More detailed skills


Truth telling, hard-working, creative with good presentational and trainer capabilities. Always open-minded to improving techniques and knowledge.


Communication
85%
Problem solving
95%
Software development
90%
Scrum
95%
Lexical knowledge
95%
Enterprise agile
90%
Lean
70%
Training
90%

Experience in motivating and inspiring people.

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Bence Kulcsár

Agile Coach, Trainer

bence.kulcsar@gmail.com

+36-70317-6670

Agile Coaching

Helping people rethink and change the way they go about development and investment. Introducing and improving agile methods and practice.

Business Thinking

Adopting business and design patterns from extensive enterprise experiences. Focusing on real prioritized business values to achieve goals.

Project Direction

Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of design, innovation and development projects in team and independent situations.

Experience

Enterprise Agile Transition / IdomSoft

Agile Transformation Leader, Agile Coach

2021-2023

As an Agile Transition Leader, I was tasked with building a transformational framework that implements value-driven program management with a corresponding set of roles and lean principles. The Transition team provided support through theoretical and practical training and mentoring in agile software development including settle up CI/CD. The featured teams participated in a medium-term hybrid online/offline dojo style agile program. Led weekly one-on-one coaching sessions and long term trainings with scrum masters to help them identify and achieve their professional goals. Researched and compiled kpi data on various projects to establish critical transparency and radical delivery.

Used tools: AgileDojo.me, agile portfolio and program management, value scoring models, agile trainings, scrum adaptation index

Enterprise Agile Transition / ExxonMobil

Agile Coach, Dojo Coach

2018-2021

As a Dojo Coach I was an advocate and educator of agile principles and practices within the Dojo where teams spent their 6 week long lab training. Held one on one coaching sessions with scrum masters, prouct owners and managers. Helped to establish and support communities of practice to enhance the organizational understanding of Agile roles and responsibilities. Championed cultural change and collaborated with other coaches and experts on plans, techniques and a program for accelerating and sustaining the organization's transformation. Led the local developer network in building a comprehensive, self-organized community. Established training programs, automated communication, organized events to boost capability of in-house innovation.

Used tools: Target Dojo, SAFe, SAFe portfolio and program management, value scoring models, agile trainings, workshops

Enterprise Agile Transition / Nationale Nederlanden

Agile Consultant

2017

Coached Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Managers and Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts. Helped the Change Management Team to plan and implement an agile transformation roadmap. Introduced agile portfolio management processes and tools. Developed a structured training plan for the whole organization. Provided a series of agile training sessions, introducing scrum, and helping scrum masters to apply working standards and agile KPIs. Supported the Change Management Team in the introduction and adaptation of SAFe, especially on lean portfolio management implementation.

Used tools: SAFe, SAFe portfolio and program management, scoring model, agile trainings, workshops, Agile Readiness Audit survey

Agile Consultancy / KPMG

Agile Consultant

2017

I was hired to carry out an agile audit of an enterprise startup to identify ways of applying agile. Implemented one on one audit sessions, top management workshops, facilitated stakeholder discussions. Summarized results and key findings, and outlined a roadmap for improving the product development process and for organizational change.

Used tools: management board workshops, one on one interviews, Agile Readiness Audit survey

KGR Hungarian State Budget Financial System / HP

Project Consultant / Coach

2009-2010

Project coaching and project management method consultancy (Scrum, Agilo, CMMI). Training team, acting as scrum master, documenting project and sprints, implementing information transparency, improving processes, empowering team, risk management, developer team performance enhancement, controlling project budget. Providing help and consultancy support in formulating technical and architectural design of the 'KGR K11' module.

