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About Gitta Toussi
Founder, Servant Leader, Strategic Partner
1 World In Freedom, LLC was founded by Gitta Toussi in 2008 to serve organizations seeking clarity, transformation, and grounded leadership.
With decades of professional experience spanning technical, managerial, and strategic roles, Gitta brings a rare blend of hands-on expertise, visionary thinking, and servant leadership. Her background includes enterprise-level program and project management, Agile coaching, IT and digital strategy, and cross-functional team leadership—making her an indispensable guide for teams navigating complex change.
Gitta’s approach is calm, structured, and rooted in trust. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an Executive MBA, equipping her with both technical fluency and strategic insight. Her academic journey deepened her understanding of business innovation, organizational design, and emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain—preparing her to support leaders in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Whether solving program delivery challenges or guiding executive teams through transformation, Gitta meets each engagement with depth, integrity, and clarity. Her ability to hold both strategic vision and operational detail allows organizations to move forward with confidence.
🌟 Areas of Expertise
🌀 Enterprise Agile Leadership (Adaptive Transformation) Guiding leaders and organizations to embody agility as a continuous leadership mindset — not a time‑limited engagement — so adaptability and innovation become embedded capabilities.
🧭 Program & Project Management (Program Leadership) Guiding complex initiatives from vision to delivery with clarity, alignment, and impact.
🌐 Strategic Leadership Across IT and Digital Initiatives (Strategic Advisory) Illuminating pathways for innovation, transformation, and technology‑aligned growth through 360‑degree thinking that integrates people, process, and performance.
🤝 Culture & Trust (Human‑Centered Leadership) Fostering resilient, trust‑rich cultures where collaboration and brilliance can flourish.
🎯 OKRs & Execution (Outcome‑Driven Delivery) Aligning objectives and measurable results through a Tri‑Value lens — ensuring every goal advances people (employees & teams), purpose (company mission), and performance (customer impact), while positioning teams to outpace the competition with clarity and confidence.
Philosophy- Vision - Approach
Philosophy - Brilliance begins with shared truth
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
Gitta's Definition of Brilliance:
If everyone on Earth took the initiative to
* Be genuine *
* Focus on bringing out the best in oneself *
* Respect the value-add each one of us is to bring to this world *
* Head with confidence and positive content in a capable and worthwhile direction *
* Avail sound win-win solutions to this world we all share and are guests of with responsibilities*
* Encourage and embody meaningful and enriching learning with a focus to flourish in positive and humane ways *
Just Imagine!
7 Billion people uniting for this initiative;
anywhere possible, and also in every business:
In this world … we live … and shape and form…
through what we do to ourselves...
and the generations...
to come.
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
In a world where boundaries shift daily, my vision is a future where possibility leads — where innovation, responsibility, and brilliance unite to shape products and services that truly serve.
Approach – Integrity leads with intentional strategy
Vision - Possibility begins with thoughtful alignment
Approach – Integrity leads with intentional strategy
At the core of Gitta Toussi’s approach are honesty, quality, and reliability. She believes in transparent communication, setting clear and realistic expectations grounded in her deep experience.
Gitta combines structured methodologies, executive insight, and the latest technology awareness—including AI and strategic Blockchain—to deliver meaningful, high-impact results. Her ongoing research and advanced studies ensure her guidance is credible and relevant.
She bridges the gap between technology and human values, partnering with technical experts as needed to ensure solutions are ethical and human-centered. This flexibility allows her to support enterprise coaching, program management, and strategic leadership effectively.
Gitta speaks confidently to enterprise leaders and decision-makers, helping organizations explore where innovation truly adds value, always keeping people at the heart of every solution.
