David C.
Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Experience
Jun 2016 - Present
9 years 7 monthsScrum Master, Agile Coach
Steadforce
- Agile coaching at BMW across eight coaching projects
- Advised BMW departments on the introduction of agile software development
- Coached Product Owners, Scrum Masters, managers and teams
- Instructed Product Owner training sessions
- Expanded project from six developers to three distributed Scrum teams across Germany, Poland, Romania and Ukraine with stakeholders in Germany, USA and India
- Evangelized agile values
- Organized Scrum meetings and conducted retrospectives
- Co-organized team workshops
- Contributed to improving code quality and test coverage to enable almost daily releases
- Scrum Master for Project UMS at BMW since September 2016: organized Scrum meetings and collaborated in Jira with the Product Owner to enable Agile fixed-price billing based on T-shirt sizes
- Redefined Steadforce software development processes with emphasis on clean code, code reviews and Scrum
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
7 monthsProject Manager
Neos Ventures
- Managed go-live of aircanada.com at Amadeus using AEM 6.1, Ansible, Jenkins and Groovy
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
3 monthsHead of Development
Ametras Rentconcept
- Built a development team for the German federal project Adaptive City Mobility – CITY eTAXI
- Technologies: Java, PostgreSQL, Angular, Ionic, WildFly
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
4 monthsDirector of Development
Retarus
- Provided cloud messaging solutions
- Led software development and managed near shore team in Romania
- Introduced Scrum
- Technologies: Java, DB2, MongoDB, Tomcat
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
1 yearManager Software Development
afb Application Services
- Led department of 30 staff with personnel and budget responsibility
- Completed customer projects
- Introduced agile software development methods
- Technologies: Java, DB2, PHP, JBoss, GlassFish
Apr 2007 - Dec 2013
6 years 9 monthsDevelopment Manager
CAM Systems GmbH
- Managed team of ten staff and oversaw multiple software projects
- Flight Test Management System for COMAC in Shanghai: controlled the full flight test program from requirements definition to certification documentation; client communication, specification, development, testing and acceptance
- CAM-RF: product for paramedics to record emergencies once (Divi protocol) with print, email, web and fax interfaces
- Aerospace Requirement Tracking System (ARTS): used by the German armed forces for verification of the A400M military transporter
- Logistics Support Analysis: intranet application to manage all logistics data for the CH53-GA helicopter project at Eurocopter
- Test Management: developed test management software for Eurocopter
- SMMART: EU research project on helicopter maintenance systems; overall responsibility for work package 5100 with five partner companies
- Galileo: implemented SNMP communication layer for ground stations
- Technologies: Java, Oracle, JBoss, jQuery, Flex, C, C#, Cantata++, ColdFusion, Scrum
Jan 2000 - Mar 2007
7 years 3 monthsProject Manager
msg Systems
- Conceptualized and implemented Qsys-0km system to display and analyze inbound quality on BMW’s supplier portal
- Participated in and led projects for IBN, KFIS, TWEN, TWENB, MIS, TEWER, PQM and SPQM systems
- Sub-project lead for feasibility study, high-level and detailed design of SWS LS 2.0 (PPQ 8.4) to identify defective series parts and suppliers for global warranty cases
- Modeled data for Service Data Warehouse and was responsible for the data model for all warehouse applications
- Technologies: BEA WebLogic, Java, DB2, Oracle
Jul 1992 - Dec 1999
7 years 6 monthsProject Manager
BMW Rolls Royce
- Developed functional specification for Configuration Management System to define and control parts used in development, testing and manufacturing phases of aircraft engines
- Led development and implementation of the system, including user documentation and user training
- Led conception and implementation of Configurator system to evaluate CMS data and load into the PPS system
- Led implementation of Change Control system
- Technologies: INGRES, 4GL/ABF, Oracle, Oracle Forms
Sep 1991 - Jul 1992
11 monthsDeveloper
Deutsche Bank
- Designed and implemented UBR-Reporting system
- Compressed DB2 data into a SAS database for department reporting
- Technologies: SAS, DB2, MVS/TSO
Sep 1989 - Jul 1990
11 monthsDeveloper
BMW AG
- Created functional concept and developed Obligo system for cost control and Forecast system to predict fleet status
- Technologies: MVS/TSO, SAS
Dec 1988 - Sep 1989
10 monthsDeveloper
DLR
- Designed and programmed a system for selling satellite images
- Technologies: Oracle, Sun OS, SQL-Forms, PostScript
Feb 1988 - Jul 1988
6 monthsDeveloper
BMW AG
- Designed and implemented a graphics system to monitor the vehicle fleet
- Technologies: SAS, MVS/TSO
Oct 1987 - Jul 1989
1 year 10 monthsDeveloper
Deutsche Bank
- Conceived and programmed a menu-driven system to monitor costs, risk, profit and loss in the trading department
- Technologies: SAS, MVS/TSO
Nov 1985 - Jul 1987
1 year 9 monthsOn-site
Developer
Software Product Services (SPS)
- Implemented various customer projects in SAS
- Created training materials for the SAS product suite
- Conducted on-site customer training
Nov 1981 - Nov 1984
3 years 1 monthMunich, Germany
Developer
Intel International
- Developed in CULPRIT and SAS
- Implemented the demand-forecast system in SAS
Languages
English
NativeGerman
AdvancedFrench
AdvancedEducation
Cambridge University
BA in Mathematics · Mathematics · Cambridge, United Kingdom
Certifications & licenses
SAFe® 4 Agilist
LeSS Certified Practitioner
SCRUM Master
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