complex sites delivered
Capital One Risk & AuditAGILE COACH • SCRUM MASTER • TRANSFORMATION PARTNER
Agile should make delivery clearer—not add complexity.
When priorities continually shift, ceremonies stop producing useful outcomes, delivery becomes unpredictable, and leaders lack clear visibility, following a framework more rigidly will not solve the problem. DAS Consulting adapts Agile, Scrum, and change practices to the organization—creating clearer decisions, stronger collaboration, and more dependable delivery.
SELECTED RESULTS 15+ YEARS
Change that deliveredAgile leadership across complex organizations
Capital One Risk & Audit50+ sitesComplex delivery
Blue Cross Blue Shield20+ teamsMigrated to Jira
CareMetx20% increaseCustomer satisfaction
ABOUT DEB SHAPIRO
I help teams build clarity, capability, and momentum.
Agile works best when it supports people in doing meaningful work—not when it becomes a set of boxes to check.
My approach is practical and collaborative. I work with teams and leaders to understand the friction in their system, strengthen what is already working, and introduce changes that fit their real environment.
15+ years in Agile5 advanced certifications1 shared goal: better outcomes
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Experience measured by results.
Hands-on Agile leadership across complex, highly regulated organizations.
Agile teams established
Capital Onetechnology teams migrated to Jira
Blue Cross Blue Shieldincrease in customer satisfaction
CareMetxAgile Release Train launched
Capital Onereduction in event costs
Fidelity InvestmentsSCRUM MASTER & AGILE TRAINING
Learn the work by doing the work.
Practical training that prepares people to apply Scrum and Agile with confidence.
Courses combine clear instruction with simulations, facilitated exercises, realistic scenarios, group problem-solving, retrospective practice, and immediate feedback. Virtual programs can be tailored for aspiring Scrum Masters, experienced practitioners, Agile Coaches, Delivery Leads, Product Owners, teams, and organizational leaders.
Framework to practice
Scrum values, accountabilities, events, and artifacts—connected to the decisions Scrum Masters make every day.
Facilitation
Purposeful ceremonies, group dynamics, conflict navigation, and techniques that create participation and clear outcomes.
Coaching & impediments
Practice coaching teams and Product Owners, surfacing constraints, and addressing realistic delivery challenges.
Tools & analytics
Use Jira, Confluence, dashboards, and delivery signals to make work visible and guide better conversations.
Reusable course materials includedSlidesParticipant handoutsExercise sheetsAssessmentsFacilitator guide
HOW I CAN HELP
Support shaped around your team.
Focused engagements for teams, product partners, and leaders who want meaningful, sustainable improvement.
Scrum Master & team coaching
Build stronger habits, clearer ownership, and healthier ways of working.
Ceremonies & facilitation
Turn recurring meetings into focused conversations with useful outcomes.
Product Owner partnership
Connect backlog decisions to customer value, priorities, and delivery reality.
Agile analytics & scorecards
Use flow, health, and outcome signals to see patterns and choose the next improvement.
Leadership & transformation
Align leaders around practical change that teams can understand and sustain.
Agile health checks
Create an honest baseline and a focused, achievable improvement plan.
AGILE ANALYTICS
Use data to ask better questions—not to judge people.
Useful analytics make patterns visible. They give teams a shared language for learning, help leaders spot system constraints, and connect improvement work to outcomes.
Reveal patterns→Create conversation→Guide action
Flow & predictability
Cycle time, throughput, work in progress, aging work, and forecast confidence.
Team health
Confidence, clarity, psychological safety, collaboration, and sustainable pace.
Product outcomes
Customer value, adoption, learning, and the connection between work and goals.
Improvement scorecards
A lightweight view of focus areas, evidence, experiments, and progress over time.
CEREMONIES THAT SERVE A PURPOSE
Make every conversation worth the time.
Strong facilitation keeps ceremonies human, focused, and connected to decisions—not simply the calendar.
Sprint Planning
A shared goal, realistic scope, and confidence in the plan.
↗Daily Scrum
A short team conversation about progress, coordination, and obstacles.
↗Backlog Refinement
Better-prepared work, clearer choices, and fewer surprises.
↗Sprint Review
Meaningful feedback on working outcomes—not a status presentation.
↗Retrospective
A safe, structured moment to learn and commit to one valuable change.
↗MY APPROACH
Progress that teams can own.
No one-size-fits-all playbook. We build a path around your people, products, and operating reality.
Assess
Listen, observe, and understand the system around the team.
Align
Agree on the outcomes, responsibilities, and signals that matter.
Coach
Work alongside teams and leaders as new practices take hold.
Measure
Use analytics to learn—not to rank, pressure, or judge people.
Sustain
Build internal confidence so progress continues independently.
EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
Deep experience. Continued learning.
More than 15 years supporting Agile teams and transformations at Capital One, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CVS Health, CareMetx, Fidelity Investments, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, FEMA, Bain, and SevOne.
- ICP-ACC Certified Agile Coach
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Master
- ICP-APO Agile Product Ownership
- ICP-CAT Coaching Agile Transformations
LET'S START A CONVERSATION
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