Venue
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, USA

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Event Date Mon Oct 14 EDT - Thu Oct 17 EDT (8 months ago)
Location Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront St, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, USA
Region Americas
Details

Join us where the power of human connection is as essential as the subjects we explore. Celebrate with us at the upcoming Summit. Find inspiring keynotes, in-depth discussions, customer stories, interactive exhibits, and endless networking opportunities.

Explore how enterprises harness the power of SAFe to not just adapt, but to excel in an ever-changing world, fostering agile practices that build resilient organizational cultures. Engage with expert SAFe coaches, thought leaders, and seasoned professionals. Share insights, gain knowledge, seek advice, and expand your network. Make an investment in yourself.

Who should attend:
• Leadership teams who are dedicated to adapting their organizations to meet the evolving needs of customers now and into the future.
• SAFe Professionals who guide their teams’ journey toward enhanced agility, adaptability, and efficiency.
• SAFe Participants who enhance their performance to consistently deliver top results and advance in their careers.
• SAFe Partners who are actively leading transformations towards achieving favorable outcomes for their customers.

All those looking to make connections and explore everything SAFe has to offer.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTES SPEAKERS

Jennifer Pahlka
Author of “Recoding America”

Chris James
Chief Executive Officer, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist, Scaled Agile, Inc.

SPEAKERS

Steve Adolph
Strategic Advisor, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Ray Angelone
SPCT, Softworld

Audrey Boydston
Principal, SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Em Campbell-Pretty
CEO & SAFe Fellow, Pretty Agile

Michael Casey
Founder, SPCT, SAFe Fellow, Agile Big Picture

I-Wen Chen
Director, Business Agility, Project & Team

Anthony Crain
Business Agility Strategy and Execution, Cprime

Cori Creran
Digital Solutions Portfolio Manager, NY Jurisdiction, National Grid

Cheryl Crupi
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Charlene Cuenca
Principal Consultant and SAFe Fellow, SPCT, ICON Agility Services

Deema Dajani
Portfolio Strategy Leader & Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Rebecca Davis
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Kyle Dukes
Lean Agile Coach and Trainer, Cprime

Robert Dunlap
Enterprise Agile Coach, iSPCT Candidate, Ericsson

Cynthia Ferreira
Strategic Advisor, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Ken France
VP Enterprise Agility/SAFe Fellow, Cprime

Dave Gipp
Enterprise Agile Coach, Systems Thinking Trainer, Agile Velocity

Kevin Gray
Former Chief Information Officer, City of Burbank

Laura Grosshans
Product Delivery Manager, Bloomberg

Neil Hays
Director & Principal Consultant, Front Porch Agility

Luke Hohmann
Chief Innovation Officer, Applied Frameworks

Chris James
Chief Executive Officer, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Michelle Jimenez
Product Manager, SAFe Professional, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Rosana Johnson
SAFe Strategic Advisor, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Marie Kalliney
Lean Agile Advisor, Independent

William Kammersell
Director of Product Management, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Jason Kenney
AVP, Next Evolution of Work, TD Bank

Marina Kernes
Assistant CIO, SPC, City of Burbank

Mirko Kleiner
Thought Leader & President, Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance

Harry Koehnemann
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Colton Kosicek
AVP, Lean Agile Center of Excellence, CNA

Sebastian LaRosa
Director of Product Ownership, Vice President, Fifth Third Bank

Karen Lewison
Sr. Event Manager, CMM, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Adam Mattis
Principal, SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Dr. Steve Mayner
VP Framework, Methodologist & SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Christina McWilliams
Founder, Aedifides LLC

Tamara Nation
VP, Professionals Business Segment, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Stephan Neck
SPCT | Managing Director, Flow Sphere - Switzerland

Laura L. O'Brien
Senior Director of Agile Practice, CNO Financial

Philipp Orlet
Head of Agile Transformation, P3 digital services GmbH

Saahil Panikar
CIO, ICON Agility Services

Chris PerDieu
Agile Transformation Leader, Packaged Agile

Ken Presutti
Agile Product Coach, PNC Bank

Lindy Quick
SAFe Transformation Lead, upGrad

Franklin Reyes
Product Delivery Manager, Bloomberg

Mark Richards
Founding Creator at Shaping Agility, SAFe Fellow, Shaping Agility

Marc Rix
SAFe Fellow, Methodologist, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Mark Saymen
VP Digital Transformation and Innovation, Agile Agilist

