Experience
Twenty-seven years of partnering with teams.
A journey from the chemistry lab to enterprise agile transformation - always in service of the people doing the work.
- Jan 2026 - Present
Sr. Agile Coach
Paciolan · Irvine, CA
Built a coaching system enabling teams to become high-performing through habit adoption, metrics-based assessments, and Change Agent Cohorts - fostering self-sufficiency from within. Partnered with Leadership to drive transparency, change, and alignment, while leveraging AI tools to streamline ways of working.
- Designed a metrics-based Agile Coaching System (Playbook + KPI framework: cycle time, lead time, throughput, initiative delivery) enabling 12 teams to become high-performing.
- Achieved 20–45% cycle time improvement YoY and 10–15% lead time improvement.
- Facilitated Initiative Inceptions establishing alignment and a clear path to delivery.
- Created Change Agent Cohorts to embed Agile practices and build long-term self-sufficiency.
- Designed retrospective templates adopted organization-wide to drive continuous improvement.
- Built personalized coaching support systems for PMs, Engineering Managers, Leads, and team members.
- Championed monthly women-led workshops and organizational workshops on Communication and Team Dynamics.
- Applied AI tools continuously to streamline and modernize human ways of working.
- Jul 2021 - Dec 2025
Agile Coach
Paciolan · Irvine, CA
Joined teams as they embarked on their Agile journey, continuously mentoring on agile and lean practices. Devoted to creating safe spaces and environments of continuous growth and collaboration.
- Partnered with Engineering, Product, and Design Leads to facilitate Product Inceptions and create shared understanding.
- Evangelized and co-facilitated a Community of Practice through Lean Coffees.
- Grew others by mentoring, teaching, coaching, and facilitating.
- Sep 2013 - Jul 2021
Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Project Manager
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Drove agile transformation across the enterprise, leading cloud migrations, process improvements, and cross-functional program delivery.
- Led cloud migrations (Azure & AWS) and cloud computing development endeavors.
- Drove process improvements from Waterfall to Agile using Scrum.
- Coordinated software rollouts and standardized releases across multiple teams using GIT and ServiceNow.
- Partnered with Legal, Security, and internal departments on vendor contracts.
- Managed architecture audit remediation across database, network, and security.
- Authored test cases and organized artifacts for internal and external audits.
- Oct 2004 - Jul 2015
New Product Development / Process Improvements
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Managed enterprise programs and process improvements spanning ERP, facilities, and business continuity.
- Led ERP transformation and managed BAAN ERP projects to reduce manual data entry.
- Coordinated internal & external resources for a $3.5M facilities expansion program.
- Managed new product development, Business Continuity, and Quality improvement projects.
- Standardized and revised procedures through the PMO office to launch best practices.
- Apr 1998 - Oct 2004
Chemist
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Started the journey in the lab - where the discipline of measurement, iteration, and continuous improvement first took root.
- Manufactured scaled controls and intermediates.
- Performed variance analysis of completed builds.
- Managed equipment acquisition and audit findings, revising procedures accordingly.