Used technologies: J2EE, SOA, Oracle Service BUS, WS, Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle DB, Java MQ, Java RC

Older experiences +


Media University IT Strategy Study / Media Institute

Project Consultant

2009

Creating a whitepaper study about the world's most innovative university IT strategies. Formulating and collecting consequences, basic and improved services, focusing on new business possibilities. Finding and validating opensource and educational softwares for advanced university services including cost effective hardware, OS, and application virtualisation. Creating a fully operational lab with the appropriate high-tech softwares and solutions (automated IT inventory system, remote helpdesk, helpdesk ticketing, directory service for authentication and authorization collaboration space, multimedia server, storage server, project management, multimedia CMS with strong community building capabilities, business application deployment space, e-learning engine, document management system, vmware esxi virtualisation)

Used technologies: BSD Linux, VMware, SpiceWorks, Bacula, UltraVNC, Joomla, Apache Directory Project, ProjectFork, Moodle, KnowledgeTree

EKD Monitoring project / ITSystems Hungary

Project Consultant

2008

Implementing a management information system for monitoring HR and financial data, implementing procedures for collecting data and workflows, producing documents for an EU enterprise subsidisation programme. Business analysis, project consultancy, formulating specification and system design, enterprise java development and test. Agile and Trac consultancy.

Used technologies: Tomcat, Stripes framework, Oracle DB, LDAP

Logos FP6 EU eLearning project / EduWeb

Project Consultant, Agile Coach

2007

Contributing to cross-media and personalised learning applications with intelligent content IT research in an EU-sponsored project. Analysing requirements and formulating technical design of the Logos Authoring Studio Platform. Project consulting of the development of the CO Editor component. Project management method consultancy (SCRUM) and project coaching.

Used technologies: Eclipse framework, Moodle

Hungarian Defence Forces DMS Project / Synergon

Project Consultant

2005-2006

Analysing business procedures, formulating and design solutions for document management systems made for the Hungarian Government.

Used technologies: JBOSS AppServer and JBPM business procedure manager, SEAM framework and SOA.

WI Training Management System / Siemens Germany

Project Consultant

2005

Business consultant, QM. Analyse business procedures, formulate and design solutions for a world-wide training management system based on SAP Enterprise PortalServer 6.2 with integrated SAP knowledge and document management systems.

Used technologies: Eclipse, J2EE, SAP Enterprise PortalServer 6.2, SAP KM, Oracle DB

PROMIS Global PM System / Siemens Germany

Project Consultant

2004-2005

Analysing business procedures and formulating solutions for a world wide project management system focusing abstract data exchange engine for SAP-EPS 6.2 and overall SAP Enterprise PortalServer consultancy.

Used technologies: Eclipse, J2EE, SAP Enterprise PortalServer 6.2, SAP KM, Oracle DB

IHMKTK project / Ministry of Informatics Hungary

Project Manager

2003-2004

Designing, implementing and managing a J2EE based workflow engine focusing on project management utilising RUP methods.

Used technologies: Eclipse, J2EE, Tomcat, Struts, XDoclet, PostgreSQL

Identity management project / GE-Budapest Bank

Technology Consultant

2002-2004

Implementing and designing Sun Directory Server, Sun MetaDirectory and ActiveDirectory systems focusing on platform-independent Single-Sign On and Identity Management. This project was based on a successful whitepaper-study done for Sun Microsystems.

Used technologies: Eclipse, J2EE, Sun Directory Server, Sun MetaDirectory Server, Microsoft ActiveDirectory

Web-prepaid project / Vivendi Hungary

Project Manager, Technology Consultant

2002-2003

Designing, implementing and managing a J2EE based telecom prepaid systems and interfaces.

Used technologies: J2EE, Tomcat, OpenLDAP, PostgreSQL

Web-prepaid project / Emitel

Project Manager, Technology Consultant

2002-2003

Designing, implementing and managing a J2EE based telecom prepaid systems and interfaces.

Used technologies: J2EE, Tomcat, OpenLDAP, PostgreSQL

Sun Directory Server positioning in banking sector

Business Consultant

2002

Whitepaper-study: Business consultant analysing the top 8 Hungarian bank IT systems and finding business possibilities to market Sun Directory Server technologies.

Raiffeisen e-bank pilot project / IBM

Project Manager, Technology Consultant

2002

Designing, implementing and managing a J2EE based innovative financial portal based on IBM Portalserver and EJB technologies.

Used technologies: J2EE, VAJ, EJB, IBM PortalServer, IBM DB2

Agriportal project / Formula400

Analyst, System Consultant

2000-2001

Design and implementation of a B2B portal in J2EE (This project later became the flagship of the Central European IBM J2EE implementations)

Used technologies: J2EE, VAJ, EJB, IBM DB2

WebOSS project / MATAV

Co-project manager, System Consultant

1999-2000

MATAV Telecom OSS (Operation and Support System - based on Tandem-Himalaya) java web interface Design and Development. Estimations, Specification development, Resource planning, Quality Planning, Development, Unit Testing, Progress Reporting, Financial progress reporting, Test Plan creation, User and System documentation, Delivery, Liability period incident correction management.

