Personal Statement
Chris Urian is a Senior Manager and Columbus Agile Practice Lead at Centric Consulting with over 20 years of experience managing and implementing enterprise wide business application solutions. He has a reputation for delivering appropriate, high-quality solutions on time and under budget.
Over the past 5-7 years Chris has been focused on agile team transformations by providing servant leadership to highly performing agile teams while also serving as an agent of change to our clients through education of agile techniques and practices. Chris enjoys the challenge of coaching and enabling agile teams while building an environment where continuous improvement is the common goal. He is passionate about communication, group dynamics and coaching and not afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments from his teams.
Prior to joining Centric, Chris was a company founder and project manager for West Monroe Partners, a spinoff of ex-Arthur Andersen business and technology consulting professionals. Formerly, Chris assisted companies with innovative solutions as a manager with Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting practice.
Education
B.S. Business Administration and Computer Science, Bryant College