• Michael Levitis

    MBA, CSP, CSM, PMP, CLSSBB, P2AP, SMAC, SPOAC

    Sr. Agile Coach/Scrummaster

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    Greetings and welcome to my page!

     

    My name is Michael Levitis. As you can tell by all of the acronyms after my name, I passed a lot of certification exams. Basically this means that I am a very good test taker. More importantly, I am a highly accomplished Senior Agile Project Management Executive, with a verifiable track record of managing complex projects and leading Agile transformations.

     

    My 20+ year career has been focused on Program and Project Management, with the last 10 years dedicated to learning, teaching and implementing the Agile framework into companies and building self-managed and self organizing Project teams. So far I have successfully led 3 Agile transformation initiatives and worked on many projects utilizing Scrum, Kanban and XP.

     

    I have been very fortunate to work with some amazing Fortune 100, Mid-Size and Start-up companies that span across industries such as Financial, Banking, Media, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Chemical, Retail, E-commerce, Education, and IT.

     

    I believe that education is something that is continuous and always try to learn from everyone around me.

     

  • Experience

    A brief view of some of the companies I worked with

    Download a copy of my resume

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    Sr. Release Train Engineer\Team Agile Coach

     

     

    • RTE for a 5 team Agile Release Train (ART)
    • Coach and manage 3 Scrum Masters
    • Implemented a quarterly Inspect and Adapt process for the ART
    • Facilitate Train-wide solution demos
    • Ensure Train has full visibility into roadmap and OKRs
    • Create coaching workshops for new team members
    • Represent ART on all Enterprise meetings
    • Developed and implemented an enterprise request intake process.
    • Coach 5 Agile teams

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    Sr. Scrum Master/Agile Team Coach.

     

    Responsible for developing high performing teams utilizing Scrum and Kanban frameworks in a SAFe environment.

     

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    Sr. Agile Transformation Coach

    • E-School: Successfully coached 12 newly formed teams
    • P-Tech: Developed Agile training courses for Administration and faculty of company sponsored Public Schools
    • SAAS Workshops: Coached existing teams on story mapping and becoming high performing teams.

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    Agile Framework Coaching, Transformation and Management service through customized, client specific, workshops and implementation strategies.

    We partner with our clients through every step of their Agile transformation.

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    Agile Transformation Coach/Sr. Scrum Master

    • Agile Transformation Initiative

    • Optimum.com Redesign

    • SMB.net Redesign

    • Residential Content Management System

    • NJ Transit Paid WiFi

    • GENESYS Migration

    • Rewind Live TV

    • My Services

    • Outage Communication

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    Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master

    • Agile Transformation

    • VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

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    Sr. Project Manager - Consultant 

    • Right Rate Initiative

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    JP Morgan Chase

    Vice President Global Reference Data Technology - Consultant 

    • New reporting System reducing data input by ~50%

    • Oversaw 6 initiative streams with a ~ $50,000,000 annual IT budget.

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    Independent Consultant

    Project Management Consultant 

    • Empire State Building Corporation

    • Taliafero & Viglione, LLC.

    • Raqmiyat 

    • HLA Charter School

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    Director of Supply Chain Operations/Sr. Program Manager 

    • Agile Transformation Lead

    • Website enhancement Program

    • Control Point Reporting.

    • Release Management Implementation

    • “Multi Queue” Processing Environment creation

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    Director of IT 

    • PMO Office Creation

    • Office buildout and relocation

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    President

    • Andersen Consulting/Langton Cherubino

    • The Agency Group

    • United Systems Integrators

    • G2X Software

    • Merrill Lynch

    • Phase2Media

    • Lowenstein Sandler

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    Sr. Manager 

    • US Postal Service

    • Telefonos de Mexico

    • Telefonica Brasil

    • United Healthcare 

    • Humana

    • DuPont 

    • Chase Manhattan Bank

  • SKILLS 

    My Strengths

     

    SAFe

     

    Agile Project Management

     

    Team Coaching

     

    Scrum

     

    XP

     

    Kanban

     

    RUP

     

    SDLC

     

    Program Management

     

    Process Redesign

     

    Agile Transformantion

     

    Leadership

     

    Vendor Management

     

    Vision Execution

  • EDUCATION

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    Pennsylvania State University

    MBA  - Project Management

     

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    Villanova University

    Certificate in Advanced Project Management

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    Pace University

    Bachelors Finance 

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    Scrum Alliance

    Certified Scrum Professional

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    Scrum  Alliance

    Certified Scrum Master

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    Villanova University

    Six Sigma Black Belt

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    IBM

    Certified Agile Coach

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    IBM

    Certified Agile Champion

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    IBM

    Enterprise Design Thinking Coach

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    APMG-International

    Prince2 Advanced Practitioner

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    International Scrum Institute

    Scrum Master Accredited Certification

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    International Scrum Institute

    Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification

  • My Goals

    Just wanted to share some of my long-term and short-term goals that I am working on in my professional and personal life.

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    To be the best Father and Husband that I can be.

    Never ending

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    Receive a SAFe Certification

    To Do

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    Write a book about my family's history

    In progress!!!

