01/15/2024 updated


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Agile coach
Netherlands
Worldwide
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, SAFe SPC, PSM, PSPO, MSc Economics of Management and Organisation, LLM Financial LawAgile MethodologyMicrosoft AzureFinancesLean ProcessesLean Six Sigma Black BeltMicrosoft SoftwaresScrum MethodologyStatistical Process Control (SPC)
I am a seasoned Lean-Agile coach (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Scrum and SAFe SPC trainer) with technical expertise (RPA/IA, Microsoft stack – Power Platform, Azure DevOps) and an ambition to continue contributing to Agile Transformation and Agile Delivery of large-scale solutions across various sectors like P&U, TMT, CP&R and Financial Services.
Experience
Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2023
Languages
EnglishNative speakerDutchNative speakerSpanishGood
Project history
- Co-responsible for developing a transformation strategy for the Assurance practice in the Netherlands (approximately 2.000fte)
- Coach for several flagship audit teams during the pilot phase of the transformation (coach of 7 teams and about 50 individuals)
- Co-responsible for establishing and implementing a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (6 fte)
- Responsible for the implementation of Atlassian Jira within the Lean - Agile Center of Excellence
- Responsible for drafting (Lean-Agile) standards for the entire practice, directly impacting the working methods of all involved accountants
- Responsible coach for one of the five regions within EY Netherlands, resulting in coaching over 20 Scrum teams comprising approximately 150 employees
- Responsible and hands-on trainer for accountants in the Scrum way of working through a designed Scrum Master training. This led to the training of over 200 accountants, with approximately 40 becoming certified PSM-1
- Responsible for establishing and quantifying Key Performance Indicators for reporting to the Dutch Assurance board. I created a PowerBI dashboard incorporating survey results and quantitative data from various systems
- Speaker at large (>250 attendees) international events on Agile practices in an Assurance environment, with a focus on change management.
- Responsible trainer and content creator of the Professional Scrum Product Owner – 1 training. Trained over 100 collega’s, resulting in approximately 50 certified Scrum.org Product Owners
- Responsible trainer for various in- and external training sessions of Scaled Agile Inc. (SAFe). As certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (formerly SAFe 5 Program Consultant), conducted multiple Leading SAFe trainings and provided SAFe Product Manager / Product Owner to external parties
- Frequent trainer of the Professional Scrum Master – 1 training in diverse (international) contexts. Trained over 300 colleagues, resulting in over 100 certified Scrum.org Scrum Masters
- Trainer for the ‘Living the Scrum’- training offering an accessible, interactive approach to immerse participants in the Scrum methodology. Conducted this session, among others, for the Refugee Talent Hub for refugees new to the Netherlands.
- Responsible for creating and developing a Product Backlog to explore possible applications of Artificial Intelligence within the procurement department of Rijkswaterstaat
- Prioritization of items in the Product Backlog for the project team (6 FTE)
- Executive stakeholder management with the Chief Procurement Office and related directors from various (national) organizational units within the procurement department
- Organizer of various (Agile) meetings such as sprint planning, sprint refinement, and sprint review
- Facilitator of a workshop to explain and gather feedback on proposed initiatives with subject matter experts from different procurement organizations
- Facilitator of a WSJF workshop to collaboratively prioritize initiatives with Business Owners.