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NAVEED KHAWAJA

Business Agility & Digital Transformation Consultant
St Albans, UK,HRT

Summary

Results-driven transformation consultant adept at helping you develop business agility and improve operational efficiency, team productivity, and employee motivation. Hands-on leader with exceptional organizational, critical thinking, and prioritization skills. He possesses 22+ years of related experience and a passion for contributing to business success.

For successfully sustainable business agility-driven digital transformations, he has provided extensive Enterprise Agile, Digital Transformation, and Culture Change consultancy, training, and coaching for developing continuous improvement environments. With wide & deep global experience, he has helped transform enterprises, high-growth startups, and scale-ups in diverse domains.

His practical thought leadership has benefitted big four consultancies (EY & PWC), Saudi Aramco (via EY), Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK), British Petroleum (BP), Petroleum Development Oman (PDO via PwC), AstraZeneca, General Electric (GE), eBay, MyTheresa (Neiman Marcus), Ericsson, Nokia, Jazz, UK Government (DWP & DfE), Xerox, Pearson, and Standard Life from his expertise in Agile, Lean, and Kanban with Digital Transformation & business agility.

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
12
12
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Enterprise Agile Coach

Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, Business Agility
London, LND
07.2022 - Current

Outcomes: Developing a Sustainable Internal Agile Capability with Experiential On Job Training
Engagement Type: Coaching, Mentoring, Consulting, Coach the Coach, Train the Trainer
Methods: Business Agility Mindset, Agile, Scrum, Lean & KanBan, OKRs/ KPIs, Visual Facilitation
Context: Team Motivation | Innovation | Productivity | Purpose

Advisor, Innovation Officer

Hilal Invest
Karachi
01.2022 - Current
  • Enterprise Agile & Lean Assessment, Consultancy & Coaching
  • Digital Transformation to enable scale-up of technologies and culture in a fast-paced environment
  • Data Governance, Data Management, Information Architecture lifecycle improvement

Transformation Consultant

AgileEI
London, LND
01.2020 - Current
  • Purpose-driven ecosystem for accessible & accurate 'Digital Cancer Diagnostics' using Artificial Intelligence
  • Amal is Pursuing Efficacy, Efficiency, & Excellence in saving people's lives with improved data management in overall digital transformation lifecycle

Advisor

Halma Group
07.2018 - Current
  • (www.halma.com, (Digital Advisory Board (DAB) Member) | Agile | Lean | Innovation
  • Board, CXO & Senior Leadership Retreat Design & Facilitation

Volunteer

Weekend Community School
St Albans, HRT
01.2013 - Current
  • Volunteering & Help (not for profit), UK
  • 20th Ansar Scouts Founding Member, Former Executive Committee & Treasurer (www.scouts.org.uk)
  • Weekend School –, , Executive Member, Strategy to Execution
  • Vocational Schools for Underprivileged– Founding Member, Board Member

Agile & DevSecOps Consultant

Saudi Aramco
Dammam, Dammam
09.2021 - 02.2022
  • (www.aramco.com), Business Agility | Enterprise Agile & Lean Transformation
  • Strategic roadmap definition for transforming the world’s most significant Oil & Energy Company
  • Enterprise Agile & Lean Assessment, Consultancy & Coaching
  • Definition of Strategic Roadmap for Agile Business & Culture Transformation
  • Agile Business & Culture Transformation – Business Agility & SDLC definition (Agile & DevSecOps).

Chief Transformation Officer

InfoMatrix
03.2020 - 01.2022
  • Outcomes: Employee Engagement, Faster Value Delivery, Innovation Mindset & Culture
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Consulting, Training & Coaching
  • Method & Context: Business Agility, Agile, Scrum, Lean & KanBan in Data/ DigiTech Transformations
  • Accelerating Innovation with Customer-Centric Innovative Product Development (AI/ ML/ DL)
  • Vision to Reality Cycle Optimisation with 20% y/y efficiency & faster time to market
  • Strategy to Execution (Consultant | Coach | Trainer) for Agile & Lean Culture Transformation
  • Improving Agile implementations (Scrum, KanBan, ScrumBan, etc.) with a true Agile Mindset

Enterprise Agile Coach

British Petroleum
City Of London, LND
05.2021 - 10.2021
  • Enterprise Agile & Lean Transformation Coach
  • Imagine transforming from 100% carbon dependent to 100% carbon-neutral from an Oil & Gas Company to an Integrated Energy Company by 2050
  • Transformation in every aspect of the business at every level for everyone
  • From training, coaching, and mentoring to helping teams progress in the most optimal continuous improvement methods.

