BenchSci

Project Manager

-Independent Consultant-

- Work with individuals, particularly in high-stress industries like IT and tech, helping them to create strategies to maintain a balance between their personal and professional lives, boosting overall well-being
- I help IT leaders (team leaders and middle management) to enhance their emotional intelligence, decision-making and leadership development through personal coaching based on ICF principles.

Coach ICF ACC

As an experienced Agile coach, I guide organizations through the process of adopting and refining Agile delivery to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. My work involves coaching teams, managers, and executives on how to apply Agile approaches such as Scrum framework and Kanban method to their specific contexts.

Agile Coach / Management Consultant

K&C (Krusche & Company)

While working in this position, I collaborated with numerous customers and assumed various roles. The clients included Nestle Switzerland, Informa Connect UK, Bosch Group, HSBC Germany. My responsibilities were diverse, as detailed below:

As a Portfolio Manager:
- Oversaw the company's entire project portfolio.
- Ensured the successful delivery of all portfolio components, involving 150+ people.
- Designed PMO processes and templates to support Delivery.
- Maintained the operational profit margin within the agreed target.
As a Program Manager:
- Managed two programs for the company’s key customers (team 50+ people).
- Implemented strategies that exceded to expected YoY accounts growth.
As a Project Manager:
- Managed predictive and adative projects with various types of customers, including startups, mid-size companies, global enterprises, and government organizations.
- Handled delivery with different contract types, including fixed-price, managed service, delivery team, and dedicated team arrangements.
As an Agile Coach:
- Guided teams in adopting the Agile culture and principles, while supporting several customers through their Agile transformations.
- Acted as Scrum Master for different customer and setups, including in SAFe.

Head of Delivery (customer-side roles: Project Manager / Program Manager)

I managed client-oriented software development projects, leading all stages of development process from pre-sale to completion. I ensured timely project delivery for customers such as Societe Generale, Informa, Burda, Puma, Avalgon, Solar-Log.

As the Head of the Business Unit, I was responsible for overseeing the project delivery excellence for the Business Unit Ukraine (BU UA). I served as the focal point for daily operational activities and organizational growth, maintained the agreed net profit for the BU.

Delivery Manager / Project Manager / Head of BU Ukraine

Bosch

As a Scrum Master I helped to establish a healthy Scrum cycle with predictable deliverables, reduced cycle time and lead time.

Scrum Master (via K&C)

SvitSoft

As a Project Manager, I managed client-oriented web development projects on schedule and achieved milestones for notable clients including Microsoft Ukraine, The American Chamber of Commerce, Ukrbud and Osvitoria.  Actively participated in planning, managing change requests, budgeting and stakeholder management.

As a Scrum Master, I oversaw the software development activities for the AdSaver product, a dynamic call-tracking software. Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, improving the team's productiviry to deliver reliable software with a 99.8% uptime.

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Indus Valley

Head E-commerce / Product Manager

JCDecaux

System Administrator

I’m a Project Manager and Agile Coach with over 10 years of experience helping distributed product teams deliver complex software development projects across a variety of environments - from startups and scaleups to Fortune 500 enterprises and government organizations.

What sets me apart is the ability to blend structured project delivery (PMP, PfMP) and Agile expertise (CSP, KMP, ICP-ACC) with coaching mastery (ICF ACC). This combination enables not just timely results, but sustainable team growth and human-centered leadership.

Currently, I’m working in the GenAI space, contributing to the development of frontier product. It’s a space full of ambiguity, experimentation, and rapid shifts - where my coaching mindset and delivery discipline help teams stay focused and resilient.

Dmytro Salo

Bogsnes Advisory

Founder Bogsnes Advisory

Equinor

Senior Advisor Performance Framework

Statoil

Development of our management model  "Ambition to Action". Leadership  training. External consulting (on behalf of Statoil)

Senior Advisor Performance Management

Project Manager Beyond Budgeting project - Statoil
Chairman Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Europe

My book - "Implementing Beyond Budgeting - Unlocking the Performance Potential" with foreword by Robert S. Kaplan is out on Wiley (US). Available on Amazon.com (see website link above).

Vice President Performance Management Development

Project Manager Beyond Budgeting

Covering international upstream activities

Corporate Controller International Business

Borealis

Vice President - Human Resources

Vice President - Corporate Control

Finance Manager - Oil Trading & Supply

Finance Manager - Statoil Netherlands BV

Implementing new accounting system at Statoil

Head of Corporate Budget department

I have 30 years of Beyond Budgeting experience, having worked in both Finance and HR. I have been heading up two Beyond Budgeting implementations, at Borealis and then Statoil (now Equinor). I am Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable, and I have also helped numerous companies globally getting started on their own Beyond Budgeting journey. 

I have 20 year of leadership experience, much of the time outside of my home country Norway.

"Implementing Beyond Budgeting - Unlocking the Performance Potential - 2nd edition" (Wiley US 2016) is the story about my on Beyond Budgeting journey.

My new book “This is Beyond Budgeting -A Guide to More Adaptive and Human Organizations”, with a foreword by Gary Hamel was published in 2023.

I am the winner of a Harvard Business Review/McKinsey Management Innovation award.

Having left Equinor, I am now more available for consulting, workshops and keynotes. Check out bogsnesadvisory.com, or contact me at bjarte@bogsnesadvisory.com

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