Thad S Payne

Before his Agile career, Thad S. Payne served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). That job built his leadership and critical thinking, and it taught him to base decisions on evidence. Today he is an Agile Transformation Consultant, SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC®), Release Train Engineer and instructor with more than a decade of experience. His work covers Enterprise Agile Transformations, Lean-Agile coaching, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps and organizational change. He has coached Agile teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers and leaders across financial services, healthcare, insurance, telecommunications and government. His teaching concentrates on Agile Release Trains and delivery predictability, and he keeps customer value in view.