MUHAMMED SIMSEK
Agile Coach - Scrum Master
Istanbul
Summary
Enterprise & Team Agile Coach with 8 years of experience transforming business & IT organizations in Agile & Lean ways of working. Successfully transformed 10+ companies and 200+ IT and business teams in Telco, IT, Banking, Insurance, Automotive and Retail sectors. During this period effected to increase revenue by 18% , customer satisfaction by 32%, employee commitment by 62% and reduced lead time by 48%. Certified Agile Professional enthusiastic about spreading knowledge by blogging in LinkedIn & Medium and instructor in Udemy.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
8
8
Certification
8
8
Years of Agile Coach and Scrum Master experience
Work History
ENTERPRISE AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER
LC WAIKIKI
Istanbul
2021 - Current
- Leading Agile and Lean transformation of a significant number of business units working as Enterprise Agile Coach under the CEO Strategy Office.
- The business units transforming currently have nearly 3000 people and manage $2 billion budget.
- During this period; Effected to increase Financial KPI’s by 14% and Customer Satisfaction by 18%
- Achieved the Teams’s Agile Maturity increase by 25% and the Leaders’s Agile Maturity by 12%,
- Created a Custom Agile Transformation Governance Model with the collaboration of the Transformation Office,
- Designed 4 different Agile Training Course and delivered to 600+ people via onsite and v-learnings,
- Trained, raised and enabled 30+ Scrum Masters and 20+ Product Owners across the organization.
AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER & KANBAN COACH
adesso
Istanbul, Turkey
2020 - 2021
- Delivered Agile and Lean transformation consultancy services to both local and global companies as Agile Coach, Scrum Master and Kanban Coach
- Experienced working with globally distributed IT and business teams as Scrum Master
- Boosted throughput by 60%, reduced lead time by 50%
Coached 4 Scrum and 2 Kanban teams simultaneously - Increased Teams Agile Maturity by 70%
- Mastered using Agile Scaling frameworks like Flight Levels, SAFe, SoS and Nexus
- Designed remote workshops on Miro by using Liberating Structure
- Facilitated OKRs (Objective and Key Results) & 4DX goal setting workshops
- Assessed Agility via Agile Assessments, Health Checks and Benchmarks
- Trained Agile Coach candidates through Coach Program
Coached teams in self-organization and cross-functionality - Ensured compliance to Scrum, Kanban and Agile-Lean principles
- Facilitated all repetitive key meetings and Scrum events like Daily Standup, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Risk Management Meetings
- Promoted transparency for stakeholders by creating Jira Dashboards, Progress Reports and Sprint Closure Reports
Coached Product Management Teams & Product Owners to manage product backlogs efficiently
AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER & KANBAN COACH
bein Media Group
Istanbul, Turkey
2015 - 2020
- Coached 3 teams as Scrum Master and Kanban Coach
- Increased Teams productivity by 40%
- Effected to reduce lead time by 50%
- Protected development teams from disturbances and removed impediments on behalf of them
- Tracked metrics and KPI to measure productivity like Burndown Chart, Velocity Chart, Estimation Accuracy
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGER
DIGITURK-Bein Media Group
Istanbul, Turkey
2013 - 2015
- Managed projects budget 2M USD+, 15000 m/d+ FTE with 90% success rate
- Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects
- Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections
SYSTEM ANALYST
Turk Telekom
Istanbul, Turkey
2010 - 2013
- Planned computer systems using information engineering and structured analysis.
- Performed system analysis, documentation, testing, implementation and user support for platform transitions.
- Conducted system analysis and implementation to maintain and improve computer systems.
- Organized system operating procedures to strengthen controls.
SOFTWARE TESTING ENGINEER
Turkcell Superonline
Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - 2010
- Coordinated with software developers to evaluate new technological tools, alternate processes and new designs to improve functionality and quality.
- Participated in peer code reviews to provide suggestions for improvement in processes and design.
- Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
Education
Master of Social Science - Strategic Marketing and Brand Management
Bahcesehir University
Turkey 2010 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Trakya University
Turkey 2002 - 2007
Skills
- Enterprise / Team Agile Coaching
- Establishing & Running custom Agile Solutions
- Spotify, Scrum at Scale, SAFe, Nexus, Flight Levels
- Business Agility Assessing & Tracking
- Udemy Instructor & Medium Blogger
- OKRs and 4DX goals creation & tracking
- Agile Project/Delivery Management
- Designing & Facilitating Workshops
- Value Stream Mapping / Domain Story Telling
- JIRA, MS Teams, MS Project, Miro, Mural, Confluence,
- Trello, JupyterLab, Anaconda
Certification
- ICP-ATF, ICP-ACC, ICAgile
- PSM I-II (Professional Scrum Master), scrum.org
- PSPO I (Professional Scrum Product Owner) , scrum.org
- PMP(Project Management Professional) , PMI
- KMP (Kanban Management Professional), kanban unv.
- Implementing SAFe (SPC5), SAFe
Timeline
ENTERPRISE AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER
LC WAIKIKI
2021 - Current
AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER & KANBAN COACH
adesso
2020 - 2021
AGILE COACH & SCRUM MASTER & KANBAN COACH
bein Media Group
2015 - 2020
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGER
DIGITURK-Bein Media Group
2013 - 2015
SYSTEM ANALYST
Turk Telekom
2010 - 2013
Master of Social Science - Strategic Marketing and Brand Management
Bahcesehir University
2010 - 2011
SOFTWARE TESTING ENGINEER
Turkcell Superonline
2008 - 2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Trakya University
2002 - 2007