Mehmet Yigitbay - Team Coach, PMO

Q: Where is Mehmet based?

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

Q: What languages does Mehmet speak?

Mehmet speaks the following languages: German (Native), Turkish (Native) .

Q: How many years of experience does Mehmet have?

Mehmet has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Mehmet has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 21 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months . Note that Mehmet may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Mehmet's latest experience?

Mehmet's most recent position is Team Coach, PMO at EWE AG .

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

In recent years, Mehmet has worked for EWE AG , Miele & Cie KG , and Schwarz Gruppe .

Q: Which industries is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Government and Administration , and Energy . Mehmet also has some experience in Transportation , Retail , and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology , and Quality Assurance . Mehmet also has some experience in Product Development , Procurement , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Mehmet worked in recently?

Mehmet has recently worked in industries like Energy , Information Technology , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Mehmet worked in recently?

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

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Karlsruhe, Germany

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Experience

Feb 2024 - Present

2 years 5 months

Germany

Team Coach, PMO

EWE AG

Ready4U: Modernization/transformation of SAP IS-U to S/4H Utilities (Cloud)
Migration and optimization of business processes
Implementation of new functional and legal requirements
Coaching and Scrum Master activities for agile teams
Setup and maintenance of Confluence and Jira, and introduction of Jira BigPicture
Planning, execution and follow-up of SAFe PI planning sessions, inspect & adapt sessions, system demos and PI retrospectives
Planning and facilitation of agile events and ceremonies
Support for project management in project controlling
Implementation of continuous improvement measures and ensuring project quality
Topics covered: data models (metering concepts), data cleansing (data quality), migration, cut-over management, open processes (BPEM)
Technologies: Jira BigPicture, Structure, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

Germany

Agile Coach, Scrum Master

Miele & Cie KG

MABS: product platform development for the smart home area
Establishment of a customer-specific agile development process for product units (ELC, ECC, ECA, EDR, ECP) to ensure a sustainable CE/CI/CD pipeline
Support of the Miele platform UI/UX team as Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Member of the Change Management Leadership (CML) team to drive agile transformation
Coaching of the international cross-functional team (16 members) in a scaled environment
Setup and maintenance of Confluence and Jira
Planning and facilitation of agile events and ceremonies
Implementation of continuous improvement measures and ensuring project quality
Conducting workshops with direct reports of the executive management
Active participation in communities of practice for agile planning & controlling as well as requirements change management
Technologies: Jira Portfolio (Advanced Roadmaps), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

11 months

Germany

Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Miele & Cie KG

MABS: product platform development for the smart home area
Establishment of an agile development process for the product units to ensure a CE/CI/CD pipeline
Support of the Miele platform UI/UX team in the roles of Agile Coach, Scrum Master and Product Owner
Gathering and refining customer requirements in collaboration with product management
Creating requirements in Jira and elaborating at program level, considering cross-team dependencies
Conducting backlog refinement sessions at team level
Analysis of existing development and interface processes between product units and development units
Advisory support for agile transformation as a member of the Agile Center of Expertise (ACE)
Active participation in communities of practice for agile planning & controlling as well as requirements change management
Team size: international cross-functional team of 16 members in a scaled environment with 7 teams
Technologies: Jira Portfolio (Advanced Roadmaps), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

2 years 1 month

Germany

Release Train Engineer, Digital Transformation, Agile Trainer

Schwarz Gruppe

One Developer Journey (ODJ): building a PaaS infrastructure platform and providing cloud services
Project management at domain level and advising management on agile and lean approach
Coaching of agile teams and conducting assessments
Release Train Engineer (RTE): planning and conducting agile events
People and partner management
Definition of quality standards such as Definition of Done (DoD) and Definition of Ready (DoR)
Creation of status reports for the sounding board
Technologies: Jira Portfolio, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), MS Azure, StackIT, MS Teams
Lean-Agile trainer for the Agile Academy: conducting training in Agile Awareness, Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking and Business Model Canvas
Development of agile and hybrid project management guidelines for the entire Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland, PreZero etc.)
Creation of project statement of work (SOW) and conducting fits & gaps analyses of existing PM guidelines
Member of the Schwarz IT (SIT) Agile Chapter community: developing and implementing agile standards
Organization and facilitation of global chapter events in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania and Spain
Evaluation and recommendation for introducing agile applications

Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

2 months

İstanbul, Turkey

Kanban Trainer

Mercedes Benz Turkey

Kanban coaching for the SDC team in Istanbul
Planning, execution and follow-up of the Kanban training
Definition of the Jira workflow process and design of product backlog items (PBIs)
Design and physical implementation of the Kanban board
Definition of quality standards (DoD, DoR)
Technologies: Atlassian Jira, physical Kanban board

Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 9 months

Germany

Managing Consultant, Agile Project Manager, Proxy Product Owner, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Kanban Trainer

optica direkt

Optica direkt 2.0: development of an industry software solution in the healthcare sector
Coordination of four agile teams (Scrum, Kanban, Nexus), including three nearshore teams in Istanbul and Sofia
Interim Scrum Master for the client's in-house team
Advising management on agile and lean approaches and coaching the Scrum teams
Organizational setup of the nearshore team including the onboarding process
Definition of Jira workflow processes and configuration of the Scrum boards
Creation of agile reports and Earned Value Analysis (EVA) reports for senior management
Setting quality standards (DoD, DoR) and PBI templates
Project budget: > EUR 3.0 million
Technologies: Angular 8, Typescript, Java 8, Spring Boot 2, Spring Cloud, PostgreSQL, AzureCloud, JWT, Keycloak, Jira, Confluence

Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

4 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant, Agile Coach

adesso Schweiz AG

Development of the agile service "Scrum meets Kanban" for adesso customers
Planning customer workshops and creating the agenda
Creation of a landing page and definition of the Kanban service pattern

Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

2 months

Switzerland

Interim Scrum Master, Sparring Partner

SBB AG

Further development of the "SBB mobile" app
Coaching the project team on agile and lean principles
Supporting the Scrum Master and Product Owner in daily operations
Analysis of Fits & Gaps and support in creating the Story Map
Preparation and facilitation of Scrum events and creation of artifacts in Confluence
Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

3 months

Switzerland

Agile Coach, Agile Transformation Sparring Partner, Management Consultant

Aviva Group

Bi’Tikla ROP: modernization of the IT architecture into a service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Coaching management and project teams on agile practices
Introduction and implementation of Scrum, Kanban, and Nexus (scaled Scrum) for two teams
Planning and conducting Agile Readiness Workshops
Supporting the Product Owner in creating the product vision and Story Map
Creation of a Kanban system and Nexus training materials
Project budget: > CHF 1.0 million
Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Maven, Bamboo, SonarQube, Git, Nexus, MS Project

Oct 2016 - Aug 2017

11 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Quality Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach

Global Switzerland Enterprise

S-GE New CRM: replacement of the CRM system and introduction of Microsoft Dynamics CRM including integration with various ancillary systems (ERP, BI, Emarsys)
Project management and leadership of the development team during the implementation phase
Crisis management to rescue the project from a critical situation
Introduction of Scrum and Kanban and acting as Scrum Master and Kanban coach
Introduction of Jira and maintenance of development work on TFS
Creation of the test concept, documentation, and specifications
Restructuring of the Project Team Site on SharePoint 2013
Project budget: > CHF 2.0 million
Technologies: MS Dynamics CRM, TFS, Jira, Visual Studio, SharePoint 2013, MS Project

Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

4 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer

SBB AG

AusNetServ: Led a WTO tender project to transfer network services (FTP, DNS, Proxy, Load Balancer) to a commodity service provider (XaaS)
Overall management of the initialization and high-level design phases
Managed the tender process until contract award
Vendor management and collaboration with business, legal, procurement, and IT security
Gathering and documenting functional and technical requirements
Preparing tender documents and creating the project charter
Acted as single point of contact for RFI, RFP, RFQ, and PoC
Technologies: MS Office, MS Project, SAP PS, HP ALM, MS SharePoint

Dec 2015 - Mar 2016

4 months

Switzerland

Project Manager

SBB AG

DBR16O: Decommissioned the IBM AIX platform and built the Oracle shared platform (ExaData)
Migrated approximately 75 business applications and upgraded the Oracle database to release v12.1
Project leadership during the initialization and high-level design phases
Planned and monitored the migrations in close collaboration with business and operations management
Provider management (T-Systems, Swisscom)
Process modeling and documentation of the migration
Technologies: Oracle ExaData, IBM AIX, Oracle v12.1, MS Project, SAP PS, SharePoint

Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Testing

SBB AG

AWP2016 MPS: Procured and rolled out managed print services (MPS) through a WTO tender (approx. 2,500 MFP printers)
Overall management across all phases from initialization to project closure
Stakeholder, vendor, and procurement management
Single point of contact for RFI, RFP, RFQ, and PoC, and evaluation of proposals
Gathering requirements and preparing tender documents
Conducted firmware testing and usability testing
Project budget: 21 MCHF
Technologies: HP ALM, SAP PS, MS Project, MS SharePoint

Mar 2013 - Dec 2013

10 months

Switzerland

Remote

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

SBB AG

GNWP RAS: Extended the functionality of the remote access service solution (8,000 clients) based on Juniper Junos Pulse
Co-managed the subproject from initialization to rollout
Organized and conducted workshops
Provider management and stakeholder management
Single point of contact for the pilot phase and rollout planning with operations management
Project budget: > 1.0 MCHF
Technologies: Juniper Junos Pulse, SAP PS, MS Project, MS Visio

Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Scrum Master (Scaled Agile)

Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA)

itinerisApp: Developed a mobile app (iOS/Android) for the EDA citizen service
Led a geographically distributed project team (Switzerland, Slovakia, the Philippines)
Gathered and documented functional and technical requirements
Supported the creation of user stories and design of mockups
Planned, controlled, and monitored the implementation phase
Technologies: Balsamiq, TestFlight, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SharePoint

Aug 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 2 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG)

KTool: Conducted a WTO tender for an IT solution to coordinate inspections on farms
Subproject lead during the initialization and high-level design phases
Gathered functional and technical requirements
Prepared HERMES project documents (manual, plan, QA plan, RM plan)
Ensured the maturity of the tender documents
Project budget: > 750 KCHF
Technologies: DecisionAdvisor, MS Project, MS Visio

Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

6 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

ERNI Consulting Ltd.

