Roles & Responsibilities

• As Manager: Agile Practices, my duties / responsibilities were:

• Establishing, building out, growing and managing Agile Practices at Cuscal, coaching 9 agile delivery teams (with the help of two more agile coaches who reported to me).

• Acting as PMO Advisor to (and working with) the PMO Practice Lead, successfully defining and embedding the necessary frameworks to ensure value delivery capability across all programs and projects in Cuscal –regardless of the methodology followed on those programs and projects.

• Providing guidance and mentorship to the other agile coaches, delivery managers and project managers in Cuscal.

• Mentoring and coaching teams in adopting Agile ways-of-working and achieving broader transformation goals.

• Playing a hands-on role by actively identifying areas of improvement, conceptualizing methods to be more efficient and to drive change across the organization.

• Designing and facilitating team level workshops that generated focused outcomes.

• Contributing to building the knowledge bank & resources as needed including training materials for various role types.

• Delivering training, coaching and guidance to teams and individuals through demonstrating and delivering inception workshops, retrospectives, estimation sessions and resource allocation and effort management.

• Supporting teams to work efficiently, improve transparency and enhance collaboration across the business.

• Providing consultation to help raise and tackle complex impediments and achieve outcomes faster.

• All of the above was done under the umbrella of an initiative which I started at this client as “Value Delivery Uplift”, which got endorsed by the entire team of Executives (CxO's), and which spanned not only the Technology division, but also the Business and Operations divisions.

 

Referrals

“Andre is a thorough Agile practitioner understanding all aspects of Agile delivery practices. Andre is very passionate about value delivery that Agile enables and readily shares this passion with others. I would recommend Andre as a coach to help either get you up and going on your Agile journey or take you to the next step in your Agile journey.”

 

“Andre has a vast amount of knowledge on agile. I would recommend him to anyone who is looking for how to transform to agile. He is very passionate and wants to do a great job and puts in a lot of discretionary effort and thought. Andre can recommend solutions for various scenarios and is incredibly helpful. I have enjoyed working with him. If the organization has a desire to increase their adoption of agile or mandate to move to agile, I would recommend Andre.”

 

“I would like to enthusiastically endorse André. His ability to focus on details, identifying and resolving issues, while guiding the delivery team to keep the project moving in a timely fashion, precisely reflects André’s strengths as an Agile Practice Manager. He does this with a cheerful, upbeat attitude that makes him approachable and accessible for collaboration. André displays these strengths in both project governance and agile software development projects and remains an open, dedicated learner to diverse ideas and solutions. I would recommend André as a reliable resource that accurately communicates expectations and delivers on his commitments and will bring value to any organization.”

 

““Pragmatic” is the first word that comes to mind to describe Andre. His expert knowledge and practical approach to all things Agile has been refreshing to experience while working with Andre. He has been instrumental in identifying and implementing continuous improvement across the department. Looking forward to working further with Andre in the future.”

 

“It has been my pleasure working with Andre. Having high degree of emotional quotient, Andre brings on the table an unique blend of skills that reflects his knowledge, hands on experience, maturity, authenticity and trustworthiness. Known as a man of his words, you can always rely on him on his commitment towards his work and deadlines. Quality of work is always impeccable, supported by his in-depth knowledge of the broader ecosystem of the industry. When it comes to communication to C-suite stakeholders, his content has been always concise, focused and engaging to bring out the relevant outcome.”

 

“Andre is to the point and persistent in his approach to get things done. Andre worked across the organization to align all departments to have agile mindset rather than focusing only on delivery team. Andre's knowledge of methodology is from practical experience rather than via only certs which is what he showcased in our transformation, it's been a pleasure to have been part of his journey”