Lou Fontana
LInkedIn Hiatus
Spokane, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLou Fontana is an Agile Project Manager and Scrum leader with 11+ years of experience turning stalled initiatives into consistently delivering teams across media and venue-tech companies. Skilled in coaching Scrum adoption, she has transitioned 12 development teams across three countries to Agile practices and rebuilt productivity in organizations undergoing frequent acquisitions and pivots. With an MBA and full‑stack training from Galvanize, she blends strategic product leadership (VP/Product Management) with hands-on technical fluency to shorten feedback cycles and ship tangible outcomes quickly. Known for a pragmatic, service-oriented leadership style, Lou emphasizes small, iterative steps and relentless problem-solving—an approach she credits to real-world endurance lessons like summiting a 12,000-ft peak. Based in Spokane, WA, she favors cutting red tape and excessive meetings in favor of measurable progress, and brings a track record of automating processes to boost efficiency and team morale.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Galvanize - Denver, PlatteCertified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Product Owner at Scrum AllianceMBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at The University of Montana - College of BusinessAgile Methodologies & Lean Software Development, Agile Methodologies & Lean Software Development at Cognizant/Quick Left Immersion Program
Github Skills (5)
node-server4
nodejs4
react4
raspberry-pi3
react-native3
Github contributions (5)
lfontana/BrewsBrothersChillerFrontEnd
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:79 commits, 5 PRs, 31 pushes in 14 days
raspberry-pireactsensingreact-nativenode-native
lfontana/planit-server
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:124 pushes in 21 days
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