Description

Seasoned Solutions Consultant and Agile Coach with 25+ years in agile methodologies, project management, and operations across banking, fintech, manufacturing, and digital sectors. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, I specialise in agile transformations using SAFe, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and DevOps. As a freelancer, I coach teams/executives, design scalable IT solutions, optimize workflows, and foster cross-functional collaboration for efficient delivery and business results.

Languages

Afrikaans
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Bulgarian
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Zurich (up to 50km)

Julius Bär
IT Service Owner
BANKING AND INSURANCE
October 2020 - August 2025 (4 years and 10 months)
Zürich, Switzerland
Transformed a disorganised service into a stable, high performance operation. Managed business processes and led projects. Analysed and implemented business requests. Oversaw interface development. Managed vendors to ensure reliable support. Enabled critical GRC decisions across the bank.
Agile Project Management Project Management (PMO) IT Project Management Change and Transformation Management
Quartal Financial Solutions,
SERVICE DELIVERY CONSULTANT
June 2017 - July 2020 (3 years and 1 month)
Zürich, Switzerland
Managed the end-to-end software development life-cycle: gathered requirements, designed architectural solutions, managed the project, verified the solution and managed the complete release Managed local/cloud release management Implemented automation using PowerShell and JIRA s cripts Championed Agile mindset, principles and processes

Technologies: JIRA, Oracle, PL\SQL, Windows Server, Azure, PowerShell, Talend, XML, JSON
Quartal Financial Solutions,
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
July 2016 - May 2017 (10 months)
Zürich, Switzerland
Planned and managed new installation and upgraded projects Gathered user requirements and translated the requirements into technology solutions Implemented monitoring processes of the test environments Mentored and coached team members on Agile and Or acle Designed, developed and tested ETL solutions using Talend