Enterprise Agile & Lean Coach

Gamma Telecom
City Of London, LND
03.2020 - 12.2020
  • Outcomes: Redefinition of operating model (based on Agile & Lean Values & Principles)
  • Employee Engagement, Faster Value Delivery, Agile & Lean Mindset & Culture, Agile Leadership
  • Engagement Type: Advisory, Assessment, Strategy, Consulting, Training & Coaching
  • Methods: Business Agility Mindset, Agile, Scrum, Lean & KanBan, OKRs, Visual Facilitation
  • Context: Digital Business Transformation in Telecom

Senior Director of Enterprise Agile & Lean Transformation

AstraZeneca
03.2015 - 11.2018
  • (Agile CoE)
  • Outcomes: Developed 100+ internal coaches, Designed & Delivered Agile Journeys, Trained 1000+
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Change Roadmap, Training, Expert Clinics & Coaching
  • Methods: Business Agility Mindset, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile, Scrum, Lean & KanBan
  • Context: Pharmaceutical, Global Agile Centre of Excellence (Agile CoE)
  • Business Agility with Legal & Procurement, Marketing, International Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, etc
  • With tailored workshops, expert clinics & coaching (20+ Release Trains)
  • Trained 1000+ delegates, coached 100s and ran nearly 100 workshops and master classes
  • Agile Thought Leader for £300M Transformation with 65,000 employees in 60+ countries globally
  • Transformed Global Technology Centre (GTC) with specialized Bootcamps (Train the Trainer/ Coach the Coach) from Sweden to Chennai (India) to Guadalajara (Mexico).

Business Agility & Digital Transformation

Mytheresa
Munich
03.2016 - 12.2016
  • (Agile | Lean | KanBan)
  • Outcomes: Employee Engagement in 50% y/y growth with business agility & higher collaboration
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Change Roadmap definition, Training & Coaching
  • Methods: Business Agility Mindset, Agile & Lean, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan
  • Context: Online Retail/ Enterprise Marketing
  • Strategized, Diagnosed, Trained, Coached & Advised the Agile & Lean digital business transformation
  • Rollout of hybrid Agile, Lean, KanBan, Scaled Agile methods (according to the context)
  • Developed 15 internal coaches with specialised train the trainer and coach the coach programmes.

Management Consultant

Ebay Enterprise
City Of London, LND
03.2014 - 02.2015
  • Business Transformation (Agile, Lean & Kanban)
  • Outcomes: Employee Engagement (eNPS) from 51% to record breaking 78% in 5 months
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Change Roadmap definition, Training & Coaching
  • Methods: Business Agility Mindset, Agile & Lean, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan
  • Context: Advertising/ Agency/ Enterprise Marketing
  • Using the core principles of Agile, practices of scrum and KanBan – he helped the organization to increase the employee net promoter score (eNPS) from 51% to 78% in a short time span of 3 months
  • Transformed the product portfolio & service offering with innovation & business partnership ($15M)
  • Optimized the delivery model that is tailored for operational excellence (continuous improvement).

Agile & Lean Coach

Pearson
City Of London, LND
07.2013 - 02.2014
  • Outcomes: Faster time to market from Inception to Reality in 3 months for two new learning platforms
  • Engagement Type: Coaching, Scrum Mastery, Customer Centric Approach Dev & Delivery
  • Methods: Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan; Context: Publishing & Education
  • Internal lean & agile start-up - coached & enabled agility to teams & stakeholders.

Management Consultant

UK Government
City Of London, LND
07.2013 - 08.2013
  • Agile & Lean Transformation Coach
  • Outcomes: Faster time to market for upcoming free school model rollout
  • Engagement Type: Coaching, Customer Centric Approach Development & Delivery, Workshops
  • Method & Context: Lean Start-up, Design Thinking, Scrum, ScrumBan in UK Gov Education)

Management Consultant

General Electric Company
Cambridge
06.2011 - 12.2012
  • Agile & Lean Transformation Coach (Principal Scrum Master)
  • Outcomes: Faster Value Delivery & Time to Market, expedited from 3 years down to six months:
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Senior Scrum Mastery, Training & Coaching
  • Methods: Business Agility Culture, Innovation, Agile & Lean, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan, Agile at Scale
  • Context: Energy, Telecom & Utilities

