Release Train Engineer | Scrum Master | Agile Coach

Scrum Master for AGCO - Grain & Protein Technologies:

Scrum Master for two distributed teams focusing on delivering enhancements for CPQ and CRM systems to streamline sales processes of a large international agricultural company.

Implemented the elements of Scrum, and coached teams and stakeholders with a focus on agile mindset.

Stabilized and doubled team velocity, and decreased cycle time by >50% via applying Scrum standards.

Agile Coach | Scrum Master for OTP Bank:

Educate and coach managers and team members from the retail division of the largest bank in Hungary through changes, helping them to create the processes and practices that allow them to achieve their goals.

Established flow metrics across the retail division to achieve greater predictability, and applied probabilistic forecasting via Monte Carlo simulations to improve quarterly planning.

With the aid of flow metrics, our team has managed to improve the cycle time of epics by 40%.

Facilitated several value stream mapping workshops that allowed the organization to inspect their current state of value flow and do corrective measures.

Release Train Engineer | Scrum Master for Avon:

Oversee and enhance software development and operations using Agile methodologies across a large organization with global setup operating in the cosmetics industry.

Established and facilitated Scrum/SAFe ceremonies, and coached Product Owners to effectively prioritize and manage the product backlog ensuring the highest value work being developed next.

Successfully connected and aligned multiple offshore vendor teams responsible for delivering increments to the same product in a global environment.

Established regular feedback loops between customers, stakeholders and the development teams.

Accelerated value flow by >100% via implementing an effective and cohesive set of Scrum, Kanban and DevOps practices, including a pull-based work intake system with critical flow metrics in place.

Release Train Engineer for SIX:

Participate in the Lean-Agile transformation of a large multinational fintech company providing services and infrastructure to the Swiss financial center.

Helped Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) establish Lean-Agile Mindset across the organization via coaching on multiple levels with specific attention given to coaching senior managers to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down.

Helped LACE implement Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and participated in the design and set up of multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) via Value Stream and ART identification workshops.

Drove an ART of 5 agile teams providing platform as a service to other value streams, ensuring effective coordination and collaboration between the agile teams and achieving 80-100% program predictability and doubling overall program productivity.

Worked closely with Product Management to ensure alignment on the value of features, facilitate the intake of work, prioritize the program backlog and distribute work to the teams within the ART.

Kept stakeholders informed of the ART's progress utilizing program-level reporting tools and dashboards to ensure alignment with program objectives and overall vision of the organization.

Championed the use of flow metrics, competency assessments, outcome-based KPIs and OKRs to evaluate progress and determine improvement actions.

Identified areas for continuous improvement and implemented changes to remove impediments and solve dependencies that impeded empiricism and agility resulting in a 15% increase in customer satisfaction.

Educated teams and the organization around them on best agile practices through learning opportunities (e.g. trainings, Agile Clinics, CoPs, coaching sessions), and provided process leadership helping them develop their own high-performance and organization specific approach to agile product management.