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

InGoodCompany LLC 

Executive Coaching services include professional development, strategy, SafetyEcosystem™ personal and organizational Strategies, Business Model Prototyping, Integrative Solutions

President, CEO & Founder

InclusiveWorks LLC; Helping Organizations and Leaders Navigate Business and Social Challenges

Founder/Developer of the Sociological Safety® Framework, 
Founder/Developer of the CultureNeutral® Framework discussed in the MIT/Sloan Review, http://TinyURL.com/NeedCultureNeutral

Robert Morris University

The Department of Economics and Legal Studies offers a concentration in economics leading to Bachelors of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree. The economics concentration provides a strong foundation in the theory of the discipline and numerous applications to global economic activity. The mission of the Pre-Law Advisory Program, a University wide Program, is to prepare RMU graduates for a successful law school career. RMU's Pre-Law Advisory Program is designed to educate, enlighten, and counsel students who desire to attend law school or explore career opportunities in the legal profession.

Board of Advisers, Department of Economics & Legal Studies

RiverQuest

RiverQuest provides exceptional river-based educational adventure programs for students, teachers and community. "Tell me, I'll forget; Show me, I might remember; Involve me, I'll understand" continues as the RiverQuest maxim.  The Programs on the water utilize hands-on approaches and technology to further the development of critical thinking skills, technological literacy and environmental stewardship through STEM activities.

Board of Directors

African American Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Founded in 1994, the mission remains the support the work of promoting access and business opportunities for African American business owners and professionals throughout the region.

Westmoreland Cultural Trust

In 1969, Katherine Mabis McKenna, a well known philanthropist educated in engineer drawing, provided the design and the funds to build the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center as a memorial to her dearly departed son, Mennel, and to enable her vision of an educational and cultural civic center to come to fruition.

In 1992, the "The Westmoreland Trust", a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, was born, formed to manage and operate the GG&CC, as well as serve the community on a much larger scale, including leadership in the development and enhancement of the cultural life and economic well being of the Westmoreland County region. The WCT is engaged in:

- Managing Community Assets
- Presenting Arts and Entertainment
- Providing Support Services for Presenting Arts and Organizations
- Developing a Historical, Cultural and Entertainment District
- Pursuing collaboration with the other arts and cultural organizations to ensure the continuation of the enhanced cultural life.

Peoples Natural Gas/TWP/Steel River Infrastructure Partners

Peoples Natural Gas/TWP, a 135 year old natural gas distribution company serving more than 500,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania. Wholly owned by Steel River Infrastructure Partners, Inc.

Sr. Manager, Government Affairs

Community Development Corporation of Butler County, (CDC)

The CDC is the lead economic development organization in Butler County that proactively creates an environment for private industry to create and retain jobs through our coordination of leaders from local business, municipal, county and other elected officials and organizations at all levels of government.

Middle Monongahela Industrial Development Association, Inc.(MIDA)

MIDA provides assistance to companies located in the Mon Valley region in the form of site location, building expansion and low interest rate financing. The Mon Valley region is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania, USA and consists of four counties - Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington and Fayette Counties. For information on any item listed on this website, please use the following information to contact MIDA:

RAD (Allegheny Regional Asset District Board)

The mission of RAD is to support and finance regional assets in the areas of libraries, parks and recreation, cultural, sports and civic facilities and programs. The District receives one-half of the proceeds from the 1% Allegheny County Sales and Use Tax and the other half is paid directly to the County and municipal governments by the State Treasurer.  Since 1995, the 1% County Sales tax paid by residents of and visitors to Allegheny County has resulted in a cumulative $1.1 billion investment in the region (through 2008).

Chairman, Board of Directors

Sociological Safety® | The Sociological Workplace | Robust Safety Ecosystem

Extraordinary coaching and management consulting. Clients have ranged from small to midsize tech, nonprofits, universities, to Global 200 pharma. The Sociological Safety® Framework promotes and facilitates permanent readiness for change and personal/professional growth, mitigates workplace conflict, and facilitates productive sociological, physiological, and psychological behaviors. Leadership Consulting-Coaching brings “can work” strategies that “will work” with leaders who want to make a difference.

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Sociological Safety™ Framework is a viable alternative to traditional "psychosocial" programs. Under the umbrella of “Sociological Safety™,” a culture/behavioral model centered on expanded management principles and equilibrium for organizations, teams, groups, and leaders. Sociological Safety® training is based on a lifetime of corporate management, professional and nonprofit experience, and empirical applied research. 

History: A career spanning public, private, and nonprofit sectors; high-level management experience across a range of activities for two of the top five fully integrated U.S. energy companies, with international & domestic operations in more than a dozen states. Managed state, regional. and local government, community relations, legislative and policy matters, economic development, business retention & expansion, emergency management. Experienced in Administrative/Business Information Systems, Marketing, Sales & Corporate Foundation processes. Chaired leading regional nonprofit boards and professional associations. Governance and direct oversight & decision making for over $400 Million in regional philanthropy. 

Research Honors, Geneva College (BSHRM Program), University of Phoenix, Arizona (Information Systems), BSBA with honors. Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business (Mini MBA Series), Adjunct Instructor University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (International Management Development Institute), SigSigma Green Belt

Specialties: Organizational Change, Executive Coaching/Consulting, Professional & Personal Development, Strategy & Planning, Team Problem Solving, Personality & Skills assessments, Governance Training, Negotiation and Conflict Management, Teaching Leaders to Move Beyond Diversity.

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