Marco Toscano - Scrum Master

Munich, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

8 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

Development of a PLM (SAFe scaling)
Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Interface & Integration team (2 Scrum teams)
Planning and conducting agile methods training
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments
Improving sprint performance

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

5 months

Scrum Master

Heidelberg Materials

Introduction of agile methods in an SAP S/4HANA migration
Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Procurement domain (3 Scrum teams)
Planning and conducting agile methods training
Coaching the delivery team
Co-creating the Scrum Master CoP

Jul 2023 - Sep 2024

1 year 3 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

SAP S/4HANA transformation (SAFe framework)
Ownership of the Scrum process for the Finance Capability Stream with 10+ teams
Mentoring leaders in agile practices
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments
Improving sprint performance
Co-creating the Scrum Master community
Training in SAP Solution Manager and Jira
Establishing a culture of continuous improvement
Orchestrating cross-team dependencies

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

9 months

Scrum Master

ALDI Data & Analytics

Creating dashboards for management reporting
Ownership of the Scrum process in 2 teams, including facilitating all Scrum events
Coaching teams in agile methods and promoting agile working
Removing blockers and managing team dependencies
Supporting the Product Owner in backlog prioritization and writing user stories

Nov 2021 - Sep 2022

11 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Siemens Mobility / Yunex Traffic

Development of an intelligent traffic control system (SAFe)
Ownership of the Scrum process for 3 teams
Facilitating Scrum events
Coaching the development team
Co-creating the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Establishing a culture of continuous improvement
Mediating team conflicts
Preparing, conducting, and follow-up of Product Incremental Planning (PI-P) every 3 months

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

5 months

Essen, Germany

Scrum Master

RWE

SAP S/4HANA migration “TranS4mer” (SAFe framework)
Ownership of the Scrum process for 2 teams
Facilitating cross-functional team workshops
Conducting Scrum events
Removing impediments
Ensuring adherence to sprint goals & milestones
Coaching the development team

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

2 years

Germany

Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS (10% capacity)

Deutsch Bahn AG

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas
Creating training concepts
Developing various training modules
Conducting (online) training sessions

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year

Munich, Germany

Trainer for Agile Project Mgmt. & Design Thinking (10%)

Digethic

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas
Creating training concepts
Developing various training modules
Conducting (online) training sessions

Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

1 year 6 months

Ingolstadt, Germany

Scrum Master

Audi (CARIAD)

Development of a cloud-based dealer platform (SAFe)
Ownership of the Scrum process for 2 teams
Facilitating Scrum events
Co-creating the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Establishing a culture of continuous improvement
Preparing, conducting, and follow-up of Product Incremental Planning (PI-P) every 3 months

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

4 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach (50% capacity)

Vodafone Kabel

Developing a process for delivering GigaHFC for integration into the cable network
Coaching teams in their roles and responsibilities
Drafting team agreements
Promoting an agile mindset within teams and management
Coaching teams on using agile metrics
Coaching leaders to support agile teams
Facilitating workshops to develop a product vision and story map
Coaching the team to create mature user stories including acceptance criteria
Facilitating Scrum events

Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

10 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

MAN TRUCK & BUS

Redevelopment of the existing production program/migration of a legacy system from COBOL to Java
Ownership of the Scrum process for 2 distributed teams
Facilitating workshops to transfer legacy system knowledge to new Java developers
Facilitating Scrum events
Removing impediments
Coaching the development team

Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

7 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach (50% capacity)

Osram

Development of a cloud-based IoT platform (Lightelligence)
Coaching 3 teams in their roles and responsibilities
Defining quality criteria within the team (DoD, DoR)
Facilitating workshops, including product vision and story map development
Coaching teams in writing user stories
Conducting assessments to measure team maturity
Supporting the introduction of LeSS

Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

3 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer (20% capacity)

O2/TELEFONICA

Campaign planning (for non-IT personnel)
Introducing the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions
Coaching the team in their roles and responsibilities
Introducing a workflow-based process (KANBAN)
Shadowing and observing teams for mentoring

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

4 months

Weßling, Germany

Agile Coach (20% capacity)

Ruag Aerospace

SAP S/4HANA team (IMPULSE) transition from waterfall to agile (SAFe framework)
Introducing the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions
Coaching the team in their roles and responsibilities
Facilitating knowledge-sharing workshops
Coaching leaders in leading agile teams
Individual and group coaching for team members
Implementing a scaled Scrum process in SAFe

Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 1 month

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

BMW Group

Development of a cloud-based bill of materials quantity system (SAFe framework)
Ownership of the Scrum process for 2 teams
Coaching the Scrum team in their roles
Facilitating other workshops (e.g., Design Thinking)
Contributing to the Agile CoP and best practice exchange
Supporting the establishment of SAFe

Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

9 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

BMW Group (Bildungsakademie)

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas
Introducing the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions
Coaching the team in their roles and responsibilities
Introducing an agile workflow (Scrum and Kanban)
Shadowing and coaching teams for mentoring conversations
Enabling the team to take ownership and self-organization

Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

4 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master (25% capacity)

Allianz

Development of a central administration system (cloud-based)
Introducing the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions and facilitating events
Coaching the team in their roles and responsibilities
Establishing a continuous improvement process
Enabling the team to take ownership and self-organization

Feb 2017 - Apr 2018

1 year 3 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Interhyp (ING Group)

Development of a web-based document manager for advisor and customer portals (LeSS)
Ownership of the Scrum process for 2 teams
Facilitating Scrum events
Ensuring adherence to sprint goals and up-to-date Scrum artifacts
Coaching the development team to take ownership
Scaling across teams with Scrum of Scrums
Jira project administration and Confluence maintenance
Creating & facilitating Communities of Practice

Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

1 year 5 months

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Scrum Master

Santander Bank

Development of cloud-based reports based on Big Data for Sales & Risk Controlling
Ownership of the Scrum process and its correct implementation
Ensuring effective meetings with concrete outcomes
Removing project-related impediments in the Scrum team
Supporting management in the agile transformation

Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

11 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Transition Manager / Roll-out Manager

Merck

Development of an HR service platform with rollout in Spanish branches

Apr 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 5 months

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Project Manager

BASF

Development of an electronic approval process for IT projects

Apr 2012 - Mar 2014

2 years

United States

CEO, Co-founder & Agile Coach

Tripobox

Conception, development, and rollout of an e-commerce platform

Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

10 months

Project Manager

Bombardier

Rollout of a new transaction portal

Jan 2009 - May 2011

1 year 5 months

Project Manager

Lidl

Implementation of a freight system

Mar 2008 - Dec 2009

1 year 10 months

Project Manager

Degussa

Implementation & rollout of a nationwide printing system

Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

6 months

Spain

Project Manager

Pepecar

Implementation of new e-commerce software

Jun 2006 - Jul 2007

1 year 2 months

Project Manager

SEAT

Rollout of a CRM system

Sep 2005 - May 2006

9 months

United Kingdom

Project Manager

Novalia

Implementation of an e-commerce portal

Apr 2003 - Jun 2005

2 years 3 months

Project Manager / Consultant

Rail Consult

Various international infrastructure projects

Mar 2002 - Feb 2003

1 year

Management Consultant

Blue Value

Development and implementation of a banking sales portal

Summary

Expert in developing interdisciplinary teams, scaled frameworks (SAFe, LeSS) as well as advising DAX companies such as Siemens Energy, RWE, Siemens Mobility, ALDI, BMW, VW, Audi, Allianz, SAP and the ING Group. Co-founder of a startup in Silicon Valley and founder of Rocking Agile, focusing on agile training and coaching.