Testimonials
Financial Institution
Not-for-profit Organisation
Financial Institution
"As someone who was new to agile methodology, I learned a lot from Gitta. Watching her adapt to our ever-changing business landscape was an inspiration! Her extensive business acumen (she's an agile coach, product owner, and scrum master) and her ability to overcome challenges with a smile made her stand out. I have had the pleasure of working with many subject matter experts, and Gitta is someone I will always remember fondly. I will always remain grateful to her for showing me many tricks of the trade and helping me navigate through our team's internal processes. " (Kiana L. Faucette, May 2022)
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"Gitta understands all aspects of Agile adoption, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and the need for organizational buy-in for Agile to succeed. Her skills as both a teacher and coach make her a valuable asset." (Bill Dooley, May 2022)
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"Gitta is a consummate professional Agile coach. I grew and improved in my learning of the Agile framework under her guidance. In the time I worked with her, she was very generous with her time, and she took pains to explain not just the 'how', but the 'why'. Gitta is a very personable coach whom I would readily recommend to anyone or team. " (Omo Abifarin, May 2022)
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"Gitta worked with me at Freddie Mac during a six-month engagement, where she was brought in as part of an Agile coaching team. She quickly proved herself to be not only a very high-level Agilist, but also a very bright and pleasant person to collaborate with (which I always appreciate). Gitta has extensive knowledge and experience around Agile best practices, and is constantly learning, teaching, and mentoring. She walks the walk, so to speak, as she is consistently bettering her skills through self-paced learning, seminars, and meet-ups.
I wouldn't hesitate to work with Gitta again; she is a true professional." (Michael Bradford, July 2020)
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"Gitta and I worked together as Agile Transformation coaches at Freddie Mac Infrastructure Services. Gitta is passionate about being agile and doing agile, and those attributes are reflected in her role as a coach, facilitator, mentor, and trainer to the teams and leadership that we led. Her in-depth knowledge of the agile processes and practices, Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, SAFe, and DAD contributed to the overall success of our agile initiative within the Infrastructure Services. Our success in Freddie Mac was the result of our working tirelessly as a team. We collaborated, brainstormed, and at times had our differences; however, we always overcame these challenges and came out with a greater understanding of each other’s viewpoints. In turn, what teams got was the best of the best from us. Thank you very much Gitta, it was a great pleasure working with you. Wish you great success in your future endeavors." (Elizabeth Thakkar, July 2020)
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" Gitta and I worked closely for the agile transformation of a large organization at Freddie Mac. We were two of the three Sr. Agile Coaches who were responsible for coaching, training, facilitating, and mentoring 400+ engineers, in addition to 36 teams, as well as senior leaders. She is a very passionate and knowledgeable Agile Coach and an effective team player. I would highly recommend her for similar roles in any organization for a successful agile transformation." (Recep Ozdincer, July 2020)
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" I highly recommend Gitta as an Agile Coach. She has been very instrumental in transitioning our team to scrum, coaching the team and management towards best practices. She is very knowledgeable and conveys her guidance in approachable and practical ways. This has progressed our team and helped to eliminate many impediments and set us on a course that has built morale and provided the tools, mindset and structure for the team to be at their best in vision and performance. Thank you Gitta! " (Tony Lawrence, June 2020)
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"Gitta is one of those very rare professionals who has excellent development skills as well as strong management, leadership, and project management expertise. As a result, she is equally at home
- creating direction and vision
- establishing firm, achievable requirements
- planning, managing, and coordinating deliverables and work packages, and
- rolling up her sleeves for creative hands-on solution development.
