David Spinks

Experience

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  Workplace Systems

  Aug 2001 - Jan 2002

  Oracle Developer
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  IKANO Financial Services Ltd

  Jan 2003 - Apr 2005

  Oracle Analyst Programmer
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  Monash University

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2005

  Oracle Application Developer (contract)
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  The Open University

  Aug 2006 - Apr 2015

  The world’s premier distance learning university.• Part of the software development leadership team during a transitional phase for the department. This included adopting Scrum, introducing modern technologies, tools, and a Service Oriented Architecture, while delivering a portfolio of projects to redevelop business critical curriculum, registration and student support systems. • Scrum Master for up to two Scrum teams at a time, and Line Manager for 6 developers.• Facilitator of the Scrum of Scrums event and chair of the Process Working Group - a community of best practice to share ideas and improve working practices across teams.• Acted as deputy for the Head of Development.• Introduced automated UI testing with Selenium and Specflow to the department and trained team members in Test Driven Development.• Managed a 2-year IT Apprenticeship scheme that combined technical training, on the job experience and IT related academic courses. Minder weergeven • Use of .Net framework 2.0, 1.1, ASP.Net web forms, JavaScript, VB6 and HTML/CSS. Project highlights include:• Led a small team to develop a new system for the Open University Students Association to manage their conferences and allow associates to self register• Technical lead developer on the maintenance and development of the university's authorization and authentication system• Lead developer/analyst on a project to integrate university systems with Google Apps, which included building an account creation application and implementing a single-sign-on solution.• Involved in the full project life cycle for the development of a system for the management of students requiring special exam arrangements and invigilator allocation• Maintenance of the university’s online course assignments submission system and the university’s award management system• Mentored a number of graduate trainees and less experienced staff Minder weergeven

  • Scrum Master and Software Development Team Leader

    Jan 2012 - Apr 2015

  • .Net Developer / Senior .Net Developer

    Aug 2006 - Apr 2012
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  One Housing Group

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Scrum Master

  A leading provider of social and affordable housing in London and the South East of England.• Agile Coach to an IT department and organisation adopting Agile practices for the first time.• Scrum Master for a Scrum Team of 6, formed to replace the in-house CRM system.• Introduced Agile and modern software development practices, including: Scrum, Kanban and XP practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.• Acted as TFS administrator including installation, configuration and integration with GIT and TeamCity. • Acted as Release Manager. Minder weergeven

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  Office Depot UK

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2017

  Agile Delivery Manager

  Office Depot Inc. is a global supplier of office products and services.• Part of the team at the Office Depot Digital Innovation Centre responsible for the European eCommerce website.• Provided Scrum Master, Product Ownership and Agile coaching for Product Owners and several Scrum teams, including backend (AS400), middleware (EIS), and Hybris platform delivery teams that were responsible for rolling out a new set of European eCommerce B2B and B2C websites.• Introduced Kanban, first to the legacy support and maintenance team, and later to other teams in the organisation.• Worked with on-site and offshore team members.• Worked with the management team to experiment with the formation of feature teams so that a single team could deliver end to end pieces of functionality.• Worked to improve coordination and resolve dependencies across teams. Minder weergeven

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  Vocalink, a Mastercard company

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  Agile Delivery Manager

  A Mastercard company providing payment processing services.• Working with Agile teams in UK and Romania developing and supporting a national real-time payment service for a clearing house in the US.• Utilised Kanban principles and pratices to evolve the existing Scrum process to a flow based, value driven system for a team responsible for project delivery, release and production support.• Introduced backlog management and replenishment meetings to smooth the flow of work into the development teams, limit work in progress and improve predictability. • Introduced use of metrics to the team including; throughput, cycle time, work item age to help the team self-manage both their work and find ways to improve. Minder weergeven

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  Red Tangerine

  Feb 2019 - now

  Trainer | Consultant | Facilitator | Developer | Coach | Director

  All of the Red Tangerine team are active practitioners in the fields of Agile and Lean Product Development, with hands-on practical experience.In our coaching and consulting work, we do not provide an off-the-shelf silver-bullet solution. We work with people across the organisation to help them move to ways of working that is most successful for them. As trainers, we are accredited with the most respected bodies in our field. My own activities include;• Accredited Kanban University Training - I train the Kanban Management Professional syllabus (Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, Kanban Systems Improvement). I am one of the few trainers in the world licensed to teach the advanced Enterprise Scale Kanban, Kanban Maturity Model and Kanban Coaching Practices classes.• Accredited Scrum.org Training - I am one of the very few trainers in the world licensed to teach the full Scrum.org portfolio of classes.• Tailored workshops to help teams and leaders to improve ways of working.• Carrying out of Agile assessments, design and implementation of Agile adoption strategies, including (but not limited to) as an accredited Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP) utilising the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM).• Hands-on Agile Coaching, Scrum Master and Kanban Coaching services.• Clients I’ve provided services to include: Viking, RS Components, Utility Warehouse, Williams Lea, Motorola Solutions and The Bank of Georgia.• Regularly publish blogs and articles.• Conferences and meetups speaking. Appearances include; Scrum Day Bandung Indonesia 2018, DevOpsDays Jakarta 2018, Agile Tour London 2018, London Lean Kanban 2019, London Kanban Coaching Exchange May 2019, April 2020 and March 2022, Digital Project Managers Meetup London July 2019, Agile Greece Summit Sep 2019, Emerce Update Digital Teams Amsterdam Dec 2019, Access Agile Festival Oct 2021, DevOps Days Europe May 2023, BCS May 2024.For more about us, visit our website at https://www.redtangerine.org/ Minder weergeven

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  Office Depot - Europe

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Change Consultant | Agile Delivery Coach

  • Re-engaged with Office Depot, this time to introduce Agile thinking and ways of working beyond IT and across the business.• Coached areas including supply chain, merchandising and procurement as a pilot for wider Agile adoption in the business.

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  Scrum.org

  Apr 2023 - now

  Course Delivery Enabler

  As a Course Delivery Enabler with Scrum.org, I act as an ambassador for the Scrum.org courses that I support for the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer community. This involves working closely with the community to improve course delivery and supporting Professional Scrum Trainers in: • Gaining deep understanding of the intent and design of the courses• Supporting trainers with their questions and concerns about course delivery• Facilitating course enablement sessions• Collaborating with trainers and the Scrum.org Courseware Team to identify and refine ideas for improving the delivery of courses Minder weergeven

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  Kanban Edge

  Aug 2024 - now

  Organiser