Hi, I'm Kim.
I coach teams to become high-performing in the building of products that create value for the users and business,
as an Agile Coach and Agile Consultant.
I coach teams to become high-performing in the building of products that create value for the users and business,
as an Agile Coach and Agile Consultant.
I have used XP-specific Agile practices like weekly/bi-weekly iterations, retrospectives, continuous deployment, TDD, MMFs, "done-done", team trust, and other tools that inspire development teams and hold them accountable.
I have leveraged tools like validated learning, innovation accounting, user testing, smoke testing, MVPs, and other practices that ensure my teams build the right things at the least cost, always with focus on what user problems we're solving.
I have used Daniel Pink's teachings about team and individual motivation to give my teams the room they need to learn and grow, while ensuring they have the support, guidance and tools to do so.
As an Agile PM/Coach at The New York Times, I teach Agile and XP values, while leading cross-functional and departmental projects to improve our customer experience, break into new markets, and improve our bottom line.
I founded Pigeon because I believe everyone should have control over their data - and I'm starting with a mission to give email back to the people, without losing the approachability and simplicity of the go-to free email hosts.
As an Agile PM/Coach, I worked with the Revenue, International, and Enterprise teams to deliver business value. I also partnered with the other Agile Coaches to teach and support XP practices - like TDD, BDD and pair programming.
As an Agile Project Manager, I led a small XP team of 2 developers and 1 UI/UX designer to launch the new Flavorpill, a social events platform, across 10 cities, including web and mobile apps in preparation for a launch at SXSW.
As Head of Production, I led 15 animators, scriptwriters and designers, with the help of 2 project managers, to launch animated video projects for clients like the World Bank, HP, HomeAway, Molson-Coors, and Startup Weekend.
As Interim Director of Marketing of Web & Interactive, I built a plan and a team to turn a small marketing services agency that focused primarily on print and promotional items, into a growing agency for web, apps, and interactive services.
Yibboo was a startup project to prove the social education market. This was my first foray into using lean product development practices to formulate hypotheses and test them cheaply and quickly, culminating in a weekend beta and 500 users.
Together with the CEO of Cybernomics, I launched a business alliance in Toronto for sustainability-focused technology businesses. At our peak, we had 100 members across Canada and the US, including Intel, Dell, EPEAT, Whole Foods, and Zerofootprint.
As Manager of Technology Consulting Services and later VP of Business Development, I led our teams alongside the CTO to give IT consulting recommendations to a client-base in Canada and the US, managing a wide range of IT services and support.