April Berlin

April Berlin has over 20 years of experience in project management and leadership roles. April is currently working as an Agile Portfolio Lead at a major pharmaceutical company, where they are responsible for managing and optimizing business processes. Prior to this, April was a Program Manager at the same pharmaceutical company, overseeing various projects.

Before joining the pharmaceutical company, April worked as a Senior IS Project Manager at Indiana University Health, where they focused on clinical technology implementations. April has also worked as a Project Management Consultant, providing value-added consulting services to a major pharmaceutical company, including CBT course training, user training, and business process mapping.

Earlier in their career, April was a Senior IS Project Manager at Children's Health, where they successfully delivered projects and focused on integrating clinical technology with Epic and Cerner systems. April also served as the Director of Technology - Circulation Systems at A. H. Belo, where they were responsible for the IT portfolio for circulation technology.

April has extensive experience as a project manager consultant, working with various organizations such as Verizon Communications and A. H. Belo. April has managed large-scale projects, including IT development projects with budgets of up to $40 million.

Throughout their career, April has gained expertise in Agile methodologies, as evidenced by their certifications in PMP, RTE, SASM, SSM, POPM, SDP, PSM, and SA. April is known for their ability to successfully deliver challenging projects and is often sought after as "the fixer" within project management offices.

April Berlin, PMP, RTE, SASM, SSM, POPM, SDP, PSM, SA, holds a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (1992-1995) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Indiana University Indianapolis (1989-1992). In terms of certifications, April has obtained the PMP (Project Management Institute, 2009), along with multiple SAFe® certifications from Scaled Agile, Inc., including Certified SAFe® 6 Lean Portfolio Manager (2023), Certified SAFe® 6 Advanced Scrum Master (2023), Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist (2023), Certified SAFe® 6 DevOps Practitioner (2023), Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (2023), Certified SAFe® 6 Release Train Engineer (2023), and Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master (2023). April also holds Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer (2021), Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager (2020), Certified SAFe® 5 Scrum Master (2020), and Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist (2020) certifications. They have also obtained the Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) certification, the details of which are not specified.