Steve Farley is the Vice President of the Application Development Center at Nationwide Insurance located in Columbus, Ohio. He has over 30 years of Information Technology experience with a focus on development operations and the resulting value for business partners.
During his career, Steve has led technology implementations and business capability improvements that have included new product introductions, international expansions, large scale record keeping changes, service center improvements, and internet capabilities that all focused on value based delivery for customers.
In this current role as Vice President of the Nationwide Development Center he leads a team of software development professionals with a focus on delivery effectiveness through Agile practice adoption, Lean concepts, and a culture of Continuous Improvement. The Application Development Center currently consists of over 50 development lines and is one of the first enterprise-scale Agile organizations to achieve CMMI Level III.