Rainer Schulz
Product Owner
Experience
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
5 months Bonn, Germany
Product Owner
BWI
- The goal of the “DigSÜ” project is to digitize the paper-based processes in the security declaration to ensure faster processing of files.
- Managing the product backlog, as well as creating user stories in close collaboration with stakeholders, building Scrum structures, supporting the development team, and regularly presenting progress.
Mar 2024 - Dec 2025
10 months Bremen, Germany
Scrum Master
ATLAS Elektronik
- The goal of the “ATLAS DevOps” project is to further develop a software development platform for the customer’s developers to enable a constant development and qualification cycle within the customer’s software development.
- Further develop and improve the agile development process used by the customer to establish a customer-specific agile process.
- Organize and conduct Scrum rituals.
Jan 2022 - Nov 2023
11 months Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Lufthansa Airplus
- Support leadership as Scrum Master of an international development team in replacing a legacy credit card application and spinning off from the parent company in a SAFe environment.
- Coordinate Scrum events: planning, review, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups.
- Prepare and coordinate Program Increment Planning events according to SAFe.
- Actively follow up on topics from retrospectives.
- Identify suitable measures to evolve agile practices and improve the process using a holistic DevOps approach.
- Strengthen communication within the team and with dependent teams.
- Coordinate with Release Train Engineers and other Scrum Masters in the company to achieve overall agile management.
- Fluent German and English skills.
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
7 months Munich, Germany
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
ADAC Automobil-Club
- Provide consulting and coaching services on “Scrum Master for introducing a new inventory management system for an insurance company” as part of a project.
- Guide agile and distributed teams in the role of Scrum Master in a SAFe context.
- Assist the project manager in planning and creating backlog items.
- Organize and conduct Scrum rituals.
- Fluent in German and English.
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
5 months Stuttgart, Germany
Scrum Master and Agile Coach (ANÜ)
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
- Responsible as Scrum Master and Agile Coach for one international team to implement agile values in the company and support the Product Owner in a SAFe train.
- Establish agile collaboration models and support methodology and execution in the role of Scrum Master and Agile Coach.
- Improve agile development processes.
- Prepare, facilitate, and follow up Scrum ceremonies and their outcomes.
- Identify and resolve problems and conflicts within the team with high proactivity and pragmatism.
- Coach other Scrum Masters and Requirements Engineers.
Jul 2021 - Feb 2022
8 months Bochum, Germany
Scrum Master
BP
- Responsible as Scrum Master for two international teams to implement business intelligence reports and automate data retrieval in a SAFe train.
- Support two teams (including one newly formed development team) in Scrum processes.
- Support and optimize regular deadlines (stand-up, story time, sprint planning, sprint review, retro…).
- Develop and optimize the Definition of Done.
- Establish/optimize story point estimations.
- Stabilize and optimize team velocity.
- Support in a scaled environment.
- Optimize collaboration between teams and with other teams.
- Support the overall improvement process.
- Optimize planning reliability (team commitment).
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
5 months Hamburg, Germany
Scrum Master
Dataport
- Responsible as Scrum Master for implementing the digitalization of public administration.
- Optimize Scrum processes.
- Coach two teams at the same time.
- Coach the Product Owner (PO) and introduce them to the Scrum process.
- Support the PO in defining specifications and documenting requirements.
- Coach teams in Scrum-compliant working.
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings for Scrum teams.
- Prepare and follow up daily and Scrum meetings.
- Create Scrum charts.
- Maintain the product backlog in collaboration with POs and the team.
- Identify and remove impediments.
- Kaizen of the process.
- Preserve and promote team spirit.
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
10 months Munich, Germany
Product Owner (ANÜ)
Fiducia GAD
- Responsible as Product Owner of a medium-sized software company for customer-specific requirements and implementation of a development team in a SAFe train.
- Take on the PO role for agile software development teams focusing on banking roles and rights.
- Work according to the SAFe framework with the product manager and release train engineer.
- With 15 tribes and up to 6 squads in one tribe.
- Clarify technical and business requirements and dependencies to other domains in PI planning.
- Responsible for constant exchange and alignment with stakeholders on the roadmap and upcoming requirements.
- Prioritize the product backlog by highest value for the end customer.
- Work closely with the development team to develop features, user stories, and their implementation.
- Ensure that developers understand and implement requirements and that new features can go live as soon as possible.
- Responsible for coordination and close alignment with other departments.
- Jira, Wiki (Confluence).
Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
3 years 4 months Koblenz, Germany
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Debeka Insurance
- As lead Scrum Master of a Java-SOA team, introduce agile methods in the project and company.
- Optimize and initiate the agile development method in the Java-SOA team.
- Optimize Scrum processes at the client.
- Coach the Product Owner (PO) and introduce them to the Scrum process.
- Support the PO in defining specifications and documenting requirements.
- Coach the Java-SOA team in process-oriented Scrum work.
- Coordinate meetings for the Java-SOA team.
- Prepare and follow up daily and Scrum meetings.
- Conduct & facilitate daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning I and II, reviews, retrospectives.
- Identify and remove impediments in the service and process team.
- Report to the steering committee on project progress.
- Facilitate Scrum meetings, motivate and support the team.
- Jira, Wiki (Confluence).
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
7 months Hamburg, Germany
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Berenberg Privatbank
- As lead Agile Coach of two data-warehouse teams, introduce agile methods in both projects.
- Build and coach a Scrum Master from the team.
- Introduce agile methods in projects and company.
- Coach the three Product Owners and introduce them to Scrum processes.
- Train and coach Scrum Masters.
- Coach the teams.
- Work closely with management.
