Vladimir Kelava
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
Toptal member since June 22, 2021
Vladimir is an agile coach with an extensive technical background, 10+ years in utility sectors, and experience leading development teams. His work is all about teaching, mentoring, and coaching teams and individuals to work more efficiently and productively. Vladimir is passionate about leveraging Agile and Lean ways of working to help individuals and teams create better work environments, become resilient to change, focus on creating value as they grow, and achieve high performance.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Leadership
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Leadership
- Management
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Agile Coach
Schneider Electric
- Served as an agile coach in a software development sector at the scale of around 60 Scrum teams.
- Provided hands-on support to teams and team members, collaborating with people across widely varying levels and roles and leading teams toward further understanding and adoption of Agile.
- Cultivated an Agile mindset by demonstrating and teaching the values of the Agile Manifesto.
- Assisted development teams to identify and track key performance metrics to maximize efficiency, speed, and quality of delivery.
- Improved workflows by introducing and implementing appropriate Lean and Agile practices within development teams.
- Facilitated getting work done through supporting, guiding, and influencing teams from a servant leader stance.
- Evaluated and mentored software development teams: assessed team maturity and directed teams toward a higher level of maturity at a pace that's sustainable for the teams and the organization.
- Encouraged and directed individuals to share relevant knowledge through appropriate activities.
- Delivered dedicated scrum master training, Agile awareness training, and Agile leadership training.
- Provided on-demand training on specific topics, such as user stories, backlog refinement, and estimations.
Team Lead
Schneider Electric
- Led a team of 8+ developers in the ongoing development of product features and upgrades.
- Owned responsibility for the development of teams and team members.
- Oversaw project scope, timelines, and budget forecasts; delivered status updates; and addressed risks and requirements changes.
- Set up workflow processes to improve the output of cross-functional teams.
- Worked with team members to improve performance, provide ongoing feedback, and identify and plan for career development opportunities.
- Identified skills gaps and ensured that the necessary training, guidance, and mentoring were in place.
- Provided mentoring and guidance to team members, ensuring that all were trained in product knowledge and capable of performing assigned duties.
- Ensured that team activities matched the company's strategic direction.
- Participated in Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops. Helped teams remove systemic impediments and implement continuous improvement backlog items.
Scrum Master
Schneider Electric
- Led and managed the implementation of Scrum and Agile concepts, values, and principles.
- Provided training, mentoring, and coaching to team members and stakeholders on Agile and continuous delivery best practices.
- Served as the voice of transparency, inspection, and adaptation in an iterative development environment.
- Communicated and collaborated with product owners, upper management, and stakeholders.
- Increased team productivity by removing impediments and protecting the team from interruptions and disruptions.
- Encouraged and worked with teams to implement process improvements.
- Coordinated operational issues and facilitated cross-team coordination.
Software Development Engineer
Schneider Electric
- Developed real-time and client applications for electrical SCADA on top of the OASyS platform, including protocols, DNP3, IEC104, MODBUS, SERIES5, and ICCP.
- Built customizations for the existing SCADA platform, resolving performance and functionality issues.
- Developed the next generation of the OASyS DNA SCADA product with a focus on infrastructure.
Automation Specialist
Krovel
- Developed a SCADA application for monitoring and alarm notification for ballast tanks on the Zagreb-1 platform.
- Built PLC and SCADA applications for the energy efficiency monitoring systems and power quality analysis.
- Created SCADA applications for the UPS system of the bank computer center.
- Developed PLC, SCADA, and HMI applications for water supplies, data collection, and valve remote control.
Project History
Advanced Distribution Management System
Received a certificate of outstanding achievement for outstanding dedication, contribution, and leadership in ADMS development, Agile coaching, and raising knowledge. (2019)
The Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) is a modern and comprehensive solution for power network management. The system includes monitoring, control, outage and hazard management, planned work management, storm management, network conditions analysis, network optimization, operation planning, network development planning, what-if analysis, and operator training that’s applicable on all voltage levels—from low voltage up to transmission.
The software is a part of critical infrastructure, so it must have the highest availability and reliability. Over the years, I worked on this project in several different roles: software engineer, scrum master, team lead, and agile coach.
Advanced Gas Management System
Received an award for contributions to continuous improvement of efficiency, productivity, and quality in the development sector and for leading a real-time engine team. (2017)
The Advanced Gas Management System (AGMS ) is an integrated operational platform for natural gas networks, combining a network model-based SCADA and a number of advanced gas transport applications. It offers a modern, scalable, and secure software solution for the gas transport control room of the future as well as the entire enterprise.
The software is a part of critical infrastructure, so it must have the highest availability and reliability. Over the years, I have worked on this project in several different roles: software engineer, scrum master, team lead, and agile coach.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Automation
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Information Technology Osijek - Osijek, Croatia
Certifications
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)
Scrum Alliance
Fundamentals Online Workshop
Management 3.0
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
ICAgile
Lean Change Management
Lean Change Management Association
ICAgile Certified Professional in Coaching Agile Transitions (ICP-CAT)
ICAgile
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
ICAgile
Licensed Management 3.0 Facilitator
Management 3.0
Management 3.0 Foundation Workshop
Management 3.0
Skills
Tools
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Visual Studio .NET, Slack, Trello, TFS, Bugzilla, Zoom, Miro, Jira
Paradigms
Agile Leadership, Management, Scrum, Agile, Kanban, Change Management, Lean
Platforms
Klaxoon
Other
Agile Coaching, Leadership, Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile Transformation, Programming, Computer Science, Automation, PLC, SCADA, C#.NET, NUnit, SpecFlow, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), .NET, C#, Training, Team Mentoring, Microsoft Teams, Human-machine Interface (HMI)
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