Consulting activities in the Project Management Office (PMO)
Supported the Project Management service in creating process instructions and checklists
Created and updated PM templates

Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

1 year 1 month

Switzerland

Overall Project Manager, Subproject Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Test Manager, Usability Engineer

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Overall project management for four subprojects in the citizen service area: changes in EDAssist+, online registration (Itineris), SMS bulk messaging solution, call center solution
Collected functional and technical requirements and created project charters
Provider management and stakeholder management
Developed a prototype and contributed to the design
Prepared test documentation and carried out testing
Conducted market analysis and evaluation of hotline and helpline solutions
Project budget: 750 KCHF
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, EDAssist+, MS Project

Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

7 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Federal Office for Veterinary Affairs (BVET)

Asan: Consulting and support for overall project management activities
Prepared HERMES documentation (project manual, project plan, implementation concept, test plan, training materials)
Technologies: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

7 months

Germany

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Widerker Administrative Holding LLC

Introduced the standard software OS|ECM for real estate management
Created an incoming invoice workflow
Gathered functional and technical requirements
Contributed to the migration concept and parameterization of the application
Developed the test concept and documentation
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, Latex, MS Project

Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year 1 month

Germany

Management Consultant, Coach, Quality Manager

Optimal Systems

Set up and led a Project Management Office (PMO)
As-is analysis of existing methods, tools and templates
Gap analysis and development of PM templates and process instructions
Trained staff and managed the PMO
Technologies: OS|ECM, MS Visio, LaTeX, MS Office

Sep 2009 - Jul 2010

11 months

Germany

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Deutsche Telekom AG

Implemented OS|ECM and developed an electronic PIN management system for SIM cards
Replaced an unencrypted, Excel-based solution with a secure application
Gathered business requirements and designed usability
Contributed to the migration concept and carried out legacy data migration
Configured the application and created the test plan
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, LaTeX, MS Project

Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

9 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM)

Data migration and release update of OS|ECM
Migrated data from a legacy system and performed staged system upgrades (test, integration, production)
Gathered business requirements and configured the application
Contributed to the migration concept and created the test plan
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, LaTeX, MS Project

Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Swiss UAV AG

Implemented OS|ECM to manage CAD drawings and general company documents
Led the project through all phases
Gathered requirements and configured the application
Created the test plan and documentation
Technologies: OS|ECM, MS SQL Server, LaTeX, MS Project

Dec 2007 - Dec 2008

1 year 1 month

Germany

Consultant

EnBW AG

Supported a Europe-wide tender for a group-wide ECM/DMS system
Assisted in the PMO and analyzed and documented requirements
Served as single point of contact for RFI and PoC phases
Organized and moderated the proof of concept (PoC)
Created use cases and test cases in collaboration with business units
Technologies: MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office

Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

5 months

Germany

Test Engineer, Tester

Janitos Versicherungs AG

Support Release Management in creating and executing test cases
Develop test scripts based on process descriptions and system requirements
Share responsibility for planning, coordinating, and launching releases
Conduct business analyses and document defects

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Government and Administration, Energy, Transportation, Retail, and Manufacturing.

Information Technology

Government and Administration

Energy

Transportation

Retail

Manufacturing

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Procurement, and Operations.

Project Management

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Procurement

Operations

Languages

German

Native

Turkish

Native

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 26

Experience in Information Technology 7 y

Avg length 9 m

Longest experience 2 y 4 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Switzerland, Germany, Turkey)

Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles Team Coach, PMO, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Main industries Information Technology, Government and Administration, Energy

Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology, Quality Assurance

Profile

Created

December 2023

Last Update

June 2026

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Where is Mehmet based?

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

What languages does Mehmet speak?

Mehmet speaks the following languages: German (Native), Turkish (Native).

How many years of experience does Mehmet have?

Mehmet has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Mehmet has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 21 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Mehmet may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Mehmet be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Mehmet would be well-suited for roles such as: Team Coach, PMO, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner.

What is Mehmet's latest experience?

Mehmet's most recent position is Team Coach, PMO at EWE AG.

What companies has Mehmet worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Mehmet has worked for EWE AG, Miele & Cie KG, and Schwarz Gruppe.

Which industries is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Energy. Mehmet also has some experience in Transportation, Retail, and Healthcare.

Which business areas is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Quality Assurance. Mehmet also has some experience in Product Development, Procurement, and Operations.

Which industries has Mehmet worked in recently?

Mehmet has recently worked in industries like Energy, Information Technology, and Retail.

Which business areas has Mehmet worked in recently?

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

What is the availability of Mehmet?

Mehmet is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Mehmet?

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