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Gereon Hermkes

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Letztes Update: 26.04.2023

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Firma: Teamflow GmbH
Abschluss: Diplom-Kaufmann
Stunden-/Tagessatz: anzeigen
Sprachkenntnisse: deutsch (Muttersprache) | englisch (Muttersprache) | französisch (gut)

Dateianlagen

CV-Gereon-Hermkes-Agile-Coach-EN-05-2023_260423.pdf
CV-Gereon-Hermkes-SM-AC-DE-05-2023_260423.pdf

Skills

"As a Scrum Master and Agile Coach with 15 years of experience, I enable your organization to achieve business agility, which will start with teams that deliver reliably, within budget, and on time.
With this foundation in place and with the support of Agile leadership coaching and training, senior management can then focus on aggressively executing their business strategy to increase the survivability and success of their organization."

Pertinent Facts 
  • Member of the Supervisory Board ("Aufsichtsrat") of a "Hidden Champion" in medical technology
  • Regularly trains Scrum, Kanban, and Agile Leadership at leading universities (Mannheim Business School,
    Carnegie Mellon University) including senior management in Executive MBA programs.
  • Host of the official Scrum Coaching Sessions for Scrum creator Dr. Sutherland
  • Entrepreneurially thinking coach with management experience

At a Glance 
  • Experienced Agile Coach with a focus on business results
  • Successful leadership of more than 20 agile teams
  • Agile coach for organizations in energy, banking, and medical technology
  • Author of the Scrum@Scale book “Scaling Done Right“
Consulting Focus 
  • Agile transformations
  • Agile leadership coaching
  • Team coaching
  • Workshops & trainings
Industry Experience 
  • Banking and insurance
  • Energy and public utilities
  • Medical technology
  • Consulting, software, and startups

Certifications:
  • Scrum Master
    - Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
    - Certified Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM)
    - Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM)
    - Registered Scrum Master (RSM)
    - Registered Scrum Master@Scale (RSMAS)
    - Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
     
  • Product Owner
    - Registered Scrum Product Owner (RPO)
    - Registered Product Owner@Scale (RPOAS)
    - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
    - Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) 
    - Certified Scrum Professional®-Product Owner (CSP-PO)
     
  • Scaled Scrum / SAFe
    - Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner
    - Certified SAFe 6.0 Practice Consultant (SPC)
    - Certified Scaled Professional Scrum (Nexus)
    - Certified LeSS Practitioner
  • Kanban
    - Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)
    - Kanban System Design (KSD)
    - Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)
    - Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK)
    - Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
  • Agile Leadership
    - Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL-1)
    - Certified Agile Leader 2 (CAL-2)
    - Registered Agile Leader@Scale (RALAS)
  • Certified OKR Master
  • Professional Coaching (ICF)
    - Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
    - Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • Certified Trainer
    - Registered Scrum Trainer under Dr. Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum
    - Scrum@Scale Trainer under Dr. Jeff Sutherland, inventor of Scrum@Scale
    - Accredited Kanban Trainer of the Kanban University (AKT)
    - Certified trainer for Training from the Back of the Room (TBR; Train-the-Trainer)
 
 

Projekthistorie

08/2020 - bis jetzt
Agile Coach in medical technology
Medical technology company

Successes: Revamped product pipeline with cutting-edge technologies (AI, ML-Ops), modernized ways of working and associated tools, tripled velocity in some teams, transformation to Scrum@Scale, substantially increased profits despite Covid-turmoil
  • Agile coach to the management

  • Team coach for different teams when needed (software, hardware, regulatory affairs, factory floor, etc.)

  • Training of Scrum professionals as well as sustained leadership training

  • Professional coaching of company leaders


01/2020 - bis jetzt
Agile Coach for interventions at different organizations
Different companies in industries such as retail, pharma, finance, etc.

