Pierre Smits - Agile Coach & PM

Q: Where is Pierre based?

Pierre is based in Weingarten (Baden), Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Pierre speak?

Pierre speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Pierre have?

Pierre has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Pierre has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 19 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 11 months . Note that Pierre may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Pierre's latest experience?

Pierre's most recent position is Agile Coach & PM at Medienhaus .

Q: What companies has Pierre worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Pierre has worked for Medienhaus , Papierfabrik , Various Workshops & Transformation Support , Medical Service Provider , and Medical Software .

Q: Which industries is Pierre most experienced in?

Pierre is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Education , and Professional Services . Pierre also has some experience in Media, Entertainment and Publishing , Manufacturing , and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas is Pierre most experienced in?

Pierre is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Product Development . Pierre also has some experience in Human Resources (HR) , Sales , and Customer Service .

Q: Which industries has Pierre worked in recently?

Pierre has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Professional Services , Media, and Entertainment and Publishing .

Q: Which business areas has Pierre worked in recently?

Pierre has recently worked in business areas like Project Management , Human Resources (HR) , and Information Technology (IT) .

Recommended expert

Weingarten (Baden), Germany

Experience

Sep 2023 - Present

2 years 6 months

Wiesbaden, Germany

Agile Coach & PM

Medienhaus

Conceptualizing and coaching a cross-site agile transformation
Coordinating technical service providers and external agencies
Workshops

Sep 2023 - Dec 2024

1 year 4 months

Celle, Germany

Consultant / Process Consulting

Papierfabrik

Developing and implementing process optimizations across departments
Workshops

Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

6 months

Agile Coach & PO

Various Workshops & Transformation Support

Transformation support and workshops on Effectuation, Lean Startup, Scrum
eCommerce checkout redesign with updated UI/UX as PO/PM

Mar 2023 - Mar 2023

1 month

Karlsruhe, Germany

Agile Coach

Medical Service Provider

Realignment of offerings: Design Thinking workshops

Jul 2022 - Feb 2023

8 months

Munich, Germany

Interim Agile Coach & Scrum Master

Medical Software

Agile Coach & Scrum Master in cross-corporate DevOps teams for digital medical workspaces
Merging teams with a new focus
Organizational restructuring: establishing a unified scaled Scrum@Scale environment and a corporate agile community
Product Owner and CPO coaching

May 2022 - Jul 2022

3 months

Munich, Germany

Interim Scrum Master & Business Analyst

Insurance Company

Scrum Master in 2 cross-company DevOps teams (scaled SAFe environment)
Support in self-organization, improvement measures, and promoting knowledge sharing
Product Owner coaching & RTE support
Business Analyst for data exchange & data warehouse for process digitization

Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

1 month

Berlin, Germany

Agile Coach

Media Agency

Workshops on agile principles, ways of working & company vision
Support during the agile transformation
Scaled development of the in-house platform via LeSS with 5 DevOps teams
Individual coaching for leaders with emphasis on maintaining focus

Jun 2021 - Jun 2021

1 month

Munich, Germany

Consultant

Insurance Agent

Agile principles in reshaping the company's image and choosing suitable service providers/agencies
Coaching during reorganization and succession planning

Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

3 months

Berlin, Germany

Agile Coach

Media Agency

Workshops on agile principles, ways of working & company vision
Support during the agile transformation
Scaled development of the in-house platform via LeSS with 5 DevOps teams
Individual coaching for leaders with emphasis on maintaining focus

Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

1 year 10 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Team Lead Product & Client Success Management

asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG

Team lead for Product Owners, Client Success managers, project and content managers, and student assistants
Company-wide Agile Coach
Improvement of communication channels with and for current and future international top clients; optimizations based on client-specific KPIs
Hypothesis-driven product realignment (Verify Service) using Lean Startup principles

May 2020 - Jun 2020

2 months

Munich, Germany

Consulting

Insurance Agent

Applied agile principles in redesigning the company’s image and selecting suitable service providers/agencies
Coaching during reorganization and succession planning

Jan 2020 - Present

6 years 2 months

Agile Coaching

Self-Employed

Coaching in agile transformations for management, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams
Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, OKR, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Effectuation
Workshops, facilitation, and events on innovation, exnovation, entrepreneurship, and self-management/self-organization
Training: online and on-site

Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

1 month

Karlsruhe, Germany

Agile Coach

Medical Service Provider

Realigned service offerings: Design Thinking workshops

Jun 2018 - Jun 2020

2 years 1 month

Karlsruhe, Germany

Team Lead Product Management

asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG

Led a team of Product Owners, project and content managers, and working students
Product and project management for the digital products Checkout and Verify Service
Agile coach across teams
Requirements analysis, workshops, concept development, backlog management, prioritization, planning, project coordination, and implementation in the international business unit
Instructor for internal training programs

Nov 2016 - May 2018

1 year 7 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Team Lead Customizing

asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG

Led a team of frontend and shop developers, project and content managers
Designed and implemented an agile transformation
Established Scrum processes

Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 5 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Lecturer Web Engineering

