Bob Galen

Current

Principal at RGalen Consulting Group, LLC

Past

Director Product Development & Agile Architect at ChannelAdvisor
Sr. Software QA Manager at Thomson/Dialog
Sr. Software QA Manager at EMC

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Bob Galen’s Summary

* Extensive experience coaching teams from Entrepreneurial Start-ups to Enterprise-sized teams in the Agile Methodologies –Scrum & XP; Certified Scrum Master Practicing & Product Owner.

* Proven team builder & change agent—adept at creating high performance teams with a hands-on and adaptable leadership style—a true servant leader.

* Experience leading large teams of developers and testers (up to 100) in centralized and distributed environments.

* Excellent software quality & metrics background having built several Software QA teams from the ground up. Solid experience applying a variety of testing / automation techniques.

* Strong traditional & agile project management skills. Adept at turning around “troubled” projects and driving them to successful delivery.

* Agile strengths in planning, estimation, requirements analysis & testing. Also keeping teams focused towards delivery of customer ROI.

* Most recent technical domain was .Net stack in a SaaS eCommerce product set environment. Able to operate in a broad set of technical environments.

* Nationally recognized conference speaker and writer on project management and software team leadership topics. Author of the book – Software Endgames.

Bob Galen’s Specialties:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) since 2004,
Certified Scrum Master Practicing (CSP) in 2007,
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) in 2007
Agile team coaching & training with a specialty in Scrum + XP practices

Bob Galen’s Experience

Principal

RGalen Consulting Group, LLC

(Computer Software industry)

August 2001 — Present (7 years 5 months)

RGCG is a consultancy focused towards applying Agile Methods in the definition, construction and delivery of high value software projects.

What's unique about the practice is the experience Bob brings from Traditional and Enterprise Scale Project Management & Testing practices into Agile technique adoption. It's this pragmatic and incremental experience, honed from years of experience dealing with real world projects and organizational transformation, that truly differentiates the practice.

That and Bob's enthusiasm and passion for the Methods and his skill at effective Agile Leadership and Coaching. Please connect to www.rgalen.com for a complete overview of our capabilities and services.