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Nabila Safdar

Director, Enterprise Agility & Portfolio Management Office at Vera Bradley Designs, Inc.

Nabila Safdar has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Starting in 2005, they worked as a BioTechnology Research/BioSecurity Chair at Maple Leaf Farms until 2008. Nabila then became an Adjunct Faculty at Ivy Tech Community College from 2008 to 2009. In 2010, Nabila joined Do it Best Corp. as a Scrum Master/Project Manager before being promoted to Senior Scrum Master in 2020. Nabila left Do it Best Corp. in 2021 and joined Vera Bradley as an Agile Coach. In 2022, they transitioned to the role of Director, IT Project Management Office at Vera Bradley before taking on their current position as Director, Enterprise Agility & Portfolio Management Office in 2023. Nabila also has experience as an Adjunct Faculty at Purdue University Fort Wayne and as the President of Nabilities.

Nabila Safdar's education history includes a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Purdue University. The field of study for this degree is not specified. Additionally, Nabila Safdar has pursued studies in Human Resources and Business Administration at the Indiana Institute of Technology, although the specific degree obtained there is not mentioned.

In terms of additional certifications, Nabila Safdar holds a Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III) certification obtained from Scrum.org in March 2021. Prior to that, in May 2019, they obtained the Professional Agile Leadership (PAL) certification also from Scrum.org. Other certifications obtained include Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) in December 2017, Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner in October 2017, Professional Scrum Developer I (PSD I) in January 2017, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) in July 2015, Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in July 2015, and Dale Carnegie certification from Dale Carnegie Training in February 2011.

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    Director, Enterprise Agility & Portfolio Management Office

    April, 2023 - present

  • Director IT Project Management Office

    July, 2022