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A highly visible leader, building bridges across to ensure projects are effectively developed, integrated and deployed with quality and on-time delivery into our production systems. I coach and mentor teams to deliver critical, customer-facing, enterprise
Desha Pingel
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Banbury, United Kingdom
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On an adventure to fulfil the role of the Scrum Master, guiding multiple Scrum Teams, using the Agile process in the delivery of products and services.
Supervise and facilitate teams in all Agile ceremonies including, sprint planning, sprint demos, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
Responsible for creatively removing impediments from the Scrum team so they can continue to perform at their best.
Create, maintain and deliver on projects and work streams plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing understanding and needs.
Identify and manage the risks associated with projects to achieve project success.
Ensure that the Definition of Done is defined and followed by the team.
Support and educate the Product Owner on refining the product backlog and prepare them for upcoming sprints, enabling longer-term work visibility for reporting to delivery and management teams.
Demonstrate the ability to influence Product Development and Management teams to improve product features and supportability of a product offering by identifying problems and suggesting and, driving the implementation of fixes or features.
Work together with the team during project estimation sessions and share an understanding of projected durations and release plans with the leadership team.
Facilitate the teams desire for creativity, continual improvement of efficiency and capability.
Measure team sprint success by using standard sprint metrics and drive team efficiency and productivity improvement through data points
Build a trusting and safe environment where the team can flag problems. without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, emphasising problem-solving.
Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
Supporting the team using a servant leadership style, and providing an aspirational example.
Influence others, including those more senior in best practices in Agile.
Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching them to higher levels of maturity.
Works with other Scrum Masters within the organisation to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile/Scrum.
Supervise and facilitate teams in all Agile ceremonies including, sprint planning, sprint demos, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
Responsible for creatively removing impediments from the Scrum team so they can continue to perform at their best.
Create, maintain and deliver on projects and work streams plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing understanding and needs.
Identify and manage the risks associated with projects to achieve project success.
Ensure that the Definition of Done is defined and followed by the team.
Support and educate the Product Owner on refining the product backlog and prepare them for upcoming sprints, enabling longer-term work visibility for reporting to delivery and management teams.
Demonstrate the ability to influence Product Development and Management teams to improve product features and supportability of a product offering by identifying problems and suggesting and, driving the implementation of fixes or features.
Work together with the team during project estimation sessions and share an understanding of projected durations and release plans with the leadership team.
Facilitate the teams desire for creativity, continual improvement of efficiency and capability.
Measure team sprint success by using standard sprint metrics and drive team efficiency and productivity improvement through data points
Build a trusting and safe environment where the team can flag problems. without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, emphasising problem-solving.
Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
Supporting the team using a servant leadership style, and providing an aspirational example.
Influence others, including those more senior in best practices in Agile.
Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching them to higher levels of maturity.
Works with other Scrum Masters within the organisation to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile/Scrum.
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United Kingdom
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Rest of Euro area
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English
Fluently
Spanish
Good
French
Good
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
job
TRIBE PM (SENIOR AGILE PROJECT MANAGER), Kantar
unknown.
Responsible for the scope, quality, time, and cost of all digital projects across 2 of 3 TRIBES
• A comprehensive understanding of Agile Methodologies, the ceremonies, processes, and objectives
• Proven experience of managing more than one Scrum team in parallel and an understanding of the
• challenges that come with this
• Demonstrable experience as an influencer working with Product Owners and Business Stakeholders
to gain a common view on priority
• Strong track record delivering in CI/CD environments with an understanding of CD processes.
• Competence supporting Scrum teams using common tooling including but not limited to, ADO,
• JIRA & Confluence
• AWS AFS and cloud migration experience
• Track record of managing distributed/remote Scrum teams in multiple locations (currently coaching a SCRUM team across 6 time zones) from UK to Shanghai.
• A comprehensive understanding of Agile Methodologies, the ceremonies, processes, and objectives
• Proven experience of managing more than one Scrum team in parallel and an understanding of the
• challenges that come with this
• Demonstrable experience as an influencer working with Product Owners and Business Stakeholders
to gain a common view on priority
• Strong track record delivering in CI/CD environments with an understanding of CD processes.