DHBW, Karlsruhe

Sep 2011 - Oct 2016

5 years 2 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Team Lead Professional Services

asknet Solutions AG / Nexway AG / asknet AG

Team lead for project managers, content managers and usability engineers
Project management: planning, steering and execution of international eCommerce projects and product development
Requirements analysis, workshops, concept development and (pre-)sales support / training
Leading and participating in workgroups: Shop Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Market analysis and integration / control of external service providers
Instructor for internal training programs

Oct 2007 - May 2014

6 years 8 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Lecturer Web Services & SOA

BA, Karlsruhe

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 a distributed multi-partner download system and content delivery network
Development of Java-based services to integrate external systems
Database-oriented (Oracle) applications, as well as migration of the 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

Kaiserslautern, Germany

Diploma Student / Working Student

Siemens Business Services & DFKI Kaiserslautern

Impact of the individual workspace on semantic search

Jul 2004 - Dec 2004

6 months

Cottbus, Germany

Lecturer and Project Manager

Valesco Medienagentur

Web applications

Jan 2004 - Jun 2004

6 months

Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

Working Student

lesswire AG

Company website & system requirements for creating a BmBF research report

Jan 2003 - Jun 2006

3 years 6 months

Cottbus, Germany

Student Assistant

Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus

Lecture preparation, admin, system development

Oct 2000 - Jul 2001

10 months

Cottbus, Germany

Lecturer

Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus

Algorithms, data structures, software development, databases

Oct 2000 - Mar 2001

6 months

Palmerston North, New Zealand

International Internship / Working Student

Massey University New Zealand

Memory management for an object-oriented database management system

Jun 2000 - Jun 2006

6 years 1 month

Cottbus, Germany

Software Development & IT Lecturer

TÜV Akademie & edFrau & Spectrum Bildung

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (21 years), Education (14 years), Professional Services (6 years), Media and Entertainment (3 years), Manufacturing (1.5 years), and Healthcare (0.5 years).

Information Technology

Education

Professional Services

Media and Entertainment

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (22 years), Project Management (19.5 years), Product Development (15 years), Human Resources (6 years), Sales (5 years), and Customer Service (2 years).

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Human Resources

Sales

Customer Service

Skills

Social

I Enjoy Working In A Team, Make Reliable Decisions And Use My Organizational Skills And Motivation To Ensure We Achieve Our Goals Together.

Organizational

I Analyze Workflows, Identify Optimization Potential And Implement Improvements In A Structured And Flexible Way – For More Efficient Products, Projects And Processes.

Scrum
Kanban
Scrumban
Less
Jira
Confluence
Azure Devops
Pm Tools
Office
Google Products
Various Operating Systems, Programming And Modelling Languages
Shop And Cms Systems: Magento, Shopware, Wordpress, Joomla, Typo3, Censhare

Driver’s License

Classes 3, 4, 5 (Equivalent To B, Be, C1, C1e, M, S, L)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Oct 1998 - Jun 2006

Brandenburg University of Technology

Diploma · Cottbus, Germany · 1.9

Feb 1996 - Jun 1998

Lausitz Sports School

High School Diploma · Cottbus, Germany · 1.3

Sep 1989 - Feb 1996

Franz Marc Gymnasium

Gymnasium, science track · Markt Schwaben, Germany

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

Agile Coaching & Leadership

Certified Scrum Master & Product Owner

Design Thinking

Effectuation

ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level

Project Management

Web Security

Profile

Created

March 2024

Last Update

June 2025

Need a freelancer? Find your match in seconds.

Try FRATCH GPT

Frequently asked questions

Do you have questions? Here you can find further information.

Where is Pierre based?

Pierre is based in Weingarten (Baden), Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Pierre speak?

Pierre speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Pierre have?

Pierre has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Pierre has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 11 months. Note that Pierre may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Pierre be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Pierre would be well-suited for roles such as: Agile Coach & PM, Consultant / Process Consulting, Agile Coach & PO.

What is Pierre's latest experience?

Pierre's most recent position is Agile Coach & PM at Medienhaus.

What companies has Pierre worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Pierre has worked for Medienhaus, Papierfabrik, Various Workshops & Transformation Support, Medical Service Provider, and Medical Software.

Which industries is Pierre most experienced in?

Pierre is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Education, and Professional Services. Pierre also has some experience in Media, Entertainment and Publishing, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.

Which business areas is Pierre most experienced in?

Pierre is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Product Development. Pierre also has some experience in Human Resources (HR), Sales, and Customer Service.

Which industries has Pierre worked in recently?

Pierre has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Professional Services, Media, and Entertainment and Publishing.

Which business areas has Pierre worked in recently?

Pierre has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Human Resources (HR), and Information Technology (IT).

What is Pierre's education?

Pierre attended Brandenburg University of Technology.

Does Pierre have any certificates?

Pierre has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Agile Coaching & Leadership, Certified Scrum Master & Product Owner, and Design Thinking.

What is the availability of Pierre?

Pierre is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Pierre?

Pierre's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.