Curriculum Vitae
Reiner Kuhn holds a degree in economics and has been working in the IT industry since 1981. His professional career led him via several consulting firms to the plenum Group, where he shaped the development of the company as Management Partner and Managing Director for more than 10 years. As a co-founder, he has been a partner of KEGON AG since the beginning of 2002.
His professional activities in recent years have focused on the management of Agile software organizations, Agile transformations in large organizations and IT projects (introduction, product ownership, coaching) as well as the optimization of IT organizations for large companies. In addition, Reiner Kuhn has many years of experience in the management of classic development and IT infrastructure projects. Within the scope of these activities, he was able to successfully apply his technical expertise in the design of complex application and system architectures, among other things.
Knowledge and main topics
- Implementation of agile transformations
- Major project and interim management
- IT strategy
- Logistics systems
Project experiences (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 transformation of a state-wide development program for administrative digitization (state authority)
- Set-up, support and membership of the SAFe LACE team
- Adaptation of the SAFe framework to circumstances of a state authority
- Value Stream analysis and ART design
- Organization and execution of all SAFe events on program and solution level
- Execution of management workshops, SAFe trainings and role-specific individual trainings
- RTE and team coaching (PO, SM), change management
- Development of a tooling adapted to program and methodology based on JIRA
- Agile reporting and further development of KPI's
Implementation of agile practices in a large SW-development program (International logistics service provider)
- Establishment and support of an internal agile transformation team
- Adaptation and further development of methodological guidelines in the internal process model
- Coaching of Scrum Masters and Product Owners in various teams
- Assessment of various teams already working with agile methods and establishment of a PDCA cycle
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