I found Gitta to be a tenacious seeker of quality, a strong team player, and an all-around delightful member of staff. I thoroughly recommend Gitta without hesitation or reservation!"(Kelvin Murray, August 2009)
Pharmaceutical
Not-for-profit Organisation
Financial Institution
"Gitta served as an Agile coach on my team in support of a transformation and then as an agent for relentless improvement as the transformation phase gave way to refining and standardizing our practices. She was an enormous asset who challenged me and pushed the teams in ways that made us all better. She was also a joy to work with as she always brought a smile and a positive attitude, regardless of the challenges we were facing. Any organization looking for someone with a true servant-leader heart would be lucky to have Gitta." (Tracy King, November 2019)
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"I have had the honor of working with Gitta for two years. She has been my mentor and collaborator, excelling in both areas. Her integrity, passion for her craft, and dedication to delivering excellence are unparalleled. Gitta’s knowledgeable, patient approach to continuous improvement is an invaluable asset to our team. I cannot overstate the enormous and positive role her kindness, generosity with her time, and expert understanding of people and processes have played in our company’s ongoing Agile transformation. It has been a personal and professional privilege to have Gitta as my colleague, and I highly recommend her." (Steven McGuire, August 2018)
"Gitta has been an amazing Agile Coach. In an environment where the number one issue with Agile Implementation is "Culture Push back" and "Mindset", Gitta hit's the nail on the head. She understands these problems and address them immediately. Most notably has been her ability to gracefully address the "top down command control" issues within Agile. She understands that there are no managers in Agile and really enforces the important idea of "self organization" (the heart of Agile). Many Agile Coaches resort to Management instead coaching. Gitta allows for teams to "inspect and adapt"; for this Gitta is different and knows how to get the Agile Coach job done right. It takes courage to do this in a culture that is constantly pushing back. I can't recommend Gitta enough. Thank you!" (Jonathan Winkler, February 2018)
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"Hi Gitta,
I really would like to thank you for being the most amazing Scrum master.
The last few months that I spent in Lash while I was associated with KPR were the best months I spent in Lash.
I would really like to extend a heartfelt thanks to you for making the KPR Scrum Team the best team to work with.
I learnt a lot from you and will be taking back with me a lot that will certainly help me become more organized professionally.
Thanks, Gitta, for always being there for your team and for making sure that everything was so perfectly smooth.
I wish you all the very best in life!" (Akansha Sharma, August 2016)
Not-for-profit Organisation
Not-for-profit Organisation
Not-for-profit Organisation
"Gitta is an experienced IT professional with a strong background in Project Management and Agile Frameworks. She has excellent team-building skills and keeps the team motivated in delivering projects on time, on schedule, and within budget. She has been a key person in bridging the gap between the Business and IT Partners. Overall, she is a focused IT Professional who is delivery-orientedd and with strong integrity and core values that have helped our processes and systems mature over time." (Satish Krishnan, September 2015)
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"I have worked with Gitta for the last 3years in a non-profit organization, and she has been a great team member. She is very hardworking and dedicated to meeting the goals set by the team. She encourages collaboration, and I enjoyed working with her." (Jehane Megzari, August 2015)
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"Gitta is a wonderful person and project manager I have worked with so far.
- She is extremely helpful and kind
- Very flexible and always available to her team members
- She makes you feel so comfortable in business meetings that you will never be nervous
- She understands people and their problems, and that’s what I like about her
- She is more than a team leader for me; she has all the qualities of a manager that every good leader should possess
I am so glad that I worked with her, and would always like to work with her." (Anita Katre, July 2015)
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"It was a great pleasure to work with Gitta, an excellent scrum master and project manager in a big, cross-functional agile team. First of all, she is very capable of delivering large-scale software and Web development projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading, and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Secondly, she is an expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments, and fostering self-management.
Thirdly, she is capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused, and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments. I highly recommend her if you are building a winning team to achieve business success." (David Bao, July 2015)
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" The improvements are vital and help in the overall delivery process of products and assure the quality too. It looks like everyone (QC, business, PO, dev..) is coming abroad and helping out, cooperating and understanding the overall process. For me, the process is not overwhelming, and I am glad to see such an improvement. Thank you for your help in coordinating and being a coach and a guide for the whole team. It is not easy to bring everyone to the same path (especially when different paths have been used in the past), and you have done a wonderful job in uniting the EAG team as one. Thank you again for the support and commitment, Gitta." (Sami Shumiye, May 2015)
Law Firm
Educational Institution
Not-for-profit Organisation
"Gitta is
- adaptable,
- trustworthy, and
- can think outside the box.
