Pierre Smits
Agile Coach
Experience
Jul 2020 - Apr 2022
1 year 10 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Team Lead Product & Client Success Management
asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG
- Team leadership for Product Owners, Client Success Managers, Project Managers, Content Managers and working students
- Company-wide Agile Coach
- Improvement of communication channels with international top customers
- KPI-based optimizations
- Hypothesis-based product realignment (Verify Service) using Lean Startup principles
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 3 months Weingarten, Germany
Agile Coach
Self-employed
- Coaching in agile transformations for management, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and teams
- Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, OKR, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Effectuation
- Workshops, moderation and events on innovation, exnovation, entrepreneurship and self-management/self-organization
- Training: Online and on-site
Key Projects:
- Media Company, Wiesbaden (09/2023-Present): Agile Coach & PM - Designing and coaching cross-location agile transformation, coordinating technical service providers and external agencies
- Paper Factory, Celle (09/2023-2024): Consultant - Cross-departmental process optimization development and implementation
- Various Workshops & Transformation Support (03/2023-08/2023): Agile Coach & PO - Transformation support, workshops on Effectuation, Lean Startup, Scrum; eCommerce Checkout Redesign with updated UI/UX
- Medical Software, Munich (07/2022-02/2023): Interim Agile Coach & Scrum Master - DevOps teams coaching, team consolidation, Scrum@Scale implementation, PO/CPO coaching
- Insurance Company, Munich (05/2022-07/2022): Interim Scrum Master & Business Analyst - SAFe environment, DevOps teams, process digitalization
- Media Agency, Berlin (12/2020-02/2021 & 01/2022): Agile Coach - Transformation support, LeSS implementation, leadership coaching
- Insurance Agent, Munich (05/2020-06/2020 & 06/2021): Consulting - Agile principles implementation, reorganization coaching
- Medical Service Provider, Karlsruhe (01/2020 & 03/2023): Agile Coach - Service portfolio realignment
Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
2 years 1 month Karlsruhe, Germany
Team Lead Product Management
asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG
- Team leadership for Product Owners, Project Managers, Content Managers and working students
- Product and project management for digital products Checkout and Verify Service
- Cross-team Agile Coach
- Requirements analysis, workshops, concept development, backlog management, prioritization, planning, project coordination and implementation in international business
- Internal training programs instructor
Nov 2016 - May 2018
1 year 7 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Team Lead Customizing
asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG
- Team leadership for frontend and shop developers, project and content managers
- Concept and implementation of agile transformation
- Establishment of Scrum processes
- Requirements analysis, workshops, concept development, backlog management, prioritization, planning, project coordination
Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
1 year 5 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Lecturer
DHBW
Web Engineering lectures
Sep 2011 - Oct 2016
5 years 2 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Team Lead Professional Services
asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG
- Team leadership for project managers, content managers and usability engineers
- Project management: Planning, control and implementation of international eCommerce projects and product development
- Requirements analysis, workshops, concept development and (pre-)sales support/training
- Leadership and participation in working groups: Shop Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Market analysis and integration/control of external service providers
- Internal training programs instructor
Oct 2007 - May 2014
6 years 8 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Lecturer
BA
Web Services & SOA lectures
Jan 2007 - Aug 2011
4 years 8 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Senior Software Engineer
asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG
- Development and project management of distributed multi-partner download system and Content Delivery Network
- Development of Java-based services for external systems integration
- Database-oriented (Oracle) applications and migration of software architecture from C to Java (including software security optimization)
Jul 2006 - Dec 2006
6 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Software Engineer
Ferchau Engineering
- Development of Java and .NET-based services
- Database-oriented (Oracle) applications
- Optimization of internal software security
Oct 2005 - Apr 2006
7 months Munich, Germany
Diploma Student / Working Student
Siemens Business Services & DFKI
Research on effects of individual workplace on semantic search
Jul 2004 - Dec 2004
6 months Cottbus, Germany
Lecturer and Project Manager
Valesco Media Agency
Web applications
Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
6 months Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
Working Student
lesswire AG
Company homepage & system requirements for BmBF research report creation
Jan 2003 - Jun 2006
3 years 6 months Cottbus, Germany
Student Assistant
Brandenburgische Technische Universität
Lecture preparation, administration, system development at DBIS & AWIP departments
Oct 2000 - Jul 2001
10 months Cottbus, Germany
Lecturer
Brandenburgische Technische Universität
Algorithms, data structures, software development, databases
Oct 2000 - Mar 2001
6 months Palmerston North, New Zealand
Intern / Working Student
Massey University New Zealand
Memory management for object-oriented database management system
Jun 2000 - Jun 2006
6 years 1 month Cottbus, Germany
Lecturer
TÜV Akademie & edFrau & Spectrum Bildung
Software development & IT
Summary
- Coaching in agilen Transformationen für Management, Scrum Master, Product Owner und Teams
- Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, OKR, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Effectuation
- Workshops, Moderation und Events zu Innovation, Exnovation, Unternehmertum und Selbstmanagement/Selbstorganisation
- Schulungen/Trainings: Online und vor Ort
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Education
Oct 1998 - Jun 2006
Brandenburgische Technische Universität
Diplom (1,9) · Cottbus, Germany
Feb 1996 - Jun 1998
Lausitzer Sportschule
Abitur (1,3) · Cottbus, Germany
Sep 1989 - Feb 1996
Franz-Marc-Gymnasium
Markt Schwaben, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Scrum Product Owner
ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level
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