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I am an Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer with a background in Software Quality and IT System Dependability. Holding an MBA in General Management, I am also a certified Professional Scrum Master and SAFe Program Consultant.
I have 20 years of experience in supporting IT transformation programs (CMMi, ISO 9001, ITIL, Agile and SAFe) within the IT departments of several large companies in various sectors in France and Europe: Banking & Insurance, Aeronautics, Energy, Telecoms, Commerce & Distribution.
As part of my missions supporting teams/Tribes/Trains in their transition to agility and scaled agility, I also conduct Agile awareness sessions and SAFe training.
My main professional motivation: daring to make others' work more enjoyable, doing a little more each day in a learning and high-performing organization.
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 30km)
Experience
- BNP PARIBAS CARDIFAGILE AT SCALE TRANSFORMATION COACHBANKING AND INSURANCEMay 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 7 months)Nanterre, FranceContext: Agile at scale transformation program within the CARDIF France IT department and implementation of Lean Portfolio Management
- Support for the design of COE (Centers of Expertise) and IT Department Tribes
- Agile Coaching of 2 Tribes (+170 people): IT Insurance Asset Management (5 squads) and IT Finance (8 squads)
- Coaching of Tribe Scrum Masters (TSM), PO/SMs and Squad members
- Evaluation and analysis of Agile Maturity of squads
- Preparation and facilitation of the strategic Business Challenges ritual with the Finance Executive Committee
- Workshops for defining and implementing Lean Portfolio Management
- Publication of the Agile@Cardif reference framework on SharePoint Online and Confluence
- Conducting Agile Training for France IT employees (approx. 650 people)
- ROYAL CANINRELEASE TRAIN ENGINEERAGRICULTUREJanuary 2022 - April 2025 (3 years and 3 months)Montpellier, FranceContext: Deployment of scaled agility (SAFe) on a CRM Core Program in an English-speaking environment (FR, UK, DACH, AUS, NZ, CN).
- Agile Maturity assessment of teams and the Digital Factory Train, proposing transformation axes
- Facilitation of Train rituals: PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demo, Inspect & Adapt
- Coaching of 4 teams (approx. 30 people) from the Digital Factory (API, CIAM, D2C, Data)
- Program Backlog tracking with Product Management and System Architect
- Tracking and optimization of the Kanban flow focused on value delivery
- Assistance in resolving escalated issues, risk management
- Facilitation of the continuous improvement loop
- ENEDISAGILE COACHENERGY AND UTILITIESSeptember 2020 - November 2021 (1 year and 2 months)Nanterre, FranceContext: Coaching Product Management and teams of a SAFe Train as part of an Agile@Scale Transformation.
- Coaching Product Management on the Agile mindset
- Coaching (1 to 2 days/month) of 3 Agile teams (27 people) in the Spatial Data Infrastructure (IDS) Train
- Facilitation of Train rituals (PI Planning, ART Sync, and Inspect & Adapt)
- Participation in facilitating the continuous improvement loop
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Education
- MBA General ManagementIAE Paris Sorbonne2018
- Master in IT System Quality and DependabilityISTIA, University of Angers2005
Certifications
- Professional Scrum MasterScrum.org2018