I help technology teams improve delivery, collaboration, leadership, and team effectiveness while adopting AI in practical, sustainable ways. I work best with product and engineering teams facing delivery challenges, technology leaders navigating change, growing teams improving ways of working, delivery leaders seeking coaching, and teams integrating AI into their workflows.
Noura Saad
@nourasaad
I help technology teams improve delivery, strengthen collaboration, and build the leadership and team capabilities that lead to better outcomes.
What I'm looking for
Technology Delivery | Team Coach | Agile & AI
I help technology teams improve delivery, strengthen collaboration, and build the leadership and team capabilities that lead to better outcomes, all while adopting AI in practical ways that support lasting, higher performance.
I’m a Technology Delivery Consultant, Team Coach, and AI Enablement Consultant with 20+ years of experience across software development, technology delivery, product, Agile transformation, leadership coaching, and organizational effectiveness. I help leaders and teams integrate generative AI into planning, delivery, facilitation, and everyday ways of working to improve productivity and performance.
I combine technology delivery expertise, team coaching, leadership coaching, facilitation, and AI enablement to help teams understand what’s happening, identify what’s getting in the way, and make practical improvements in how they collaborate, prioritize, make decisions, and deliver.
I work best with
Product and engineering teams struggling with delivery, alignment, collaboration, ownership, or team effectiveness
Technology leaders who need better visibility, meaningful metrics, stronger execution, or a thought partner through change
Growing teams and organizations navigating scaling, Agile transformation, or organizational change
Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery leaders looking for mentoring, coaching, and practical support
Teams adopting AI that want to integrate generative AI into their workflows and ways of working
Selected outcomes
40% reduction in planning time by embedding generative AI into delivery and facilitation workflows
Scaled a delivery team from 2 to 38 people in 6 months while maintaining agility, cohesion, and delivery quality
Improved system performance by 90% through stronger prioritization and delivery focus as Product Owner
0 critical bugs across 12 releases after introducing Behavior-Driven Development practices
$7.5M in contracts won through leadership of RFP and technical response efforts
My approach is practical, collaborative, evidence-based, and context-driven. I combine coaching, facilitation, delivery expertise, and experimentation to help teams and leaders improve how they work, solve problems, and build capabilities that last. The goal is better delivery, team performance, leadership, and AI-enabled ways of working.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Consultant
Excella
Nov 2015 - Jun 2025 (9 years 7 months)
Advised and led delivery across 10 federal programs, led Agile transformation initiatives, scaled a software delivery team from 2 to 38 members, and contributed to $7.5M in won contracts.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
The George Washington University
Master of Arts, Organizational Sciences
Master of Arts in Organizational Sciences from The George Washington University, completed in May 2015.
Lebanese American University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Lebanese American University, completed in June 2002.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
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