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David Stevens

@davidstevens

I lead Agile teams to improve delivery predictability, flow efficiency, and software quality across complex healthcare platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead Agile delivery in complex enterprise environments where I can improve flow, release predictability, quality, and cross-team collaboration through servant leadership and data-driven coaching.

I've led multi-continental Agile teams at Oracle Health, improving delivery predictability and release execution for the Soarian Clinicals EHR platform. I use flow, velocity, burndown, and operational metrics to turn delivery data into actionable insights for teams and executive stakeholders.

Across Oracle Health, Cerner, and Siemens Health Services, I've guided Agile transformations from Waterfall and Scrum toward Scrum/Kanban flow practices. My servant-leadership approach builds psychological safety, self-organization, and continuous improvement while strengthening backlog readiness, dependency management, and defect practices.

I've facilitated PI Planning, Agile Release Trains, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and cross-team risk mitigation across three continents. Earlier in my career, I managed release testing and developed software for MR imaging control systems, giving me practical technical and quality experience alongside my Agile leadership.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Scrum Master / Technical Project Manager

Oracle Health

Oct 2024 - Mar 2026 (1 year 5 months)

Facilitated Agile ceremonies across multi-continental teams, leveraging flow metrics to improve delivery predictability. Coached development teams on Scrum and Kanban principles and led quarterly PI Planning sessions.

Scrum Kanban SAFe PI Planning Metric Flow Jira Confluence Agile Coaching Risk Mitigation Release Management

Senior Scrum Master

Oracle Health

Oct 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years)

Guided multiple cross-functional Scrum teams across 3 continents delivering enhancements for the Soarian Clinicals EHR platform. Implemented standardized defect management practices and mentored engineers on Agile self-organization.

Scrum Kanban Agile Coaching Backlog Refinement Defect Management Jira Confluence CI CD HL7 EHR Systems

Senior Scrum Master

Cerner Corporation

Feb 2015 - Oct 2022 (7 years 8 months)

Managed multiple distributed Scrum teams across 3 continents, facilitating backlog grooming and story splitting workshops. Championed adoption of Quarterly Planning and Agile Release Trains, adapting SAFe concepts.

Scrum Kanban SAFe Agile Coaching Backlog Grooming Story Splitting Jira Confluence CI CD HL7

Scrum Master

Siemens Health Services

Feb 2009 - Feb 2015 (6 years)

Assisted in driving the Agile Transformation from Waterfall to Agile Scrum, facilitating Scrum ceremonies and creating backlogs and dashboards. Coached distributed team members to foster accountability and continuous delivery.

Scrum Agile Transformation Sprint Planning Retrospectives Backlog Management CI CD Coaching

Test Manager

Siemens Health Services

Jul 2004 - Feb 2009 (4 years 7 months)

Directed end-to-end release testing and defect triage across 10 QA team members situated across 3 continents, including test strategy and quality metric measurement.

Test Management Defect Triage Quality Metrics Release Testing Team Leadership