Denis Gubin

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Kassel, Germany

Experience

Mar 2025 - Present
10 months

Freelancer

Stepwise Growth

  • 67% reduction of release times (from 1.5 to 0.5 years)
  • Introduction or optimization of agile ways; 97% fewer bugs (800 → 20 per release)
  • Transformation of existing structures; 260+ people in agile transformations
  • Flexibility & adaptability
  • Support for leaders in dealing with agile teams and their role; multi-million projects under budget and timeframe
  • Stepwise scaling of project and product organizations; international scaling: 26 countries, 6 brands
  • Transformation of corporate areas to systems that work sustainably without consultants
  • Taking responsibility in concrete agile roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner etc.)
  • Coaching of role holders
  • Agile workshops & hands-on trainings
  • Moderation of retrospectives, refinements, plannings and workshops
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
6 months

Chief Scrum Master / Project Enterprise v.2

Volkswagen

Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
2 years 4 months

Agile Coach / Software Development Center

Volkswagen

  • Further development of 12 product teams structurally and culturally with focus on strengthening technical excellence, handling changing product portfolios, and developing sustainable cross-team collaboration through Objectives & Key Results
  • Broke up silo structures and enabled more efficient resource usage through agile rotation concepts
  • Enabled early problem detection via Team Health Checks leading to higher goal achievement and clarity
  • Achieved measurably increased motivation in the entire department
Jan 2016 - Sep 2018
2 years 9 months

Scrum Master / Project Vehicle Bill of Materials

Volkswagen

  • Introduced Scaled Scrum and reorganized test management
  • Established fast key-user feedback cycles
  • Introduced consistent agile requirements management
  • Reduced release times from 1.5 years to 0.5 years
  • Introduced minor releases with cycles of less than one month
  • Reduced bugs per release from approximately 800 to 20
  • Eliminated the bug-fixing phase after each major release
  • Transformed project organization into a product organization
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
1 year 1 month

SAP Developer / Project Vehicle Bill of Materials

Volkswagen

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
1 year 1 month

IT Junior Staff / Further Training

Volkswagen

Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
2 years

Clerk / Network Technology

Volkswagen

Summary

Transformation that excites people and delivers results

My mission: to create work cultures where people willingly enjoy working and deliver outstanding business results.

With 16 years of professional experience, I have guided over 260 project team members through transformations, optimized million-dollar budgets, and reduced release time by 67%.

"When we go to Denis, it will be good!" That's what not only colleagues, but also skeptical decision-makers say after successful projects.

Skills

  • Many Years Of Agile Transformation Experience

  • Expert In Agile Transformations And Product Development

  • Agile Project Management: Structured And Flexible Planning And Execution Of Complex Projects With Multiple Stakeholders.

  • Creative Solution Development: Proven Ability To Design And Implement Creative And Effective Collaboration Models.

  • Excellent Leadership Skills: Strong Ability To Motivate Teams With Empathy And Drive Them To Effective Results.

  • Strong Collaboration: Ability To Work Successfully In Multicultural Teams.

  • Communication Skills: Strong Communication Coupled With The Ability To Inspire And Motivate Teams.

  • Change Management Experience: Proven Ability To Lead Change-management Projects Successfully.

  • Continuous Adaptability: Flexibility And Quick Empathy In New Situations And Environmental Changes.

  • Scaled Scrum

  • Kanban

  • Scrum

  • Management 3.0

  • Okrs

  • Lean Startup

  • Traditional & Agile Project Management

  • Entrepreneurial Thinking

  • Fiori Apps

  • Rollout Projects

  • Migration Projects

  • Agile Requirements Engineering

  • Abap Developer

  • Hands-on Mentality

  • Design Thinking

  • Conflict Management

  • Change Management

  • Resilience

  • Practiced Error Culture

  • Test Management

  • Test Automation

  • Moderation & Facilitation: Workshops, Retrospectives, Large Group Formats

  • Sap

  • Hp-alm

  • S4/hana

  • Sap Solution Manager

  • Sap Fiori Apps

  • Jira

  • Confluence

  • Microsoft Power Bi

  • Microsoft Project

  • Microsoft 365

  • Chatgpt

  • Miro

  • Mentimeter

  • Linear

  • Notion

  • Wordpress

  • Canva

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary

Education

Sep 2009 - Jan 2012

Oskar-von-Miller-Schule

University of Applied Sciences Entrance Qualification · Germany

Sep 2008 - Jan 2012

Volkswagen

Electronics Technician in Automation Technology · Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

Volkswagen

Certified Scrum Master

AutoUni Wolfsburg

Certified Scrum Master

AutoUni Wolfsburg

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