Claudia Jenz

Co-Founder, Managing Director

Claudia Jenz
Paphos, Cyprus

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
3 years 2 months
Paphos, Cyprus

Co-Founder, Managing Director

CMJ Forward Consulting

CMJ Forward is a boutique consultancy specializing in Lean-Agile Consulting, Coaching and Training. As Enterprise Agile Coach in a strategy consulting team, established new organizational form for better cross-functional collaboration in a scaled agile environment with 21 teams. Subsequently worked as Project Manager and Product Owner Coach in an agile restructuring project with nine teams. The project concluded with introduction and establishment of OKRs as management framework.

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 4 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Technology Advisor, Agile Coach and Trainer

BearingPoint

As Technology Advisor and Agile Coach primarily supported clients in Public Sector and Finance/Insurance areas to master their digital transformation, establish agile scaling frameworks and enable successful agile software development projects. Additionally served as trainer at CIO Advisory - Agile Academy teaching SAFe courses like "Leading SAFe" or "SAFe Release Train Engineer".

May 2017 - Sep 2019
2 years 5 months
Mannheim, Germany

External Lecturer

Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg

As external lecturer for Computer Science program, taught courses in Algorithms and Datastructures, System Analysis and Design, Project Management Case Study in both English and German.

Nov 2016 - Aug 2019
2 years 10 months
Nuremberg, Germany

Managing Consultant

MID GmbH

Team Lead focusing on Software Lifecycle Management and Agile Consulting, leading team of 10 consultants. As consultant worked in various projects gaining valuable experience in agile software development with Scrum, application of agile leadership principles (Management 3.0) and supported a large EAM project.

Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
4 months
Thessaloniki, Greece

Inhouse Consultant

LIDL Greece (Lidl Hellas & Co.)

During assignment worked as trainer and consultant for Competence Center in its build-up phase. Tasks included team building and coaching, onboarding new employees, and designing and conducting trainings. Additionally served as expert for accounting systems handling risk management for potential issues during financial crisis.

Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
2 years 10 months
Neckarsulm, Germany

Inhouse Consultant

Lidl International

As Inhouse Consultant of international IT project organization in merchandise management systems area, served as contact for specific accounting and administration systems throughout entire software lifecycle. Responsibilities included managing international software development projects with external service provider coordination, consulting assignments abroad, supporting annual auditor reviews and typical Business Analyst tasks.

Jun 2011 - Dec 2014
2 years 7 months
Neckarsulm, Germany

Inhouse Consultant

LIDL Germany (Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG)

As Inhouse Consultant of IT project organization in merchandise management systems area, served as contact for Lidl Germany's administration systems (e.g. invoice verification, monthly closing, annual closing, reporting). Similar to a Product Owner, was responsible for HQ-deployed modules of custom-developed ERP system.

Oct 2008 - May 2011
2 years 8 months
Ludwigsburg, Germany

Assistant

Institute for Quality Management (IQM)

As assistant to managing director, handled secretarial work and supported customer workshops, focusing on Six Sigma, TPS, Lean and Kanban.

Summary

„In meiner Arbeit statte ich Teams, Führungskräfte und das obere Management mit Kompetenzen in Facilitative Leadership und Business Agility aus. Ich glaube daran, dass adaptives Führen und die Kombination von entwicklungs- und ergebnisorientierten Methoden die Anpassungsfähigkeit und Produktivität von Teams nachhaltig steigern. Mein Fokus liegt auf der Vermittlung praktischer Fähigkeiten, die eine vertrauensbasierte Kultur fördern und zu Autonomie und Selbstorganisation führen. Als Sparringspartnerin, Mentorin, Coach, Trainerin, Hands-on Expertin oder Interims Besetzung biete ich maßgeschneiderte Unterstützung. Unternehmen entscheiden sich für mich, um sich resilient und zukunftssicher aufzustellen, indem sie die Synergie aus technologischer Innovation und menschlicher Anpassungsfähigkeit nutzen.“

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Jul 2014 - Jul 2014

University of Ontario, Institute of Technology

Master of Business Administration (MBA) · Strategic Management · Canada

Sep 2013 - Feb 2016

Graduate School Rhein-Neckar

Master of Business Administration (MBA) · IT Management · Mannheim, Germany

Sep 2007 - May 2011

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Bachelor of Science (BSC) · Medizinische Informatik · Heidelberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer

Scaled Agile Inc.

Scaled Professional Scrum

Scrum.org

TOGAF 9 Foundation

The Open Group

Certified OKR Coach

Workpath

Certified SAFe Program Consultant

Scaled Agile Inc.

Certified Management 3.0 Foundation

Management 3.0

Certified SAFe Architect

Scaled Agile Inc.

Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

Scaled Agile Inc.

Certified Agile Leadership I

Scrum Alliance

IBM Rational DOORS Foundation V9.4

IBM

IBM Rational DOORS Practitioner V9.4

IBM

Professional Agile Leadership I

Scrum.org

Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering – Foundation

IREB

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

IT Service Management mit ITIL – Foundation

Projektmanagement mit PRINCE2 – Foundation