Marco Toscano - Scrum Master

Munich, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

1 year 2 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

Responsible for implementing agile methods within the Interface & Integration team (2 Scrum teams)
Planning and conducting training in agile methods
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments
Improving sprint performance

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

5 months

Scrum Master

Heidelberg Materials

Introduced agile methods for a SAP S/4 Hana migration in the procurement domain (3 Scrum teams)
Planned and conducted training in agile methods
Coached the delivery team
Contributed to the Scrum Master community of practice

Jul 2023 - Sep 2024

1 year 3 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

Responsible for the Scrum process in the Finance Capability stream with over 10 teams
Mentoring leaders in agile practices
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments and improving sprint performance
Contributing to the Scrum Master community
Training in SAP Solution Manager and Jira
Building a culture of continuous improvement and orchestrating cross-team dependencies

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

9 months

Scrum Master

ALDI Data & Analytics

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

Nov 2021 - Sep 2022

11 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Siemens Mobility / Yunex Traffic

Responsible for the Scrum process for 3 teams in the development of an intelligent traffic control system (SAFe)
Facilitating Scrum events and coaching the development team
Contributing to the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Building a culture of continuous improvement and mediating team conflicts
Preparing, running, and following up on the Product Incremental Planning every 3 months

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

5 months

Essen, Germany

Scrum Master

RWE

Responsibility for the Scrum process for 2 teams in the SAP S/4HANA migration "TranS4mer" (SAFe)
Facilitating cross-functional team workshops and running Scrum events
Removing obstacles and ensuring sprint goals & milestones are met
Coaching the development team

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

2 years

Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS

Deutsche Bahn AG

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

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Munich, Germany

Trainer for Agile Project Management & Design Thinking

Digethic

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

Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

1 year 6 months

Ingolstadt, Germany

Scrum Master

Audi (CARIAD)

Responsibility for the Scrum process for 2 teams in developing a cloud-based dealer platform (SAFe)
Facilitating Scrum events and contributing to the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Establishing a culture of continuous improvement
Preparing, running, and reviewing the Product Incremental Planning every 3 months

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

4 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach

Vodafone Kabel

Coaching teams in their roles and responsibilities in developing a process for delivering GigaHFC
Developing team agreements and encouraging an agile mindset
Coaching on using agile metrics and facilitating workshops to create a product vision and story map
Coaching the team to write mature user stories with acceptance criteria and facilitating Scrum events

Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

10 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

MAN Truck & Bus

Responsible for the Scrum process for 2 distributed teams during the redevelopment of the production program and the migration of a legacy Cobol system to Java
Facilitated workshops to share knowledge with new Java developers
Facilitated Scrum events, removed obstacles, and coached the development team

Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

7 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach

Osram

Coached 3 teams in their roles and responsibilities in building a cloud-based IoT platform (Lightelligence)
Established quality criteria with the team (DoD, DoR) and facilitated workshops on product vision and story map
Coached on creating user stories and conducted assessments to evaluate team maturity
Supported the introduction of LeSS

Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

3 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

O2/Telefonica

Introduced the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions for campaign planning
Coached the team on roles and responsibilities and implemented a workflow-based process (Kanban)
Shadowed and observed the teams for mentoring

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

4 months

Weßling, Germany

Agile Coach

Ruag Aerospace

Transitioned a SAP/S4 HANA team (IMPULSE) from Waterfall to Agile (SAFe)
Introduced agile ways of working with initial training sessions and facilitated knowledge-sharing workshops
Coached leaders and team members and implemented a scaled Scrum process in SAFe

Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 1 month

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

BMW Group

Responsible for the Scrum process for 2 teams in developing a cloud-based bill-of-materials quantity system (SAFe)
Coached the Scrum team in their roles and facilitated other workshops (e.g., Design Thinking)
Contributed to the Agile Community of Practice and supported the adoption of SAFe

Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

9 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

BMW Group (Bildungsakademie)

Built agile teams in IT and non-IT areas with initial training sessions
Coached on roles and responsibilities and introduced an agile workflow (Scrum and Kanban)
Shadowed and mentored the teams and empowered them to self-organize

Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

4 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Allianz

Developed a central cloud-based management system
Introduced agile ways of working with training sessions and facilitated events
Coached the team, set up a continuous improvement process and empowered them to self-organize

Feb 2017 - Apr 2018

1 year 3 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Interhyp (ING Group)

Developed a web-based document manager for advisor and customer portal (LeSS)
Led the Scrum process for 2 teams and facilitated Scrum events
Ensured sprint goals were met and artifacts stayed up to date
Coached the team and scaled across teams with Scrum of Scrums
Managed Jira projects and maintained Confluence, also helped shape communities of practice

Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

1 year 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Scrum Master

Santander Bank

Developed cloud-based reports using big data for sales and risk controlling
Ensured correct implementation of the Scrum process
Ensured effective meetings and removed blockers
Supported management in the agile transformation

Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

11 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Transition Manager / Roll-out Manager

Merck

Developed an HR service platform and rolled it out in branches in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid)

Apr 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 5 months

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Project Manager

BASF

Developed an electronic approval process for IT projects

Apr 2012 - Mar 2014

2 years

CEO, Co-Founder & Agile Coach

Tripobox

Designed, developed, and rolled out an e-commerce platform for group trips (Silicon Valley)

Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

10 months

Project Manager

Bombardier

Rolled out a new transaction portal

Jan 2010 - May 2011

1 year 5 months

Project Manager

LIDL

Implemented a freight system

Mar 2008 - Dec 2009

1 year 10 months

Project Manager

Degussa

Implemented and rolled out a nationwide print system

Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

6 months

Project Manager

Pepecar

Implementation of new e-commerce software

Jun 2006 - Jul 2007

1 year 2 months

Project Manager

SEAT

Roll-out of a CRM system

Sep 2005 - May 2006

9 months

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

Agile Coach, Scrum Master Professional (PMP) with over 20 years of experience in software development.

Expert in building cross-functional teams, scaled frameworks (SAFe, LeSS), and advising DAX companies like 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.

Skills

Scrum & Kanban
Agile Coaching
Training & Workshops
Agile Transitions
Agile Scaling
Okr Facilitator
Design Thinking
Test Automation
Team Development
Story Mapping & User Journeys
Jira
Confluence
Trello
Azure Devops
Service Now
Data Warehouse
Business Intelligence
Sas
Behavior-driven-development
Cucumber
Selenium
Sap S/4 Hana
Mysql
Postgresql
Microsoft Azure
Aws
Kibana
Grafana
Qlik
Sonarqube
Git
Bitbucket
Hybris
Webshere
Visio
Drawio
Sap Focused Build
Sap Solution Manager (Solman)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Advanced

Education

Mar 1997 - Feb 2002

Technical University of Cologne

Diplom-Kaufmann (FH), major in Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

SAFe Practice Consultant (6.0)

Scaled Agile

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I + II)

Scrum.org

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PMI

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RWE

Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS

Deutsche Bahn AG

Trainer for Agile Project Management & Design Thinking

Digethic

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Audi (CARIAD)

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Vodafone Kabel

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MAN Truck & Bus

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Osram

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O2/Telefonica

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Ruag Aerospace

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BMW Group

Agile Coach & Trainer

BMW Group (Bildungsakademie)

Scrum Master

Allianz

Scrum Master

Interhyp (ING Group)

Scrum Master

Santander Bank

Transition Manager / Roll-out Manager

Merck

Project Manager

BASF

CEO, Co-Founder & Agile Coach

Tripobox

Project Manager

Bombardier

Project Manager

LIDL

Project Manager

Degussa

Project Manager

Pepecar

Project Manager

SEAT

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Novalia

Project Manager / Consultant

Rail Consult

Management Consultant

Blue Value

Summary

Skills

Languages

Education

Technical University of Cologne

Diplom-Kaufmann (FH), major in Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

SAFe Practice Consultant (6.0)

Scaled Agile

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I + II)

Scrum.org

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PMI

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