
Naveen Babu
Garikapati
Co-Founder & CEO
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Connect on LinkedIn10,000+ professionals trained, coached & mentored
25+ years industry experience · 12+ years in Agile coaching
CEO, SimpliLEAD Consulting — enterprise Agile & AI-enabled learning
Multiple-time "Trainer of the Quarter" — UnitedHealth Group
SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC 6.0) · Enterprise Agile Transformation Leader · PMO & Lean Portfolio Management Consultant
With over 25 years of industry experience — including more than 12 years dedicated to Agile coaching, enterprise consulting and capability transformation — Naveen helps organizations build scalable, adaptive and high-performing delivery ecosystems aligned to strategic business outcomes.
As a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC 6.0), Enterprise Agile Coach, Program & Portfolio Management Consultant and Leadership Mentor, he has enabled large-scale transformation initiatives across global enterprises by combining Lean-Agile principles, strategic execution models, PMO modernization and people-centric change leadership.
He currently serves as CEO of SimpliLEAD Consulting, where he leads strategic initiatives focused on building future-ready enterprises through Agile transformation, leadership capability development, enterprise consulting, AI-enabled learning ecosystems and scalable workforce transformation programs. Over the years he has trained, coached and mentored 10,000+ professionals — including executives, PMO leaders, Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Program Managers, Delivery Leaders and Architects — across global organizations.

