Debbie Brey

Debbie Brey

Director of Complex Product Innovation Practice. SAFe Fellow & SPCT.

Debbie Brey retired as a Technical Fellow from Boeing in 2024 after a 38-year career. She introduced and advanced Boeing’s working methods using a combination of Agile, Lean, and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Debbie founded the Boeing Enterprise Agile Center of Excellence, where she focused on growing an internal Agile coaching capability and increasing the overall outcomes of business agility at Boeing.  

Brey started her career as a software engineer on the F-22 program. She was one of the catalysts in bringing Agile into Boeing and leveraging those benefits beyond software organizations and products. She achieved recognition for her continued pursuit of improving outcomes by simplifying and clarifying guidance around Agile ways of working at Boeing, specifically how these methods could be embraced for cyber-physical systems.

With over 38 years of experience driving a lean-agile business transformation across the enterprise, Brey is a sought-after expert in improving business and organizational processes and developing software solutions. She holds multiple certifications from Scaled Agile, Inc., including SAFe® Practice Consultant Trainer and SAFe® Fellow designation.