• Competence supporting Scrum teams using common tooling including but not limited to, ADO,
• JIRA & Confluence
• AWS AFS and cloud migration experience
• Track record of managing distributed/remote Scrum teams in multiple locations (currently coaching a SCRUM team across 6 time zones) from UK to Shanghai.
Project Manager, Coaching, Scrum, Jira, AWS, Agile, Cloud, Agile methodologies, Confluence, Processes, Jira & Confluence, Manager, CI / CD, CI / CD, CI / CD
2019 - 2019
job
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Energy Systems Catapult.
Responsible for the scope, quality, time and cost of all digital projects across the entire ESC portfolio
• Appointed to effectively develop multiple estimations, business cases, plans, testing and deployments.
• Managed and developed a multi-functional high-performing team and responsible for a £20m+ budget.
• Integrated the work of project managers and business and technical leaders into suitable requirements.
• Established successful calls for tender to develop innovative digital solutions to enhance effectiveness.
• Successfully directed multiple key supply chains to ensure and drive quality, on time project deliveries.
• Spearheaded and efficiently led supplier and internal team deployment of all identified digital solutions.
• Pioneered compliance to ensure projects adhered to Health & Safety, intellectual property and GDPR.
• Created and delivered regular reports on project progress, budgets, issues, risks and strategic insights.
• Monitored and managed resources and presented stage gates events to key stakeholders and clients.
• Spearheaded the introduction and embedding of 'new ways of working' to drive culture improvements.
• Appointed to effectively develop multiple estimations, business cases, plans, testing and deployments.
• Managed and developed a multi-functional high-performing team and responsible for a £20m+ budget.
• Integrated the work of project managers and business and technical leaders into suitable requirements.
• Established successful calls for tender to develop innovative digital solutions to enhance effectiveness.
• Successfully directed multiple key supply chains to ensure and drive quality, on time project deliveries.
• Spearheaded and efficiently led supplier and internal team deployment of all identified digital solutions.
• Pioneered compliance to ensure projects adhered to Health & Safety, intellectual property and GDPR.
• Created and delivered regular reports on project progress, budgets, issues, risks and strategic insights.
• Monitored and managed resources and presented stage gates events to key stakeholders and clients.
• Spearheaded the introduction and embedding of 'new ways of working' to drive culture improvements.
Project Manager, Budget, Deployment, GDpr, Compliance, Business cases, Safety, Health, Testing, Performing, LED, Manager
2018 - 2018
job
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER - EMEA
unknown.
(CONTRACT), Rusada
Responsible for leading business-critical projects to ensure cost, schedules and objectives were met.
• Appointed to identify and mitigate risks to ensure on time, within budget and quality project deliveries.
• Championed and managed open stakeholder communications for product policy and project delivery
• Directed projects through the end-to-end lifecycle from inception to completion and technology transfer
• Effectively worked onsite with Belgium client, with onshore/offshore team and groups across the globe
• Successfully resolved evolving business challenges to drive and embed an internal customer mindset.
• Effectively avoided the delivery of low-quality software, enhancing integrity of key client relationships
Responsible for leading business-critical projects to ensure cost, schedules and objectives were met.
• Appointed to identify and mitigate risks to ensure on time, within budget and quality project deliveries.
• Championed and managed open stakeholder communications for product policy and project delivery
• Directed projects through the end-to-end lifecycle from inception to completion and technology transfer
• Effectively worked onsite with Belgium client, with onshore/offshore team and groups across the globe
• Successfully resolved evolving business challenges to drive and embed an internal customer mindset.
• Effectively avoided the delivery of low-quality software, enhancing integrity of key client relationships
Project Manager, Budget, Technology, Offshore, International, Software, Manager, Customer
2015 - 2018
temp
PROGRAMME MANAGER (CONTRACT)
Jaguar Land Rover.
Responsible for successful delivery of a portfolio of hardware re-platform projects and programmes
• Designed and executed 2 major hardware elements, 3 application upgrades and a key licence refresh.
• Delivered 2015/16/17 virtual engineering capability programme on time and to budget, saving £800k+
• Established and led implementation of security projects for Dirty CoW, Meltdown and Spectre patches
• Designed and executed 2 major hardware elements, 3 application upgrades and a key licence refresh.
