Marco Toscano - Scrum Master

Q: Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Marco have?

Marco has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Marco has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 29 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months . Note that Marco may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Marco's latest experience?

Marco's most recent position is Scrum Master at Siemens Energy .

Q: What companies has Marco worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marco has worked for Siemens Energy , Heidelberg Materials , ALDI Data & Analytics , Siemens Mobility / Yunex Traffic , and RWE .

Q: Which industries is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in industries like Automotive , Transportation , and Information Technology . Marco also has some experience in Banking and Finance , Chemical , and Construction .

Q: Which business areas is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology , and Product Development . Marco also has some experience in Human Resources , Business Intelligence , and Logistics .

Q: Which industries has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in industries like Energy , Transportation , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Product Development .

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Munich, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

1 year 4 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

Responsible for implementing agile methods within the Interface & Integration team (2 Scrum teams)
Planning and conducting training in agile methods
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments
Improving sprint performance

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

5 months

Scrum Master

Heidelberg Materials

Introducing agile methods to a SAP S/4HANA migration in the procurement domain (3 Scrum teams)
Planning and delivering agile training
Coaching the delivery team
Shaping the Scrum Master community of practice

Jul 2023 - Sep 2024

1 year 3 months

Scrum Master

Siemens Energy

Responsible for the Scrum process in the Finance Capability stream with over 10 teams
Mentoring leaders in agile practices
Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
Removing impediments and improving sprint performance
Shaping the Scrum Master community
Training in SAP Solution Manager and Jira
Building a culture of continuous improvement and coordinating cross-team dependencies

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

9 months

Scrum Master

ALDI Data & Analytics

Responsible for the Scrum process in 2 teams and facilitating all Scrum events
Coaching teams in agile methods and promoting agile ways of working
Removing blockers and managing team dependencies
Supporting the Product Owner with backlog prioritization and writing user stories
Creating dashboards for management reporting

Nov 2021 - Sep 2022

11 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Siemens Mobility / Yunex Traffic

Responsible for the Scrum process for 3 teams developing an intelligent traffic control system (SAFe)
Facilitating Scrum events and coaching the development team
Shaping the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Building a culture of continuous improvement and mediating team conflicts
Preparing, running, and following up on product incremental planning every 3 months

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

5 months

Essen, Germany

Scrum Master

RWE

Responsibility for the Scrum process for 2 teams in the SAP S/4HANA migration "TranS4mer" (SAFe)
Facilitation of cross-functional team workshops and conduct of Scrum events
Removal of impediments and ensuring adherence to sprint goals & milestones
Coaching of the development team

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

2 years

Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS

Deutsche Bahn AG

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas
Creating training concepts and developing various training modules
Conducting (online) training sessions

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Munich, Germany

Trainer for Agile Project Management & Design Thinking

Digethic

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas
Creating training concepts and developing various training modules
Conducting (online) training sessions

Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

1 year 6 months

Ingolstadt, Germany

Scrum Master

Audi (CARIAD)

Responsibility for the Scrum process for 2 teams developing a cloud-based dealer platform (SAFe)
Facilitation of Scrum events and co-design of the Scrum Master community (Scrum of Scrums)
Building a continuous improvement culture
Preparation, conduct and follow-up of the Product Incremental Planning every 3 months

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

4 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach

Vodafone Kabel

Coaching teams in their roles and responsibilities in developing a process for delivering GigaHFC
Developing joint team agreements and promoting an agile mindset
Coaching on the use of agile metrics and facilitation of workshops to develop a product vision and story map
Coaching the team on creating mature user stories including acceptance criteria and facilitation of Scrum events

Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

10 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

MAN Truck & Bus

Responsible for the Scrum process for 2 distributed teams developing a new production program and migrating a legacy system from Cobol to Java
Facilitating workshops to transfer knowledge to new Java developers
Facilitating Scrum events, removing impediments, and coaching the development team

Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

7 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach

Osram

Coaching 3 teams in their roles and responsibilities in developing a cloud-based IoT platform (Lightelligence)
Setting quality criteria with the team (DoD, DoR) and facilitating workshops for product vision and story mapping
Coaching on writing user stories and conducting assessments to evaluate team maturity
Supporting the introduction of LeSS

Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

3 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

O2/Telefonica

Introducing the team to agile ways of working with initial training sessions for campaign planning
Coaching the team on roles and responsibilities and introducing a workflow-based process (Kanban)
Shadowing and observing teams for mentoring

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

4 months

Weßling, Germany

Agile Coach

Ruag Aerospace

Transitioning an SAP/S4 HANA team (IMPULSE) from Waterfall to Agile (SAFe)
Introducing agile ways of working with initial training sessions and facilitating knowledge-sharing workshops
Coaching leaders and team members and introducing a scaled Scrum process in SAFe

Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 1 month

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

BMW Group

Responsible for the Scrum process for 2 teams developing a cloud-based bill of materials quantity system (SAFe)
Coaching the Scrum team in their roles and facilitating other workshops (e.g., Design Thinking)
Contributing to the Agile Community of Practice and supporting the implementation of SAFe

Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

9 months

Munich, Germany

Agile Coach & Trainer

BMW Group (Bildungsakademie)

