Benjamin Beck
SAFe Release Train Engineer
Experience
SAFe Release Train Engineer
Porsche Digital & Porsche AG
- Role as RTE for building the Agile Release Train (ART)
- Bringing together agile practices and system engineering
- Setup and facilitation of rituals: ART Sync, Refinement, Coach Sync, PI Planning, System Demo
- Structure and execution of the first PI Planning
- Optimization of program alignments and dependencies
- Set up JIRA & Confluence SAFe structure and workflows
Chief Scrum Master & Scrum Master - CI/CD Environment
CARIAD (Volkswagen)
- Supported a team as Scrum Master in continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
- Analyzed and improved the agile working mode
- Facilitated Scrum rituals including refinement
- Created and managed a cross-customer backlog with PO
- Set up tool infrastructure and Kanban board
- Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines
- Coached scaling to LeSS (adapted) with four IT teams
- Coached teams and Scrum Masters in effective work within a scaled system
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Served as Scrum Master for embedded software team in 2nd Life Battery Solutions: analyzed and improved agile working mode, facilitated Scrum rituals, created cross-customer backlog with PO, set up tool infrastructure and Kanban board, drove transparency with estimation and burndown
- Acted as project manager (hybrid) for international 2nd Life Battery Solutions field, collaborating with partner in China, responsible for project definition, planning, execution, control and closure
- Managed industrial battery storage system project for spare part supply of vehicle batteries for primary frequency control
- Coached and trained other projects/teams based on reference embedded SW & HW team practices
- Established metrics for reporting and supported full organizational transformation
Mercedes-Benz Energy (Daimler)
- Led residential battery storage system project (Home 2nd Generation EU & US): project definition, planning, execution, control and closure
- Managed product management and business casing across product development from idea to production to distribution in Europe
- Led development of Power Control System and EMS: project leadership and execution
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Automotive (4.5 years) and Energy (4 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Project Management (5.5 years), Product Development (4 years), Information Technology (2 years), and Supply Chain Management (1.5 years).
Summary
I love putting agility into practice and helping teams and companies advance in developing technological and innovative products. To me, it's important to promote the agile mindset through structure and by creating positive practical experiences. As an expert in the practical application of scaled agility, our clients appreciate that we truly get involved in operational implementation and drive real results. For me, this mainly means proactively pushing topics and interpreting agility every day to bring theory into practice. Always with the goal of fully unleashing the benefits of agile working in teams and organizations - focus & drive, self-organized teams, outcome & adaptability, and a fast time-to-market.
Skills
12+ Years Of Project Management (Traditional, Hybrid, Agile)
10+ Years In Automotive
5+ Years As A Scrum Master
3+ Years As A Safe Rte Including Transformation (Full Safe Config)
4+ Years Of Agile Coaching, Consulting & Scaling (Less, Nexus, Safe)
Automotive (E.g., Vw, Daimler, Bmw)
E-mobility, Battery Technology
Embedded Sw And Hw, Ci/cd (Continuous Integration And Deployment)
Cloud, Data Management
Hands-on Mentality And Consulting/coaching By Example
Solution-oriented, End-to-end
Deep Technical Knowledge And Affinity For Software And Tech
Specialized In Digitization And Remote Teams
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Outlook/teams
Jira/confluence
Ado
Languages
Education
Technical University of Dresden
Project Management · Project Management · Dresden, Germany
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Zittau, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer
Scaled Agile Inc
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