# Brian Lloyd Brian Lloyd is a remote worker on Himalayas, Transformation Coach at Aberdeen Advisor Group, based in United States. Source: https://himalayas.app/@brianlloyd ```text Transformation Coach at Aberdeen Advisor Group, advancing PI Planning and Lean Portfolio Management across Hanger. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | United States | | Authorized to work in | United States | | Salary expectations | 170k+ USD | | Job categories | Agile Coach, Transformation Coach, Release Train Engineer, Agile Manager, Lean Portfolio Manager | | Skills | Enterprise Agile Transformation, Lean Portfolio Management, SAFe, Agile Coaching, Agile Release Train, PI Planning, Scrum, Kanban, Participatory Budgeting, OKRs, Lean Governance, Portfolio Management, Backlog Management, Value Stream Management, Agile Maturity | ## About ```text At Aberdeen Advisor Group, I lead PI Planning readiness across Hanger through leadership training, team coaching, and Agile Release Train alignment. I also support Lean Portfolio Management adoption, helping executives and product stakeholders use participatory budgeting, OKRs, and lean governance. At USAA, I drove portfolio practices for enterprise privacy and resiliency, aligning investments with strategic objectives. I facilitated portfolio ceremonies and worked with product, business, and architecture stakeholders to manage the portfolio backlog and support continuous flow. At ManTech International, I led Agile transformation efforts in the DoD JCWA sector, aligning cyber capabilities with Department of Defense objectives. I coached Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and technical teams, and used Jira and Confluence to monitor performance and inform leadership. Earlier, as AVP Release Train Engineer at LPL Financial and Lead Agile Coach at BigBear.AI and USAA, I supported Agile Release Trains, coached teams and leaders in Scrum and Kanban, and advanced continuous improvement. I hold SAFe certifications including SPC 6.0, SAFe RTE 6.0, and SAFe Agilist 6.0. ``` ## Experience ### Transformation Coach (current) Aberdeen Advisor Group. Jul 2025 - Present ```text Spearheaded enterprise PI Planning readiness across Hanger by designing and facilitating leadership training, team-level coaching, and Agile Release Train alignment. Drove Lean Portfolio Management adoption and built playbooks for intake, prioritization, and value stream alignment. ``` Skills: SAFe, PI-Planning, Lean-Portfolio-Management, OKRs, Kanban, Agile-Coaching, Leadership-Training, Value-Stream-Mapping, DoR-DoD, Metrics-Dashboards ### Lean Portfolio Management Enterprise Privacy & Resiliency [USAA](https://himalayas.app/companies/usaa). Feb 2025 - Aug 2025 ```text Drove Lean Portfolio Management practices to align enterprise investments in privacy and resiliency with strategic business objectives. Facilitated portfolio-level ceremonies, managed portfolio backlog, and coached ARTs on SAFe LPM principles. ``` Skills: Lean-Portfolio-Management, SAFe, Participatory-Budgeting, OKRs, Kanban, Metrics, Agile-Release-Train, Risk-Management, Compliance ### Agile Manager [ManTech International](https://himalayas.app/companies/mantech). Jul 2024 - Feb 2025 ```text Led Agile transformation efforts within the JCWA sector, aligning cyber capabilities with DoD objectives. Facilitated Agile ceremonies, coached Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and supported PI planning for mission-critical cyber solutions. ``` Skills: SAFe, Agile-Transformation, Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, PI-Planning, Coaching, Cybersecurity, DoD ### AVP Release Train Engineer [LPL Financial](https://himalayas.app/companies/lpl-financial). Oct 2023 - Jul 2024 ```text Provided leadership to Agile Release Trains, facilitating PI planning and coordinating cross-team dependencies. Established KPIs, generated release metrics, and drove continuous improvement initiatives. ``` Skills: SAFe, Agile-Release-Train, PI-Planning, Scrum, Kanban, KPIs, Metrics, Risk-Management, Coaching, Stakeholder-Management ### Lead Agile Coach BigBear.AI. May 2022 - Aug 2023 ```text Spearheaded lean agile coaching initiatives within the government sector, guiding military and civilian leaders. Provided training and mentorship to Agile Coach candidates and Senior Agile Coaches, and advanced scaling agile frameworks. ``` Skills: Agile-Coaching, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, WIP, Mentorship, Training, Stakeholder-Management, Continuous-Improvement ### Lead Agile Coach [USAA](https://himalayas.app/companies/usaa). May 2018 - Mar 2021 ```text Drove continuous improvements to create a higher-performing enterprise. Planned strategy and led creation and delivery of Agile training for business and IT resources, and guided enterprise metrics to increase organizational agility. ``` Skills: Agile-Coaching, Scrum, Kanban, WIP, Training, Mentorship, Stakeholder-Management, Continuous-Improvement, Metrics ## Education ### Prairie View A&M University Bachelor's, Mathematics. 2005 - 2006 ```text Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Prairie View A&M University, completed from 2005 to 2006. ``` ## Tech stack - Jira - Confluence - SAFe To contact Brian, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [amita koduru](https://himalayas.app/@amitakoduru): Solution Train Engineer, Synchrony Financials - [Teahdi T](https://himalayas.app/@teahdit): Agile Coach / Corporate Functions Product Transformation Lead, Cargill - [Vernon Carter](https://himalayas.app/@vernoncarter): Project Manager / Scrum Master, Nexterus - [Peter Oderanti](https://himalayas.app/@peteroderanti): Senior Scrum Master, Noblis MSD - [Daniel Emmanuel](https://himalayas.app/@danielemmanuel2): Agile Product Coach / Tech Lead, Tech Mahindra - [Bret Spangenberg](https://himalayas.app/@bretspangenberg): Agile Program Portfolio PMO Consultant, Treasure Coast Agility LLC - [Delphine Williams](https://himalayas.app/@delphinewilliams): Product Operating Model Implementation Coach, RolZel Solutions, LLC - [Melvis Nkwain](https://himalayas.app/@melvisnkwain): Manager, Agile Coach, HCA Healthcare - [Doug Harvey](https://himalayas.app/@dougharvey): Senior Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master, Apex Systems - [Sammy Gbemi](https://himalayas.app/@sammygbemi): Technical Project Manager, Walmart