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I work as a Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Delivery Manager in complex multi-team environments. Focus: flow metrics, WIP limits, lead time, cycle time, throughput, aging WIP, CFD, WSJF, and Monte Carlo Forecasting.
I support product and IT organizations in reducing parallel work, making lead times measurable, and using forecasts more reliably. The basis for this is real Jira or Azure DevOps data and clear decisions on WIP, prioritization, and dependencies.
I have experience from assignments at Siemens Energy, ROSEN, REWE, RWE, Miele, Bosch, and u+i interact. In scaled environments, I work with SAFe 6, Nexus, Scrumban, Hybrid Scaling, ART setup, and RTE practice.
Technically, I stay close to the teams: Definition of Done, TDD, CI/CD, Trunk-Based Development, Feature Toggles, Code Reviews, Technical Debt, Refactoring, and emergent architecture. I use AI automation pragmatically with n8n, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, UiPath, Azure DevOps, Jira, Power BI, Miro, and Python.
Education: Ph.D. Business Administration, M.Sc. Business Psychology, B.Eng. Industrial Engineering. Certifications include PSD I, Scaled Professional Scrum with Nexus, PSM I, PSPO I, PAL-EBM, PAL I, Certified SAFe 6 Agilist, Ready for SAFe, OKR Basics & Master, systemic Business Coach, BEC C1, and moderation training.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Basic
Spanish
Basic
Portuguese
Basic
Can work on-site
Köln (up to 50km)
Experience
- ROSEN Swiss AGSenior Scrum Master/RTESOFTWARE PUBLISHINGOctober 2025 - April 2026 (6 months)Lingen, GermanySenior Scrum Master/RTE in a Cloud Platform ART with 21 components. Focus: more stable delivery capability through flow metrics, Azure DevOps analysis, and forecasting.
- Increased throughput from 32.5 to 48.5 items/week.
- Reduced lead time from 6.8 to 5.1 days.
- Made P1 defect rate visible via mandatory severity and E2E tests as a pipeline gate.
- Established Monte Carlo forecasts with 85% confidence based on 12,392 work items.
- Siemens EnergySenior Scrum MasterENERGY AND UTILITIESMarch 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)Erlangen, GermanySenior Scrum Master in a global Agile Release Train with 5 teams. Focus: flow transparency, cross-team coordination, and automation of Azure DevOps routine work.
- Built flow early warning system in Azure DevOps: CFD, Cycle Time, and Work Item Age.
- Established WSJF prioritization with Product Management and Business Owners.
- Increased team focus time: Custom AI Agents in UiPath, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio take over ADO routine work.
- Supported ART synchronization, impediment management, and cross-team decision logic.
- REWE GroupAgile Coach & OKR Transformation LeadRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)January 2025 - July 2025 (6 months)Köln, GermanyAgile Coach & OKR Transformation Lead for an organizational unit with 650 employees.
- Interlocked OKR rollout with agile planning cycles.
- Built 21 internal OKR coaches in a train-the-trainer format.
- Trained leaders and senior management on outcome orientation.
- Managed project management for the change rollout and handed over the methodology to the organization.
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Education
- Doctor / Ph.D.Prague University of Economics and Business2023Doktor (Ph.D.), Economy and Management
- Master of ScienceFOM University of Applied Sciences2018Master of Science - M.Sc., Organizational Psychology
Certifications
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)Scrum.org2021
- OKR Basics & MasterSalt and Pepper Academy2022