Reiner Kuhn

Curriculum Vitae

Reiner Kuhn is a graduate economist and has worked in the IT sector since 1981. His professional career has led him through several consulting firms to the plenum Group, where he worked as a management partner and managing director for more than 10 years to set up the company. As co-founder, he has been a partner of KEGON AG since the beginning of 2002. In recent years, his professional activities have focused on the management of agile software organizations and IT projects (introduction, product ownership, coaching) as well as the optimization of IT organizations for large companies. In addition, Reiner has many years of experience in the management of classic development and IT infrastructure projects. In the context of these activities he was able to successfully apply his professional expertise in the design of complex application and system architectures.

Knowledge and main topics

• Introduction of agile processes
• Large project and interim management
• IT strategy
• Logistics systems

Project experiences (selection)

Implementation of scaled agile practices in a large SW-development program (Finance Industry)

• Lead Consultant for Program Setup and Transition
• Coach for SAFe Program Launch and several roles (Product Manager, Release Train Engineer Release Train Engineer, System Architect)
• Member of the transformation team

SAFe® implementation (Scaled Agile Framework) at a worldwide operating automotive player (Mobility Services)

• Lead Consultant for Program Setup and Transition
• Coach for SAFe Program Launch and several roles (Product Manager, Release Train Engineer Release Train Engineer, System Architect)

Introduction of SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework) at a global automotive group

• Lead Consultant for Transition and SAFe® Introduction
• Coach for SAFe® Program Launch and various Teams
• SAFe® Trainer
• Member of the LACE Team

Introduction of SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework) at a global automotive manufacturer

• Lead Consultant for Consulting and Training
• Coach for SAFe® Program Launch and various roles (Product Manager, Release Train Engineer, System Architect)

Agile Transformation in an international telecommunications company

• Lead Consultant for Audit and Transition
• Coach for SAFe® Program Launch and various Teams

Agile Transformation in a strategic development environmentprogram at a logistics company

• Setting up and coaching the agile change process
• Professional responsibility in building tool infrastructure and agile metrics
• Coaching the agile planning processes
• Coaching the agile portfolio process
• Definition and documentation of new processes including interfaces to non-agile interim process management and development of an IT strategy for the realignment of a standard software product