Thomas Elkjaer

Experience

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  Bikuben

  Oct 1992 - Jun 1993

  Developer

  Temporary position as developer of business reports and statistics.

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  DLR Kredit A/S

  Sept 1993 - Feb 1994

  Loan Administrator

  Temporary position working with administration of loans to the agricultural sector.

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  Lån & Spar Bank

  Mar 1994 - Mar 1997

  Investment Analyst

  I was responsible for the banks stock portfolio. I managed a project developing a self-service investment tool for the customers.

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  Nykredit

  Apr 1997 - Feb 1999

  Project Manager

  I was responsible of implementing an electronic payment application in the local offices of Nykredit A/S incl. training 200 users.

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  Hørsholm Kommune

  Mar 1999 - Jan 2002

  Project Manager and Manager of It-support Function

  I implemented a Project Management Model in the organisation. I was responsible of developing the organisations first homepage and a project about eletroninc handling of cases. I implemented an it-helpdesk where we rationalised the organisations it-support considerably. I was responsible of a school it-network.

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  Frederiksværk-Hundested Kommune

  Aug 2002 - May 2003

  Internal Consultant

  On a 1-year contract, I was responsible of a project concerning Value-Based Management incl. the planning of the education connected to the project.

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  Municipality of Alleroed

  Jun 2003 - Jan 2005

  It-project Coordinator

  I was responsible of the organisations Project Portfolio and IT-strategy. I was Project Manager of the implementation of an planning tool in the Social- and Healthcare Department and of the move to a New Town Hall incl. an upgrade of the it-network and implementation of a Cisco IP-telephone system. I was Project Manager on the implementation of a reform of the Public Sector.

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  Municipality of Frederiksberg

  Feb 2005 - Sept 2006

  Project Manager and interim CIO

  I was responsible for implementing a Project Management model based on Prince2. I was censor on the training of the Project Managers. I managed a project that implemented digital pay slips for 1.700 employees. I managed a project that created a strategy as input to implementing a new Service Centre, and a strategy for implementing the Service Centre. I was Interim CIO until I didn't get the job.

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  DSB Informatics

  Oct 2006 - Apr 2007

  Team Lead/Project Manager (Consultant)

  I worked as a team lead in a department doing management and production reporting (SAS). The task was to optimize and align the departments work processes. Furthermore I was responsible of a project that migrated the departments SAS programs to a new platform.

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  Rambøll Management A/S

  May 2007 - Nov 2007

  Senior Consultant

  I did an analysis of the It-support Organisation in the Danish Ministry of Labour incl. a plan for implementing a new organization. Furthermore I managed a project concerning a visa application for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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  Danske Banks Shared Service Center

  Dec 2007 - Dec 2010

  Project Manager (Consultant)

  I managed a project that integrated and implemented an advisory tool in Danske Banks brand in Norway (Fokus Bank). I managed a project that implemented a marketing tool based on SAS MA in the Nordic brands and added an eMail channel to the marketing tool. In the last project we experimented with introducing a Scrum inspired process without much success. All projects involved developers from Danske Banks Indian offshore supplier. The projects followed the banks Development Model based on CMMI.

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  Carlsberg IT

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  Project Manager

  I managed an analysis of the close down of all it-installations in an English Brewery and the start-up of a project integrating a Sales Portal to SAP.

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  Ithelco

  Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  Project Manager (Consultant)

  I had a break recovering from an injured shoulder that more or less kept me from sleeping for a month or two ... And I spent some of the time getting certified as ScrumMaster and Product Owner.

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  VP SECURITIES

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

  Project Manager/Test Coordinator/Business Analyst (Consultant)

  I supported a Project Manager by implementing a Scrum inspired process in a project preparing the way for T2S, an EU-project that has provided a single platform for trade and settlement of securities across the EU. I worked with a team of crossfunctinal developers. I worked as part of the Program Management team and as Programme Manager of the above mentioned T2S project. Finally I was Test Manager on a suite of Java applications supporting General Meetings in Denmark, and I helped with implementing Sharepoint (MOSS). Show less

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  Nykredit

  Apr 2013 - Feb 2014

  Project Manager (Consultant)

  I was Scrum Master/Project Manager in the analysis phase of a program that aimed at implementing new mortgage products on a new banking platform delivered by Infosys. I introduced a Scrum(ish) framework to the team.

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  Erhvervsstyrelsen

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

  Project Manager (Consultant)

  I was Scrum Master for a project that developed services on the Danish Central Business Register. I worked with a distributed team of nine developers.

