Markus Kaffke
Cooperation Partner
Experience
Aug 2023 - Present
2 yearsCooperation Partner
OKR-Experten / Digital Winners
- Advising entrepreneurs and companies. From practice for practice
- OKR – Objectives and Key Results, the strategy framework from Intel adapted by Google for setting goals and aligning across all levels in the company
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
8 monthsDortmund, Germany
Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach for IT Tech & Data
Lampenwelt GmbH
- Teaching the right understanding of agility and its application
- Organizing the Scrum introduction at team level, enabling and training the Scrum team
- Project assessments
- Supporting 3 teams as Scrum Master (BI, Webshop, Infrastructure)
- Moderating and facilitating Scrum events
- Leading refinement meetings and other technical meetings
- One-on-one coaching and mentoring of Product Owners and Developers
- Impediment management
- Supporting roadmap creation based on interviews (CIO and business)
- Creating cross-team standards and implementing them
- Aligning roles and responsibilities between business and IT, RACI matrix
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
6 monthsCologne, Germany
Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach for grandcentrix Project Execution
grandcentrix GmbH
- Advising on building an agile organization with a focus on Scrum
- Coaching Product Owners and Scrum Masters
- On-the-job training, building and supporting teams in their work
- Project assessments
- Analysis and Scrum training to address identified gaps
- Supporting and advising the internal Agile Strategist
- Building a Community of Practice and creating an Agile Guide
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
2 monthsHerdorf, Germany
(Partial) Project Manager Electronic / Scrum Master for Medical Project
Thomas Magnete GmbH
- Organizational and administrative leadership of electronic project teams developing medical products according to the Scrum framework in Jira
- Working with internal customers from medical technology as the contact for electronics and bringing technical issues to the team
- Coordinating tasks within electronics with assigned team members according to SCRUM and running daily stand-ups
- Participating in relevant project meetings
- Advising the internal software department head
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
1 monthFee-based Workshop
Faircoach GmbH, Stellwerk AG SAP- & Management-Beratung
- Lecture: Agile Project Management
- Product Vision Board by Roman Pichler
- Topics of a project handbook in guided group work using the “Golden Circle” - Simon Sinek
- Joint development of recommendations and optimization of various company aspects
Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
1 year 2 monthsBergisch Gladbach, Germany
Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
- Defining, implementing, and optimizing the Scrum framework for 2 development teams
- Coaching and mentoring development teams, Product Owners, and other company staff in all aspects of Scrum
- Leading Scrum events and refinement meetings
- Supporting release, sprint, and daily planning for process optimization
- Creating a release process and moving new software releases into production
- Impediment management
- Optimizing management and development tools
- Documenting practices within the Scrum framework
- Implementing Scrum of Scrums
- Improving productivity of the development department (60 employees)
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
1 monthFee-based Workshop
Bundeswehr Zentrum Innere Führung
- Supporting the Bundeswehr leadership conference Koblenzer Dialog 2018 “Good Leadership in a Digital Environment”
- Barcamp session – “The Agile Project Manager”
Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
1 year 11 monthsWiehl, Germany
Scrum Master SAFe & Business Analysis & Concept Development
Aptiv Deutschland
- Designing a toolchain concept for joint development of an ADAS project by the Tier1 supplier with BMW
- Designing continuous integration processes and coordinating with the Sweden site
- Gap analysis
- Analyzing the overall development tool landscape
- Supporting teams and management on agility, Scrum, SAFe
- Guiding the agile transformation
- Supporting SAFe framework implementation for about 200 developers in the project
- Scrum Master for pilot Scrum teams within the SAFe framework
- Supporting the Product Increment Planning event (SAFe) with about 100 international participants in person
- Coaching Product Owners and Scrum Masters
- Teaching the right understanding of agility, its methods, roles, and responsibilities from team to management level
Aug 2017 - Present
8 yearsCologne, Germany
Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master / SAFe; IT / Engineering Interim Management; Engineering Consultant
Independent Sole Proprietor / Freelancer
- Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master / SAFe
- IT / Engineering Interim Management
- Engineering Consultant
Jun 2014 - Nov 2016
2 years 6 monthsKerpen, Germany
IT Team Leader Business Analyst
Visteon Electronics Germany GmbH
- Teams located in Germany, India, Bulgaria, and the USA
- Leading the migration of the existing Application Lifecycle Management server environment to a new external data center
