ML BROOKSHIRE

ML Brookshire is a Multi-Faceted Serial CEO, SAFe Certified Agile Coach, Chief Scrum Master (SoS), Cybersecurity and Global Brand Marketing Enthusiast.

Her professional experiences and accolades were acquired at 4 Fortune 500 companies, as she parlayed her MBA degree into a winning repertoire of accomplishments within the Agile space.

After over 15 years in a Marketing and Communications career, ML seamlessly transitioned into the realm of IT as a whole a few years ago. She shaped the operations strategy for Samsung which culminated into a Certificate of Merit within a 3-year timeframe. Her recent certification is the PSM as a Scrum Master.

At earlier positions, she standardized the strategic planning processes to better integrate Agile and Lean Management methodologies and became Six Sigma Black Certified with General Electric.

At GE, ML modernized client communication and demand management processes with the goal of achieving end-to-end operational excellence. She has been able to optimize policies and procedures, perform risk assessments utilizing a myriad of frameworks; and has also sat on the auditing side of the table within her career.

As project lead on various projects, ML has showcased a knack for consultations and strong interpersonal skills amongst her peers and upper-level management as an Agilist.

She leads by example and epitomizes the collaborative Servant Leader and ultra-manager that works within a 360-degree spectrum to assist junior staff with tasks; and ply herself ardently at assigned responsibilities entreated by her superiors and varying clients.

Always wearing several hats and constantly sharpening her toolbelt of Agile skills, ML has been able to garner the trust, respect, and loyalty of several team members. She has continually cemented quality into the organizational culture and fabric of the companies for which she has worked; and she enjoys the rigors of Scrum amidst the stringent people management hindrances, personality challenges, self-governing constraints, and interpersonal requirements of certain projects.

ML graduated summa cum laude from Spelman College in the top 1% and proceeded to Business School for her MBA on full scholarship at both institutions. She earned her CRM, PSM and CSSBB certification in Six Sigma whilst voluntarily working on several community service projects with Hands on Atlanta, United Way, and the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), Toastmasters, Rotary International amongst others; all throughout her college years to present.

She is passionate about the essence of Inclusion in all arenas and presently speaks globally for the TEDx platform.

TED Talk: https://youtu.be/TFfhuynlUnU

ML is presently happily divorced and engaged 💍 to be married a second time 😊 with two adult children named Skye and Raine aged 23 and 20 respectively as of 2023. She relishes family time by attending jazz concerts, movies, plays, writing blogs, and enjoying the Opera. She also speaks 2 international languages, plus a few dialects and plays the piano.

She also loves to collect artifacts and art pieces on any given Sunday.

Indeed, she looks forward to exhibiting the very fabric of her versatility in all present assignments; and appreciates the rare opportunity to continually add value to already existing awesome team members or clients with whom she is affiliated presently.

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