Lecturer

• Professional Negotiation

Global roll-out of AI-based pricing as well as new pricing software and processes. The project involved over 200 people in Germany and Romania and was carried out using Scrum and partly SAFe®.

• Supporting the teams and leadership in further developing the agile method
• Advising stakeholders
• Designing and conducting agile training and workshops
• Leadership coaching

Introduction of SAFe® for 1,500+ people as well as, in the corporate context, for 10,000+ people. The scope covered 15 individuals in the executive area.

As a result, SAFe® will initially be implemented for 500+ people according to the proposed strategy, and for the corporate division, the executive board decided that it does not make sense for the time being – as I suggested.

• Designed and delivered Germany's first IHK-certified training program for "Agile Transformation Coach".

• Conducted SAFe® trainings
• Created and delivered agile and Agile4/SAP trainings

Project in the R&D department for a data platform for future vehicle generations. Involved over 110 people in Germany, with a budget of 200 million euros, using a hybrid agile approach.

• Advised and coached TMK/OMK and program management
• Analyzed 80+ existing projects for agile practices and assessed the introduction of SAFe®
• Trained and coached leadership and teams to adopt agile methods
• Supported the tendering of projects to be carried out in an agile (SAFe®) manner

Global SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementation. The project involved over 600 people globally, with a budget of over 1 billion dollars and a tailored SAFe® approach.

• Advised and coached the program manager, vendor managers, and PMO leads
• Developed the MVP for the 'Agile Playbook'
• Defined the 'agile ways of working'
• Created the training curriculum
• Managed stakeholders
• Provided consulting/strategy for the tender to four global consulting firms
• Led the vendor selection process
• Created the product roadmap

SAP consolidation of over 60 systems into a single S/4 HANA system. The project involved more than 200 people globally, with the project site in Germany and a development center in India. The method was an adapted SAFe® / hybrid agile, budget of 200 million euros.

• Advising the CIO / CFO and program leadership
• Developing the implementation strategy
• Supporting the creation of team and program backlogs
• Selecting and introducing an agile project management tool
• Preparing the "Big Room Planning"
• Configuring stakeholder-specific trainings / coachings
• Defining KPIs

Introduction of agile ways of working as part of the company-wide transformation 'AOK 2022'. The project involved over 100 people in Magdeburg and was carried out using an agile approach.

• Preparing and supporting the execution and follow-up of the first two 'Big Room Planning' events

Global Salesforce implementation for the customer journey. The project involved over 180 people across 14 offices worldwide, with project locations in Germany and Florida, and a development center in India. The method was SAFe®, and the budget was 100 million euros.

• Implemented SAFe® including 2 PI planning workshops, served as RTE for 2 PIs and handed over to the client counterpart
• Training and coaching at all levels
• Coaching product management on backlog creation, roadmapping and prioritization
• Advising the executive board on agile topics

SAP Hana native development program. The project involved over 250 people globally, with the project based in Germany and a development center in Latvia. The method was a customized SAFe® approach, with a budget of 200 million euros.

• Introduced SAFe® with two Agile Release Trains, coordinating portfolio-level activities for outcome-oriented prioritization of work packages (Epics) and coaching the epic owners
• Flow optimization and reduction of impediments
• Established a LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) team and handed it over to the client
• Led a team of four Agile coaches

• Responsible for recruiting (approx. 35 hires) and sales (average annual chargeability of 85%)
• Designed and launched the world's first SAP Agile Academy for employees at manager level and above to meet the demands of Agile delivery (2018)
• Trained participants as lean-agile experts in bootcamps
• Co-developed the (financial) concept
• Served as a trainer and mentor
• Developed a training academy for the open market to offer the ICAgile-certified, self-developed three-day "SAP Delivery Agility Fundamentals" training, as well as other courses outside Accenture, to open new revenue and network sources
• Further developed my SAP Agile talent forge "Jump Start" to increase the maturity of newcomers in the lean-agile space
• Coached and led 8 colleagues on their career paths within Accenture as a "Career Counselor", using OKRs among other methods
• Conducted a coaching experiment with five individuals inside and outside Accenture to improve agile leadership skills (following the privately funded Hogan Assessment certification in 2020)
• Advised senior managers, program and delivery leads, as well as (senior) management directors at Accenture and their counterparts at the client, including board-level executives
• Built and led the "Customer Success" value stream

Qualification: IT Systems Management Clerk (IHK)