Max Naydek Email & Phone Number

Victoria, Canada

- Continuing org transition to Agile mindset through adoption of company principles- Working with Dev, HR and Operations teams on adopting and utilizing Agile-based values and principles- Helping teams uncover ways to improve through honest self-reflection and inspection- Embracing transparency and focus around company, team, individual and product goals- Creating and facilitating Agile workshop for dev and non dev (HR, Operations, Finance) teams- Working directly with CEO on creating an Employee Growth Framework- Working with teams and departments to create role growth progression relevant to those teams- Acting as a "Recruitment Coach" to streamline and facilitate hiring processes for various departments (Dev, IT, Sales, Marketing, etc)- Facilitating and coaching on creation of Roadmaps for various departments- Conducting performance development, conflict resolution sessions and progressive discipline- Utilizing NVC (non-violent communication) framework in daily interactions- Leading and implementing Helpdesk setup for HR and Operations teams- Helping align individual needs with corporate values- Empowering teams to be self-organized- Driving initiatives on organizational change starting with leadership- Personal and team coaching- Fully remote / hybrid / in-office

Victoria, Canada

- Leading and supporting the development team as a temporary PO- Connecting the team with customers to better understand needs and problems we are solving- Creating and keeping the feedback loop between the team and stakeholders- Being a proxy customer to the team when necessary - Using Story Mapping (as a team) to break down and better understand upcoming work - Creating and utilizing release roadmap to have a clear vision of where we going and what we want to achieve- Helping team understand and focus on release and sprint goals- Participating and presenting at webinars and conferences

- Helping organization transition in to "being" agile and not just "doing" agile- Leading by example on what "agile mindset" is- Working with teams on adopting Scrum- Helping individuals understand why we use Scrum framework- Driving initiatives on organizational change- Being an active member, contributor and collaborator in our Agile Guild- Facilitating Scrum events, coaching

A daycare business that my wife and I started and ran together (of course we all know who the boss is).With our innovative (at the time but has become a staple across other daycares since) approach and transparency (we have been posting daily reports of our daycare life) we were able to achieve outstanding reviews, long wait-list and happy, dedicated families.

Full-Time

- Facilitated transitioning from "component"​ to "feature"​ to “cross-functioning” teams - Took part in transitioning to Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) with Craig Larman (LeSS founder)- Worked closely with scrum software development teams and their corresponding product owners- Facilitated team's progress towards goals- Mentored and educated development teams, Product Owners and stakeholders in the practical benefits of Agile processes and Scrum framework- Fostered a culture of continuous improvement, creativity, and innovation (introduced and implemented ScrumBan (best of Scrum and Kanban frameworks) with several smaller teams); transitioned away from JIRA to physical boards and cards; changed Daily Standup from being a reporting meeting to a “Collaborate and start the day” meeting- Facilitated company-wide retrospective- Tracked team velocity and sprint burn-down

Full-Time

- Managing the team of Technical Support Analysts - Performing weekly, quarterly peer reviews and evaluations, career development- Actively monitoring and evaluating production performance and issues- Verifying issue reports, conducting root-cause analysis, and identifying areas ofimprovement

Full-Time

- Actively monitoring and evaluating production performance and issues- Verifying issue reports, conducting root-cause analysis, and identifying areas of improvement- Liaison with external clients by email and telephone- Communicating between different staff levels- Being the central point of communication- Estimation- Closely working with MLS associations throughout North America- Analysis of RETS feeds from MLS associations- Integration of Point2 environment with incoming RETS feeds- Managing Integration pipeline- Conducting Technical Presentations- Liaison with external clients by email and telephone

Contract

Overall project managementMultiple projects managementClient relationship, managing the project Schedule, Budget and QualityProject Planning, Project Implementation, Project ControlFinal delivery of projects meeting customer expectations of Time, Quality and BudgetConsultation and training to junior staff members and co-workersOutsourcing

Contract

Develop QA plans for FCC SW products and lead the implementation of those plansAssist in the development of QA plans for project teamsImplement the QA plans and lead the quality testing activitiesAssist project and IT staff in test executionConduct random and fixed process audits and report to management any quality defectsParticipate in QA/Test strategy research and developmentProvide input to the QA/Test strategy documentsDefine, collect, analyze and report on product metricsProduce reports on the status of QA initiatives

Contract

Communicate and negotiate testing timelines with project managers and Manager,Quality AssuranceEnsure projects are executed in accordance with established CIBC testing methodologyReview and develop test scripts to ensure that they meet UAT test requirements andprovide appropriate test coverage, efficiency, audit ability, and other quality assuranceconsiderationsIdentify environment requirements necessary to support test executionSupervise QA team members' development of test cases and maintenance of these toreflect current business releasesEnsure that test data are regularly updated to keep current with each business releasesDuring test cycles, conduct daily meetings as required with project team members toreview variances and project issuesInterface extensively with project and program management to resolve issues andmaintain project time linesSummarize and make recommendations to management regarding the introduction ofnew functionality into the production environmentManage and participate as necessary in the verification of TB ImplementationsReview and provide input to development and maintenance of TB QA standards,guidelines, processes and procedures for UAT

QA Consulting services

Full-Time

Supervise and coach, lead teller teamTrain tellers on customer service and product cross-sellingOpen-close accounts, RRSP, RESP, GIC, Lending, soliciting, main treasury, report toBranch ManagerCreate reports, presentations and training procedures

Csm, Cspo

Master'S Degree, Business Management And Administration

Graduate, English