Richard Renn (Renn)

Current Role at Stanford

As the Manager of Continuous Improvement for Stanford Medicine's IT Department, I work with 8 divisions (over 100 employees) to identify and facilitate process improvement and cultural shifts.

More specifically, my role:

- Introduces and facilitates the evolution of agile approaches to large, complex project initiatives in support of Stanford Medicine's strategic objectives.

- Ensures sequencing and dependencies are monitored and managed.

- Partners as a leader in the agile space with IRT directors and other stakeholders, while leading a team of Agile Program Managers to optimize the delivery of work and advancement of a continuous learning culture.

- Coaches developers, business analysts, product owners and IRT leadership in agile methods.

- Facilitates key group meetings to ensure effective meeting outcomes and decisions.

- Creates and tracks milestone-based agile program plans.

- Manages high-level issue resolution, risk mitigation, and resource conflicts, escalating to IRT steering committee as needed.

- Works in close collaboration with multiple agile teams, overseeing integration activities.

- Teaches, mentors, and coaches teams in agile principles and continuous learning.

- Drives alignment between stakeholder groups and coordinate any cross-functional dependencies.

- Facilitates measurement of program outcomes through analytics.

- Creates clear visibility into status and progress of overall IRT initiatives.

Education & Certifications

• MS, Information Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Information Systems Management
• BS, Business Administration, Rider University, Organizational Development
• BS (minor), University of London, International Relations
• Technical Leadership Program, Stanford University, Technical Leadership
• Scrummaster Certification, Scrum Alliance, Scrum framework for Agile Software Development
• Java Certification, Oracle, Java Development
• Web Design Certification, Truman College of Chicago, Web Design