Management Consultant | Agile & Lean Transformation Coach (Principal Consultant)

Government
City Of London, LND
01.2011 - 03.2011
  • Outcomes: Accelerated definition & rollout of UK Govt’s Agile Methodology
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Strategy, Coaching & Workshops
  • Methods & Context: Agile at Scale, Agile Governance, ScrumBan & KanBan in UK Gov Pensions

Management Consultant | Agile & Lean Transformation Coach (Principal Consultant)

Standard Life
Edinburgh, EDH
06.2010 - 11.2010
  • Outcomes: Product Roadmap Definition, Faster Value Delivery, Learn & Fail Fast (saving millions of £s)
  • Engagement Type: Assessment, Team & Programme Coaching & Stakeholder Management
  • Methods: Business Agility Culture, Agile & Lean, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan, Agile at Scale
  • Coached delivery & product management teams from basic agility to better Agile practices

Senior Software Engineer

Xerox Corporation
Welwyn Garden City, HRT
08.2004 - 06.2010
  • Outcomes: Faster Value Delivery & Time to Market, expedited early failure (saving millions)
  • Engagement Type: Scrum Mastery, Being a Member of the Scrum Team, TDD, Innovation
  • Methods & Context: Agility Culture, Scrum, ScrumBan & KanBan in Manufacturing

Software Engineer & Technical Lead

Various Software & Data Management Companies
Bentley
01.2000 - 08.2004

Education

Agile Metrics – Quantified Measurable Transformation Workshop -

Executive Coaching - undefined

University of Cambridge

Agile Portfolio Management (APM) - undefined

Certified KanBan Management Professional (KMP 1& KMP2) -

Kanban University
London
01.2018 - 01.2018

Designed & Delivered Agile Coaching Bootcamp in Sweden, Mexico & India - undefined

Certified SAFe –Program Consultant (SAFe-SPC), Scaled Agilist & SAFe SM/ SAFe PO -

Scaled Agile Academy
Colorado
11.2016 - 11.2016

Led the 5-day resident leadership retreat– ‘Leadership Excellence Course’ (LEC) – UK - undefined

Certified PALM - Program for Advanced Leadership & Management (PALM) www.mile. -

Madinah Institute of Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Madinah
02.2013 - 03.2013

MAP -

University of Oxford, Said Business School
Oxford, OXF
03.2011 - 07.2011

Certified Lean Software Development (Lean & Agile Software Engineering - undefined

Craig Larman Institute

Agile Fundamentals & Scrum Master Training - undefined

Design for Lean Six Sigma (DfLSS) Software - Green Belt Certification - Gemba Systems - undefined

01.2005 - 01.2007

BS - Computer Science

National University of Computers & Emerging Scienc
01.1997 - 01.2000

Skills

Employee engagement & Agile culture transformation

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Accomplishments

  • St albans, united kingdom (UK) linkedin.com/in/naveedanis, EXECUTIVE Summary (linkedin.com/in/naveedanis)
  • For successfully sustainable business agility-driven digital transformations -, he has provided extensive Enterprise Agile, Digital Transformation, and Culture Change consultancy, training, and coaching for developing continuous improvement environments
  • With wide & deep global experience, he has helped transform corporates, high-growth startups, and scale-ups in diverse domains
  • His practical thought leadership has benefitted big four consultancies (EY & PWC), Saudi Aramco (via EY), Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK), British Petroleum (BP), Petroleum Development Oman (PDO via PwC), AstraZeneca, General Electric (GE), eBay, MyTheresa (Neiman Marcus), Ericsson, Nokia, Jazz, UK Government (DWP & DfE), Xerox, Pearson, and Standard Life from his expertise in Agile, Lean, and Kanban with Digital Transformation & business agility
  • He has enjoyed success upon success in each of those global cultures (with lots of painful lessons)
  • His passion energizes him as he enables your organization to improve profitability in profound VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) environments
  • His unique wide (strategic) and deep (tactical) expertise brings sustainable cultural change during digital transformation initiatives to develop a unique agile & lean culture of continuous learning and continuous improvement
  • Outcomes from his recent Leadership/ Consultancy/ Business Growth/ Turnaround/ Digital Transformations are:
  • Purpose Productivity: Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
  • Motivated & engaged teams (eNPS from 51% to 78%)
  • Developed cultures of continuous innovation & disciplined execution, globally
  • Optimized Digital business transformation of some of the world’s largest companies
  • Advisory: Board Level - Developed an Agile & Lean Enterprise for Operational Excellence
  • C-Suite, Senior Leadership & Cultural agile transformation management consultancy
  • Autonomy: Digital Transformation - Transformed Project to Product Mindset
  • Product Management Redefined with Agility & Leanness (coached POs & BAs)
  • Improved Data Governance, Data Management, Information Architecture lifecycle
  • Faster Customer-Centric Value (delivered the product release in 3 months)
  • Intrinsic Motivation & Innovation unlocked (3 innovation weeks with four releases)
  • Mastery: CIO - Developed Learning Organizations for Continuous Improvement
  • Internal Agile Coaching & Training Capability - developed 100+ coaches
  • Coach the Coach’ & ‘Train the Trainer’ Bootcamps designed & delivered globally
  • Expertise in Business Growth & Digital, Agile & Lean Transformation includes:
  • Deep and Wide Digital Transformation expertise globally in multiple major verticals
  • A key strength in Nurturing, Retaining & Attracting Top Talent for a sustainable growth
  • Partner in Agile Emotional Intelligence Framework (TEI+) for Purpose Transformation
  • Agile at Scale Chief Coach (Lean Enterprise with Scaled Agile Frameworks (e.g., SAFe/ SPC))
  • Digital Transformation, AI in Healthcare with Digital Cancer Diagnostics Ecosystem
  • Lean & Kanban Mindset & Culture Transformation Coach (KMP1 & KMP2)

