Thomas Kuhne

Senior Scrum Master/Co-RTE

Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2019 - Present
6 years 7 months

Senior Scrum Master/Co-RTE

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Energy & Infrastructure Management)

  • Working within a Large Solution
  • Coordinating 2 development teams (backend) + system team + DevOps
  • Leading value stream workshops
  • Leading the community of practice for Scrum Masters
  • Onboarding and training junior Scrum Masters
  • Leading inspect & adapt workshops
  • Assessing and improving ART agility
  • Handling release management
  • Teaching various SAFe classes: Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe DevOps
  • Running vision & purpose workshops
  • Managing OKRs, personal development & growth
  • Using Liberating Structures to boost team performance
Jan 2016 - Dec 2020
3 years

Agile Coach

HDI

  • Implementing SAFe
  • Defining roles for members of an Agile Release Train
  • Leading value stream workshops
  • Coordinating 3 teams for day-to-day operations
  • Increasing business agility
  • Boosting productivity by introducing lean-agile methods
  • Managing stakeholders and communicating in detail with executives
  • Initiating change management and supporting a guiding coalition
  • Improving team cohesion through Scrum methods
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years

Scrum Master

XU Group

  • Developing learning paths
  • Responsible for 2 development teams
  • Teaching Scrum theory in classes and workshops
  • Promoting agile maturity of developers
  • Co-training SAFe courses
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years
Munich, Germany

Student Leader

Universität der Bundeswehr München

  • Military responsibility for 150 Bundeswehr students
  • Ensuring study success and military readiness
  • Monitoring performance
  • Handling conflict escalation and mediation
  • Leading by personal example
  • Conducting research for the Chair of International Relations
Jan 2005 - Dec 2009
3 years
Germany

Military Supervisor

Bundeswehr

  • Responsible for one to three teams
  • Ensuring quality standards of equipment (recon vehicles, light and heavy weapons)
  • Managing resources (training planning and procurement of needed supplies)
  • Advising program management
  • Developing communication plans for leadership

Summary

With a perfectionist character and careful approach, I bring energy to the project to establish clarity and order.

Delivery through extensive SAFe experience and proven best practices. I identify and correct unfavorable developments. I address bottlenecks and inform stakeholders with professional communications.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Munich, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master

Certified SAFe 5 Agile Product Manager

Certified SAFe 5 DevOps Practitioner

Certified SAFe 5 Lean Portfolio Manager

Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner

Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/PM

Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant

Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer

Professional Agile Leadership I

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master II

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Product Owner I

Scrum.org

Project Management Professional

PMI

Team Kanban Practitioner

Kanban University