Is your favorite flavor of agility resulting in process over people? Is your contribution mired in person hours that inevitably turn into mythical person months? Are human efforts in heroic zeros and ones measured in seemingly pointless (story) points instead of customer, business, and employee value (ROI)? What began as a technology revolution has devolved into frameworks and processes that focus solely on mindless over mindful measuring, tracking, and projecting. And while many organizations find initial success that generates interest and demand for scaling agile and digital...
Jariatu Mansaray
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Black Tech Columbus
Jariatu Mansaray is a people-focused Product coach at Industrial Logic with a passion for empowering teams and driving results. She specializes in process operations and change facilitation among dynamic organizations. As a co-founder and the Executive Director of Black Tech Columbus, she is focused on creating community and job and career advancement opportunities for minorities in the Central Ohio technology community. As an agile coach and product consultant with a background in chemical engineering and trauma-informed counseling, Jariatu began her career in technology focused on finding and implementing outside-of-the-box solutions for organizations of all sizes. From training startups in cloud technology to managing cybersecurity programs for one of the country’s largest financial institutions, she is focused on using Agile methodologies to ensure effective outcomes. When she isn’t working, she spends her time trying new restaurants and traveling with family and friends.