Commercial
Industry Expertise That Delivers Results
At LitheSpeed, we proudly partner with organizations across a wide spectrum of sectors -- from nonprofits to education to media and manufacturing. But where we truly shine is in a set of core industries where our deep experience and proven success set us apart:
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Financial Services
From Fortune 500 firms to leading credit unions, we've helped financial institutions modernize operations, accelerate product delivery and build enterprise agility.
Clients include: The Carlyle Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GEICO, JP Morgan Chase, Huntington Bank, Navy Federal Credit Union, Nationwide, Sands Capital, USAA, and the Federal Home Loan Banks – Office of Finance.
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Media & Publishing
We’ve supported the world’s most influential media brands in adapting to digital disruption with Agile innovation.
Clients include: Amazon, NBC, HBO, National Geographic, Chronicle of Higher Education, Airline Tariff Publishing Company, and the American Chemical Society.
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Education
Whether transforming learning platforms or empowering school systems, our work in education brings Agile to the classroom and beyond.
Clients include: AccelerEd, Stride, and Fairfax County Public Schools.
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Energy & Utilities
In a sector defined by complexity and regulation, we help energy leaders drive efficiency and innovation.
Clients include: PG&E, Halliburton, NRG, and Westinghouse Nuclear.
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Product Design & Technology
We enable product-driven companies to deliver faster, smarter, and with greater market impact.
Clients include: Nike, Samsung, Accuweather, Cvent, EMC, and BMC Software.
Commercial Clients
FEDERAL
Accelerating Government Agility with Confidence, Clearance, and Scale
Located in the DC Metro area and rooted in the heart of federal transformation, LitheSpeed has partnered with U.S. government agencies since 2007 to lead enterprise-scale Agile and Lean change. Today, we help agencies shift from project-based delivery to modern product-centric models, powered by Agile Value Management Offices (VMOs), AI-enabled product discovery, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) transformations.
With Top Secret clearance capability, our consultants are cleared and ready to support highly sensitive initiatives across civilian, defense, and national security domains.
We bring deep expertise in modernizing federal delivery models through:
- Agile VMO strategy, standing up and scaling value delivery offices
- Project-to-product operating model transitions
- AI-enabled product discovery and backlog refinement
- Lean portfolio management and adaptive governance
- SAFe® implementation and enterprise scaling support
- Agile, DevOps, and digital delivery transformation
- Acquisition modernization, coaching, and training
- Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
- Program and enterprise-level agility assessments
Security You Can Trust
LitheSpeed's team includes consultants with Top Secret clearance, enabling us to support high-security programs with confidence, discretion, and continuity.
Proven Impact Across Government
We've delivered results for: CMS, CBP, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, FDIC, IRS, NASA, NIH, NOAA, SSA, and USCIS.
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SIN# 611430, Professional and Management Development Training
SIN# 541611, Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Management Support, and Business Program and Project Management Services
Federal Clients
From PMO to VMO
Managing for Value Delivery
"A game changer for those struggling to align PMOs with their agile business and culture."
Federal Services
Strategic Agile Transformation
- Organizational change management
- Transformation Planning and Execution
- Scaling Approaches
- Organizational Education and Training Programs
- Agile Coaching and Mentoring
- Agile COEs and Working Groups
Governance
- Process and Policy Development
- Agile Measurement and Metric Systems
- PMO Support
- Scaling Approaches
- Lean Portfolio Management Implementatoin
- Agile Portfolio Management Support
- Agile approaches to compliance with security, 508, and other standards
- Agile appropriate documentation and other artifacts
- Change management approaches
- Independent Verification and Validation
- QA
Training and Technology
- DevOps at Scale
- Code Quality Measurement and Improvement
- Test Automation
- Agile Architecture Scaling Approaches
- Agile Appropriate Tools and Engineering Approaches
- Certified trainings (Scrum Alliance, Scaled Agile Framework, ICAgile)
- Organization-wide Introduction to Agile
Government Case Studies
Scope
LitheSpeed provided Agile Transformation services to USCIS to move the Agency to deeper Agile Adoption of Agile Delivery, DevOps and Lean Organizational Processes under the direction of Mark Schwartz.
Key Deliverables
- Agile Executive Training
- One on One Mentoring
- Enterprise transformation Strategy and Consulting
- Governance Strategy
- Agile Coaching and Mentoring
- Test and Deployment Automation consulting
Results
- USCIS has become the exemplar of the use of Lean, Agile in the Government
- DevOps assistance helped move the ELIS Program from Quarterly Releases to Twice Weekly Releases.
- Utilization of Agile Portfolio to manage Large Programs
Scope
LitheSpeed provided organizational Agile training and custom course development for the National Geospatial Agency.
Key Deliverables
- Developed/Delivered Customized Agency Introduction to Agile
- Delivering Scaled Agile Framework SAFe 4.0 Training
Results
- Trained over 600 Agency Staff Members
Scope
LitheSpeed provided Custom Agile Training Development, Program and Organizational Transformation support within the IRS.
Key Deliverables
- Agile Executive Briefings
- Enterprise transformation Strategy and Consulting
- Governance Strategy
- Agile Program Management Consulting
- Custom Training
Results
- Instituted Agile Transition Team and Working Group on CADE II Program
- Development of assessments and evaluations to formalize Continuous Improvement
- Project Governance Consulting for cross agency impact
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Commercial Case Studies
We've helped successfully apply Agile and Lean techniques in many fields like healthcare, manufacturing, software development, marketing, and many others.
Fortune 100 Financial services
LitheSpeed first introduced, designed, and delivered agile constructs such as value-stream teams, lean portfolio planning and governance, and Big Room Planning to a digital enablement group. Results included as much as 67% improvement in delivery velocity with simultaneous cost reductions of approximately 15%.
Due to the model’s success, it has been adopted by other business units and portfolios within this organization, leading to an unprecedented level of planning and alignment across multiple business units, infrastructure, and shared services organizations.
Large Public School System
LitheSpeed helped one of the largest public school systems in the country use agile techniques to plan and execute the rollout of major strategic initiatives. Given a strategic policy goal and an aggressive timeline, we used agile techniques to plan and execute the development and execution. We developed cross functional teams composed of school district executives, administrators, teachers, and staff. The client used sprint and “release” planning, daily standups, retrospectives, demos, and burndowns to align on goals, priorities, and near-term plans.
Fortune-100 Consumer Product Company
The marketing team at a global consumer product firm used agile and scrum techniques to quickly form a set of product experiments, develop rapid prototypes, quickly take those prototypes to consumers, get fast market feedback, and make product adjustments. The result was the launch of new consumers products in record time, at substantially lower internal cost, and with solid business results.
Major Industry Market Research Firm
This group wanted support using agile techniques to quickly perform market research on a highly complex topic of national importance. Using agile, we were able to quickly launch surveys, interact with consumers through focus groups, survey the regulatory environment in multiple states, perform competitive market research, and quickly evolve a comprehensive view of the market in a very complex and highly regulated arena.