Used technologies: Java, Tandem-Himalaya, IBM Lotus, Non-Stop SQL

ASP project / Belgacom Brussels

Analyst

1998-1999

Automatic Switch Provisioning project, specification development, Development, Unit Testing, Test Plan creation, User and System documentation, Delivery, Liability period incident correction.

Used technologies: Tandem-Himalaya, Cobol, Non-Stop SQL

MARS project / MATAV

System Consultant

1997-1998

Mobile AdministRation System project – PannonGSM, Budapest/Aarhus-Denmark. Specification development, Development, Unit Testing, Test Plan creation, User and System documentation, Delivery, Liability period incident correction.

Used technologies: Tandem-Himalaya, Cobol, Non-Stop SQL

Easycall Hungary

System Engineer

1996-1997

OMC (Operation and Maintenance Center) engineer, Paging OSS administrating, designing and programming.

Used technologies: Solaris, Linux, Stratus, Shell scripts, SQL

Overview

IdomSoft (2021-2023)

corp. profile – Hungarian State IT systems
position – Agile Transformation Lead, Agile Coach


ExxonMobil (2018-2021)

corp. profile – ExxonMobil IT, Fortune 500 top company
position – Agile Coach, Dojo Coach


Agilab (2010-2017)

corp. profile – Enterprise Agile consulting
position – Managing Partner, Chief Agile Consultant / Management Coach


jMind Consulting (2002-2011)

corp. profile – Identity and security solutions, Enterprise business consultancy and development
position – Managing Partner, Chief Consultant / Agile Coach


Formula400 an IBM Hungary partner firm (2000-2002)

corp. profile – IT support/consulting for B2B, telco, banking
position – System Consultant / Project Manager


CapGemini (Cap Gemini Ernst&Young) (1997-2000)

corp. profile – IT support/consulting, Europe's finest consultancy company
position – Software Architect / System Consultant


EasyCall Hungary (1996-1997)

corp. profile – A Scandinavian telecom company focused on paging and mobile technologies
position – System Engineer

  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript
  • JSP
  • J2EE
  • CVS/SVN
  • OS X
  • Linux
  • Windows


project architecting, managing and coaching

Enterprise project realization using specifications, and guidelines including system design, assembly guidelines, design patterns, production system deployment (issues, solutions), organization development, RUP, UML, ITIL
Agile Project Management methods: SCRUM, KANBAN, SCRUMBAN, XP
Management related softwares: Azure DevOps, TFS, Trac, Agilo, PivotalTracker, MindManager, xMind, Wiki, netOffice. Moodle, KnowledgeTree, OmniGraffle, Keynote, Joomla, Wordpress


in-depth knowledge of the j2ee concept and technologies
Various XML and XSL packages and implementations, related Sun technologies such as: Java Servlets, JSP, JSF, EJB technology, Java Mail, JDBC, RMI, JNDI, JSSE, (Secure sockets package), JCE, Java Beans, NetBeans, Annotation related Apache (ASF) knowledge as: Ant, Tomcat, Tomahawk, AJAX, Cocoon, Lucene, Struts, Taglibs, Xerces, Xalan, FOP, SOAP, Jmeter, Stripes framework, JBOSS Seam framework


sap enterprise portalserver related technology
SAP Enterprise PortalServer, Knowledge management (KM), Collaboration Groups/Rooms, SAP HTMLB


j2ee related softwares
SAP Enterprise Portal Server, IBM WebSphere application erver, Orionserver (app-server), Tomcat (Servlet/JSP container), Jonas (EJB container), JBoss (app-server), JBOSS JBPM (process manager), ORACLE BPEL (process manager), BEA Weblogic (app-server), Oracle Weblogic, Sun Application Server


other softwares commonly used by J2EE applications
IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM MQSeries (messaging), OpenLDAP, Sun DirectoryServer (LDAP server), Active Directory, Apache Directory, Himalaya NON-STOP SQL


software version management tools
CVS, SVN, Rational ClearCase, Git, Maven, Gradle


platforms
Mainframe systems: Tandem-Himalya, Stratus
Operation systems: Linux (Debian, FreeBSD, RedHat, Ubuntu, Suse, Anonym.OS), Solaris, QNX, Guardian, Mac OSX
Microsoft products: NT, Windows Server, XP, etc.
Virtualization: VMWare (ESX, Fusion) Qemu, Paralells

