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Vinod Narayanswamy
Area of Expertise
- Enterprise Agile Transformations
- Scrum@Scale & SAFe Expert
- Agile Leadership Coaching
- Agile Training & Facilitation
- Product Owner Coaching
- Team Coaching & Development
- Agile Maturity & Assessment Models
- Stakeholder Management
- Cultural Transformation
- DevOps & Application Development
Professional Profile
Summary
- Vinod Narayanswamy brings over 15 years of IT experience, with 4+ years as a Transformation Leader and Agile Coach, leading enterprise-level transformations across industries like financial services and healthcare technology.
- He has successfully led two enterprise-level Agile transformations, enhancing continuous delivery, customer engagement, and organizational agility by implementing Agile, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks.
- Vinod is a Licensed Scrum@Scale Trainer, co-trained with Dr. Jeff Sutherland (co-author of the Scrum Guide), and has delivered customized Agile and SAFe training to corporate teams and individuals.
- Vinod has guided executive-level leadership on Agile adoption, driving cultural change and improving team performance with faster development cycles, higher quality, and fewer roll-backs.
- He has extensive hands-on experience applying Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, TDD, XP, and SAFe to support product development, DevOps, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Vinod has coached Product Owners and teams, enhancing backlog management, role clarity, and team productivity, achieving up to 50% improvement in velocity.
- He has developed Agile maturity models, enabling organizations to self-assess their agility from adoption to business agility, and has implemented solutions that enhance organizational performance.
- He has successfully trained over 500 individuals on Lean Agile, Scrum@Scale, and SAFe certifications, consistently receiving high ratings (4.4/5) on Trustpilot for his training sessions.
- Vinod has a strong technical foundation in application development and DevOps practices, working on large-scale IT projects with a focus on quality and innovation.
Certifications
- Certified Scrum@Scale Trainer (ScrumInc)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master (ACSM)
- Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master (CSP-SM)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Licensed Scrum Product Owner (LSPO)
- SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Certified Scrum at Scale Trainer