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    • Dr. René Hussong

    Management Consultant

    rene.hussong(at)kegon.de
    Tel +49 611 20 50 80

    Curriculum vitae

    René Hussong got his Ph.D. in Computer Science (M.Sc.) in 2010 from Saarland University, 
    Saarbrücken, Germany. Following interdiscipli-nary research with fellowships in the US and Luxembourg, Dr. Hussong is focusing on agile software and product development since 2013. He held positions as Product Owner, Scrum Mas-ter and Senior Project Manager – in scaled, agile environments, as well as in classical project set-tings. Dr. Hussong is management consultant and partner at KEGON AG, certified SAFe® pro-gram consultant (SPC) und SAFe® Release Train engineer (RTE). In the last years, he has coached and driven agile transformations with numerous, globally acting customers in various industry sectors.  

    Knowledge and key topics

    • Scaling, e.g. using SAFe®
    • Agile software and product development
    • Scrum and agile leadership
    • Agile transformation and transition
    • Coaching and training 

    Project experiences (selection)

    Intelligent energy transmission & distribution – a stepwise implementation of SAFe

    • Agile coach and management consultant
    • Creation of a context-specific, highly individual transformation roadmap
    • Coaching the LACE team

    Global automotive supplier – Cross-domain SAFe® initiative

    • SAFe® trainer, coach und consultant
    • Co-training/-coaching with internal coaches

    Energy Automation

    • SAFe® trainer and coach
    • ART preparation, launch and coaching
    • Preparation & execution of a fully virtual value stream workshop for multiple locations
    • Stepwise extension to a SAFe® Large Solution

    Automobile manufacturer – SAFe® ART Launch 

    • SAFe® trainer and coach
    • ART identification and setup 

    Global automotive supplier – SAFe® implementation

    • Analysis of existing implementation, preparation of multi-project scenarios, derivation and implementation of a change backlog, ART relaunch and restructuring of the PI planning, coaching the execution phases
    • Consulting & coaching w.r.t the OEM interface & the collaboration model
    • SAFe® trainings
    • Training and coaching of internal SAFe® Program Consultants (SPCs)

    Medical Engineering – SAFe® implementation

    •      SAFe® trainings on management and PO/PM-level to support on-boarding of employees

    SAFe® Coaching at an international automotive supplier

    • Coaching of an individual large solution with two internationally active and distributed Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
    • Implementation of SAFe® Trainings

    Agiles Coaching and consulting in a logistics company

    • Establishment of a new, agile project structure across distributed locations and several teams

    Team Lead in an e-commerce direct insurance

    • Product Owner and Senior Project Manager
    • Scrum Master and Agile Coach
    • Project-specific implementations of agile scaling, using SAFe® Essential, partly in combination with a classic project environment

    Agile Transformation in an IT Direct Insurance

    • Process design and change management
    • Introduction and development of agile teams (Scrum and Kanban)
    • Initiation of DevOps and development of continuous integration and test automation