Banki Donat Technical College - Budapest, Hungary

Computer science and management degree, 1996


NonStop SQL expert / Compaq course, 1999 - Budapest, Hungary

Team leading course / CapGemini, 1999 - Barcelona, Spain

Team leading course / CapGemini, 1998 - Stockholm, Sweden

Tandem-Cobol-MARS / CapGemini, 1997 - Aarhus, Denmark

AT&T Definity administrator / Easycall, 1996 - Budapest, Hungary

Retrospective on the right way 2022 - Adptiv Freestyle Agile Jam Budapest

Organizer 2022 - Adptiv Agile Quiz Night Budapest

Agile Organizations, Culture Models 2021 - ICF HR BRAND(em) Conference Budapest

Organizational Culture Models 2018 - Agicon Conference Budapest

Design Thinking 2017 - Agicon Camp Conference Budapest

Agile portfolio management 2017 - Agicon Conference Budapest

MVP under two days / getting agile in extreme conditions 2016 - Agicon Conference Budapest

Agile project management seminars 2016 - Budapest/Obuda University

MVP in days advanced agile techniques in practice 2015 - Business Meetup Budapest

Being agile product owner with world class product example 2015 - Optional Conference Budapest

Being agile product owner in practice 2014 - Telekom Budapest

Agile product inception in practice 2014 - Sanofi Lunch & Learn Budapest

Lean/Agile Startup inception workshop 2014 - Szek.org e-Commerce Conference

Enterprise agile in practice 2014 - Microsoft Agile Conference Budapest

Advanced enterprise agile scrum board in practice 2014 - Optional Conference Budapest

Being Product Owner with extreme agile product example 2014 - Product People Budapest

Meaning of agile in an enterprise from the management perspective 2013 - PMI Budapest Conference

Advanced lean/agile enterprise toolset 2013 - Budapest/Hungarian Project Management Alliance

Organisational backgrounds of creating highly secured App 2013 - Budapest/OWASP HU Day

Roots of enterprise agile transformations 2012 - Budapest/LeanIT conference

Modern agile project management (PMI seminar) 2012 - Budapest/Corvinus University

Agile coach in agile transition 2012 - Budapest/Agile Hungary Meetup

Web2 tool aided horizontal and vertical communication in agile projects 2011 - Budapest/Hungarian Project Management Alliance

Key workshops that I have held in recent years


Clean Architecture in java 4days workshop 2023 - Lechner/Budapest

Agile transformation simulation workshop 2022 - Adptiv/AgileGamingNight/Budapest

Agile project and program management workshop 2020 - AgiconAfter/Budapest

Business value scoring workshop 2019 - AgiconCamp/Budapest

Culture models workshop 2019 - AgiconCamp/Budapest

Innovation gaming workshop 2018 - AgiconCamp/Budapest

Design thinking workshop 2017 - AgiconCamp/Budapest

Agile portfolio management workshop 2017 - NN/Budapest

Agile transformation workshop 2017 - KPMG/Budapest

IT Waste audit workshop 2016 - Avon/Budapest

Startup product vision workshop 2015 - BizBaze/Australia

Agile product vision and business value scoring workshop 2015 - MAV Mobile/Budapest

Startup product vision workshop and bootcamp 2015 - Vetitek/Budapest

Startup product vision workshop 2015 - BeachEgg/Budapest

Startup product vision workshop 2015 - SwitchedOn/Singapore

Enterprise agile portfolio management 2015 - MKB Bank Budapest

Agile portfolio management for HR 2014 - Telekom Budapest

Project inception workshop - Extreme Digital Budapest

Business value workshop for top management 2014 - MKB Bank Budapest

Startup inception workshop 2014 - ExpatConnect/Dubai

Agile inception deck workshop 2014 - Regikonyvek Budapest

Agile startup inception deck workshop 2014 - Agrisk Budapest

Agile inception deck workshop 2014 - Utinform Budapest

My lean/agile training & workshop and coaching portfolio that I offer my global clients


