Richard Knaster
Education
University at Buffalo
Bachelor of Science, Business Admin & Information Systems -
University of Buffalo
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology -Work Experience
Agile Rising
Current
Agile Rising
Bain & Company
Current
Bain & Company
Agile Big Picture
2022-01-01 - 2022-12-01
Agile Big Picture
Value Stream Management Consortium
2021-03-01 - 2022-01-01
Value Stream Management Consortium
Digital.ai
2021-01-01 - 2022-01-01
Digital.ai
Scaled Agile, Inc.
2013-09-01 - 2021-01-01
Scaled Agile, Inc.
IBM
2006-02-01 - 2013-09-01
IBM
Radial Inc.
2003-09-01 - 2005-03-01
Radial Inc.
Oracle
2000-12-01 - 2003-06-01
Oracle
Spider Partners, LLC
2000-03-01 - 2000-11-01
Spider Partners, LLC
Skills
Summary
Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in software and systems development, in roles ranging from developer to executive, and has been leading large-scale Agile transformations for well over 15 years. Richard actively works on advancing SAFe’s Lean-Agile methods as a SAFe Fellow and methodologist. As a principal consultant, he is passionate about helping organizations create a better environment to deliver value, improve quality and flow, and be more engaging and fun. Richard is the co-author of the SAFe Distilled and the SAFe Reference Guide book series. He is also the author of the SAFe 4.6 Introduction to SAFe whitepaper.
