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Stephen St. John, Consultant
Stephen is a business and technical agility coach, trainer, and SAFe Program Consultant ® and credits his experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer for teaching him to lead by example, meet customers where they are, and focus on sustainability.
Background & Credentials
Prior to joining Applied Frameworks, Stephen was a technical leader at Dynetics, a Leidos company, where he served as a Software Architect and Agile Coach for US Army, Air Force, and NASA customers and led a successful Lean-Agile transformation in a defense program. Stephen has 20 years of experience serving in various roles as a software engineer; some Agile, some not-so agile.
Stephen is a Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP), Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Certified SAFe Practitioner (SP), and Certified SAFe Agilist (SA). He is also a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner.
Stephen received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, with a concentration in Computer Hardware/Software Behavior from the University of Alabama.
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