Agile Program Coach & Trainer

• Jan 2022 - Present

Co-author

• Aug 2020 - Present

'Agile People principles - your call to action for the future of work' is a collaborative book by Pia-Maria Thorén and Agile People from around the world.

Agile People Facilitator and ICAgile instructor for Agility in HR, ICP-HR

• Oct 2019 - Present

Active ICAgile accredited instructor for both the online and classroom training 'Agility in HR' (ICP-AHR). This training is part of the Business Agility track and is aimed at people working in the Human Resources (HR) domain.

Agile Coach & Facilitator

• Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

Facilitating a series of workshop to help build and prioritise a product features backlog as well as draft a strategy for an approach to market. Workshops like stakeholder and customer journey mapping, visioning and business canvas, inception and feature refinement sessions, feature mapping and others. Facilitating a series of workshop to help build and prioritise a product features backlog as well as draft a strategy for an approach to market. Workshops like stakeholder and customer journey mapping, visioning and business canvas, inception and feature refinement sessions, feature mapping and others.

Agile Program Coach & Training

• Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

Epic Agile coaching assignment to support the Group transformation in the HR /People & Culture team, for the Group Transformation Enablement Chapter Epic Agile coaching assignment to support the Group transformation in the HR /People & Culture team, for the Group Transformation Enablement Chapter

Guest Faculty - Agile Trainer

• Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

Course: Agile scoping, estimation and planning (Project Management curriculum, Odisee, Louvain University) Course: Agile scoping, estimation and planning (Project Management curriculum, Odisee, Louvain University)

Agile Coach for high performance teams @ De Algemene Centrale - ABVV

• Oct 2020 - Dec 2021

IT and HR-related Agile product development at a major Belgian Union.Coaching & Mentoring: Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban, Sociocracy e.a.

Presales Expert

• Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

Business development and pre-sales for Ordina's AgileWorks business unit.Agility in HR, Agile People, Agile Leadership, High Performance Teams, Transformation towards Business Agility, Hands-on Agile with Kata.

Agile Coach & Trainer @ RSVZ-INASTI

• Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

Transformation towards Business Agility at the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-employed (NISSE): Ambassador community building, workshops for ambassadors and line managers, Agile Board & Management service.

Agile Team & Enterprise Coach

• Aug 2018 - Dec 2021

Coaching teams and enterprises to transform their way of working, helping them to reimagine work with a focus on relentless learning, cooperative value delivery and people engagement.Training and facilitating learning journeys for agility in HR.

Practice Manager Agile Governance

• Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

Coaching and supporting a team of 8 dedicated non-technical consultants in fulfilling their professional ambition and enabling their growth.

Agile Coach for high performance teams @ DKV Belgium (ERGO)

• Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

Health Insurance - IT and L&D related project in a hybrid Agile project management environment: Team coaching for high performance with Scrum, launching CoP's, Agile & Scrum workshops for Business, HR and Sales.

Agile Coach for high performance teams @ VAZG for Smals

• Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

Coaching mixed cross-functional development teams for Flanders Government Health Agency.

Workshop Designer, Facilitator, Agile Transformation Coach

• Nov 2004 - Dec 2021

Trainer and learning facilitator with a focus of bringing agility to non-governmental organizations. - Scrum Trainer at Fairtrade Belgium- Lean & Agile coach and trainer at Eva vzw- Community development at Anand vzw

Guest Faculty & Trainer for HRD Academy, Belgium

• Nov 2018 - Oct 2021

Design and delivery of courses in teaching methodologies with digital, remote and hybrid tools.

Agile & Lean Coach & Trainer

• Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

EVA vzw, now ProVeg International, is an global meeting place for healthy food professionals and volunteers. Coaching a large cross-functional self-managing office team of project campaigners, marketeers, legal experts and HR professionals. Proxy to the HR lead and People Development Coach. Facilitating the transformation of EVA into a thriving community of self-managing teams, in which 500+ intrinsically motivated volunteers use an Agile framework to help spread a common message. Coaching teams to get better with Kanban and SCRUM. Researching scalability of Agile in an NGO environment. Show less

Project Lead HRIS transformation at USG People Belgium

• Mar 2017 - Jul 2018

- Leading the project and facilitating the transition from traditional HR talent and performance management to a continuous feedback culture, embedded goal setting, and employee engagement monitoring. - Learning organization development in sync with HR. - Triggering People & Culture leadership to reimagine HR processes in order to set the stage for team learning and Agile practices leading to high performance. - Assisting HR leadership to create peer learning structures and generate growth mindset as prerequisites for unleashing human resourcefulness. Show less

IT Applications Scrum Master

• Oct 2016 - Jul 2018

Product Owner (Omnitracker)

• Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

Business Relationship Manager

• Mar 2016 - Sep 2016

HR Software and LMS Implementation Consultant & Team Lead

• Aug 2013 - Feb 2016

Progreso offers a portfolio of integrated cloud-based soft HR tools and works with a variety of SMEs and corporate clients. Business Analysis | Functional Analysis | Project Management | Functional Software Implementation (alignment of customer requirements with development team) | Release Management | Customer Service & Support. Product Owner | Agile & Lean IT. People Management | planning | Management Committee member. Progreso offers a portfolio of integrated cloud-based soft HR tools and works with a variety of SMEs and corporate clients. Business Analysis | Functional Analysis | Project Management | Functional Software Implementation (alignment of customer requirements with development team) | Release Management | Customer Service & Support. Product Owner | Agile & Lean IT. People Management | planning | Management Committee member.

