Brian Carl

I worked with the local technical leadership—managers and architects—to define the initial vision for the platform. I built a business plan—including the budget, roadmap, and methodology details—and successfully pitched it to the company owners. I also established a development team consisting of in-house experts, near-shore contractors, and off-shore consultants. Finally, I planned and managed scrum-style development iterations to continuously deliver features, improvements, and continuous value.

I coordinated Scrum training for department leaders and key engineering staff. I also created the first Scrum team and facilitated the methodology implementation: team role assignments, backlog creation and refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. I standardized the local approach, including hybrid aspects, to meet leadership requirements such as monthly status reports and annual budget forecasts. Finally, I successfully completed Certified Scrum Master training and was recognized as the “go-to” person for guidance on Agile and Scrum.

I maintained consistent, high-quality data processing and reporting for an ever-increasing data set while keeping costs low and timely delivery. I worked with the account team and client daily to address issues and new requests, applying software updates to stem performance issues. When most features shifted to a different vendor, I continuously engaged with the client and won back the original business after another vendor failed both on cost and schedule. Later, I expanded the delivery scope to include new features across diverse groups within Subaru.