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  BEC

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2015

  ScrumMaster/Project Manager (Consultant)

  I was Scrum Master/Project Manager/Product Owner on a project that implemented new functionality on BEC's e-Bank for corporate customers especially enhancing functionality around payments. I worked directly with a cross-funtional team of 9 – 15 developers acting as a Scrum Master to the team, Project Manager to the stakeholders and too often as a proxy Product Owner. I worked closely with the Maintenance Team to optimise Deployment and Release Management.

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  DR - Danmarks Radio

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  Project Manager Team Lead

  I managed DBCs Project Management Competency Centre with 12 Scrum Masters and Project Managers. I was responsible of developing and implementing agile processes and methods i.e. around Risk Management and Project Portfolio Management and for following up on project KPI’s. I planned and managed the final stage of an implementation and the roll-out of ServiceNow in the organisation and teached and coached teams in Scrum.

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  Right Training Group ApS

  Apr 2016 - Sept 2018

  Scrum Trainer

  I teached Scrum on a course preparing the participants for a certification as Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1). I teached on two evenings every second month and did one- and two-days workshops with companies.

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  Asseco Denmark

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Scrum Master/Agile Coach (Consultant)

  I started a new Scrum team in Research and Development at Novozymes A/S working on a legacy system doing what a Scrum Master does when introducing Scrum to a team, i.e. training the team, stakeholders and management and coaching, guarding, servant-leading and bulldozering. The best team I ever worked with.

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  Cognizant

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master

  I was Scrum Master on a distributed bordering to fragmented team (six locations and the customer on a seventh) developing a check-in app for a Norwegian airline, sharing the proxy Product Owner job with one of the front-end developers.

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  Gjensidige

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  Scrum Master/Agile Coach (Consultant)

  I started a new Scrum Team with the goal of digitizing Gjensidiges claims processes in Denmark and Goudas claims processes in the Nordics. I ended up working as a proxy Product Owner as well.

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  Ithelco

  Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

  Radical Collaboration Trainer

  I do training in the full three-day Radical Collaboration workshop. I tailor one- and two-day collaboration workshops for teams and organisations. It is all about creating psychologically safe workplaces. Read more about the Three-Day Workshop below.

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  Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH

  Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

  Agile Coach

  I helped implementing a SAFe inspired agile way of working in a fast growing start-up. I supported Development Teams in self-organising, Product Owner(s) in building a roadmap and Product Backlogs, Product Management in creating a product strategy and in implementing feedback loops between the strategic and the operational level, Management in supporting the system and HR in implementing agile HR. Altogether doing my best in helping the organisation build an agile culture while growing fast, and it is an on going effort Show less

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  Clever

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  Agile Coach (Consultant)

  I helped Clever A/S to be ready to scale i.e. improve their ways of working, introducing agile product development processes, frameworks and tools using my experience with Agile, Radical Collaboration (and Direct Leadership).

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  TryZone

  Jan 2020 - now

  Agile Coach and Trainer at tryZone

  I help organisations collaborate and build learning cultures with feedback loops in psychologically safe environments to create self-managed teams and effective organisations. I coach leaders in distributing decision competency. I train and coach leaders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and teams in delivering outcome and impact.I train in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Product Management, Facilitation, Leadership, The Human Element®, Flow and Decision Making. I facilitate meetings, workshops, and events.I have helped:• A Publishing Company in training in Product Ownership and Management.• A scale-up company with their product discovery process from product vision, strategy, roadmaps to backlogs.• A public sector organisation training and coaching a BI team in Scrum.• An insurance company with their agile transformation training agile roles and leaders.• An insurance company training agile roles in SAFe and product management and agile leadership.• A software company preparing and facilitating a Big Room Planning, an Eco-Cycle workshop, training leaders in facilitation and prioritisation, and delivering a Team Dynamics and Development workshop.• A municipality in building an agile organisation around their cloud project. In their agile transformation establishing a LACE-team, delivering a methodology handbook, training and coaching agile roles and managers in SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Product Management, Leadership, LPM, and Team Dynamics and Development. Advising on agile strategy.• A start-up company implementing scrum and creating alignment of their strategy and product development.• A start-up company in refining and ordering their Product Backlog and start building in cadences with focus on delivering value to customers.• An insurance company and a one-day workshop with 130 participants on the importance of Psychological Safety.• A public sector organisation set up a Plan Day training and coaching in Product Management and preparing and implementing the Plan Day. Show less