D Ray Freeman

Over the past 20 years, D. Ray Freeman has advanced from working as an installer on a manufacturing assembly line, to a recognized expert in Organizational Program Management. He tells enlightening stories that teach people how they can go from a huge list of ambiguous and aimless requirements, to a strategic, lean-focused, roadmap of incremental delivery—simply by embracing Agile philosophy from a new perspective.

D. Ray is certified in SAFe ©, a framework for scaling Agile across large enterprises and Emergenetics ©, a neuroscience approach to improving team culture. Ray lives in Los Angeles where he is the Principal Advisor and Sr. Agile Coach for a top IT Consulting firm. In the past, he has led Agile transformation initiatives internationally for Fortune 100 companies such as American Airlines, Bank of America, AT&T and Southwest Airlines. He has conducted hundreds of exciting and interactive training workshops that inspire thought-leadership, empower servant-leadership and boost team productivity to the max.

D. Ray’s workshops also deliver a valuable life lesson about how Agile philosophy relates to our own personal experiences; How expressing “the what and not the how” can have a powerful impact on morale and employee engagement. And, how you can use Agile as a way of managing any endeavor. This has a tremendous impact on Agile adoption produces a long lasting ROI for your organization.