Tom Boulet
Application Developer & Agile Coach
TDD, BDD, Scrum, Lean, SAFe SPC 6
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Tom Boulet, Agile Coach
Objective

Eager to amplify the effectiveness of teams by applying my years of experience as an Agile Coach and Technical Lead on an application development team. Specifically, I can help teams:

  • Eliminate backtracking and rework by enhancing the team's understanding of requirements with Example Mapping and BDD techniques
  • Increase developer productivity and software quality with TDD, pairing and mobbing
  • Maintain continuous delivery while exploring and learning in new areas such as AI integration
  • Accelerate delivery with optimal user story breakdown for continuous delivery to achieve early and continuous feedback from internal and external customers
  • Maximize early learning and strategic decision making with effective structuring of Epics and Features
  • Optimize team flow with Value Stream Identification and team composition
Skills
  • JavaScript, Node.js, Angular.js
  • HTML and CSS
  • SQL, MongoDB
  • TDD, BDD
  • Gherkin and Cucumber
  • AWS hosting and applications
  • Example Mapping requirements communication
  • Product mindset
  • UX integration with Development
Education & Certifications
  • MEd, Harvard University
  • BA, Boston College, Cum Laude
  • Scrum, Lean, SAFe SPC6
  • Java Certified Developer
Work Experience Highlights
Specific projects
  • Customized a Lean-Agile transformation in a global tractor-trailer brake-parts manufacturer near Birmingham, UK. Led teams in Lean-Agile Hardware development mindset and process conforming to industry standards and government mandates in the UK and US
  • Led 3-day product workshop clarifying outcomes for a group of fish and data experts with an international non-profit research organization reducing hunger in Penang, Malaysia
  • Guided an organization in "productizing" their various IT services to enhance team ownership and organizational clarity
  • Architected and led teams in simplifying and streamlining the security layer underlying 15 web applications
Special skills
  • Developed applications on AWS and WebSphere server using Java, Node.js, HTML, CSS
  • Champion of communication tools both physical and virtual including Slack, IBM Connections, Mural, Trello, RTC, ZenHub, Kanban boards and other "information radiators"
  • Coached executives, product groups, and software and hardware development teams across IBM and several large companies including training SAFe and Scrum courses with a speciality in technical Agile courses like Agile Software Engineering and DevOps
Facilitation and Training
  • All core SAFe training courses (SSM, POPM, LPM, ASM) including technical courses such as SAFe ASE and DevOps
  • Lean Portfolio Management, Product Development and Product Design Thinking
  • Value Stream Identification workshops
  • Advanced Product Management courses
  • SAFe Epic development, Feature breakdown and Story Mapping
  • Behavior Driven Development (BDD) workshops including Example Mapping techniques and Gherkin automation
  • Test Driven Development (TDD) instructional mob programming workshops using Code Kata exercises in a shared online development environment
Work experience summary
  • Independent consultant for the past 8 years
  • Computer coordinator and teacher in private and public schools
  • IBM employee for 20 years as an Agile Coach with IBM Agile Academy, developer consultant, Java Developer and Tech Lead working with team member across the US, UK, India and China