of Payments Portfolio Delivery and, also as Head of Transformation at large organizations and is well recognized in the industry. He has the experience of implementing Scaling frameworks like SAFe, Scrum of Scrums in big organizations and leading team of established coaches from the industry. He is a speaker across global conferences on Agile, Leadership, DevOps, DevSecOps & cultural aspects over the years. He is also been a jury member for “World Agility Forum” for the past two years and, also has been a reviewer across global conferences by Agile Alliance, Business Agility Institute amongst others. He is delivering trainings for more than a decade and has trained people on Portfolio, Program and Project Management, Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) like Leading SAFe, SAFe PO/PM, SAFe SM, DevOps Coach Program apart from Agile Leadership. Areas of Proficiency: Lean-Agile Coaching Professional Coaching Executive and Leadership Coaching Organizational and Systems Coaching Enterprise Transformation Cultural Transformation Leadership Assessment Licenses and Certifications: ICAgile Authorised Trainer DASA DevOps Coach Trainer SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Program Management Professional (PgMP) Project Management Professional (PMP) Lego Serious Play Certified Facilitator (LSP) Global Leadership Assessment (GLA)