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Darren Hoevel

President, Agile & Leadership Coach

MBA, SPC, CSP, CSM, CSPO, CDTLF, LSPf, ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF, ORSC, WXY & Z

Darren Hoevel is a people person with 7.125 billion friends and counting. He’s a passionate agile realist, organizational change advocate, corporate cultural renovator, customer ambassador, and co-founder of Pliant Solutions. He is driven by “Organizational Evolution,” creating self-organizing, self-managing teams supported by vulnerability, curiosity, the wiliness to experiment, and the forever openness to learn.

Darren prides himself on not just being a coach but showing up as his whole-hearted self to accelerate progression within individuals, teams, and programs, which, in turn, contributes directly to the health and success of an organization. He has helped large organizations discover their culture, change their mindset, and create enough structure to scale their processes and practices. He believes nothing is more influential than the soles of one’s own shoes and the courage of one’s own vision.

Certifications

Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator (CDTLF)

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator (LSPf)

Organizational Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC)

Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) Program Consultant (SPC)

Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)

ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)

Masters in Business Administration, George Fox University, ID

Speaking Engagments

Global Agility + Innovation Summit 2024

AgileDC 2024

National Contract Management Association Leadership Summit 2020

Agile After Dark 2020

Agile Charm 2020

Project Management Center for Excellence 2020

Agile Richmond InnoVAte Virginia 2020

Lean + AgileDC 2019

Washington, DC PMI 2019

Agile Alliance AgileXP 2019

Agile Alliance Agile2019

Agile DC 2019

AgileDC 2018

Agile DC 2016

Agile Alliance Agile2015

AgileDC Organizer 2013-2017, 2024

MeetUp Organizer: DC Organizational Agility Practitioners 

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