Meet Applied Frameworks

Jason joined Applied Frameworks in 2008. As CEO, he leads the company’s growth and consulting practice and teaches several of Applied Frameworks’ training programs as a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer.

Jason has led Agile transformations at several Fortune 500 companies, including MassMutual, Capital One, and CoStar Group. He also regularly leads engagements focused on product and portfolio management. Jason writes frequently on advanced product management and consulting topics for the company blog.

Jason co-created the Scrum Alliance advanced learning programs designed for the professional development of thousands of Scrum Masters and Product Owners. He went on to co-design the world’s first online, on-demand, self-paced programs for advanced Scrum education.

Jason is frequently invited to speak at conferences, on webinars and on podcasts including for the Scrum Alliance, Product Management Today, Agile Heroes Summit, several Agile Alliance events and local practice communities.

After studying engineering at Cornell, Jason served for nine years as a Marine Corps officer. He then went on to a career in telecommunications and software development as a project engineer and product manager. He commanded an infantry rifle company of over 100 Marines and directed operations for over 1,500 Marines. Jason began writing professionally and was published three times in the Marine Corps Gazette. Later Jason earned his MBA at Duke.

As a Certified Scrum Trainer and Certified Scrum@Scale Trainer, Jason has coached thousands of Agile practitioners around the world.

Luke has been involved with Applied Frameworks since its founding in 2003. He later went on to start Conteneo, a collaboration software company which was acquired by Scaled Agile in 2019. While at Scaled Agile, Luke served as a SAFe® Framework Contributor and Principal Consultant, with significant contributions to the SAFe Agile Product Management (APM) and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) competencies and the SAFe POPM, APM, and LPM courses.

He is the author of four books and is cited as an inventor on more than a dozen patents. His books include Software Profit Streams (co-written with Jason Tanner) (2023), Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products through Collaborative Play (2006), Beyond Software Architecture (2003) and Journey of the Software Professional (1996).

Luke co-organized the first Agile conference in 2003, has served on the Board of the Agile Alliance, and, in partnership with the Scrum Alliance, produced the “Collaboration at Scale” webinar series, the world’s largest monthly webinar devoted to helping organizations with 10 or more Scrum teams in 2 or more locations scale agility.

Luke is a highly sought after speaker has as keynoted such conferences as the Agile Alliance conference, Agile Australia, Lean-Agile Scotland, Agile New Zealand, the Austrian Innovation Forum, the CXPA and multiple SAFe Summits.

Luke is the co-founder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that helps citizens, governments and nonprofit organizations collaboratively solve problems that are unsolvable without civic engagement. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through Budget Games. In partnership with The Kettering Foundation, Conteneo created Common Ground for Action, the first scalable platform for deliberative decision-making, which is now owned and managed by EVEF.

Luke graduated magna cum laude with a BSE in computer engineering and an MSE in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. In addition to data structures and artificial intelligence, he studied cognitive psychology and organizational behavior.

Laura leads business development for Applied Frameworks’ consulting practice, with responsibilities spanning large-scale transformations, product portfolios, and enterprise training programs. She has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including Salesforce, Cisco, Dell and Adobe. 

Prior to joining Applied Frameworks, Laura spent nine years at collaboration software specialist Conteneo, which was acquired by Scaled Agile in 2019.

Laura is a Certified SAFe Practice Consultant®  and Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master®. 

Laura regularly speaks at conferences and delivers training courses and workshops designed to help people solve business and social problems using Agile frameworks. Laura graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Political Science.

Kevin McCabe is a pioneering figure in the field of pricing consultancy, renowned for their innovative approach and unwavering commitment to driving profitability. With a rich background in fintech, manufacturing and services and extensive experience across diverse industry verticals. Kevin is a Sloan Fellow (London Business School) and has an MSc from The University of London (also his Dad’s alma mater).

Growing up in Canada, Kevin has traveled the world and is settled in Boston with his wife, MaryAnn, and 2 college aged kids. Plus the dog that led him to Luke.

As leader of Applied Frameworks’ SAFe Practice, Phil is responsible for large-scale transformations and guiding change agents as they learn to apply the Scaled Agile Framework. Phil has served as a leader, coach, and consultant at some of the world’s largest companies as well as government organizations such as the US Department of Defense.

Prior to becoming a consultant in 2015, Phil spent sixteen years at AT&T as a leader and internal change agent, working to bring products and services to market faster through the use of technology and Lean-Agile methodologies.

Phil is a SAFe Fellow, and a Certified SAFe Program Consultant Trainer® (SPCT), one of less than 100 people who hold this certification globally.  He is an active collaborator within the Scaled Agile Community and is cited as a subject matter expert in a variety of topics including Lean Portfolio Management and Agile Product Management.

In addition to his SAFe expertise, Phil is an agile coach with experience in a variety of other Lean-Agile methodologies and approaches.

Simon Chesney has a distinguished career in product and systems development, as a software engineering leader and cultural change agent, often working to facilitate effective collaboration in the cross-functional space. In order to enable greater business agility at the product portfolio level Simon has developed and introduced economic models to enable product and portfolio trade-off & delay-cost analysis and decision-support.

Background & Credentials
Prior to moving to Silicon Valley in the late 1990’s, Simon spent a decade as Managing Director of a boutique UK-based software & project management consulting firm. During the 2000’s he led File System Development at NetApp, also facilitating the company’s Whole Product Transformation and inventing the patented “Whole Product Gap Analysis” toolset & process to maintain portfolio coherence. At Zynga Simon led System Engineering in the development of infrastructure to support 240M monthly active users playing the world’s largest on-line games. At Western Digital Corporation Simon introduced and led the Agile transformation, becoming certified as the company’s internal SPCT. Simon maintains professional & coaching certifications in SAFe, Agile, PMP & Transactional Competence and has presented his insights into culture change, portfolio management and delay-cost analysis at international conferences.

Simon is currently an SPCT-candidate, having been until recently one of the world's few Internal Scaled Agile Program Consultant Trainers - an SPCT certification tied to a specific enterprise. Additionally Simon is certified as a SAFe6 SPC & RTE, Certified Scrum Professional & Scrum Master, AMP-CCA (Certified Agile Change Agent), PMP and IUC (Influential U Consultant in Transactional Competence).

As Principal Consultant, Kim puts her decades of IT leadership experience to use for our clients at all phases of their Agile adoption. She has recently worked as a mentor and trainer in engagements with USAA, Thomson Reuters, benefitexpress, and Tyler Technologies.

Prior to joining Applied Frameworks, Kim developed her skills as an Agile coach and team leader at BenefitFocus, Capital One, ING, and T. Rowe Price. 

Kim is a Certified Scrum Trainer and holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Information Technology and Bachelor’s in Business Information Systems from Stevenson University.

A frequent speaker at regional and national Agile events, Kim is also a Certified Scum Trainer, a Certified Scrum Professional and holds certifications in SAFe® Program Consulting as well as Scrum@Scale.

Federico has more than fifteen years of experience in graphic and product design. He spent a decade as a Creative Lead at t software consulting firm in México working with top global brands and holds world-class expertise in branding, art direction, UX, UI, design systems, prototyping, illustration, video, and more.