Michael Brausam

Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner

Michael Brausam
Griesheim, Germany

Experience

Feb 2024 - Present
1 year 2 months
Germany

Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Dataport AöR

Supporting agile transformation and building a SAFe Framework with multiple Release Trains. Focus on digitization of public administrations through new development of cloud platforms and cloud services.

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
3 months
Germany

Process Consultant

German Edge Cloud / LOH Gruppe

Responsibility for creating ISO 9001 certification implementation concept using innovative approach (Gamification and 4C model).

Responsible for conceptualizing Lean Portfolio Management process covering entire cycle from product idea through implementation to monitoring.

Nov 2022 - Aug 2023
10 months
Germany

Agile Coach

German Edge Cloud / LOH Gruppe

Supported Product Owners for multiple teams with 1:1 coaching and led many team retrospectives to initiate continuous improvements.

Nov 2022 - Aug 2023
10 months
Germany

Product Owner Quality Assurance Team

German Edge Cloud / LOH Gruppe

Founded and led 'Quality Assurance Enablement Team' with 3 team members. Supporting all project teams in implementing quality tasks to ensure software quality for customers.

Developed team vision, started Product Backlog and outlined work process.

Proactively approached other project teams to explain mission and methods. Discussed quality requirements and identified existing implementations in QA sessions. Closed quality gaps either by teams themselves or with our support.

Ensured pending quality gaps were transferred to team Product Backlogs through regular monitoring.

Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
2 months
Germany

Release Train Engineer

German Edge Cloud / LOH Gruppe

Responsible for supporting GEC in implementing and introducing a process to enable quality-assured packaging and delivery of software. Appointed representatives from involved teams to core team to work together on development.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years
Germany

Agile Trainer & Coach

DB Systel/Deutsche Bahn AG

Main role included connecting target groups (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Business Engineer, Requirements Manager and Implementation Team) through targeted 90-120 minute workshops and conveying advanced level knowledge.

Designed relevant content using 4C model ("Coaching from the Back of the Room"), moderated sessions, gathered feedback and finalized workshop materials.

Co-designed team split resulting in two balanced teams with 8 members each, including Product Owner and Scrum Master. Tasks included developing splitting workshop, future meeting structure and content, and building Jira structure for 2 teams with shared Product Backlog.

Sep 2018 - Present
6 years 7 months
Griesheim, Germany

Managing Director

Move4ward UG

Consulting and coaching of individuals and teams

Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
4 years
Germany

Scrum Master (SAFe)

AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH/Lufthansa

Led agile transformation and SAFe implementation project with complete IT landscape modernization. Project involved ~180 people in ~20 teams and 3 Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

Led diverse teams with different work contents, processes and team sizes (6-16 people) in Scrum/Kanban mode including:

  • Building and operating MS Dynamics 365 CRM platform
  • Operating access to data and environments
  • Generating and handling virtual credit card numbers
  • Collecting and processing client billing data
  • UATP payments

Managed integration of team members and external service providers, promoted team collaboration, self-organization, quality assurance.

Led successful MS Dynamics 365 CRM weekend updates. Achieved component-based modularization enabling selective component rollouts.

Temporarily served as Operations Lead for 16-person backend team developing 20+ microservices, including bug tracking, analysis triggering, implementation, testing and deployments.

Introduced and initially performed Release Manager role.

Supported transition to remote work from March 2020, including building new teams and virtual Product Increment Planning Events.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year
Darmstadt, Germany

Agile Coach, Trainer, Scrum Master & Community Enabler

Deutsche Telekom AG

Led coaching, training and community for 150 employees in Darmstadt and Bonn. Created common agile knowledge base and mindset, promoted practical experience exchange, strengthened error and feedback culture.

Served as Scrum Master for Agile Program Management Team: DoD/DoR, Product Owner support, knowledge sharing, meeting moderation, impediment handling, onboarding.

Provided individual coaching to executives, Product Owners and Scrum Masters. Team coaching for Squads and Chapters.

