Dr. Suzette Johnson:
I%20have%20spent%20most%20of%20my%20career%20in%20the%20aerospace%20defense%20industry%20working%20for%20Northrop%20Grumman%20Corporation,%20a%20global%20aerospace,%20defense,%20and%20security%20company.%20My%20initial%20experience%20with%20Agile-related%20practices%20began%20in%20the%201990s%20with%20product%20development%20for%20an%20innovative%20and%20cutting-edge%20technology%20startup%20company%20during%20the%20emergence%20of%20the%20dot-com%20era.%20This%20early%20experience%20gave%20me%20an%20understanding%20of%20the%20importance%20of%20quick%20delivery%20times%20to%20meet%20customers%E2%80%99%20needs.%20On-time%20delivery%20was%20paramount%20for%20success%20and%20ROI%20for%20the%20company.%20This%20experience%20played%20a%20critical%20role%20for%20me%20when%20I%20changed%20industries%20and%20moved%20into%20aerospace%20and%20defense.%20In%20my%20role%20in%20aerospace%20and%20defense,%20I%20was%20the%20enterprise%20Lean/Agile%20transformation%20lead%20(overseeing%20more%20than%20ninety%20thousand%20employees,%20domestic%20and%20international).%20In%20this%20role,%20I%20launched%20the%20Northrop%20Grumman%20Agile%20Community%20of%20Practice,%20with%20over%20ten%20thousand%20members,%20and%20the%20Lean/Agile%20Center%20of%20Excellence,%20which%20provides%20resources%20and%20guidance%20to%20leadership%20and%20teams.%20I%20have%20supported%20over%20a%20hundred%20enterprise,%20government,%20and%20DoD%20transitions%20to%20and%20the%20maturation%20of%20Lean-Agile%20principles%20and%20engineering%20development%20practices.%20I%20have%20trained%20and%20coached%20over%20four%20thousand%20individuals%20on%20Lean/Agile%20principles%20and%20practices%20and%20delivered%20more%20than%20one%20hundred%20presentations%20on%20Lean/Agile%20at%20conferences%20both%20nationally%20and%20abroad.%20My%20current%20role%20is%20as%20Northrop%20Grumman%20Fellow%20and%20Technical%20Fellow%20Emeritus,%20where%20I%20continue%20to%20actively%20drive%20the%20adoption%20of%20Lean/Agile%20principles%20with%20leadership%20at%20the%20portfolio%20levels%20and%20within%20cyber-physical%20solutions,%20specifically%20within%20the%20space%20sector.%20As%20a%20mentor,%20coach,%20and%20leader,%20I%20launched%20the%20Women%20in%20Computing,%20Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20Chapter;%20the%20Women%20in%20Leadership%20Development%20program;%20the%20Northrop%20Grumman%20Lean-Agile%20Center%20of%20Excellence;%20and%20the%20NDIA%20ADAPT%20(Agile%20Delivery%20for%20Agencies,%20Programs,%20and%20Teams)%20working%20group.%20I%20received%20a%20Doctorate%20of%20Management%20at%20the%20University%20of%20Maryland%20with%20a%20dissertation%20focused%20on%20investigating%20the%20impact%20of%20leadership%20styles%20on%20software%20project%20outcomes%20in%20traditional%20and%20Agile%20engineering%20environments.%20I%20am%20also%20a%20Certified%20Agile%20Enterprise%20Coach%20and%20Scaled%20Agile%20Program%20Consultant/SPCT

Robin Yeman:
I%20spent%20twenty-six%20years%20working%20at%20Lockheed%20Martin%20in%20various%20roles%20leading%20up%20to%20senior%20technical%20fellow%20building%20large%20systems%20including%20everything%20from%20submarines%20to%20satellites.%20I%20lead%20the%20Agile%20community%20of%20practice%20supporting%20a%20workforce%20of%20120,000%20people.%20My%20initial%20experience%20with%20Lean%20practices%20began%20in%20the%20late%20%E2%80%9990s.%20In%202002,%20I%20had%20the%20opportunity%20to%20lead%20my%20first%20Agile%20program%20with%20multiple%20Scrum%20teams.%20After%20I%20had%20a%20couple%20months%20of%20experience,%20I%20was%20hooked%20and%20never%20turned%20back.%20I%20both%20led%20and%20supported%20Agile%20transformations%20for%20intelligence,%20federal,%20and%20Department%20of%20Defense%20organizations%20over%20the%20next%20two%20decades,%20and%20each%20one%20was%20more%20exciting%20and%20challenging%20than%20the%20last.%20In%202012,%20I%20had%20the%20opportunity%20to%20extend%20our%20Agile%20practices%20into%20DevOps,%20which%20added%20extensive%20automation%20and%20tightened%20our%20feedback%20loops,%20providing%20even%20larger%20results.%20Currently,%20I%20am%20consulting%20for%20a%20range%20of%20Fortune%20500%20companies%20in%20highly%20regulated%20environments,%20enabling%20them%20to%20achieve%20the%20same%20results%20we%20experienced%20at%20Lockheed%20Martin.%20I%20engage%20in%20everything%20from%20automotive,%20pharmaceuticals,%20and%20energy%20to%20reimagining%20legacy%20to%20modern%20solutions%20using%20all%20of%20the%20tools%20in%20my%20toolbox,%20including%20Agile,%20DevOps,%20Lean,%20digital%20engineering,%20systems%20theory,%20design%20thinking,%20and%20more.%20My%20goal%20is%20to%20make%20a%20positive%20impact%20for%20those%20around%20me.%20I%20am%20and%20always%20will%20be%20a%20continuous%20learner.%20My%20education%20includes%20a%20bachelor%E2%80%99s%20degree%20from%20Syracuse%20University%20in%20Computer%20Information%20Systems%20and%20a%20master%E2%80%99s%20degree%20from%20Rensselaer%20Polytechnic%20Institute%20in%20Software%20Engineering,%20and%20I%E2%80%99m%20currently%20pursuing%20a%20PhD%20in%20Systems%20Engineering%20at%20Colorado%20State%20University,%20where%20I%20am%20working%20on%20my%20contribution%20to%20demonstrate%20empirical%20data%20of%20the%20benefits%20of%20implementing%20Agile%20and%20DevOps%20for%20safety-critical%20cyber-physical%20systems.