11. Chad “Agile Ninja” Holdorfwww.scaledagiledelivery.com Hi, my name is Chad Holdorf and I call myself the Agile Ninja (formally know as the UberScrumMaster). One day I saw a job posting on Rally for an UberScrumMaster and thought that sounded like a fun job. As I read the description I thought it sounded a lot like me. I work for a large manufacturing Fortune 100 company in Des Moines IA as an Agile Process Pro. I’m not sure that is the right title, but my role is to roll out and support Agile to the organization. The challenges I blog/tweet/talk about are related to how the organization I work in is tailored around hardware and waterfall processes. This drives me bonkers! I’ve been applying Agile practices since Feb08. As an Agile Coach, I orchestrated the first large-scale Agile transformation within the company. This project included over 200 people and 30+ managers and was initiated, successfully, just four months prior to a critical product launch. I specializing in organizational change, optimization, efficiency and business value delivery, I make organizations better. Today 600+ people are practicing what I call “Scaled Agile Delivery Methodology” within the company I work for.