Bob Fischer Contributor

Bob Fischer is an agile trainer, coach, facilitator, and change agent at Agile Adaptive Management (AAM), with specialized expertise in the cultural change required to deploy agile at an enterprise level. Mr. Fischer's work is shaped by a core belief that a trained, empowered, and engaged workforce provides an organization with a strong competitive advantage.

Previously, Mr. Fischer was a VP at Fidelity Investments, responsible for the deployment of agile to more than 400 people, including coaching at the team and program level as well as working with functional groups not directly involved in agile such as finance, HR, and process ownership. The cultural change included getting agreement between the business unit president, CIO, CFO, and the head of product development on a common strategy for deploying agile, and agile was cited as the key reason why a large project went from failure to success. He was also an organization-wide catalyst at Fidelity, helping to broaden the deployment of agile across the large organization.

Mr. Fischer has 28 years' experience, managing support, training, and development at Fidelity, Sun Microsystems, BBN, and several startups. He also serves as a board member for Harbor Homes and Affiliates. Recently, Mr. Fischer spearheaded work that resulted in the Harbor Homes Five-Year Plan.