Years experience in leading teams and people
Imre Kollo
Tallinn
Summary
Over 15 years of practical experience in various IT roles, including Product Owner, Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer (SAFe), and IT Team Lead.
Working with people and teams, I learned that the most important thing is to focus on a healthy, people-oriented, and collaborative environment where individuals can do their very best.
I believe that building and maintaining trust at both, the individual and organizational levels, is foundational in any group. That´s why I trust people to make decisions independently, without micromanaging. Additionally, I believe that people are most productive and creative when they are not afraid of failing.
I enjoy working culture where freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. Having a sense of freedom at work is crucial for my inner motivation and productivity.
Overview
25
25
4
4
Certification
7
7
Years experience in Scrum Master role
Work History
IT Team Lead / Scrum Master
Enefit AS
08.2021 - 03.2024
Lead and coach people in Data analytics and engineering agile team.
Main focus is to create and maintain healthy, trustful team dynamics, helping to keep the team focused on delivering customer value. Through effective collaboration with team product owner and other internal parties.
Agile Release Train Engineer (Senior Scrum Master)
Telia
06.2019 - 07.2021
Servant leader and coach for the software development teams (Agile Release Train, a virtual organization of multiple scrum teams).
Major responsibilities were to facilitate program level processes and execution, drive continuous development, manage risks and escalate impediments. Acting as a full-time chief Scrum Master for the team of scrum masters.
From scratch, learned myself and successfully implemented agile way of working (based on SAFe framework) in one area of IT delivery teams.
Agile Project Manager /Scrum Master
SMIT (Public Sector IT And Development Centre)
03.2014 - 05.2019
Main role was to lead complex IT-projects, implement agile way of working in public sector, forming and coaching new scrum teams.
Greatest success was e-police project, funded by EU (~4 mln eur). 1st goLIVE (MVP) was done in six month, based on new IT-architecture platform, software and hardware (rugged tablets mounted in police vehicles). During the 4-year EU funding period, practiced successfully incremental and iterative development - implemented functionality in small chunks, based on end-users regular feedback.
In 2017, the e-police team was selected as the best development team in SMIT.
About e-police project in media:
- https://e-estonia.com/the-new-estonian-e-police-system-is-a-sight-to-behold/
- https://www.postimees.ee/3743991/politsei-votab-patrullsoidukites-kasutusele-uue-e-politsei-lahenduse
- https://disainikeskus.ee/uudised/e-politsei-paases-maineka-disainikonkursi-finaali
- Estonian ePOLICE – For a Safer Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvNtkr3Fy9A)
Head of Information Assets Division
Police And Border Guard Board
01.2008 - 03.2014
Different IT and people leading roles. Product Manager/Main User and Product Owner, Team lead/Project Manager.
Area - IT-development of police core information systems (e-police for patrol officers, case and records management system for a justice procedures, command and control system for a police rescue center operators and patrols).
2003-2014 a guest lecturer in Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (Police College). Topics: "Community policing" and "IT-systems for the Law Enforcement Police".
Head of Police Education Division
Police and Border Guard Board
Tallinn, EST
02.1993 - 01.2007
Over 15 years in line manager role, leading people in different police units. From Chief Constable to Head of Community Policing, and Head of Law Enforcement Division, and Head of Police Education Division.
Because of strong interest in IT systems development, beside manager role, moved more and more to IT-related roles (i.e. police information systems head user/tester, IT project manager).
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice And Police Science
Academy of Security Sciences
Tallinn, Estonia06.2002
Skills
- Agile methodologies and principles (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe framework), with practical experience implementing Agile practices in software development projects
- Excellent in Jira, Confluence
- Agile IT-project management (delivery in smaller increments, continuous feedback, adapting to changing priorities and requirements)
- Leading and coaching IT-teams (based on building trust, team health/agile maturity assessment, DISC personality types, stages of group development)
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
Certification
- Certified OKR foundation. OKR Institute.
- Agile Software Development: Creating an Agile Culture. LinkedIn.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner. Scrum Alliance.
- Certified Scrum Master. Scrum Alliance.
Music, dog training, learning spanish, sport activities like running, swimming, cycling.
Currently my main hobby is to train my dog (german chepherd) and learn spanish in DuoLingo (day strike 1400, total xp 108 920).
Languages
Estonian
Native language
English
Intermediate
B1
Spanish
Elementary
A2
Finnish
Intermediate
B1
Russian
Intermediate
B1
Timeline
IT Team Lead / Scrum Master
Enefit AS
08.2021 - 03.2024
Agile Release Train Engineer (Senior Scrum Master)
Telia
06.2019 - 07.2021
Agile Project Manager /Scrum Master
SMIT (Public Sector IT And Development Centre)
03.2014 - 05.2019
Head of Information Assets Division
Police And Border Guard Board
01.2008 - 03.2014
Head of Police Education Division
Police and Border Guard Board
02.1993 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice And Police Science
Academy of Security Sciences
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