Successes: Short-term interventions to help transformations that are stuck
  • Supporting agile coaches and leaders in their transformations

  • Targeted coaching and training interventions


04/2019 - 12/2019
Lead Agile coach for the digital and agile transformation of the IT service provider of a leading German bank
Leading German bank

Successes: Significantly decreased time for new product development, established agile ways of working, coaching of leadership
  • Agile transformation based on Scrum@Scale

  • Consulting executives (up to C-level) of different subsidiaries in the group

  • Consulting and close coordination with stakeholders of the transformation, such as the finance department,

    works council, HR department (i.e., personnel selection)


01/2018 - 12/2019
Lead coach in the establishment of an Agile division
International IT consultancy

Successes: Significantly increased market success, opened up new business areas
 
  • Team coach of an average of eight teams

  • Professional coaching of Scrum Masters and Agile coaches

  • Professional coaching of the executive team

  • Responsible for recruiting and training Scrum professionals



05/2018 - 04/2019
Several complex infrastructure planning software development projects for a large public utility
Public utility in the energy sector

Successes:  Several complex software projects completed on time and on budget
  • Scrum Master for several (changing) teams and projects.

  • Development of extensive backend including ERP integration, multiple internal and public websites, as well

    as Android, iPhone, and iPad apps

  • Coaching stakeholders to overcome blockages.


01/2018 - 04/2018
Scrum Master and Agile coach for a strategic Internet of Things (IoT) project
Internationally operating energy company

Successes: Successfully overcame development standstill due to coordination problems between several Scrum teams (more than 100 employees)
 
  • Coaching of the project leaders; joint identification of the causes of the problems; selection of a suitable scaling framework; introduction of Nexus

  • Scrum Master of one of the teams

  • Team coach for the other teams


01/2014 - 12/2017
Founder of a startup for digitization of audiovisual media
Internet startup

Successes: Successful implementation of Kanban
  • Use of Kanban outside of software development

  • Kanban Master for an internationally distributed team


10/2012 - 12/2013
Co-founder of a startup for employee incentives
Internet startup

Successes: Successful implementation of the MVP, scaling of the teams
 
  • Responsible for Product, Software Development, and Human Resources

  • Agile leader to several Scrum teams


01/2009 - 09/2012
IT consultant in an Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Leading European insurance company

Successes: Shortening of delivery times, significant reduction of error rate

07/2008 - 12/2008
Product Owner for a team developing a virtual world
Internet startup

Successes: Team achieved high performance within a very short period of time
  • Product leadership of an intercultural, multilingual, and interdisciplinary team

  • Product development

  • Creative direction (graphics, animation, composition)


06/2007 - 06/2008
Restructuring of a software company through a Kanban-based agile transformation
Largest subsidiary of a publicly traded software company

Successes:  Completed agile transformation based on Kanban, restored profitability
  • Operational management & personnel (25 employees at two locations)

  • Leading the agile transformation

  • Responsible for production, IT, finance


06/2005 - 06/2007
Project Manager for publicly traded entertainment software company
Publicly traded entertainment software company

Successes: Entrusted with critical projects by the board of directors
  • Project management of new software titles

  • Business Development

  • Process optimization

  • Recruitment and onboarding of trainees and interns


Zertifikate

Certified SAFe® 6.0 Practice Consultant (SPC)
SAFe
2023
Certified Scrum Professional®-Product Owner (CSP-PO)
Scrum Alliance
2022
Registered Agile Leader@Scale (RALAS)
Scrum Inc
2022
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
ICF
2022
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
2021
Certified LeSS Practitioner
LeSS
2021
Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL-1)
Scrum Alliance
2021
Certified Agile Leader 2 (CAL-2)
Scrum Alliance
2021
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
ICF
2021
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
2020
Certified Scaled Professional Scrum (Nexus)
Scrum Org
2020
Scrum@Scale-Trainer under Dr. Jeff Sutherland, inventor of Scrum@Scale
Scrum Inc
2020
Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM)
Scrum Alliance
2019
Registered Scrum Product Owner (RPO)
Scrum Inc
2019
Registered Product Owner@Scale (RPOAS)
Scrum Inc
2019
Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner
Scrum Inc
2019
Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK)
Scrum Org
2019
Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
Kanban University
2019
Accredited Kanban Trainer of the Kanban University (AKT)
Kanban University
2019
Certified trainer for Training from the Back of the Room (TBR; Train-the-Trainer)
Scrum Org
2019
Certified Advanced Scrum Master (A-CSM)
Scrum Alliance
2018
Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)
Kanban University
2018
Kanban System Design (KSD)
Kanban University
2018
Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)
Kanban University
2018
egistered Scrum-Trainer under Dr. Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum
Scrum Inc
2018
Registered Scrum Master@Scale (RSMAS)
Scrum Inc
2017
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
2016
Registered Scrum Master (RSM)
Scrum Inc
2015

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