- Leading expansion of the server environment as a global standard for the entire group
- Managing the CASE Apps team both technically and disciplinarily
- Building an efficient and cohesive team from a former Johnson Controls international group and new Visteon colleagues
Mar 2013 - May 2014
1 year 3 monthsKerpen, Germany
IT Team Leader Business Analyst
Johnson Controls GmbH
- Teams located in Germany, India, France, Bulgaria, and the USA
- Acting as interface between IT and business teams for the Application Lifecycle Management project
- Leading and planning migration of existing development programs to the new Application Lifecycle Management platform, including migration strategy
- Monitoring progress, risk, and error analysis
- Ensuring uninterrupted transition of critical product development applications during company merger
Sep 2011 - Mar 2013
1 year 7 monthsKerpen, Germany
System Lead Engineer for client GM
Johnson Controls GmbH
- Teams located in Germany, France, and Bulgaria
- Defining system requirements and analysis with support from all departments
- Introducing and establishing the system development process across multiple departments
- Leading the system engineering team, planning, and progress tracking
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011
1 year 1 monthCologne, Germany
Resident Engineer for client Ford
Delphi Deutschland GmbH
- Teams located in Germany, Sweden, Poland, and India
- Acting as interface between client and supplier development sites for sharing all relevant information (e.g., specifications, planning)
- Organizing the Ford approval process
- Supporting client plants during production launch remotely and on-site
Jun 2008 - Jul 2010
2 years 2 monthsCologne, Germany
System Lead Engineer for client Volvo Truck
Delphi Deutschland GmbH
- Teams located in Germany, Sweden, Poland, and India
- Leading the system engineering team, planning, and progress tracking
- Applying an optimized system engineering process
- Defining system requirements and analysis with support from all departments
- Introducing and establishing the system development process across multiple departments in a global project
Aug 2007 - Jun 2008
11 monthsCologne, Germany
Project Manager for “Integrated Tool Chain and Process Alignment Control and Safety”
Delphi Deutschland GmbH
- Teams in Germany, supported by an external company
- Designing an integrated tool chain concept and requirements analysis
- Planning and tracking of internal and external activities
- Technical management of developing an integrated tool chain
Apr 2001 - Aug 2007
6 years 5 monthsCologne, Germany
Software Project Manager for client Fiat Italy
Delphi Deutschland GmbH
- Teams in Germany and Poland
- Software project management, planning, and tracking for body and security products
- Leading the software project team and service provider
- Developing process standards for software project management and configuration management
Apr 1997 - Mar 2001
4 yearsWiehl, Germany
Software Engineer for client Fiat Italy
Megamos GmbH
- Teams in Germany and Poland
- Independently developing embedded software for body and security products
- Agile product development of the alarm system for the client
Apr 1996 - Mar 1997
1 yearWiehl, Germany
Thesis Student
Megamos GmbH
- Developing an in-house autonomous locking system based on transponders with centralized logistics
Mar 1995 - Mar 1996
1 year 1 monthWiehl, Germany
Student Assistant
Megamos GmbH
- Managing transponder testing systems (setup, commissioning, and maintenance)
Summary
I sustainably guide and support your (future) agile system from the inside. It then works efficiently, effectively, structured, and role-aware. TRUSTWORTHY SECURE HANDS-ON I bring 25 years of leadership, technical expertise, and agile experience. GOAL-ORIENTED FOCUSED APPRECIATIVE
- Methods
- Structures
- Collaborative
- Practices
- Leadership-
- Holistic
- Tools
- Processes
- Competence
- Mindset
- Supporting Agile Transformation
- Product Development & IT
- Coaching traditional & agile Project Management
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Developer
- Agile Mindset
- Communicative
- Pragmatic
- OKR
- SAFe
- Scrum
- Transparency
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
Advanced Education
Oct 1991 - Apr 1997
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Dipl.-Ing. · Electrical Engineering
Certifications & licenses
Coaching Agile Transformations ICP-CAT
ICAgile
Enterprise Agile Coaching ICP-ENT
ICAgile
OKR Process Owner Advanced
Prince2 Foundation Certified Professional
Prince2 Practitioner
Professional Scrum Product Owner PSPO I
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master PSM II
Scrum.org
Certified Product Manager
ISPMA.org
Agile Team Facilitation ICP-ATF
ICAgile
Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO
ScrumAlliance.org
Leading SAFe - SAFe Agilist
Scaled Agile Framework
Professional Scrum Master PSM I
Scrum.org
ITIL Managing Across the Lifecycle
ITIL Continual Service Improvement
ITIL Service Operation
ITIL Service Design
Shiftup Agility & Innovation Advancer
ITIL Service Transition
True Agile - Institute for Agility & Innovation by Arie van Bennekum
ITIL Service Strategy
Shiftup Agility & Innovation Booster
Agile Coaching ICP-ACC
ICAgile
Management 3.0
J. Appelo
ITIL Expert: Agile Mindset Shiftup Qualification
J. Appelo
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