Certification

Licensed Kanban Management Professional KMP1 & KMP2

Timeline

Enterprise Agile Coach

Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, Business Agility
07.2022 - Current

Advisor, Innovation Officer

Hilal Invest
01.2022 - Current

Agile & DevSecOps Consultant

Saudi Aramco
09.2021 - 02.2022

Enterprise Agile Coach

British Petroleum
05.2021 - 10.2021

Chief Transformation Officer

InfoMatrix
03.2020 - 01.2022

Enterprise Agile & Lean Coach

Gamma Telecom
03.2020 - 12.2020

Transformation Consultant

AgileEI
01.2020 - Current

Advisor

Halma Group
07.2018 - Current

Certified KanBan Management Professional (KMP 1& KMP2) -

Kanban University
01.2018 - 01.2018

Certified SAFe –Program Consultant (SAFe-SPC), Scaled Agilist & SAFe SM/ SAFe PO -

Scaled Agile Academy
11.2016 - 11.2016

Business Agility & Digital Transformation

Mytheresa
03.2016 - 12.2016

Senior Director of Enterprise Agile & Lean Transformation

AstraZeneca
03.2015 - 11.2018

Management Consultant

Ebay Enterprise
03.2014 - 02.2015

Agile & Lean Coach

Pearson
07.2013 - 02.2014

Management Consultant

UK Government
07.2013 - 08.2013

Certified PALM - Program for Advanced Leadership & Management (PALM) www.mile. -

Madinah Institute of Leadership & Entrepreneurship
02.2013 - 03.2013

Volunteer

Weekend Community School
01.2013 - Current

Management Consultant

General Electric Company
06.2011 - 12.2012

MAP -

University of Oxford, Said Business School
03.2011 - 07.2011

Management Consultant | Agile & Lean Transformation Coach (Principal Consultant)

Government
01.2011 - 03.2011

Management Consultant | Agile & Lean Transformation Coach (Principal Consultant)

Standard Life
06.2010 - 11.2010

Design for Lean Six Sigma (DfLSS) Software - Green Belt Certification - Gemba Systems - undefined

01.2005 - 01.2007

Senior Software Engineer

Xerox Corporation
08.2004 - 06.2010

Software Engineer & Technical Lead

Various Software & Data Management Companies
01.2000 - 08.2004

BS - Computer Science

National University of Computers & Emerging Scienc
01.1997 - 01.2000

Agile Metrics – Quantified Measurable Transformation Workshop -

Executive Coaching - undefined

University of Cambridge

Agile Portfolio Management (APM) - undefined

Designed & Delivered Agile Coaching Bootcamp in Sweden, Mexico & India - undefined

Led the 5-day resident leadership retreat– ‘Leadership Excellence Course’ (LEC) – UK - undefined

Certified Lean Software Development (Lean & Agile Software Engineering - undefined

Craig Larman Institute

Agile Fundamentals & Scrum Master Training - undefined

NAVEED KHAWAJABusiness Agility & Digital Transformation Consultant