Pierre Smits

Agile Coach

Pierre Smits
Weingarten (Baden), Germany

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 4 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