Gerard Chiva
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since February 22, 2022
Gerard is an experienced consultant with a technology background. He has been a developer, delivery manager, agile coach, product coach, and startup advisor. Comfortable working as an agile coach for an enterprise, scrum master, product coach, or product owner, Gerard has also developed his own product discovery and product owner coaching programs, and Agile and product owner training for teams of different maturity levels.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Coaching
- Businessmap (formerly Kanbanize)
- Jira
- Kanban
- Mentorship & Coaching
- Product Owner
- Scrum
Work Experience
Product Owner Coach
Generali Italia - Agenzia di Ragusa
- Handled the Product Management Mentoring Program, a coaching and mentoring program to help product owners become professional, experienced, and independent entrepreneurs.
- Collaborated intensively with product owners, directly impacting team performance and business results.
- Contributed to the improvement of product owners' leadership skills, personal productivity, and overall agile practices, which was recognized by senior leadership.
Scrum Master
Hilti AG
- Coached two teams from the fast-growing embedded software group, which required an expert agile coach to support and develop a new team and improve the effectiveness of self-made agile teams.
- Got quickly up to speed with the Scrum framework by defining a Definition of Done and improving it in every sprint.
- Improved requirement breakdown and value delivery by coaching product owners in prioritization techniques and user story definition.
- Enhanced quality and velocity by training and coaching both teams in acceptance criteria and test automation.
- Improved overall team performance and collaboration by supporting them in defining and following working agreements.
Lean and Agile Transformation Coach
MANGO
- Led the Agile transformation of Mango.com by working at all levels, from the C-level to teams, linking strategy to execution, and increasing overall Mango’s online revenue from 5% to 20%.
- Supported Mango.com's executive team and senior management to understand the changes in structures, processes, and mindset, which are key to the success of such an endeavor.
- Reorganized Mango.com's delivery organization into autonomous product teams using Kanban and Scrum.
- Improved the focus on business and customer values by individually coaching product owners.
- Improved business results by helping teams use OKRs to connect their execution with business goals.
Lean and Agile Coach
eDreams ODIGEO
- Coached three teams of different maturity levels simultaneously, improving performance, quality, and predictability with the Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) practices.
- Turned around a death-march Waterfall project by coaching the team and their managers in Agile and Kanban and completely changing the approach. The team was able to successfully deliver their project.
- Headed the initiative to grow and develop team leadership across the technology organization. Designed a program approved by the executive team and supported its rollout.
Delivery Manager
Thomson Reuters
- Oversaw a distributed team of more than 20 people. Grew and developed a co-located team of seven people up to a distributed team of 20 people in two locations collaborating with other teams on a shared platform.
- Grew a team of software engineers from seven to more than 20 people to achieve high performance and become highly regarded in the company.
- Led and pioneered the implementation of the Agile principles and values in a traditional environment using Scrum.
- Provided support for a broader group to deal with technical improvements, such as continuous integration (CI) and Agile practices.
Project History
Scrum Master
https://www.holidaycheck.de/Improved the team performance in record time, supporting them with Scrum, individual coaching, and team coaching. Helped them move to Kanban in my last weeks.
• The relationship between a product owner and the rest of the team.
• Improving overall team dynamics.
• Improving the Scrum practice.
• Introducing Kanban.
Scrum Master for Embedded Software Group
Improved the requirement breakdown and value delivery by coaching product owners and enhanced team performance and collaboration by defining and following working agreements.
Kanban Coach for eDreams ODIGEO
Improved the performance, quality, and predictability using the Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) practices while simultaneously coaching three teams of different maturity levels.
I managed to turn around a death-march Waterfall project by coaching the team and their managers in Agile and Kanban and completely changing the approach. The team eventually delivered their project, which seemed impossible when I joined. Also, I led the initiative to grow and develop team leadership across the technology organization by designing a program approved by the executive team and supporting its rollout.
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
SAFe 4 Agilist
SAFe
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
International Coaching Federation
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Atlassian Suite
Paradigms
Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Management, Agile Software Development, Agile Leadership, Agile Project Management
Platforms
Businessmap (formerly Kanbanize)
Other
Product Owner, Scaling, Lean Startups, Agile Coaching, Mentorship & Coaching, Coaching, Agile Transformation, Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Communication, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), IT Management
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