  • REFERENCES

     

    Enough about me... Tell me what you think of me.

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    Sascia Pastori

    Agile Coach at IBM

    Michael is always there when you need his help. I do not remember one time that he did not say "Of course I can help!". He always has a funny and interesting story to tell that fits the situation. We did several coaching workshops together and I was able to experience his unique style directly. I hope to work with Michael again in the future.

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    Barbara-Ann Winner, CISM

    Director of Information Security at St. John's University

    I highly recommend considering Michael and Agility CS for development instruction and consultant needs. Michael is an excellent instructor. He clearly understands the subject matter and has excellent practical experience. Beyond that Michael has a wonderful way of teaching adult learners. He understands the audience and how they consume information. Our team had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and left the course knowing we had a friend and mentor in Michael as we take what we learned into practice.

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    Michael Valentin, MSIS, PMP, CSM, CSPO

    Chief Technology Officer at Sandata Technologies

    Michael joined my team at Cablevision at the start of our Agile transformation and has helped us greatly in achieving our goals. Michael brings a wealth of experience, passion and diligence to his role as Scrum Master. He has led by example and continues to train new and coach existing Product Owners and Developers to ensure success through the use of Agile methods. Michael enjoys trying new ideas for improving team velocity and bring variety to his team’s retrospectives to keep the teams engaged. Michael consistently engages in discussions as a thought leader to spread the word about the benefits of Agile. All that said, Michael is fun to work with. He’s engaging, funny, self-deprecating and full of entertaining stories and analogies. As such, he garners trust from those with whom he works which in turn allows him to continue his success as an Agile leader. I would recommend Michael without reservation.

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    Peter Saddington - MDiv, CST✔

    Organizational Scientist & Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with Agile For All, LLC

    It was my pleasure to work with Michael during a scrum workshop. His ability to collaborate and work with others was a great value add. His facilitation and attitude goes a long way! I would love to work with him again!

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    Robert Cass, PMP, CSM/CSPO/CSP, ITIL

    Director of Web Development at Cablevision

    The best way to describe Mike is that he is an anomaly.

    Mike is, by far, the best team builder and motivator that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. What makes him an anomaly is that while the good ones make it look easy - Mike does it in explicably - it just happens, which, in my opinion, makes him great.

    I believe the reason for this is that not only is he a highly competent leader, but he's naturally just great with people. He relates to them at a much deeper level.

    In short, Mike gets results and everyone is happy. He's is an amazing guy to work with and an integral part of establishing high performing, self managing teams

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    Ada Musheyev, CSM/CSPO

    Sr. Scrum Master at Cox Automotive

    Michael has a cheerful and positive personality that makes him a joy to work with. At the same time, he displays leadership ability and an innovative mindset. He exceeds expectations in his role. Michael is a professional, who stands out amongst his peers. He is enthusiastic and always eager to learn more. All of Michael’s team members love him, praise his ability to seamlessly manage any project and get impeccable results. Most of all I would like to mention that Michael is a person you could always count on! He never hesitates to be the first to unconditionally offer help and support! There is a saying in Russian: “Michael is the type of person I would go to war with”.

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    Roland Leibundgut

    Founder/Principal Agilist at The Agile PMO

    Working with Michael was a pleasure all way. He is a self-starter, passionate and doesn't need much guidance, yet accepts feedback and strives to continually improve his skills.


    When he started, I assigned him one of our most complex projects major infrastructure renewal with a substantial R&D component. The project had a long history of missed milestones, budget overruns and issues with personalities. In a very short time Michael established a good accord with all stakeholders, implemented an approach based on agile principles, ensured the team could work without interruption and drove the project to success.


    Beside this direct assignment he was always willing to help other team members and go the extra mile for the team. I would love to work with Michael any time again and can only highly recommend him !

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    Tom Rohner, CMS, ITIL

    Director of PMO at Managed Healthcare Associates, Inc.

    Mike's widespread knowledge of project management was evident from the start. His work shows detail and is comprehensive. Mike has the motivation and skills to manage a wide variety of projects.

     

    I fully recommend Michael – it is rare to see someone with who brings such enthusiasm and initiative to any project. Our team performance benefited greatly from Michael’s dedicated work ethic, creative skills, and flexibility of thinking.

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    Len Gutman

    Sr. Director, Enterprise Data Quality at Sirius XM Satellite Radio

    Michael is extremely talented project leader: well organized, attentive to detail, able to provide strong strategic and tactical guidance and very goal-oriented. He is a a very valuable asset to any organization in need of project management leadership

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    Carol R. Parson

    Program Director at Young & Rubicam Group

    Michael shows tremendous skills and interpersonal proficiency that makes him a great project manager and analyst. I recommend Michael highly, and would be pleased to have the opportunity to work with him again in the future.

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    George Almond

    Independent Management Consultant

    Michael does a good job tracking the tasks and details for project work. He understands how to balance resources and meet conflicting demands. He consistently maintains focus despite the inevitable distractions of the work environment. I would be happy to work with him again.

  • CONTACT ME! 

    I look forward to hearing from you

  • LET'S CHAT

    1(347)915-5411

    (347)915-5411

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    Greater New York City Area