Peter Schwalm
Director Digital Transformation, National Grid

Tim Shisler
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Multimedia, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Jordan Stoner
Agile Coach, Lockheed Martin

Michael Stump
Executive Advisor, Just Leading Solutions

Finn Thieme
Founder, CEO, Partner, Agilizer / New Work Solutions GmbH

Brandon Thornhill
Manager, Digital Portfolio Strategy, National Grid

Joe Vallone
SPCT & SAFe Fellow, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Kimberly Wade
Chief Strategy Officer, F/A-18 & EA-18G IPT/ NAVAIR

Silvio Wandfluh
VP Product & Customer Success, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Eric Willeke
Founding Creator, Shaping Agility / HYPR

Curtis Yee
AVP, Next Evolution of Work, TD Bank

Yuval Yeret
SAFe Fellow, SPCT, Flowsphere | Yeret Agility

Jim Fowler
Strategic Advisor, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Lieschen Gargano
RTE, LACE Leader, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Madi Romashko
Agile Coach, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Russell Avre
President, Glappy Foundation

Sarah Blaesing
Lead Agile Coach & SPCT, TEKsystems Global Services

Ashley Stevenson
Sr. Advisor - Manager - Agile Coach, LSA Digital

Danielle Linn
Principal Advisor and Director of Agility-at-Scale, LSA Digital

Heidi Hatch
Agile Manager and Coach, Northrop Grumman

Suzette Johnson
NG Fellow, Lean Agile Digital, Northrop Grumman

Stella O'Brien
Sr VP Sales, ICON Agility Services

Daylon Walton
Agile Engagement Manager, ICON Agility Services

Brian Paniccia
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, TecVeris

Glenn Watson
Senior Strategic Advisor, Product Innovation, Launch at NTT Data

Jason Aitchison
Senior Director, Technical Solution Architect, Launch at NTT Data

Janik Röhler
Sales Consultant, Seibert

Jonathan Batsch
Sales & Business Development, KEGON

Bharat Shah
Practice Lead, HCLTech

Kevin Bhoocher
AVP Enterprise Sales and Client Partnerships, Skillbook

Chris Harrison
SAFe® Transformation Leader, Agile Coach, Skillbook

Renata Moreno
Director, Deloitte

Henrique Bueno Rodrigues
Manager, Petrobras

Christie Veitch
Product Manager, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Ella Martinez
Senior Learning Content Developer, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Chris Ruch
SPCT, CEO, Agile Rising

Jennifer Pahlka
Author, Former USA Deputy CTO, Founder, Code for America

Fred Champlain
Agile Evangelist, SPM Product Management, ServiceNow

Mark Des Biens
Sr. Solutions Consultant, Apptio, an IBM Company

Devan Corona
Lead Software Engineer, TecVeris

Matt Gorbsky
Head of Product, Broadcom

Mike Idengren
Principal Owner, LSA Digital

Robin Yemen
Space Domain Lead, Carnegie Mellon SEI

Thomas Fountain
SPC / Senior Team Coach, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Tina Behars
VP of Aligned Agility, The Adaptavist Group

Eric Neal
Director of Global Events, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Dr. Wiselin Mathuram
CTO, International Business Consultants LLC

Nikolaos Kaintantzis
SPCT, Systemic Coach, KEGON

Daniel Quick
Chief Customer Learning Officer, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Greg Sahand
Sr. Principal Product Manager, ServiceNow

William Leach
Director Process, PMO, & Change NY Electric Business Unit, National Grid

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

• IBM
• The Adaptavist Group
• Frameworx Consulting
• Planisware
• Atlassian
• ValueOps
• @Scale
• LSA Digital
• Launch
• Skillbook Academy
• Eliassen
• AgilityHealth
• Planview
• ICON
• Tempo
• Cprime
• ServiceNow
• Apptio
• JLS
• CGI
• Agile Hive
• TecVeris
• Comparative Agility