Alex Canizales Castro

Agilisters

Alex Canizales Castro is a Level 2 Ambassador of Agile Academy and a highly regarded Business Transformation Coach with over 25 years of global experience. He is known for helping organizations align strategy with execution in fast-changing environments, empowering them to thrive through sustainable transformation. With a proven track record across multiple continents—including North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia—Alex supports enterprises in building resilient, purpose-driven organizations.

Drawing on deep expertise in Lean-Agile practices, Alex co-creates adaptive, scalable, and evolutionary models that drive measurable business outcomes. His leadership enables companies to not only navigate uncertainty but also shape the future through innovation, agility, and impactful change.

Agile Academy Ambassador Level 2

since 2018

active as a trainer

101 - 200

Trainings performed

501 - 1500

Participants trained

Experience

Alex Canizales Castro is a seasoned transformation leader with a strong systems engineering background, extensive experience in software development processes, and advanced studies in ICT management. With more than 15 years of Lean-Agile expertise, Alex has guided complex transformations across a wide range of sectors—from tech and telecom to finance and government—working with teams in the USA, Mexico, Sweden, UAE, India, Australia, and beyond.

Alex specializes in enterprise-level transformations, building operating models that scale across organizations while driving tangible results. His work focuses on creating alignment between business strategy and agile execution, establishing long-term roadmaps, leading change management, and forming high-performing cross-functional teams.

As a trusted coach and consultant, Alex is deeply committed to evolutionary growth. He brings clarity to complexity and helps organizations transform not just how they work—but how they lead, adapt, and innovate. In addition to his strategic expertise, Alex holds various agile-related certifications which support his practical, outcome-oriented approach.

Languages

English
Spanish

Industries

Consumer Products
Financial Services
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Retail

Certifications

Agile Academy Ambassador

Certified by Agile Academy Ambassadors are handpicked experts who embody our commitment to advancing Agile education and practice. As trusted professionals, they contribute to the Agile Academy community in various ways, including:

Delivering certified training and e-learning courses to build practical Agile skills.
Providing transformation coaching for teams and organizations.
Sharing insights through articles, case studies, and thought leadership.

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Work with Alex Canizales Castro

Alex is open to provide training, coaching and consulting services. Contact us to learn more.

Links, Articles & Case Studies

Agile Coaching Growth Wheel - Alex Canizales

Presented at Ágiles Latinoamérica 2022, this slide deck by Alex Canizales introduces the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel (ACGW)—a reflective tool designed to help Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, and team leaders assess and grow their capabilities across nine core competencies. Built around a central axis of self-mastery and framed by domain knowledge, the model integrates the Dreyfus Skill Acquisition framework to guide personal development from beginner to catalyst levels. It is a practical resource for anyone committed to deepening their impact through coaching and continuous learning.

Flight Levels - Diseño Organizacional para la Agilidad de Negocios (Spanish)

In this talk, Alex Canizales explores how the Flight Levels model serves as a powerful framework for enabling business agility through better organizational design. He explains how to connect strategy to execution across teams and levels, break down silos, and improve flow without needing to restructure the entire organization. The session offers practical insights for leaders and coaches aiming to scale agility in a meaningful, system-wide way.