Gitta is also very personable, and knows how to use her leadership skills to motivate a project team. Her computer science background enables her to better understand and assess the technical risks of a project, especially for projects that involve new technologies. I highly recommend Gitta, and I think she will be a great addition to any project! " (Michael Wood, May 2011)
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"Gitta is a hard working, skilled professional. We worked on a project for most of 2010 and she was
- responsive
- creative and
- solution driven.
Her project management expertise, personal devotion and dedication made my job as the lead 100% easier. Gitta is a considerate and kind colleague and it was a pleasure working with her." (Grace Hailer, February 2011).
Educational Institution
Educational Institution
Educational Institution
"Gitta served as a knowledgeable contributor to our Project Management Office. Her
- experience
- strong work ethic
- integrity, and
- pleasant, professional demeanor
were very much appreciated by our staff."(Lisa Price, July 2009)
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"Gitta was a strong asset to our business process analysis project. She quickly learned the nuances of our business environment by asking the right questions. She produced quality deliverables that were comprehensible across audiences of varying skill levels" (Jennifer Johnson, June 2009)
Security Systems
Educational Institution
Educational Institution
"Gitta, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication working with all of our different internal teams.
I was extremely impressed when I first met you, as you quickly were able to understand our rather complicated workflow process and the inherent intricacies built into our business.
You clearly are a proven leader and have demonstrated those leadership skills by embarking on the development of a truly integrated customer relationship management tool, pulling from many disparate systems over the years.
It is because of your
- expert technical skills
- acute understanding of our internal (and external) customer needs
- vision for the future, and
- willingness to communicate these changes to the entire organization,
that I will always value your major contribution to our business and our growth. Thank you for everything! " (Jim Mustard, November 2008)
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"It was a pleasure to work with Gitta Toussi.
- She is extremely organized and takes her work seriously.
- Gitta has strong leadership skills and always makes herself available.
- Gitta is a team player, diligent, efficient, and is dedicated to her work. She has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- She is friendly and truly enjoys her work.
I highly recommend Gitta as a Program Manager." (Daisy Martinez, November 2008)
Telecommunications Company
Telecommunications Company
Telecommunications Company
"It was a pleasure to work with Gitta Toussi and watch closely her contributions to the team.
In working with Gitta, I found her excellent at daily project management, especially in
- diffusing situations,
- resolving issues, and
- focusing the team on moving forward.
I have also found Gitta to be a quick and willing learner, taking new assignments and driving them towards closure. (Jihad Hermes, July 2008)
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"A partnership with Gitta Toussi is a sure way of guaranteeing success...
...Gitta is the ultimate program manager.
Her ability to
- multi-task
- build teams
- manage resources, and
- complete project milestones
is unequaled in my experience.
Gitta's customer relationship management skills were an important advantage to the Samsung-Sprint WiMAX project, ensuring customer satisfaction, increased communications, and enabling Samsung to successfully manage an extremely complex venture. Her involvement is a valuable asset to any company. " (Leonard Francesconi, June 2008)
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"I worked with Gitta Toussi on the Samsung 4G Mobile WiMAX project. Gitta has proven to have solid technical skills, outstanding communication/interaction skills, and proven leadership abilities.
During her time at Samsung, she:
- Lead and directed multiple project teams and sub-team activities
- Interfaced with clients, colleagues and outside vendors
- Applied effective program/project management methodologies and control techniques
- Defined deliverables and milestones (from inception to production)
- Communicated status and vision to client management, stakeholders, and peers
- Interacted with technical resources for problem resolution purposes.
Gitta has consistently demonstrated a strong work ethic and a dedication to success. Her efforts have produced high quality results time and time again.
I highly recommend Gitta as she exhibits many of the qualities that are essential for a Program Manager."
(Sandra Palasciano, June 2008)
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"Gitta Toussi is a highly motivated and dedicated program manager. She is
- customer-focused
- action-oriented and
- accountable.
Gitta is very effective working within a diverse team. She uses facilitation skills and diplomacy to enable and increase communication among groups of people from different backgrounds and cultures. Also, Gitta is a personable, friendly person who enjoys project managing and helps to make the work fun." (Pam Wilson , June 2008)
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