Agile Coach
Erste Digital
(Banks and financial services, 1000-5000 employees)
Skills
What I do for organizations:
- Champion the Agile principles and values.
- Establish process for decomposing initiatives from large-scale waterfall projects into estimable epics and features.
- Develop and deliver training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to help cultivate the culture change.
- Creatively engage team members by encouraging an experimentation mindset and feedback culture.
- Strengthen internal team of aspiring Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters through mentoring.
- Through analysis and value-based design approaches, support teams to balance removing technical debt, automation, and innovation.
- Together, we will develop, plan, and pilot the next steps in the journey.
- Assess the current corporate culture, make changes to shift to the desired state.
- Support initiatives by co-creating an individual and tailored scaled Agile approach.
- OKR and KPI cohesiveness and visualization to generate focus.
- Diagnose and prioritize impediments to enable true empowerment and transparency.
- Support your life and career through confidential coaching, enabling you to take the next steps ahead to reach your goals.
Project history
03/2020
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Present
Workshop and training creation and facilitation.
Introduce metrics to assist teams with improvement.
Beer & Grease sessions, member of EGILE, Agile Hub
Introduce metrics to assist teams with improvement.
Beer & Grease sessions, member of EGILE, Agile Hub
08/2019
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02/2020
Agile Coach
ING DiBa
(Banks and financial services, 250-500 employees)
Obeya setup and visualization.
Strong focus on customer-oriented solutions.
Identify organizational strengths and potential.
Proactively initiate improvement.
Strong focus on customer-oriented solutions.
Identify organizational strengths and potential.
Proactively initiate improvement.
08/2018
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08/2019
Agile Coach and Scrum Master
Hutchison Drei
(Telecommunications, 500-1000 employees)
Conducted training sessions for stakeholders focusing on the Agile Manifesto, Principles, Scrum and writing user stories.
Focused on continuous improvement through innovative inspect and adapt activities. Regular contributor to internal Scrum blog.
Focused on continuous improvement through innovative inspect and adapt activities. Regular contributor to internal Scrum blog.
09/2017
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07/2018
Agile Coach
Various startup companies in Vienna
(Other, 10-50 employees)
Establish culture of adaptability, trust, openness, collaboration, team empowerment, and commitment.
Introduce meaningful metrics.
Introduce meaningful metrics.
01/2016
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08/2017
Scrum Master
Optum Technologies/United Health Group
(Insurance, >10.000 employees)
Accountable for the successful deliveries of OH Dental Facets application projects using both Waterfall methodology and Scrum framework.
Develop project teams into high-performing Scrum teams.
Develop project teams into high-performing Scrum teams.
02/2013
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07/2015
Project Coordinator
SS&C Technologies
(Banks and financial services, 1000-5000 employees)
Delivered over 75 successful proprietary software upgrades including automation of manual reports, validation of investor data to fund accounting data, and a new automated system for processing investor transactions.
02/2011
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10/2012
Special Project Manager
Advice One LLC
(Banks and financial services, 10-50 employees)
Implemented new program to prepare client asset plans and tactical solutions for financial advisors, which saved time and improved efficiency and accuracy.
10/2008
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07/2011
Owner
Better Built Basements LLC
(Other, 10-50 employees)
Successfully coordinated the completion of over 150 home remodeling projects. Developed and implemented business and marketing plans, sales and advertising strategy, and referral program.
01/2008
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10/2008
Assistant Project Manager
Custom Basements of Connecticut, LLC
(Other, 10-50 employees)
Coordinated the completion of over 100 home remodeling projects including permits, construction, inspections, and final sign off. Streamlined change request process.
06/2007
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12/2007
Director of Marketing and Research
Reservoir Financial LLC
(Banks and financial services, < 10 employees)
Designed and instituted client appreciation, acquisition, and retention program.
08/2006
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05/2007
Director of Client Relations
Wealth Management Group of NA, LLC
(Banks and financial services, < 10 employees)
Devised a system to develop, track, and achieve the company's annual goals. Overhauled entire marketing strategy to drive new business and retain existing clients.
04/1999
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10/2005
Business Systems Analyst IV
Union Bank of California
(Banks and financial services, 5000-10.000 employees)
Managed over 50 upgrades for two proprietary software programs. Acted as liaison between business unit and branches.
Local Availability
Open to travel worldwide
Willing to travel a couple of times per month.
Other
Volunteer affiliations:
- Volunteer – at Global One kindergarten in Kibera slum - Nairobi, Kenya. 3/2020 and 6/2021
- Volunteer – teach English at Lower Austria Kindergarten in Zistersdorf. 09/2017-08/2018
- Guest Speaker - at the University of Connecticut School of Business. 4/2017
- Volunteer – The Caring Connection Adult Day Health Center. 10/2014 – 1/2016
- Founder—New Life Christian Fellowship Prayer Shawl Ministry. 11/2012 – 8/2017
- Team Captain – Make A Wish fundraising event. 8/2012
- Team Captain - Lupus Bowl-A-Thon. 3/2010
- Graduated - STRETCH Leadership Council, 2008
