Description

Private Sherpa for Leadership | Senior Agile Transformation Expert | ICF Coach (ACC)

Interim Agile Leadership & Executive Coaching for High-Performance Teams

In high-stakes business environments, the path to agility is rarely a straight line. I act as a Private Sherpa for Leadership, guiding executives and teams through the 'thin air' of digital transformation, organizational shifts, and cultural change.

With over 15 years of corporate experience—ranging from Scaling Agile at Swedbank to mentoring engineering teams at Emergn—I combine the structural discipline of a Senior Scrum Master with the psychological depth of an ICF-trained Professional Workplace Coach. I don't just implement frameworks; I equip leaders with the mindset, resilience, and clarity needed to reach their peak.

Agile at Scale:

Proven track record in SAFe, ART facilitation, and PI Planning within major financial institutions.

Human-Centric Leadership:

I leverage a background in Psychology and Solution-Focused coaching to resolve team frictions and foster self-management.

Result-Oriented Transparency:

I bridge the gap between technical delivery and business value, promoting measurable ROI through OKRs and Value-Flow-Quality (VFQ) mindsets.

Experience Highlights:

Interim Agile Leadership (Swedbank/TEKsystems):

Coached Baltic Lending teams to tailor SAFe practices, ensuring alignment with PI objectives and removing high-level impediments to maintain delivery flow.

Strategic Agile Coaching (Emergn):

Mentored over 10 engineering teams on the VFQ mindset and personally coached team leads to achieve professional career milestones.

Organizational Transformation (AvaFin):

Facilitated an Agile transformation by educating employees and fostering collaboration between management and technical squads.

Operational Excellence (Accenture):

Directed Robotic Process Automation (RPA) workshops and supported deployment of a delivery platform across the EALA Nordic region.

Languages

Latvian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Danish
Basic
Russian
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Riga (up to 50km)

TEK Systems contract/ Swedbank,
Scrum Master
August 2025 - December 2025 (4 months)
Riga, Latvia
• • Facilitate Scrum team ceremonies within a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring alignment with Program Increment (PI) objectives.
• • Support PI Planning preparation and execution, enabling teams to commit to and deliver planned business value.
• • Participate in ART Syncs to drive cross-team coordination, remove impediments, and maintain delivery flow.
• • Coach teams on SAFe practices, fostering continuous improvement through Inspect & Adapt and retrospectives.
• • Promote transparency and predictability by strengthening communication between teams, ART leadership, and portfolio stakeholders.
SAFe Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Scrum
AvaFin,
Scrum Master
October 2024 - March 2025 (5 months)
Riga, Latvia
• • Facilitated AvaFin's Agile transformation by educating employees about Agile principles.
• • Fostered collaboration between Scrum teams, stakeholders, and management.
• • Assisted Product Owners in managing the Product Backlog.
• • Supported Scrum teams in delivering valuable increments and shielding them from distractions.
• • Promoted best practices and innovative ideas; organized and led workshops.
Scrum Kanban Agile method Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence
Intrum,
Development Team Lead
April 2023 - March 2024 (11 months)
Riga, Latvia
• • Collaborated with Product Owners to understand needs and facilitated team efforts in developing applications.
• • Coached and trained the team in self-management and cross-functionality.
• • Encouraged team members to develop themselves; facilitated communication between team, stakeholders, and users.
• • Advised on techniques for estimation, requirements, releasing, etc.
Team management Individual Coaching Agile method