• Delivered 2015/16/17 virtual engineering capability programme on time and to budget, saving £800k+
• Established and led implementation of security projects for Dirty CoW, Meltdown and Spectre patches
Budget, Security, Engineering, Implementation, Hardware, LED, Manager, Platform
2010 - 2015
job
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
TalkTalk Business.
Responsible for all aspects of project leadership and delivery, engaging across the TalkTalk operation.
• End-to-end project management and control, including project planning, scope, budgeting and risks.
• Advised Project Managers and mentored junior team members on project management best practice.
• Delivered MPLS/Hosting/Voice projects ahead of schedule, in budget & in line with quality standards.
• Implemented key data network enhancements and upgrades for TTT Milton Keynes and Tesco.com
• Successfully secured and effectively delivered a £50M project over 5 years with Virgin Media Business
• End-to-end project management and control, including project planning, scope, budgeting and risks.
• Advised Project Managers and mentored junior team members on project management best practice.
• Delivered MPLS/Hosting/Voice projects ahead of schedule, in budget & in line with quality standards.
• Implemented key data network enhancements and upgrades for TTT Milton Keynes and Tesco.com
• Successfully secured and effectively delivered a £50M project over 5 years with Virgin Media Business
Project Management, Project Manager, Budget, Leadership, Management, Network, Hosting, Manager
2009 - 2009
temp
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT)
Ericsson.
Responsible for managing projects in the pre-sales business proposal and bid management process.
• Appointed to lead cross-functional team activities in matrix environment and produce regular reporting.
• Coordinated remote teams and allocated key network enhancements across a multi-vendor network.
• Effectively delivered a UK wide radio access network expansion programme to 250 sites every month.
• Championed EDGE analysis for deployment at 3,000 sites in 5 weeks to identify and achieve protocols
• Appointed to lead cross-functional team activities in matrix environment and produce regular reporting.
• Coordinated remote teams and allocated key network enhancements across a multi-vendor network.
• Effectively delivered a UK wide radio access network expansion programme to 250 sites every month.
• Championed EDGE analysis for deployment at 3,000 sites in 5 weeks to identify and achieve protocols
Project Manager, Deployment, Management, Sales, Radio, Bid management, Network, Radio Access Network, Manager
2009 - 2009
temp
IT Programme Manager (Contract)
Elsevier.
It, Manager
2008 - 2009
temp
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT)
Telefonica O2.
Responsible for delivering multiple complex projects and programmes within deadlines and budgets
• Appointed to effectively work across multiple geographically dispersed, multi-functional project teams.
• Approved OSS / BSS projects including business critical large-scale software and hardware upgrades
• Efficiently engaged and collaborated with key stakeholders to drive regular programme status updates.
• Pioneered the utilisation of Agile and Waterfall methodologies to mitigate risk and maintain progress
Early career details include
• Appointed to effectively work across multiple geographically dispersed, multi-functional project teams.
• Approved OSS / BSS projects including business critical large-scale software and hardware upgrades
• Efficiently engaged and collaborated with key stakeholders to drive regular programme status updates.
• Pioneered the utilisation of Agile and Waterfall methodologies to mitigate risk and maintain progress
Early career details include
Project Manager, Agile, Hardware, Software, Manager
2004 - 2006
temp
Workstream Lead
Vodafone.
2004 - 2004
temp
Programme Office Manager (Contract)
AXA.
Office, Manager
2003 - 2004
temp
Programme Manager (Contract)
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Manager
2002 - 2003
temp
Programme Manager (Contract)
Computacenter.
Professional accreditation & courses
Scrum.org Certified Scrum Master
APMG International Agile PM Certified Practitioner
Association for Project Management (APM) Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner PRINCE2 Practitioner
ITIL ITIL v3 Practitioner
Scrum.org Certified Scrum Master
APMG International Agile PM Certified Practitioner
Association for Project Management (APM) Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner PRINCE2 Practitioner
ITIL ITIL v3 Practitioner
Project Management, Scrum, Prince2, Scrum master, ITIL, Agile, Management, International, Manager
My education
University of Plymouth
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