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Gary Cohen
Gary has thirty years of experience in the software development industry as developer, manager, and executive across a variety of vertical markets. He successfully introduced and cultivated agile thinking and cultural values at several different software and services companies as a development executive creating high performing, self-organizing, and sustainable teams.
Gary is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitation, and ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania.
Feedback from our Clients
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"Working with Gary has been my best experience with an Agile coach in my professional career. We achieved Gary's vision of reducing lead time from 6-9 months to 4-6 weeks. I would highly recommend him to any other organizations looking to go through either a complete agile transformation, or even just up-leveling their current Agile ways of working."
David Packard, Engineering Director, Google
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"I have worked with Gary in three different companies throughout my career and can truly say that he is by far the best Agile practitioner with whom I've had a pleasure to partner and collaborate. He is impactful at all levels--from executive stakeholders to his direct teams, cross-functional partners, and customers. He's built solid, large-scale agile practices that deliver results with a high level of velocity and promote a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and collaboration. To top that off, he has an extensive technical and product expertise and experience in several different industries. I'd work with Gary again in a heartbeat."
Natalia Framil, Design Executive | Head of UX & Creative Director @ Amazon
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"I have had the good fortune to work for and with Gary at two separate organizations. At the first, Gary transformed the development organization - moving it from waterfall to agile. This change had a direct impact on the products being developed and a large part of the credit of the success of the product I was brining to market is due to Gary's leadership of the engineering team. When the opportunity presented itself to work for Gary a second time, I jumped at the chance. Gary created an atmosphere where Product and Development worked together as a single team. He created a culture of collaboration and transparency throughout the organization and extended to our customers. His commitment to customers and to his team is something I hope to emulate. Gary has been an amazing mentor to many people and I am happy to be included in that group."
Michele Corvino, Vice President, Product at Complion
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"I worked with Gary closely as our 100+ engineering organization went through an agile transition. Gary kickstarted the team's agile transformation and implemented a phased rollout with our teams. The support Gary provided was instrumental in the success of the changes. Gary provided team level training, created forums for discussion, worked tirelessly with leadership to tackle structural issues that were barriers, and spent a considerable amount of effort to share his insights for individual teams/leaders. Working with Gary was a pleasure and he always approaches the team with a great deal of respect while also sharing his knowledge and experience. I would recommend any organization considering a difficult agile transition to consider reaching out to Gary to see how he might be able to help"
Kiran Chitluri, Engineering Manager, Google