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Martin The Agility Strategist

Martin Lapointe is a seasonned professional and leader in Agile evolution and optimization. He helped, guided, and advised several organizations and teams in the development of an Agile culture with transparency, collaboration, and empowerment.

His natural agile talent makes him an asset to teach "how to build" the product backlog, help the team members organize the work and socialize the concepts of built-in quality.

Martin is a leader with a high degree of autonomy. He helps in developing Lean and agility at all levels of the organization. With a systemic approach, he facilitates development, communication, and organizational change management initiatives. He is also bilingual (French and English)

Experience with great clients

Intact Lab Desjardins Cascades Banque Nationale OneSpan Pages Jaunes Reitmans CN Croix Bleue

25

years of experience
The Agility Strategist

The benefits of an experienced Agile professional for your organization

Through his various mandates, Martin helped teams in obtaining concrete results:

  • Improved process efficiency
  • Faster delivery of products
  • Increased customer satisfaction
  • Improved decision-making
  • Increased quality of services
  • Smoother communication

Education and Competencies

The professional roadmap

Masters Degree in Software engineering, Université de Sherbrooke.

Martin has successfully completed several certifications to acquire the techniques and skills that an experienced Agile Strategist needs to master. The main skills are as follows:

  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong strategic and creative thinking skills
  • Communication and leadership skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with diverse stakeholders

  • 2024 - LEAN Six Sigma - Yellow Belt
  • 2023 - Scaled Agile Framework® Upgrade – SAFe SPC6
  • 2022 - Professional Scrum Master™ II (PSM II)
  • 2021 - Kanban Management Professional® (KMP) 
  • 2020 - Scaled Agile Framework® Upgrade – SAFe SPC5
  • 2019 - Design Thinking – Factry
  • 2017 - Scaled Agile Framework® – SAFe SPC
  • 2016 - ICAgile Certified Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
  • 2016 - Scaled Agile Framework® – SAFe Agilist (SA)
  • 2014 - Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
  • 2014 - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • 2009 - Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • 2008 - Project Management Professional (PMP)

SPC6 ICP-ACC PSM2 CSPSM CSPPO KMP PMP Lean

Martin's Agile exptertise

Training

Martin is an experienced trainer with expertise in training delivery of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®6).

Product Management

Martin guides Product Managers / Product Owners in creating Agile backlogs and requirements.

Analysis

Martin analyzes the operating context in order to understand dependencies and optimize the organization's value streams.

Agile Coaching

Martin, the Agile Coach is an expert with the principles and values of agility and their practical application.

Team Servant Leader

Martin, the Scrum Master, is the team's expert in conducting Scrum events. An experienced agilist knows how to use Scrum to grow their team!

Continuous Improvement

Martin analyzes performance, identifies opportunities, and deploys incremental changes to processes, products, and ways of working.