Alex Canizales Castro

Alex Canizales Castro

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Availability North America, South America & Remote
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Agile Academy Ambassador
Ambassador Level 2
Educator Level 2
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Alex Canizales Castro

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. With a strong background in systems engineering, extensive experience in software development, and advanced studies in ICT management, he brings both technical depth and organizational insight to his work.

With more than 15 years of Lean-Agile expertise, Alex has successfully led complex transformation initiatives across multiple sectors—including technology, telecommunications, finance, and government—in countries such as the USA, Mexico, Sweden, the UAE, India, Australia, and beyond. He is known for helping organizations align strategy with execution in fast-changing environments, empowering them to thrive through sustainable transformation.

Alex specializes in enterprise-level transformations, co-creating adaptive, scalable, and evolutionary operating models that drive measurable business outcomes. His work focuses on bridging business strategy with agile delivery, establishing long-term roadmaps, leading change management, and building high-performing, cross-functional teams. 

His leadership enables companies to not only navigate uncertainty but also shape the future through innovation, agility, and impactful change. As a trusted coach and consultant, Alex brings clarity to complexity and helps organizations transform not just how they work—but how they lead, adapt, and innovate. His many agile-related certifications reinforce his practical, outcome-oriented approach, grounded in real-world experience and a commitment to sustainable organizational growth.

Industry Experience

Consumer Products Financial Services Healthcare & Life Sciences Retail

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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.

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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.

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