Keywords
Skills
With this foundation in place and with the support of Agile leadership coaching and training, senior management can then focus on aggressively executing their business strategy to increase the survivability and success of their organization."
Pertinent Facts
- Member of the Supervisory Board ("Aufsichtsrat") of a "Hidden Champion" in medical technology
- Regularly trains Scrum, Kanban, and Agile Leadership at leading universities (Mannheim Business School,
Carnegie Mellon University) including senior management in Executive MBA programs. - Host of the official Scrum Coaching Sessions for Scrum creator Dr. Sutherland
- Entrepreneurially thinking coach with management experience
At a Glance
- Experienced Agile Coach with a focus on business results
- Successful leadership of more than 20 agile teams
- Agile coach for organizations in energy, banking, and medical technology
- Author of the Scrum@Scale book “Scaling Done Right“
- Agile transformations
- Agile leadership coaching
- Team coaching
- Workshops & trainings
- Banking and insurance
- Energy and public utilities
- Medical technology
- Consulting, software, and startups
Project history
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Agile coach to the management
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Team coach for different teams when needed (software, hardware, regulatory affairs, factory floor, etc.)
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Training of Scrum professionals as well as sustained leadership training
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Professional coaching of company leaders
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Supporting agile coaches and leaders in their transformations
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Targeted coaching and training interventions
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Agile transformation based on Scrum@Scale
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Consulting executives (up to C-level) of different subsidiaries in the group
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Consulting and close coordination with stakeholders of the transformation, such as the finance department,
works council, HR department (i.e., personnel selection)
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Team coach of an average of eight teams
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Professional coaching of Scrum Masters and Agile coaches
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Professional coaching of the executive team
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Responsible for recruiting and training Scrum professionals
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Scrum Master for several (changing) teams and projects.
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Development of extensive backend including ERP integration, multiple internal and public websites, as well
as Android, iPhone, and iPad apps
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Coaching stakeholders to overcome blockages.
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Coaching of the project leaders; joint identification of the causes of the problems; selection of a suitable scaling framework; introduction of Nexus
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Scrum Master of one of the teams
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Team coach for the other teams
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Use of Kanban outside of software development
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Kanban Master for an internationally distributed team
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Responsible for Product, Software Development, and Human Resources
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Agile leader to several Scrum teams
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Product leadership of an intercultural, multilingual, and interdisciplinary team
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Product development
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Creative direction (graphics, animation, composition)
Successes: Completed agile transformation based on Kanban, restored profitability
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Operational management & personnel (25 employees at two locations)
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Leading the agile transformation
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Responsible for production, IT, finance
Successes: Entrusted with critical projects by the board of directors
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Project management of new software titles
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Business Development
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Process optimization
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Recruitment and onboarding of trainees and interns