Bernd Swillus-Scrum Master (Squad DZB1)
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Experience
Scrum Master (Squad DZB1)
DZ Bank Brokerage
- Supporting the team split, then Scrum Master for one of the teams
- Organizing and moderating Scrum and team meetings
- Co-preparing and moderating PI Planning (squad level) (mix of SAFe and Spotify)
- Promoting continuous improvement, self-organization, and communication
Vacation, personal training, personal coaching
Sabbatical / Time off
- Vacation
- Personal training
- Personal coaching
Agile Coach / Scrum Master (50%), QA partner (50%)
Consulting and analysis in the revenue squad
- Creating transparency (for all requirements)
- Establishing the working mode (organization, structure, prioritization) in the team
- Training future Scrum Masters and QA partners
Agile Test Manager
Target II Services
- Managing, moderating, and coaching the agile sprint test teams (3 teams with a total of 20 testers) in methods and content
- Organizing the cross-team test cycles, especially the test levels module test, technical integration test, and functional integration test
- Coordinating and organizing the control tools: test plan, test specification, test execution, and reporting
- Responsibility for continuous improvement of the test processes
Scrum Master
BerD (occupational German language course support)
- Supporting a large product team with up to 22 members; split into two Scrum teams, one Kanban team, and cross-team functions
- Co-initiated the CoP (Community of Practice) Agile at BAMF
- Defined and introduced the DoD (Definition of Done) with the teams
- Dealing with fluctuation in the teams
- Switched team work to fully remote for 4 months
Innovator (33%), Agile Master (33%), QSV (33%)
Innovationsteam Banken
- Worked in an innovation team: developed business model, market check, prototype (demonstrator) / MVP and roadmap
- Organized, ran, and further developed the "Experience Agile" workshop with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials in the team
- Supported the Agile Center with planning and moderating events, such as Fishbowl
Agile Master (50%), QSV (50%)
Banken
- Tasks of an Agile Master, see Scrum Guide
- Responsible for ensuring agile processes in the team
- Organization, coordination, and moderation of project meetings and workshops
- Promoting efficient communication within the team through short lines of communication
- Supporting and encouraging the team's self-organization
- Reducing external influences on the team
- Identifying obstacles and following them through to resolution
- Promoting an open working atmosphere and resolving conflicts in the team
- Driver of the continuous improvement process
Quality Assurance Manager (QSV)
Banken
- Carrying out quality assurance (QA) measures
- Creating and maintaining the quality assurance plan
- Organizing and carrying out reviews and inspections
- Ensuring audit requirements through formal checks (regarding compliance with the process model and guidelines)
- Initiating escalations (escalation duty)
- Close cooperation with project management, test managers, and project stakeholders
- Ensuring the required flow of information regarding QA measures in the project
- GUI tests
- Working as a tester in the "Statutory Reporting" project (Basel III)
Test Lead, Tester
Air Traffic Management Informations-System
- Planning, preparing, carrying out, and closing the semi-annual release tests and continuous automated tests (frontend tests)
- Setting up, installing, and configuring IT infrastructure / test environment
- Supporting capacity planning and test Scrum as Product Owner
- Monitoring automated tests
- Reviewing test documents, e.g. test scripts, test records, implementation of automated tests
- Creating, revising, and reviewing test scripts
- Carrying out tests and documenting test results (release tests and development-related tests)
- Defining tests for new functionalities / features
- Implementing automated tests (unit tests, frontend tests, in-container tests)
- Software maintenance (error analysis)
Tester
Air Traffic Management Informations-System
- Release tests
- Pre-FAT tests
- Revising FAT test documents
- Creating the test framework for automated tests in Eclipse
Support employee
Power generation / supply
- Administration of Active Directory, SAP, and Oracle
- Carrying out the switch to strong authentication using smart cards
- Reconfiguring SAP permissions for all 1,000 users for Single Sign-On
- Reconfiguring Oracle accounts using Oracle Application Server
Consultant
Call center
- Planning and delivering coaching sessions and training
- One-on-one and group coaching, side-by-side support, silent monitoring with personal feedback
Nutrition consultant
Dietary supplements
- Consulting and coaching
- Acquiring new customers and employees
- Communication and behavior training
Technical team lead Help Desk
Pharmaceuticals
- Leading and managing Customer Service (internal and external hotline)
- Creating standard processes and procedures
- Release certification, validation, testing
Consultant
ERP standard software
- Customizing ERP standard software for customers using Troja and SQL databases
- Consulting work at the customer site
- Support for the hotline
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Energy, Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, Aerospace and Defense, and Education.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Customer Service, Project Management, Product Development, and Human Resources.
Summary
- Agile Coach / Scrum Master
- Test Manager / Test Expert
Practical experience with agile methods since 2010, with responsible roles in the Scrum environment for over 1,000 consulting days.
Many years of experience in test / quality management since 1998 in classic and agile projects.
- Industries: IT areas in banks (for financial service providers); IT processes in public authorities; power generation / supply; pharma
Skills
Applications And Tools
- Jira (Dashboards)
- Confluence
- Miro
- Mural
- Conceptboard
- Ms Teams
- Zoom
Test Tools
- Micro Focus Alm (Hp Quality Center)
- Aqua
Key Focus Areas
- (Senior) Scrum Master / Agile Master / (Junior) Agile Coach
- Supporting Teams In Their First Agile Steps (E.G. Transparency, Self-Organization, Continuous Improvement)
- Scrum, Kanban, Mixed Forms
- Workshop Design/Concept And Moderation
- Community Of Practice, Organizational Development
- (Expert) Tester / Test Analyst
- Carrying Out And Documenting Tests
- Creating And Revising Test Scripts
- Defining Tests
- Implementing Automated Tests
- Test Management
- Leading 3 Parallel Test Teams
- Reviewing Test Documents
- (Senior) Quality Assurance Responsibility (Qsv)
- Organizing Reviews And Inspections
- Ensuring Audit Requirements
- Escalation
Languages
Education
TH Karlsruhe
Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Karlsruhe, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Scrum Alliance
Scrum.org
Assistant to the Executive
Dale Carnegie Training
Trainer License C, Football Specialty
German Sports Federation
Referee
Badischer FV, German Football Association
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Bernd is based in Karlsruhe, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Bernd speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Bernd has at least 25 years of experience. During this time, Bernd has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 13 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 8 months. Note that Bernd may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Bernd would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master (Squad DZB1), Vacation, personal training, personal coaching, Agile Coach / Scrum Master (50%), QA partner (50%).
Bernd's most recent position is Scrum Master (Squad DZB1) at DZ Bank Brokerage.
In recent years, Bernd has worked for DZ Bank Brokerage, Sabbatical / Time off, Consulting and analysis in the revenue squad, and Target II Services.
Bernd is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Energy, and Pharmaceutical. Bernd also has some experience in Information Technology, Aerospace and Defense, and Education.
Bernd is most experienced in business areas like Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Customer Service. Bernd also has some experience in Project Management, Product Development, and Human Resources.
Bernd has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Education, and Information Technology.
Bernd has recently worked in business areas like Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Information Technology.
Bernd holds a Master in Computer Science from TH Karlsruhe.
Bernd has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), Certified Scrum-Master (CSM), and Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I).
Bernd is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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