Instructional Design Expert & Technical Trainer

• Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

Instructional Design and Technical Training (UMAX, MS Dynamics) at Delta Kompas, the major utilities provider in Zeeland, the Netherlands. Instructional Design and Technical Training (UMAX, MS Dynamics) at Delta Kompas, the major utilities provider in Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Technical Writer, Instructional Design Expert, Trainer

• Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

[LARA] Testing | Authoring and updates of help files >> LARA or Loket voor Authentieke Registratie is a free web based application developed by AGIV, permitting local authorities to log and compare geographical data. [SECURITY] Authoring and updates of online help files [GIPOD] UAT | Development of Training Strategy | Training Development | End User Manual Development | Train-the-Trainer >> GIPOD is an integrated database containing geographical information on the public domain in Flanders, gathered from a variety of sources. Through the GIPOD interface, this information is made available to users of the public domain, such as local governments, roadworks companies, event organizers,and public transport companies - permitting them to create synergies. Show less

Freelancer in Software Development Projects, Train-the-Trainer

• Nov 2005 - Aug 2013

SCRUM | UAT | BA | Instructional Design & Training Development | Technical Wring | User Manual Development | On-Line Help Files | Train-the-Trainer | End User Training Assignments at various service industries in Belgium, a/o at VMW (Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening), Kind en Gezin, AGIV (Agentschap voor Geografische Informatie Vlaanderen) SCRUM | UAT | BA | Instructional Design & Training Development | Technical Wring | User Manual Development | On-Line Help Files | Train-the-Trainer | End User Training Assignments at various service industries in Belgium, a/o at VMW (Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening), Kind en Gezin, AGIV (Agentschap voor Geografische Informatie Vlaanderen)

HAZOP Administrator & Scribe

• Aug 2006 - Jul 2012

Assignments a/o at Statoil (Melkøya Island, Hammerfest, Norway), Duesseldorf, and GDF Suez (Dunkerque & Paris). Assignments a/o at Statoil (Melkøya Island, Hammerfest, Norway), Duesseldorf, and GDF Suez (Dunkerque & Paris).

Systems & Applications Instructional Designer and Trainer

• Nov 2008 - Jun 2012

[MIRAGE] UAT | End User Training Development | End User Training and Field Coaching [MIRAGE] UAT | End User Training Development | End User Training and Field Coaching

Freelance Instructional Design Expert & Trainer

• Nov 2007 - Jun 2009

[AXAPTA | MICROSOFT DYNAMICS] UAT | End User Training Development | End User Training and Field Coaching [AXAPTA | MICROSOFT DYNAMICS] UAT | End User Training Development | End User Training and Field Coaching

Social Policy Researcher

• Jun 2007 - Oct 2007

Member of research team for an academic study on behalf of the 'Centrum voor Gelijkheid van Kansen en Racismebestrijding' (CGKR) in collaboration with 'Ministerie van Maatschappelijke Integratie, Gelijke Kansen en Grootstedenbeleid' (Belgian Ministry of Integration, Equal Opportunities and Metropolitan Management) and the Antwerp University (UA, Universiteit Antwerpen), Department for Social Studies. "Before and After - De Sociale en Economische Positie van Personen die geregulariseerd werden in Uitvoering van de Wet van 22 december 1999" was published by 'Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid' (Universiteit Antwerpen, Prof. Herman Deleeck) and 'Groupe d'etudes sur l'ethnicite, la racisme, les migrations et l'exclusion' (Universite Libre de Bruxelles). Project leaders: Ive Marx & Gerlinde Verbist (Antwerp University), Andrea Rea (Brussels University). Project co-ordinators: Vincent Corluy & Marie Godin. www.diversiteit.be/diversiteit/files/File//BeforeandAfterNederlandsdefversie.pdf Show less

Business Language Trainer

• Jun 2004 - May 2007

Business Language (Dutch, English, Arabic) | Intercultural Competence | Relocation Business Language (Dutch, English, Arabic) | Intercultural Competence | Relocation

Internship @ Marketing and Communication

• Oct 2005 - Jun 2006

Research for a Buzz-Marketing project in preparation of the Bozar Brussels India Festival 2006-2007. Academic Paper (Universiteit Antwerpen, UAMS, 2005-2006): "Met Bozar naar India: Audience Development & Art Ambassadors in de context van een Indiafestival, 2006-2007." Research for a Buzz-Marketing project in preparation of the Bozar Brussels India Festival 2006-2007. Academic Paper (Universiteit Antwerpen, UAMS, 2005-2006): "Met Bozar naar India: Audience Development & Art Ambassadors in de context van een Indiafestival, 2006-2007."

Freelance Technical Writer | Training Developer | Train-the-Trainer

• Jun 2005 - Nov 2005

Integrated Call Center Management Interface (Genesys): Functional Analysis | User Manual Development | UAT | Training Development | Train-the-Trainer Integrated Call Center Management Interface (Genesys): Functional Analysis | User Manual Development | UAT | Training Development | Train-the-Trainer

Training Developer | Corporate Trainer

• Nov 2004 - Apr 2005

Member of the ﻨﻮﺮس Nawras launch team: UAT | Training Development | Products & Services Training | Soft Skill Training (Custserv & Commskills English/Arabic) | Technical Training (Mobile Network Architecture) | Systems & Applications Training

Marketing Project Manager

• Jan 2005 - Feb 2005

Introducing ﻨﻮﺮس Nawras, Oman's 2nd mobile operator, to the general public at the yearly Muscat Festival in al-Qurum.