Paddy Dhanda
Agile Practice Director & Podcast Host
Paddy is passionate about helping people build better human skills to be more productive and thrive in today’s fast-paced world. He has gone on to advise CEO's and Executives on effective innovation strategies for some of the biggest brands on the planet, as well as a guest lecturer at the University of Birmingham MBA program.
Paddy is currently the Agile Practice Director at the UK’s largest tech training organization and is the former Head of Agile Learning for a global investment bank (Deutsche Bank), where he rolled out Agile education to over 100k agilists. He is also passionate about Visual Thinking and creativity and is co-founder of one of the largest Visual Thinking Meetup communities (The Visual Jam) in the world.
Paddy also hosts the Superpowers School podcast exposing the human side of tech. He was recently nominated as a finalist for the Best Content Creator at the Creative Industry Awards.
Paddy is currently the Agile Practice Director at the UK’s largest tech training organization and is the former Head of Agile Learning for a global investment bank (Deutsche Bank), where he rolled out Agile education to over 100k agilists. He is also passionate about Visual Thinking and creativity and is co-founder of one of the largest Visual Thinking Meetup communities (The Visual Jam) in the world.
Paddy also hosts the Superpowers School podcast exposing the human side of tech. He was recently nominated as a finalist for the Best Content Creator at the Creative Industry Awards.
Education
Aston University, 1997 - 2000
BSc. IT for Business Hons.
BSc. IT for Business Hons.
Experience
QA Ltd, Oct 2019 - Present
Agile Practice Director
Agile Practice Director
IIBA UK, Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
IIBA Communities Director (Midlands)
IIBA Communities Director (Midlands)
Deutsche Bank, Aug 2013 - Sep 2019
Vice President: Head of Agile Learning - Agile Services
Vice President: Head of Agile Learning - Agile Services
IBM Global Business Services, Apr 2012 - Jul 2013
Management Consultant / Head of Agile Community of Practice
Management Consultant / Head of Agile Community of Practice
Homeserve, Sep 2010 - Mar 2012
Head of Business Analysis
Head of Business Analysis
BT, 2008 - 2010
Agile Transformation Lead
Agile Transformation Lead
BT, 2006 - 2008
Chief Product Owner
Chief Product Owner
BT, 2004 - 2006
Head of Business Analysis
Head of Business Analysis
Certificates
Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Scrum.org, Issued Oct 2021
Scrum.org, Issued Oct 2021
Advanced Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Scrum Alliance
Agile Foundation & Practitioner
APMG International
APMG International