Designed and implemented agile trainings: writing user stories, story estimation, effective meetings, DoD/DoR, Scrum and Kanban fundamentals.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
2 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Agile Program Manager, Community Enabler

Deutsche Telekom AG

Responsible for operative integration of Chapters and Guilds in innovation program: continuous exchange with leaders, budget support, personnel needs, milestone achievement, Squad networking, meeting moderation, impediment resolution.

Established communities for Product Owners and Scrum Masters, including topic collection, community meetings and training design.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
4 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Deutsche Telekom AG

Led tolino eReader hardware team (6 people) collaborating with Chinese manufacturer and German booksellers. Focused on high delivery quality and continuous optimization.

Led tolino Android App team (10-16 people) working with international service provider. Improved poor software quality through new provider selection, transition management, test automation implementation.

Organized Scrum of Scrums at Scrum Master level.

Coached product management collaboration with 3 Product Owners, Chief PO, Design and Test Managers.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Scrum Master, Agile Coach and Trainer

Deutsche Telekom AG

Led Portal Team (6 people) and international Configuration & Setup Team (8 people) for Smart Home product.

Organized Scrum of Scrums at team and Scrum Master levels.

Coached Kanban implementation for product internationalization project.

Designed and delivered regular Scrum and Kanban full-day training.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
4 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

Deutsche Telekom AG

Implemented agile methods as part of 20-person Agile Competence Center for 1000 employees.

Designed team working mode with Kanban board, coaching model, planning, reviews and retrospectives.

Coached agile methods implementation and team development.

Created and delivered regular Scrum and Kanban training programs.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
1 year
Darmstadt, Germany

Project Leader

Deutsche Telekom AG

Led Project Award competition to recognize excellent team performance. Assembled project team, established evaluation criteria, assessed 35 projects, managed communication and event organization.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
2 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Project Auditor

Deutsche Telekom AG

Co-designed and conducted classical project audits to improve internal project managers' work quality.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2011
4 years
Darmstadt, Germany

Six Sigma Black Belt

Deutsche Telekom AG

Led teams of 10 people for process improvement projects. Focused on ticket processing time optimization and tool implementation for hundreds of users.

Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
4 years
Darmstadt, Germany

IT Project Manager

Deutsche Telekom AG

Managed Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence and Siebel CRM implementation projects.

Led teams of 5-25 people.

Responsible for vendor selection, requirements analysis, feasibility studies, contract negotiation, stakeholder/risk/budget/time/resource management.

Built Siebel prototype and campaign management system for T-Online AG.

Developed reporting system focusing on customer value management.

Jan 2002 - Dec 2005
4 years
Darmstadt, Germany

IT Requirements Manager

Deutsche Telekom AG

Built requirements management system: defined roles, responsibilities, processes and tools.

Managed requirements for marketing campaigns, partner billing, data warehouse systems.

Initiated regular requirements manager meetings.

Specified and tested requirements management tool support.

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
1 year
Germany

IT Recruiter

Continental Consulting GmbH

Responsible for finding suitable IT specialists for projects. Captured project requirements, searched for freelance specialists, presented candidates to clients, prepared contracts.

Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
2 years
Germany

Consultant and Application Developer

TONBELLER AG

Built Data Warehouse/Data Marts as management information systems in customer projects.

Provided product consulting, installation and interactive presentations using TONBELLER software.

Jan 1991 - Dec 1999
9 years
Germany

Software Developer

BOSCH

Developed IT-supported telephone system configuration and rule-based configuration system in Lisp.

Designed and delivered performant Windows notebook version in 5-person C++ development team.

Jan 1987 - Dec 1991
4 years
Germany

Software Developer Trainee

TELENORMA GmbH

Completed training as Mathematical-Technical Assistant (IHK). 3-month block courses in computer science, mathematics and communications technology alternating with practical assignments. Programming languages: Assembler, Pascal, Turbo Pascal, C, C++.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 1987 - Jun 1990

Telenorma GmbH

Mathematisch-Technischer Assistent · Erding, Germany

Oct 1986 - Jun 1986

Geschwister-Scholl-Schule

Abitur · Bensheim, Germany · 1,6

Certifications & licenses

Certified Release Train Engineer (RTE) SaFe

Certified Scrum Professional – Product Owner Csp - Po

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master Csp – Sm

Scrum Alliance