Rob Aston Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

At Zoom-Out Ltd we are dedicated to helping individuals and teams broaden their perspectives to boost resilience, agility and impact. We do this via Zoom-Out coaching, workshops, training and consulting.In this increasingly connected, collaborative, dynamic and rapidly changing world, our ability to see the bigger picture, embrace diverse perspectives, manage our emotions and see clearly is ever more important, some might even say, crucial. Zoom-Out is relevant to all aspects of personal life and work.

London, United Kingdom

Agile Transformation Coach launching a SAFe Large Solution Train consisting of multiple Agile Release Trains.• Transformed the organisation from siloed component teams to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)• Launched a Large Solution Train consisting of multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs)• Coached multiple roles: CTO, Program Managers, Business Owners, Product Managers, Developers, DevOps, Scrum Masters, Architects, QA and UX• Performed the role of RTE (Release Train Engineer) to lead delivery for one of the Agile Release Trains involving 4 teams (50 people)

London, United Kingdom

Agile Transformation Coach supporting Labs on their agile transformation journey to delivering using agile and lean perspectives and approaches.- Worked closely with a diverse range of roles to help them embrace the agile mindset,principles and practices. This included Product Managers, Product Owners, Senior Stakeholders, UX Designers, Systems Thinkers, Business Analysts, Business Designers, Programme Managers, Project Managers, Developers, DevOps and Testers- Helped the Product Managers and teams redefine their approach and pipeline of work with a focus on customer and business value in the form of Product Backlogs and Epic Roadmaps- Helped the product managers and teams visualise the flow of value using Kanban boards- Delivered scaled agile planning sessions (SAFe PI Planning) to shape the roadmap and pipeline of work for the next planning period- Delivered team training and coaching as well as 1-2-1 coaching and training- Formed and led a team of change agents to collaborate on identifying and implementing improvements to ways of working

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Northampton, United Kingdom

Agile Coach supporting teams across two programmes within UK Cards as part of the Barclays Agile Transformation.

London, United Kingdom

London

Scrum Master and Agile Coach in the development team for the News UK “Sun Goals” mobile app for iPhone/iPad and Android including the associated backend platform (push notifications, feed engine, etc). The App Business is a full-service mobile software and app development company that works with the worlds biggest brands.

London, United Kingdom

Scrum Master for two large co-located and distributed teams, incrementally delivering a new Order Management platform for FT.com which was a migration from the legacy system. The teams spanned two main sites, one in London and the other in Manila. Also worked with 3rd-party staff in the USA.• Delivery of a new, legacy-replacement system in the context of a large-scale environment• Worked closely with cross-functional teams providing agile coaching, mentoring, facilitation as well as agile delivery in the context of the wider programme of work • Facilitated agile ceremonies including planning, pre-planning, daily stand-ups, retros• Integrated with portfolio working closely with the Programme Managers and other Scrum Teams on a daily basis and also via weekly “Dependencies Scrum-of-Scrums” (external teams included the content team, data team, data migration, reporting team and finance)• Planning Releases and integrating this with the Roadmap and Portfolio level plans• Use of capacity, metrics, burnups, cumulative flow and tracking to forecast rate of delivery and release dates• Driving and managing RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies)• Participating in the wider agile community at the FT

London, United Kingdom

Scrum Master & Product Owner responsible for iPhone and Android mobile applications for The Times & The Sunday Times and The Sun publications.• Responsible for 4 core mobile products with concurrent development streams• Led the internal and offshore development teams• Proactively managed internal and external dependencies• Owned the product backlogs for up to 6 separate mobile products, grooming the backlogs with the development team and stakeholders across the business• Collaborated closely with UX, design and the development teams to produce optimal solutions. • Development teams were both co-located (iOS) and distributed (offshore Android developers)

London, United Kingdom

• Performed the dual role of Scrum Master and Business Analyst on multiple projects, including BBC Sport refresh and the BBC 2012 Olympics websites (international versions)• Worked with stakeholders across the BBC to establish product vision and business requirements• Proactively identified and managed dependencies within the team and across the business• Worked closely with internal and external development teams to capture technical requirements, validate business requirements and streamline the delivery of built and tested software• Led and developed the requirements for three major projects: a new international code base for the BBC Homepage; a major redesign/refresh of the BBC Sport website for international audiences; and BBC Future, a brand new website delivering magazine-style content to augment the Technology, Health and Science Environment sections of the BBC News website• Conducted UAT with stakeholders from across the business to ensure their goals and acceptance criteria were signed off

The Workshop is a creative consultancy and featured in Design Week magazine’s top 10 digital and top 30 design companies. Managed client relationships and led the technology vision, requirements, architecture and development teams resulting in the multimillion-pound, highly successful educational website http://www.diploma-support.org and spin-off products.

• Technology strategy and product development objectives• Led the product development teams• Built relationships with partner companies, customers and universities• Spent two months on secondment in Los Angeles working with the sister company and Hollywood Studios and suppliers while continuing to lead the UK development team

• Led and managed technical, creative, project management and QA staff• Fostered relationships with commercial staff, partners and customers overseas• Conducted Programme Management • Oversaw the following departments: - Software Development / QA (22 staff) - IT Infrastructure (2 staff) - Multimedia Application Engineering (4 staff) - DVD Title Testing / Production QA (5 staff)• Line managed development, IT and creative staff up to Project Manager and Department Manager level• Owned, defined and optimised the development life cycles and processes• Recruited staff and built teams• Outsourced some of the development to the USA and the Ukraine