Thomas Kastell

Coaching business and development teams in introducing and mastering next and best agile practices e.g., Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean Start up. Hold workshops on role modelling, collaboration, working with uncertainty and complexity. Coach POs in user centricity and building MVPs (user story mapping). Coaching management in new ways of leadership, and decision-making. Leading organisational transformation. Project management for digital product roll outs

Coaching development teams in mastering best agile practices, role modelling, and working with uncertainty and complexity. Coaching management in new ways of leadership, and decision-making Key Contributions: - Coaching of two external development teams including 10 developers and a PO in adapting small increment deployments, implementing Scrum framework - Coaching of the management team of 2 C-level and 4 mid managers in adapting leadership roles, seizing decision-making power into self-managed teams

Designed digital business models for airline industries by applying business model canvas and innovation workshops. Planned and delivered agile projects and prototype rollout for business ideas. Captured opportunities for new business leads. Key Contributions: - Managed an international data science project including a project team of 35 people, a budget of €9.6M - Introduced Teal as a self-management organizational model - Delivered exceptional service in business development incl. deals of 670K€

Raised headcounts from 20 to 50 employees by implementing all relevant CEO decisions. Improved process efficiency by introducing agile project management methods, primarily Kanban. Key Contributions: - Delivered several digital innovation and business model projects with a budget of 450k€ - Introduced Kanban as the internal agile working structure; spearheaded a team of 12 employees including coaching and self-decision circles. - Secured new business opportunities, of more than 1.3million€

Initiated the real estate company and performed various real estate projects (including the delivery of several projects and the internal company build-up with Scrum). Developed and sustained strategic partnerships with vendors for business expansion. Key Contribution: - Captured new business opportunities and attained real estate project worth of 3M€. - Agile setup of a real estate project, including a budget of 1.5M€ (for restauration and market placement) and spearheaded a team of three employees.

Initiated a start-up project based on providing technical and management training courses to staff and administered the business development. Key Contribution: - Introduced a new project based on continuing education courses for Saudi Managers and vocational trainers. - Streamlined complete business operations, while remaining within 500k budget. - Secured business deals with the Saudi government worth €1.5M and directed a team of four international and Saudi employees.

Founded a start-up to bring together event organizer and private customers on a platform. Designed the business plan together with the founder. Built up of sales and marketing funnel. Set up of operations and the internal organization with Kanban. Key Contribution: - Scaling the business by creating yearly revenue streams of €3.5M - Created user traffic of more than 10k visits per month - Lead a team of four employees of marketing and sales experts.

organisational development, international relations