Welcome to My Web Site

My web site is here to provide you with a web based enhanced version of my resume and more.  Discover all of the glowing recommendations I’ve received from colleagues, the many articles, books and columns that I’ve published, learn how I created this web site, and much more.

Career Objective

I am interested in career opportunities in a engineering leadership position utilizing Agile / SAFe / Scrum frameworks, in the role of Director, Engineering Manager, Director of Agile / PMO, Agile Coach / Scrum Coach / Agile Transformation Leader or Program/Project Manager.

I have experience in many types of business environments including startup, small, regional, national and planet scale at companies like Apple, IBM, Adobe, VMware, and in industries like retail, e-commerce, finance, health care, utilities, government and more.

Visit My Blog

Be sure to visit my blog AdamsAndBits.com and learn more about my Agile and Scrum expertise in the Agile section of my blog.

Recommendations

Discover all the details of the wonderful recommendations I’ve received from colleagues (thanks everyone) in Recommendations. Here are some brief quotes from them.

Joshua Wong
Senior Engineering Manager / Apple

... he is caring and passionate, and such personality showed through in his team work ... I valued his partnership ...

Kevin Davis
Application Engineering Manager / Adobe

... the teams had made significant progress toward agile adoption, and were seeing many of the benefits ... I recommend Ken to any team looking to transition to agile processes, or struggling with lack of predictability in delivery.

Christian Bell
Staff Consulting Architect / VMware

...Ken was the first one who truly transformed the program and made it run smoothly. ... coached multiple teams in how to ... implement proper SAFe methodology.  The result was what many Agile practitioners aspire to, but rarely achieve: Truly accelerated velocity of delivery and capability.

Prajval Parthasarathy
Chief Product Officer / Ivanti - Heat Software

Ken has the deepest passion for “all things agile” and was a great partner to the engineering leadership ... I would highly recommend Ken to any development organization looking for leadership to get to the next level of agility.

James DonFrancesco
Group Program Manager / Apple

His professionalism and drive were two things that led me to bring him on board. I would recommend Ken to any team that is looking for someone who really understands Agile ...

Chris Scrudato
Director EUC Solutions / VMware

... Ken’s organizational and communication skills were outstanding throughout the project. He took charge of a variety of workstreams and kept them all on schedule ... Ken is outstanding at what he does and I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.

Ken Folsom
Director of QA & Shared Services / Ivanti - Heat Software

Ken has great knowledge of agile, Scrum, CI/CD [DevOps] ... Ken is a true agile practitioner who embodies the spirit of individuals and interactions over those processes and tools.

Hector Mendez
Senior Service Delivery Executive / VMware

He’s a phenomenal program leader who is well-respected by his peers and is well liked by his customers. ... I can’t say enough good things about Ken...

Larry Apke
Agile Coach / Apple

...his desire to bring the benefits of Agile to those he works with sets him apart.

Scott Davis
Director of Engineering QA / Ivanti - Heat Software

... worked extensively with Ken in transforming our cloud testing capabilities, and implementing a Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery [CI/CD - DevOps] ... Ken’s role in that major transformation was vital to our success.

Chris Andrew
Senior Director of Software Engineering / Ivanti - Heat Software

Ken is a very strong Agile process engineer with great insights on how to scale agile across a large software development environment. ... Enjoyed working with him!

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Professional Summary

I have extensive expertise in project management, product management and product development, team leadership, business and technology strategy development and implementation, systems architecture, software development and systems implementation with many technologies and I hold many IT industry certifications in IT management and technology.

I have an extensive technology and management background that is particularly well suited for software development of web, mobile and cloud applications.  Check out the Key Skills and Technologies sections for more details.

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Contact Me

The best way to reach me is to send me a message on LinkedIn.

e: kenswebsite at this web site’s domain
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethbadams
My Blog: https://AdamsAndBits.com
Scrum Alliance profile:  https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/profile/kadams8