Curriculum Vitae
Joseph Assaf is passionate about driving agile transformations. He is an experienced agile trainer and coach with a unique advantage—his background as a NAAB-certified architect. With his background in architecture, Joseph has developed a mindset focused on end results, while always placing great emphasis on involving all stakeholders in an agile work environment that is creative, innovative, and organized. With his strong intercultural communication skills, he thrives in diverse settings and helps teams and organizations excel in dynamic environments. His track record speaks for itself, with achievements such as reducing delivery times and improving team productivity and collaboration.
Skills and main topics
- Agile Transformation
- Entrepreneurship
- UX/UD
- SAFe Framework
- Team Leadership / Team Building
- Scrum + Lean
Languages spoken
- English (Full proficiency)
- French + Arabic (Bilingual proficiency)
- Spanish + German (Intermediate proficiency)
Training and Project experience (selection)
Various trainings and workshops at different customers, mostly focusing on the Scaled Agile Framework, Product Management and Organizational Development
Preparation and execution of standard trainings of Scaled Agile Inc., design, preparation and execution of customer specific trainings and workshops in the context of several SAFe Transformations.
Agile Coach in the Manufacturing Industry
- Agile Coach / Scrum Master
- Portfolio Management / ART Coach
- Building Cross-Functional Agile Teams
Value Stream Alignment and Mapping Workshop
- Assistant Consultant for Conducting the Value Stream Workshop
- Agile Coach / Facilitator
- Team-Level Coaching
- Training for Teams and Management
- Conducting preparatory discussions with the ART RTE prior to the workshop to establish a shared foundation
Introduction of SAFe and Agile Methodology
- Co-trainer for introducing the Agile mindset and adapting the SAFe City simulation
- Agile Coach / Facilitator
- Establishing a process for systematic methodology
Implementing an Agile environment and identifying dependencies
- Defining and introducing agile teams
- Agile Coach / Facilitator
- Establishing guardrails for decentralized decision-making
- Managing a series of systematic agile “diagnostic” sessions with the RTE
- Explaining and clarifying the concept of transitioning from a “push” to a “pull” system.
Agile implementation in the SAP context
- Agile Coach / Scrum Master
- Portfolio Management / ART Coach
- Building cross-functional Agile teams