Mikhail S. Email & Phone Number

With over 10+ years of experience as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master, 10+ years as a Product and Project Manager, I have successfully transformed teams and organizations across the tech, retail, and e-commerce sectors. My engineering background, and experience in product management enables me to bridge the gap between agile methodologies and tech-product excellence.Key Expertise:- Agile vs Waterfall- Scrum (PSM certification)- Kanban Method- LeSS (Large Scale Scrum)- Spotify Model- OKRs (Objective and Key Results)- UX-research (User Experience)- A/B-testing- Product Discovery Framework - Engineering Excellence Maturity - DevOps Capability Model- Security Champions- Pyramid of Testing- Engineering Metrics- Microservices vs Monolith- Change Management - Program Management - Stakeholder Management - Coaching- Mentoring - Facilitating Career Highlights:- Pandora (Retail): Spearheaded the implementation of OKRs across 50+ product teams, resulting in an 80% improvement in transparency. Designed a DevOps capability model, which gained approval for department-wide scaling.- TechKarma (IT Consulting): Developed engineering ladders for 800+ developers, leading to significant improvements in development planning and execution.- Avito (E-commerce): Implemented engineering maturity models and discovery sprints across 90+ teams, ensuring data-driven initiatives and streamlined backlogs.- Sber (Finance): Created a competence model for 2,000+ product managers, resulting in the launch of a product school that significantly enhanced team capabilities.- Yandex, Yva (ML & AI): Led the development of a patented recommendation system, leveraging Big Data and ML, which boosted search queries by 5%.By combining structured, pragmatic approaches with a deep understanding of Agile and engineering best practices, I help teams deliver value more effectively while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.