Jen Stone

Jen Stone, B.Sc., MCIS, is an independent consultant with a strong background in IT operations She has seen that when organizations begin to adopt Agile and DevOps concepts, the resulting shifts in methodologies can disrupt an ops team’s ability to keep systems stable, secure and performant. Jen begins by helping ops teams modify their infrastructure, processes, communication paths and cadences to integrate with changes occurring in other parts of the organization, then expands that systems thinking to integrate teams across the entire organization.

Jen wields over 30 years’ experience mentoring and teaching adults, over 25 years speaking, presenting and writing, and over a decade developing and delivering courses to professionals in IT and business. She has held leadership positions in the Society for Information Management and Help Desk Institute, was an active member of the Lean Technology Institute, and served as a submissions proctor for the Agile Roots conference. As Managing Director of the International Consortium for Agile, she was responsible for bringing together experts from around the world to develop certifications for learning paths across the organization, including Leadership, Project Management and Business Value Management.

Jen serves as a reviewer for the PRINCE2 Agile guide, which is due to be released in Q1 2015. Jen is also working with Larry Cooper on a white paper for Axelos called “Next Generation Agile” which is due to be published in spring 2015