Scaling Agile: 20 to 80+ Builders
As Agile Coach at Flywheel/WP Engine, I scaled the Scrum organization fourfold. Certified by Jeff Sutherland and Mike Cohn, I trained thousands of clients across four countries on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and release planning.
Scaling the Organization
When I joined Flywheel as Agile Coach, the engineering team was around 20 people running a handful of Scrum teams. Over the next several years, I helped scale it to 80+ builders. That work meant evolving team structures and adding cross-team coordination. I also coached leaders through the problems that come with fast growth.
Coaching & Frameworks
I worked across Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe depending on what each team needed. Some teams thrived with strict two-week sprints. Others needed the flexibility of Kanban flow. At the portfolio level, I helped leadership adopt release planning and PI planning practices that gave the whole organization visibility into what was coming and when.
Training Across Borders
Beyond internal coaching, I trained thousands of clients across four countries on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and release planning. These were hands-on workshops with practical tools teams could apply right away. The clients ranged from startups trying Scrum for the first time to enterprises scaling across departments.
Certification & Growth
I hold Scrum certifications from Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum, and Mike Cohn, one of the founders of the Scrum Alliance. The certifications were a starting point. Most of what I learned came from years of coaching teams through the reality of building software at scale.