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Alex Ballarin

Strategic Execution Consultant (OKR), AI and Scrum

€700/day
Barcelona, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Alex

I help organizations increase the real impact of their digital initiatives, products, and teams through better strategic execution and intelligent use of artificial intelligence.

I primarily work in two areas:

Impact of Product Teams and Agility with AI
I help agile teams, Product Managers, and Product Owners use AI to improve decision-making, accelerate delivery, and increase the value their products generate. The goal is not to introduce more tools, but to amplify the team's capabilities and improve how initiatives are discovered, prioritized, and delivered.

Strategic Execution and Alignment with OKRs
I support leadership and teams in improving their alignment with strategy, clarifying priorities, and increasing the impact of ongoing initiatives. I use OKRs and Lean/Agile practices to better connect leadership's vision with the teams' daily work.

In both cases, the objective is the same: to translate strategy and investment in technology—including AI—into tangible results for the organization.

I have over 25 years of experience in technology and organizational improvement, having worked in large corporations (IBM, Lotus) and later as a consultant supporting teams and organizations across various sectors. I am currently a Professional Scrum Trainer at Scrum.org and founder of ITNOVE.

I regularly work with CIOs, product, innovation, and digital transformation leaders who need to turn strategy into effective execution.
  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Catalan

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Barcelona (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Scrum.org
    Professional Scrum Trainer
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    April 2016 - Today (10 years and 2 months)
    Europe
    *Certified Professional Scrum Trainer by Scrum.org.

    *Pioneer in bringing official Scrum.org courses to Spain (2014).
    • I have provided training to companies in Spain, UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Turkey, training hundreds of professionals.
    • I collaborate in the development of new courses and content with Scrum.org.
    Product Management User Experience Design Lean Management Agile Leadership Agile Strategy
  • ITNOVE
    Business Agility Coach
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    January 2010 - Today (16 years and 5 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    • Coaching for leadership of public and private organizations in the **definition and deployment of their agile transformation strategy**.
    • Design of organizational initiatives to improve execution and coordination between business and technology.
    • Development and coaching of Scrum Masters and Product Owners in real contexts of organizational change.
    Agile Transformation Agile Leadership Digital Transformation Scrum Product Management
  • UPC School (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
    Postgraduate Director
    RESEARCH
    January 2013 - December 2024 (11 years and 11 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    Founder and director of the IT & Business Agility postgraduate program at UPC School (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) from 2013 to 2024.

    Professor in postgraduate programs and executive education, teaching content on startup creation with Lean Startup, business agility, and digital product development.
    Agile Methodology Agile Lean Management Agile Leadership Product Management

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Education

  • PMP - Project Management Professional Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) Certified LeSS Practitioner OKR Certified Practitioner Professional Scrum Master I, II & III (PSM I, II & III)
    PMP - Project Management Professional Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) Certified LeSS Practitioner OKR Certified Practitioner Professional Scrum Master I, II & III (PSM I, II & III)
  • Engineering
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    2000
    Engineering

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