Savannah Rayat

As an Executive Agile Transformation Coach, Savannah is passionate about evoking authentic agility within the organization. She inspires leaders to create a culture where failures are celebrated just as much as successes. Over the last decade and a half, she has been working with Fortune 100 companies and their executive teams. She has brought an investor mindset to achieve efficiencies by inspecting and adopting at every turn. She takes a customer-centric value-based approach to defining and deploying change management with the goal of strengthening adoption, behaviors, and accountability.

A trailblazer in her field, Savannah ingeniously integrated Agile principles and the Scrum framework into both the Real Estate and Coaching sectors. As an Agile coach, she leverages her expertise to enhance processes by continuously inspecting and adapting strategies. Savannah’s innovative approach has transformed the sales and marketing cycles, incorporating agility and accelerating time-to-market. This enables entrepreneurs to rapidly grow their businesses with increased efficiency and superior results.

Currently, Savannah is an active Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation, the gold standard in coach certification, with several global clients. She also prides herself on being trained as a Co-Active Professional Coach and Organizational Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC). She is also a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) from Scrum Alliance and she holds the ICAgile Coaching Agile Transformation (ICP-CAT) and ICAgile Enterprise Agile Coaching (ICP-ENT) credential.

Savannah uses her training from Brain-Based Conversation Skills (BBCS) to help people open up new neuro-pathways to achieve their true potentials. Savannah is a certified Training From the Back of the Room (TBR) Trainer from Sharon Bowman’s training program. She uses powerful learning principles based on brain science to enhance her course participant’s experiences. The famous TBR 4Cs model is often used in her class. Savannah possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Management and Leadership. She is currently completing her Master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, gearing up to pursue a PhD in the same field.

Savannah’s unwavering commitment to Lean/Agile principles and her zeal for personal growth are manifested in her numerous certifications, extensive training endeavors, and continuous engagement within the Agile, Scrum, and Coaching communities. As a published author, she boasts an impressive array of over two dozen industry certifications in coaching, training, and facilitation.

When not providing coaching or training at client sites, Savannah can be found delivering presentations at conferences or generously volunteering her time at various Agile or Scrum events throughout the year. Although Ohio is her current residence, her roots lie in Connecticut. Savannah’s enthusiasm extends to the stock market, and she cherishes spending quality time with her family.

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COACHING & MENTORING CREDENTIALS

  • Master Certified Coach (MCC) | International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) | Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Team Coach (CTC) | Scrum Alliance
  • Co-Active Trained Leadership Coach (CTI) | Co-Active Training Institute
  • Organization and Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC) | CRR Global
  • ICAgile Agile Coach Certification (ICP-ACC) | ICAgile
  • Results Trained Coach (RTC) | Neuroleadership Institute 
  • Brain-Based Certified Coach BBCC | Neuroleadership Institute 
  • Small Business Coach | Systems Business Coach
  • Shipley Certified Coach | Shipley Coaching

LEADERSHIP & ENTERPRISE CREDENTIALS

  • Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) | Scrum Alliance
  • ICAgile Coaching Agile Transitions (ICP-CAT) | ICAgile
  • ICAgile Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT) | ICAgile
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) | Scaled Agile 
  • Certified Business Agility Coach (CBAC) | Enterprise Scrum
  • Certified Software Scaling Coach (CSSC) | Enterprise Scrum

AGILE & SCRUM CREDENTIALS

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) | Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) | Scrum Alliance
  • SAFe Agilist (SA) | Scaled Agile
  • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) | Scaled Agile
  • SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) | Scaled Agile
  • ICAgile Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF) | ICAgile
  • iCAgile Certified Professional (ICP) | ICAgile

FACILITATOR & TRAINER CREDENTIALS

  • Agility Health Radar Facilitator (AHF) | Agility Health
  • Licensed Trainer for Training from the BACK of the Room (TCC) | Bowperson
  • Training from the BACK of the Room Practitioner (TBR) | Bowperson
  • OpenSpace Agility Certified (OSA) | OpenSpace Agility
  • Certified Enterprise Scrum Trainer (CEST) | Enterprise Scrum
  • Scrum Foundations Educator | Scrum Alliance
  • ICAgile Authorized Instructor for ACC, ATF, CAT, ENT | ICAgile 
  • Four Lenses Facilitator | Shipley Coaching & Four Lenses

SALES & MARKETING CREDENTIALS

  • ICAgile Agile Marketing (ICP-MKG) | ICAgile
  • Certified Agile Marketing Specialist (CAMS) | Agile Marketing Academy