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Janus (Dr. math.) Thomys
Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Experience
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
4 monthsSenior Scrum Master, Agile Coach
DMK, Bremen, Germany
- Optimize agile work using Scrum as the framework
- Coach teams and individual team members to increase collaboration efficiency, improve team effectiveness and performance, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Promote and support the use of agile methods with Scrum, including adherence to Scrum values and team self-organization
- Preboarding of internal Scrum Masters
Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
10 monthsSenior Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Federal Employment Agency, Nuremberg, Germany
- Lead a transformation project to introduce and establish agile methods and Scrum with Kanban elements
- Collaborate with five cross-functional teams to strengthen self-organization and promote effective, collaborative teamwork
- Conduct training sessions (including brown-bag formats) and organize and facilitate Scrum events while respecting timebox constraints
- Support backlog management, team-building activities, and removal of impediments
- Ensure information flow between product owners, teams, stakeholders, and management
- Create, improve, and optimize processes (requirements, UHD, change management, interface management)
- Develop competency matrices, organize knowledge transfer, and reshape testing processes
- Coach partner areas and develop a roadmap for Scrum rollout and organize communities of practice
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
1 yearScrum Master
Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Digitally implement forms for notifications and reporting duties under the Federal Immission Control Act as part of the OZG
- Introduce and evolve the Scrum framework with Kanban elements and use of digital whiteboards
- Prepare sprint transitions and organize and facilitate Scrum events
- Establish role understanding (developer, tester, product owner) through training, meetings, and workshops
- Organize team-building workshops and design self-managing teams
- Build and grow a DevSecOps team, including test approach, test automation, continuous integration, security aspects, and monitoring tools
- Coach the product owner on product vision, stakeholder management, backlog management, sprint goals, and JIRA administration
- Monitor adherence to Scrum values and regularly exchange with other Scrum Masters
Dec 2022 - Jan 2024
1 year 2 monthsScrum Master
Ministry of Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Introduce and improve the Scrum framework in the EMBE digitization project for electronic transmission of emission data
- Organize and facilitate Scrum events
- Ensure knowledge transfer through cross-project communities and MS Teams chat groups
- Remove impediments such as personnel changes, stakeholder absence, resource conflicts, and organizational issues
- Communicate within teams, with stakeholders, and management at multiple levels
- Improve the quality of user stories following the INVEST principle and optimize the backlog refinement process
- Support the team in meeting commitments and monitor progress
- Develop an approach for sprint reviews
Dec 2022 - Nov 2023
1 yearScrum Master, Agile Coach
Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Establish and promote team self-management and an agile work approach and culture
- Coach in agile best practices and implement actions defined in retrospectives
- Facilitate and support cross-team events
- Assist the team in focusing on high-quality increments and meeting the definition of done
- Set up TDD, test cases, test automation, and introduce the Zero Defects program
- Coach on managing the sprint backlog, including JIRA maintenance and subtask creation
- Support the adoption of agile values across the organization
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
1 year 11 monthsScrum Master, Agile Coach
Finanz Informatik GmbH Co. KG, Münster, Germany
- Further development of an internet banking solution including data migration and introduction of new account management and securities features
- Facilitation of cross-team events and ensuring information exchange
- Organization and facilitation of Scrum events
- Support for the Product Owner with frequently changing scope, including backlog grooming and stakeholder management
- Administration of JIRA and Confluence and individual coaching of less experienced Scrum teams
- Promotion of agile interactions and organizational improvement
Mar 2017 - Dec 2020
3 years 10 monthsScrum Master, Agile Coach
Finanz Informatik GmbH Co. KG, Münster, Germany
- Implementation and scaling of the Scrum framework in a PRINCE2 transformation project for a new internet banking solution
- Development of central portal features and data migration into the data warehouse
- Coaching on creating and updating the Definition of Done and sprint goals
- Training of new Scrum Masters and Product Owners and support in the DevSecOps production environment with continuous integration, test automation and agile security aspects
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
7 monthsScrum Master
LeasePlan GmbH, Neuss, Germany
- Scrum Master for three scaled teams in the development of an eCommerce product including web application, customer portal, mobile version, and application management system
- Scaling Scrum and defining and implementing measures to improve team collaboration
- Conflict management and boosting motivation
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
8 monthsScrum Master
LeasePlan GmbH, Neuss, Germany
- Scrum Master in redesigning the customer master data structure and building a modern data warehouse
- Data migration into the data warehouse and training of business users
Mar 2015 - Nov 2015
9 monthsScrum Master
LeasePlan GmbH, Neuss, Germany
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with Scrum rules and scaling Scrum in an interdisciplinary document management system
- Implementing changes to increase productivity and ensure the quality of increments
- Ensuring information flow between teams, Product Owners and stakeholders
- Optimizing multiple development teams as well as organizing and supporting the release process
Sep 2014 - Aug 2015
1 yearScrum Master, Agile Coach
LeasePlan GmbH, Neuss, Germany
- Scrum Master and Agile Coach for three scaled teams in the further development of a central personnel management application
- Fostering an agile culture and scaling Scrum
- Supporting test-driven development and removing impediments
Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
5 monthsScrum Master
HRS, Cologne, Germany
- Scrum Master for three scaled eCommerce teams extending hotel booking options to include SABRE, TravelSky and AMADEUS
- Supporting a distributed project team in Cologne and Warsaw
Skills
Systems: Linux, Windows, Mainframes, Z/os, Java, .Net, Ms Sql, Oracle, Jboss, Cics, Ibm Websphere
Tools: Ms Project, Ms Office, Mantis, Wiki, Ms Teams, Endevour, Mattermost, Digital Whiteboards (Miro, Conceptboard, Iso), Crowd
Very Good And Deep Knowledge Of Jira (Since 2014) And Confluence (Since 2014)
Scrum (Multiple Aspects: Technical, Team Building/leadership, Psychological Aspects, Methodology, Best Practices)
Project Management
Process Management/modeling
Quality Management
Kaizen Methods
Safe (6.0)
Soa
Nexus
Less
Extreme Programming (Xp)
Spotify Model
Lean Management
Facilitation
Idea Management
Idea Pipeline
Soft Skills
Survey Monkey
Presentation Methods
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
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Doctor of Mathematical Sciences · Mathematical Sciences
Certifications & licenses
ITIL 4
Design Thinking, customer-centered methods, zero defects program "Zero Defects"/"Get It Right The First Time"
Requirements Management
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Kanban; Kanban boards
Certified Scrum Master
ITIL 3.0
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