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Hello, I'm Nico. I am an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and OKR Master.
I help organizations achieve better results by empowering their employees to internalize agile principles – all based on empirical research. This way, my clients can rely on data-driven decisions during their agile transformation. My approach is hands-on, pragmatic, resource-oriented, humorous – and always scientifically sound.
I hold a degree in Business Psychology (M.Sc.), Industrial Engineering (B.Eng.), and a completed PhD on body language in B2B sales. I am dually certified as a Business Coach and hold various relevant agile certifications, including Scaled Scrum Master and OKR Master.
I have worked for companies like Miele, Bosch, REWE, RWE, Salt and Pepper, the public sector, and u+i interact, as well as several startups like Youscrim, Squills, Black Capture, and Online Schmerztherapie.
If you are unsure whether I can help you, please feel free to contact me. I will honestly tell you if I am not the right partner for you. However, if you feel that I might be the right person for you, I look forward to learning more about your project and your thoughts on it.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Basic
Spanish
Basic
Portuguese
Basic
Can work on-site
Köln (up to 50km)
Experience
- Siemens EnergySAFe Scrum MasterENERGY AND UTILITIESMarch 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)Erlangen, GermanyI coached three software development teams within a global Agile Release Train (ART) to increase time-to-market, transparency, and cross-team collaboration.
- Reduced coordination times by introducing cross-team planning and sync structures (PI Planning, ARTSyncs, WSJF)
- Established scalable impediment management to accelerate problem-solving in cross-functional teams
- Improved transparency and team autonomy through agile dashboards, Definition of Ready/Done, and psychometric tests
- Strengthened leadership and collaboration through team formation workshops and SAFe assessments
- Built a structured onboarding process for new agile roles
- REWE GroupAgile Coach and OKR MasterRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)December 2024 - March 2025 (3 months)Köln, GermanyI introduced the OKR framework (Objectives and Key Results) in an organization with 650 employees within the REWE Group to improve strategic alignment and organizational efficiency.
- Introduction of OKRs in an organizational unit with 650 employees
- Training and coaching of 21 internal OKR coaches
- Training and coaching of managers in the application of OKRs
- Project management for the change project
- Integration of OKRs into the organization.
- FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & ManagementLecturerRESEARCHSeptember 2019 - Today (6 years and 9 months)Cologne, NW, GermanyAt the FOM University I teach
- Organizational Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Market and Advertising Psychology
- Quantitative Methods
- Quantitative Methods
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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 Sciences for Economics & Management2018Master of Science - M.Sc., Organizational Psychology
Certifications
- OKR MasterSalt and Pepper Academy