Building agile teams in IT and non-IT areas with initial training sessions
Coaching on roles and responsibilities and introducing an agile workflow (Scrum and Kanban)
Shadowing and mentoring teams and empowering them to self-organize

Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

4 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Allianz

Developing a central cloud-based management system
Introducing agile ways of working with training sessions and facilitating events
Coaching the team, building a continuous improvement process, and enabling self-organization

Feb 2017 - Apr 2018

1 year 3 months

Munich, Germany

Scrum Master

Interhyp (ING Group)

Developing a web-based document manager for the advisor and customer portal (LeSS)
Managing the Scrum process for two teams and facilitating Scrum events
Ensuring sprint goals are met and artifacts are up to date
Coaching the team and scaling across teams with Scrum of Scrums
Jira project administration and Confluence maintenance, and contributing to Communities of Practice

Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

1 year 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Scrum Master

Santander Bank

Developing cloud-based reports based on Big Data for sales and risk controlling
Responsible for the proper implementation of the Scrum process
Ensuring effective meetings and removing obstacles
Supporting management in the agile transformation

Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

11 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Transition Manager / Roll-out Manager

Merck

Developing an HR service platform and rolling it out to branches in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid)

Apr 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 5 months

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Project Manager

BASF

Development of an electronic approval process for IT projects

Apr 2012 - Mar 2014

2 years

CEO, Co-Founder & Agile Coach

Tripobox

Design, development and rollout of an e-commerce platform for group travel (Silicon Valley)

Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

10 months

Project Manager

Bombardier

Rollout of a new transaction portal

Jan 2010 - May 2011

1 year 5 months

Project Manager

LIDL

Implementation of a freight system

Mar 2008 - Dec 2009

1 year 10 months

Project Manager

Degussa

Implementation and rollout of a nationwide printing system

Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

6 months

Project Manager

Pepecar

Implementation of a new e-commerce software

Jun 2006 - Jul 2007

1 year 2 months

Project Manager

SEAT

Roll-out of a CRM system

Sep 2005 - May 2006

9 months

Project Manager

Novalia

Implementation of an e-commerce portal

Apr 2003 - Jun 2005

2 years 3 months

Project Manager / Consultant

Rail Consult

Various international infrastructure projects

Mar 2002 - Feb 2003

1 year

Management Consultant

Blue Value

Development and implementation of a banking sales portal

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Information Technology, Transportation, Banking and Finance, Chemical, and Energy.

Automotive

Information Technology

Transportation

Banking and Finance

Chemical

Energy

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development, Human Resources, Business Intelligence, and Logistics.

Project Management

Information Technology

Product Development

Human Resources

Business Intelligence

Logistics

Summary

Agile coach, Scrum Master professional (PMP) with over 20 years of experience in software development.

Expert in building interdisciplinary teams, scaled frameworks (SAFe, LeSS) and advising large listed companies such as Siemens Energy, RWE, Siemens Mobility, ALDI, BMW, VW, Audi, Allianz, SAP and the ING Group.

Co-founder of a startup in Silicon Valley and founder of Rocking Agile, focused on agile training and coaching.

Skills

Scrum & Kanban
Agile Coaching
Trainings & Workshops
Agile Transitions
Agile Scaling
Okr Facilitator
Design Thinking
Test Automation
Team Development
Story Mapping & User Journeys
Jira
Confluence
Trello
Azure Devops
Servicenow
Data Warehouse
Business Intelligence
Sas
Behavior-driven Development
Cucumber
Selenium
Sap S/4hana
Mysql
Postgresql
Microsoft Azure
Aws
Kibana
Grafana
Qlik
Sonarqube
Git
Bitbucket
Hybris
Websphere
Visio
Draw.io
Sap Focused Build
Sap Solution Manager (Solman)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Advanced

Education

Mar 1997 - Feb 2002

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Diploma in Business Administration (FH), focus on Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

SAFe Practice Consultant (6.0)

Scaled Agile

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I + II)

Scrum.org

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PMI

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 30

Experience in Automotive 5 y

Avg length 11 m

Longest experience 2 y 2 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Scrum Master, Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS, Trainer for Agile Project Management & Design Thinking

Main industries Automotive, Information Technology, Transportation

Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

Qualifications

Certifications earned 4

Profile

Created

February 2025

Last Update

February 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Marco have?

Marco has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Marco has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 29 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Marco may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Marco be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Marco would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master, Trainer in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & LeSS, Trainer for Agile Project Management & Design Thinking.

What is Marco's latest experience?

Marco's most recent position is Scrum Master at Siemens Energy.

What companies has Marco worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marco has worked for Siemens Energy, Heidelberg Materials, ALDI Data & Analytics, Siemens Mobility / Yunex Traffic, and RWE.

Which industries is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Transportation, and Information Technology. Marco also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Chemical, and Construction.

Which business areas is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Development. Marco also has some experience in Human Resources, Business Intelligence, and Logistics.

Which industries has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in industries like Energy, Transportation, and Automotive.

Which business areas has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

What is Marco's education?

Marco attended Cologne University of Applied Sciences for Business Informatics.

Does Marco have any certificates?

Marco has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: SAFe Practice Consultant (6.0), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I + II), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

What is the availability of Marco?

Marco is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Marco?

Marco's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.