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Harmelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Hoofddorp, North Holland, Netherlands

• Achievements:
• Act as Scrum Master for multicultural software development teams consisting of developers, testers, quality assurers, product owners and designers. 3 x Scrum teams, 1 x Kanban team, 1 x Waterfall team.
• Support the teams, product owners, stakeholders, and business at large with introducing and embedding agile principles through training and coaching interventions.
• Implemented metrics within the Scrum teams to indicatively measure sprint performance across a range of metrics.Summary of Responsibilities:
• Support the promotion of Scrum within the development teams.
• Support the adoption of Scrum within all levels of the organisation.

Utrecht, Netherlands

• Achievements:
• Act as Scrum Master for software development teams consisting of developers, testers, quality assurers, product owners and designers.
• Support the teams, product owners, stakeholders, and business at large with introducing and embedding agile principles through training and coaching interventions.
• Assist with the introduction of business roles into the development Scrum teams.Summary of Responsibilities:
• Support the promotion of Scrum within the development teams.
• Support the adoption of Scrum within all levels of the organisation.

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

• Achievements:
• Tasked with creation of an agile implementation plan for the Marketing and Continuous Improvement (CI) areas within Premier FMCG.
• Support the migration process from traditional Waterfall to agile methodologies.Summary of Responsibilities:
• Inform, train and coach team members on Scrum methods as per the approved implementation plan.
• Support the promotion of the adoption of Scrum within all levels of the organisation.
• Create and manage the implementation of DevOps as the go-to tool for all things Scrum.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Scrum Master
• Administered all Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrums (stand-up), backlog refinement, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Coached and mentored team members and clients on Agile methodologies and process.
• Utilised Scrum artifacts like product backlog, sprint backlog, definition of done, user stories, planning Poker, burndown charts and others for managing and recording projects.
• Utilise tools such as Jira for managing the Scrum process.Management
• Line management of staff including hiring, performance management, and general HR.Relationship Manager

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Examples of achievements:
• Created marketplace, industry and community awareness by participating in professional associations, trade shows and online communities
• Built new business development strategies, including marketing, advertising, sales and implementationExamples of responsibilities:
• Implementing account, strategy & roadmap management of 29 clients
• Overseeing New business development (incl. product demonstrations, proposals & negotiations)
• Determining, assisting & implementing client growth strategy/ roadmaps

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Examples of achievements:
• Managed the Operations Team responsible for customer HR and Payroll systems of over 50 clients, including onsite facilitation and consultationExamples of responsibilities:
• Focusing on the improvement of individual employees in the Operations Team
• Analyzing/ improving organizational, operational processes & working to improve quality, productivity/efficiency within Operations Team
• Recruiting, hiring & mentoring talent for Operations Team

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Examples of responsibilities:
• Planning, overseeing/ implementing budgeting, reporting & auditing
• Determining company values & mission
• Planning for short/ long term company goals

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Clients included:South African Post Office, The Training Edge, FlashnetExamples of achievements:
• Developed, designed and implemented an ISP solution for delivery of internet connectivity, E-Mail & Voice-over-IP telephony
• Project Management for training over 500 Assessors & Moderators for the Services
• Project Management of training of over 1000 learners for the CHIETA SETA, (incl. identifying/ placing learners, scheduling training, ensuring delivery of training, assessing learners, certification & reporting)
• Implementing Cisco network switch project

Master Program, Digital Project Manager

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, Incomplete