- Support the introduction of agile methods in the company.
- Coordinate meetings for both teams.
- Facilitate Scrum meetings, motivate and support the team.
- Jira, Confluence.
May 2016 - Jul 2016
3 months Hanover, Germany
Scrum Master
HAZ
- As lead Scrum Master of an international development team, introduce the Product Owner, teams, and stakeholders to the Scrum methodology.
- Coach the Product Owner and introduce the Scrum process.
- Develop the MVP.
- Create epics, user stories, and use cases with the Product Owner.
- Create the product backlog in collaboration with the Product Owner.
- Coach the team.
- Facilitate Scrum meetings.
- Shield the team from obstacles.
- Motivate and support the team.
- Jira.
Feb 2016 - May 2016
4 months Basel, Switzerland
ASP.NET Senior Developer and Scrum Master
Helvetia Insurance
- As a member of an international development team, support the design and implementation of .NET-based enterprise solutions using Scrum methods.
- C# 6, ASP.NET 4.6.2, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, React, SQL Server 2012 and REST Web API data access, GIT, TFS, Jira.
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
3 months Nuremberg, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Nürnberger Insurance
- Analyze the current touch application.
- Consider a concept for using an intermediate application with responsive design.
- Create a prototype with AngularJS and a WebAPI based on business logic.
- C# 6, ASP.NET 4.6, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, AngularJS, SQL Server 2012 and REST Web API data access, GIT, TFS.
May 2015 - Oct 2015
6 months Düsseldorf, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer and Scrum Master
Covis
- Create a modern frontend application with responsive design for Deutsche Post, test and coach the team in agile software development.
- C# 5, ASP.NET 4.5.1, LINQ, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, AngularJS, SQL Server 2012 and REST Web API data access, GIT, TFS.
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
4 months Wünnewil-Flamatt, Switzerland
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Ringier Digital
- Take responsibility for the new concept and technical implementation of parts of our enterprise systems.
- C# 4.5.1, LINQ, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Maps API, SQL Server 2012, GIT, RedMine.
Jul 2014 - Dec 2015
6 months Düsseldorf, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
GroupM
- Take responsibility for the new concept and technical implementation of parts of our enterprise systems.
- MVC 5, C# 4.5.1, Web API REST, LINQ, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, DevExpress, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2012, TFS, Jira.
Jul 2013 - Jul 2014
1 year 1 month Munich, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Impeo Software
- As a member of a Scrum team, create and edit tasks (user stories) with Spring.NET and VS2012.
- Spring.NET, C# 4.5.1, WCF, LINQ, HTML5, CSS3, XML, jQuery, NHibernate, SQL Server 2012.
May 2012 - Jul 2013
1 year 3 months Leverkusen, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Bayer Business Services
- As a member of a development team, handle incoming and processing service requests (user reports).
- C# 4.5.1, WCF, LINQ, jQuery, DevExpress, Entity Framework, Oracle 11.5.
Apr 2012 - Oct 2013
1 year 7 months Munich, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
BMW
- As a member of a development team, work on web development with MVC 3 and create Windows Workflows.
- Record and process service requests (user stories).
- MVC 3, C# 4, WPF, WCF, LINQ, jQuery, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2008, TFS.
Jun 2011 - Mar 2012
10 months Düsseldorf, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Covis
- As a member of a development team, create and edit the Skelta workflow task area.
- Capture and process service requests using Scrum methods.
- C# 3.5, WCF, LINQ, jQuery, BPM Skelta, workflows, SQL Server 2008, SVN.
Dec 2010 - May 2011
6 months Düsseldorf, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
BNP
- As a member of a development team, analyze the current access application and then implement it in a web application using ASP.NET C# WPF Scrum technologies.
- C# 3.5, WPF, LINQ, jQuery, Telerik, SQL Server 2008, SVN.
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
5 months Munich, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Impeo Software
- As a member of a development team, create and edit German and Swiss tariffs for a renowned insurer with Spring.NET and VS2010.
- Spring.NET, C# 3.5, WCF, LINQ, HTML, CSS, XML, jQuery, NHibernate, SQL Server 2008, TFS.
Mar 2010 - Jul 2010
5 months Karlsruhe, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Smarthouse
- As a member of a development team, relaunch a web application based on HTML template layouts and guidelines.
- C# 3.0, WCF, LINQ, HTML, CSS, Telerik, jQuery, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2008, SVN.
Nov 2009 - Feb 2010
4 months Duisburg, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Conject
- As a member of a development team, receive and process service requests in an ASP.NET environment with SQL Server 2008 and Oracle 9.1.
- C# 3.0, WCF, SOAP WebServices, Entity Library 4.1, SQL Server 2008, Oracle 9.1.
Jul 2009 - Nov 2009
5 months Stuttgart, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Quibig
- As a member of the service desk, receive and process service requests in an ASP.NET environment with SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.
- C# 3.0, BizTalk Server 2006, MS Reporting Services.
Aug 2008 - Jul 2009
1 year Leverkusen, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Bayer Business Services
- As a member of the service desk, receive and handle service requests in an ASP.NET environment for a large software company.
- C# 3.0, XML, SOAP WebServices, Oracle 9.2, SQL Server 2005, NUnit.
Jul 2007 - Jul 2008
1 year 1 month Karlsruhe, Germany
ASP.NET Senior Developer
Smarthouse
- Develop a web-based help system for one of the leading online providers in the financial sector (DWS).
- C# 3.0, WCF, LINQ, HTML, CSS, Telerik, jQuery, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2005, SVN.
Summary
Success is the result of taking risks, making mistakes, learning from them, and adjusting your approach
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