Curriculum Vitae
Caroline Schmidt earned her Master of Science in Finance at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar. She gained her professional experience in an agile environment at a renowned management and strategy consulting firm in Germany, where she also wrote her master’s thesis on “Agile Product Development in the Financial Sector.” At KEGON, she has been supporting various organizations in implementing the Scaled Agile Framework since 2019. She is passionate about personal development and works as a systematic coach, mediator, and alternative practitioner for psychotherapy in her own practice in Cologne. She shares her expertise through training sessions (in-house and public) and seminars, both in-person and online. She gained international experience during various stays abroad in England, Italy, Switzerland, and Tunisia.
Knowledge and focus
- Agile Transformation
- Transition and Change Management
- Training and Coaching
- Teambuilding
- Lean Portfolio Management
- (Extra) Large Solutions
Project Experiences (Selection)
Various trainings and workshops at different customers, mostly focusing on the Scaled Agile Framework and Lean Portfolio Management .
Preparation and delivery of standard trainings of Scaled Agile Inc., design, preparation and delivery of customer-specific trainings and workshops in the context of several SAFe transformations.
Insurance - agile transformation of an entire IT
- Planning and implementation of overall transformation and design of structures of Agile Release Trains and Value Streams
- Coaching portfolio level
- Conducting a company-wide prioritisation workshop
Insurance - Lean Agile Portfolio Management
- Coaching Portfolio Level
- Setting up a process for the systematic derivation of portfolio epics
- Create guardrails for decentralised decision making
- Implement portfolio events
Telecommunications – Lean Agile Portfolio Management
- Coaching Portfolio Level
- Setting up a process for the systematic derivation of portfolio epics
- Conducting a company-wide prioritisation workshop
- Creating guardrails for decentralised decision making
Insurance Industry - Agile Transformation and Lean Agile Portfolio Management
- Coaching portfolio level
- Setting up a Lean Portfolio Management
- Setting up an agile strategy process
- Create a metrics system for systematic improvement
- Define guardrails for decentralised decision making
IT - Agile Product Development
- Coaching programme level
- Improvement of PI planning
- Establishment of a key performance indicator system to control the multi-projects
Agile Product Development in an Insurance Company
- Coaching Team Level
- Training Team and Management Level
- Process Design and Change Management
- Definition and Implementation of Agile Teams
Agile Coaching in the Energy Industry
- Organisation of Teams and development of all Roles, Artefacts and Events
- Training and Coaching Team Level
- Definition and Implementation of the developed vision
- Process Improvement and Change Management
- Stakeholder Management
Asset Management in an Insurance Company
- Equity Research
- Broker Meetings
- Process Design
- Compliance with ESG and Compliance Requirements