Book based training: The Nature of Software Development 16 events

Book based training: The Clean Coder 12 events

Book based training: Clean Code 16 events

Book based training: Lean Primer 20 events

Book based training: Agile Samurai 12 events

Book based training: Agile Project Management 12 events


Scrum for Teams 2 days

Scrum restart / Official Scrum explanation 4 hours

Kanban for IT projects 2 days

Kanban for Support 4 hours

Agile for Managers 3 days

Agile portfolio management 2 days

Scrum Master Foundation 12 events

Product Owner Foundation 12 events

Lean/Agile change leader quick start 4x4 hours


Corporate Vision workshop 3x3 hours

Business Value Scoring workshop 4x2 hours

Agile Project Bootcamp/Inception design thinking workshop 2x8 hours

Agile portfolio management workshop for top management 3 hours

Design Thinking basics workshop 2 hours

Agile KPI workshop 2 hours

Lego Game Workshop 3 hours

Kanban Pizza Workshop 3 hours

Kanban Paper Airplane Workshop 2 hours


Enterprise Agile Transformation Mentoring

Agile Transformation Mentoring

Scrum Team Coaching

Product Owner Coaching

Scrum Master Coaching

Agile Management Mentoring

Startup Team Mentoring


Clients

IBM, HP, KPMG, MorganStanley, Erste Bank, OTP Bank, MKB Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, K&H Bank, GE Money Bank, Magnet Bank, Avon, Bosch, Thyssenkrupp, Knorr-Bremse, Vodafone, T-Systems, Telekom, EVO Soft, E.ON, MOL, Nationale Nederlanden

Management 3.0 2011 - Jurgen Appelo

The Leader's Guide to Radical Management 2010 - Stephen Denning

#Workout 2015 - Jurgen Appelo

The 5 Levels of Leadership 2013 - John C. Maxwell

The Culture Game: Tools for the Agile Manager 2012 - Daniel Mezick

An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide 2012 - Michael Sahota

Business Model Generation 2010 - Alexander Osterwalder

Lean from the trenches: Managing large projects with kanban 2012 - Henrik Kniberg

Lessons in Agile Management: On the Road to Kanban 2010 - David J. Anderson

Maximizing ROI on Software Development 2004 - Vijay

The Agile Samurai 2010 - Jonathan Rasmusson

Agile Product Management With Scrum 2010 - Roman Pichler

Agile Estimating And Planning 2005 - Mike Cohn

Agile Coaching 2009 - Rachel Davies

The Art of Agile Development 2007 - James Shore

Coaching Agile Teams May 2010 - Lissa Adkins

Scaling Software Agility 2007 - Dean Leffingwell

Enterprise-Scale Agile Software Development 2009 - James Schiel

Succeeding With Agile 2010 - Mike Cohn

Scrum Guide 2016 - Schwaber, Sutherland

Pragmatic Bookshelf Agile Retrospectives Jul 2006 - Derby, Larsen

Organizational Patterns Of Agile Software Development 2004 - Harrison Coplien

SAFe Reference Guide 2016 - Dean Leffingwell

SAFe Distilled 2017 - Leffingwell, Knaster

Lean Startup 2011 - Eric Ries

Lean Thinking 1996 - James P. Womack

Toyota Production System 1988 - Taiichi Ohno

adptiv.hu - Agile events and consulting

agiledojo.me - Agile elearning app for scrum masters to fix the basics

HomeOfficeJamTracks - https://www.youtube.com/@homeofficejamtracks

Tags
EMBRACING CHANGE
LEAN THINKING
TEAM EMPOWERMENT
AGILE COACHING
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
TRAINING
BUSINESS VALUE
CORPORATE VISION
MISSION
PRODUCT VISION
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY
SCRUM
LEAN INNOVATION
RETROSPECTIVE
KANBAN
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
ENTERPRISE AGILE
LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
AGILE DOJO
WORKSHOP
AGILE TRANSFORMATION

Bence Kulcsar — bence.kulcsar@gmail.com — (+36) - 70317-6670