Rolf W. - Agile Consultant

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Nuremberg, Germany

Experience

Jun 2025 - Present

4 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Agile Consultant

Lead.ai

Preparation and facilitation of workshops
Coordination and support of agency partners
Coaching on the methodological framework
Collection, analysis, and use of organizational metrics to plan next steps

Dec 2024 - May 2025

6 months

Germany

SAFe Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Technologieunternehmen (NDA)

Scrum Master for an agile team within an enterprise-wide Agile Release Train (ART)
Close collaboration with the Release Train Engineer (RTE), product managers, product owners, and system architects for value stream planning and synchronizing cross-team dependencies
Coaching team members and stakeholders in agile principles, Scrum, and SAFe practices
Responsible for the effectiveness of his team within the SAFe implementation
Final decision-maker on deviations from standard agile procedures, capacity allocation, and WIP limits
Support in PI planning and gathering agile metrics
Remote collaboration with development teams distributed across Germany

Top achievements:

Introduced measurement of WIP limits, flow time, team satisfaction, and MTTR
Promoted pair working with reduced flow time and increased team satisfaction
Implemented a two-crew concept for DevOps support, further improving efficiency
Introduced and facilitated Google Design Sprints to encourage bold innovations
Founded an agile community for strategic agile planning in the ART

Sep 2023 - Nov 2024

1 year 3 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach

IT-Systemhaus (NDA)

Agile leadership for one to two development teams
Coaching, mentoring, and support for teams, product owners, Scrum Masters, and executives
Resolving collaboration and transparency issues
Promoting agility and implementing common standards

Top achievements:

Evolved a weekly "Agile Experience Exchange" community
Designed an OKR-compatible organizational development process
Spread Google Design Sprints across the organization
Introduced an empirical product planning system in JIRA
Merged skeletal teams into one high-performing system under tight budget and staffing pressure

Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

1 year 1 month

Berlin, Germany

Agile Coach & Consultant

Stiftung Kinder forschen

Selected, recommended, and introduced the organizational framework for future teamwork (Scrum)
Coached the client-side product owner and the project lead at the service provider
Integrated client and service provider into a single team
Facilitated and guided Scrum events

Top achievements:

Fixed severe communication and coordination issues through a shared backlog and planning
Kept critical project deadlines on track

Jul 2022 - Present

3 years 3 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Agile Coach & Mentor

IngSoft GmbH

Conducted systemic problem analysis and selected suitable Scrum Masters
Chose the methodological framework for agile transformation
Mentored and supported Scrum Masters

Top achievements:

Transformed development work into a LeSS structure with four Scrum teams
Trained the company head as a product owner in LeSS
Developed internal Scrum Masters and promoted the new culture all the way into sales and marketing

May 2022 - Dec 2023

1 year 8 months

Munich, Germany

Consultant, Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Music Support Group

Developer staffing and selection of external staff
Selection and coaching of the Scrum framework
Coaching the client's Product Owner and Scrum Masters
Regular method exchange with IT management
Method support for test automation, DevOps engineering, and AI

Top achievements:

Set up the client's first Scrum team
Broke down knowledge silos and introduced an empirical product planning system in JIRA
Successfully managed a financial crisis despite payment delays

Nov 2019 - Sep 2023

3 years 11 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Senior Scrum Master & Agile Coach

IT-Systemhaus (NDA)

Agile team leadership for two to three teams in LeSS-like scaling
Temporary takeover and representation for other teams
Coaching, mentoring, and support for teams, Product Owner, and leaders
System management and process support
Communication and collaboration management

Top achievements:

Founded and led a weekly community "Agile Experience Exchange" (4+ years)
Introduced Google Design Sprints across the organization
Set up an organization-wide chat channel with ~1000 members
Introduced an empirical product planning system in JIRA

Jul 2019 - Present

6 years 3 months

Fürth, Germany

Agile Coach & Organizer

Nürnberg Scrum Meetup

Coaching groups of beginners and experienced Scrum pros
Designing interactive exchange and learning formats on Scrum topics
Announcing, promoting, and organizing the monthly meetups

Jun 2019 - Feb 2023

3 years 9 months

Schwielowsee, Germany

Agile Coach & Consultant

FSP Fahrzeug-Sicherheitsprüfung GmbH

Coaching the team to follow an agile framework and work in a value-focused way
Ensuring coordination events and retrospectives with actionable results
Coaching on writing and getting User Stories 'ready'
Billing and adjusting the development team as needed
Setting up and configuring collaboration software (JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Bitbucket, Zoom)

Jun 2017 - Apr 2023

5 years 11 months

Regensburg, Germany

Agile Coach & Consultant

Coupon Future GmbH & Co KG

Coaching the team and ensuring agile processes and value-driven work
Facilitating coordination events and retrospectives
Coaching on writing and preparing User Stories
Billing and adjusting the development team as needed
Setting up and configuring collaboration software

Jun 2017 - May 2019

2 years

Nuremberg, Germany

Research Associate & Scrum Master

Fraunhofer IIS

Project coordination in two IoT research projects (Pick-by-Local-Light, Link4Pro)
Scrum mastery and increasing development speed
Writing research proposals and recruiting industry partners
Software development

Aug 2016 - Aug 2019

3 years 1 month

Cologne, Germany

Software Developer

Badger Systems GmbH

Programming various system components of Escalert.io
Assisting in system design
Software quality assurance and managing freelancers
Customer acquisition

Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

2 years 11 months

Regensburg, Germany

Software Developer

Coupon Future GmbH & Co KG

Creating new theming/layout for a multi-domain Drupal application
Maintaining, supporting and enhancing the Drupal application
On-call duty and handling emergencies
Coordinating with backend developers on interface issues

May 2012 - Jul 2016

4 years 3 months

Munich, Germany

Managing Director, Software Developer & Sales

Solojo GmbH

Project management and coordination with external companies
Executing software developments
Customer and partner acquisition (60+ restaurants)
Supervising a part-time assistant

Mar 2007 - Dec 2023

16 years 10 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Managing Director/Authorized Officer, Project Manager & Software Developer

JonDos GmbH

Defining strategic direction and overall management
Planning, designing and developing in-house and client software
Customer outreach, acquiring new customers and support
HR, invoicing and purchasing

Projects: JonDonym, AN.ON-Next, AppPETs

Sep 2004 - Oct 2006

2 years 2 months

Regensburg, Germany

Research Associate

University of Regensburg

Planning and conducting courses and projects
Supervising seminar and diploma theses as well as student assistants
Lead developer in the AN.ON project: software quality and commercial exploitation

Summary

With many years of hands-on experience in agile leadership, IT, software development, project management, and managing his own products and employees, Rolf helps people, teams, and organizations continuously create innovative value. Always focusing on long-term product and service success, user benefit, and continuous improvement, he not only questions the organization but also regularly questions himself.

Typically, Rolf works as an agile leader, coach, mentor, trainer, organizational and innovation consultant, especially in the role of Scrum Master.