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

UPHILL Partners

- Executive and organizational coach
- Agency founder and CEO
- Book author, 
- Podcasts co-creator/host
- Men retreats co-creator
- Loving husband and proud father of two

UPHILL Partners is an transformational coaching agency. We educate and coach teams, leaders, and organizations on their Business Agility journeys. 

Our clientele mostly includes large enterprises like Vodafone, OTP Bank, Ukrsibbank, BAT, Fozzy Group, eva etc. Also, we helped fabulous creative teams, like banda, YDZN, and isd-group on their journeys to happier clients and more efficient teams.

Organizational Coach, Managing Partner

РоботаНеВовк/Коучеварка

Podcast Author and Host

Kyiv Mohyla Business School

Teaching/training Agile ways of working to non-IT managers/business owners.

Adjunct Professor

CAPS

At CAPS, I'm heading the Agile direction, developing learning programs and delivering classes for students from business/politics.

Scrumguides

- Coaching individuals, teams and organizations (both IT and non-IT)
- Running trainings on Scrum, Lean Startup, Business Agility
- Business development (growing pipeline, winning clients, closing deals etc.)
- Public speaking on topics of innovation, leadership, Agile etc.

Agile Coach, Partner

GlobalLogic

•	Overseeing a portfolio of 4 agile projects (70+ FTE, with Scrum Masters and team leads as direct reports).
•	Leading the effort of Agile transformations on a Country-level ("GlobalLogic® Agile Geeks") by running trainings and providing Agile coaching for leaders and teams.

Sr. Engineering Manager/Agile Coach

•	Multiple projects facilitation and management
•	Product management for a few corporate internal startups
•	Running trainings and education activities (received annual company award “Knowledge-sharing champion”)

ScrumMaster/Engineering Manager

•	Team setup and leadership
•	Multiple projects facilitation and management
•	Pre-sales activities

Team Lead

motify.me

Part-time project with pre-seed investment.

Responsibilities:
•	Product management and marketing
•	Customer and community development

Co-founder

EPAM Systems

•	Developing documentation and video tutorials for enterprise-level software products
•	Developing product requirements
•	Acting as a Product Owner proxy

Various roles

Spline Software

•	Writing end-user and technical documentation, developing video tutorials
•	Developing corporate documentation policies and guidelines
•	Content Management, SEO

Assisting in starting up a European subsidiary of a Company:
•	Producing marketing materials (brochures, white papers, services portfolios, case studies etc)
•	Managing the website development (team of 2 developers, 1 tester)
•	Market research, competitors analysis
•	Projects staffing and applicants interviewing

- Organizational Coach with proven track record in organizational transformations (key clients: Vodafone, eva, banda, Borjomi, UKRSIBBANK, OTP Bank, Roosh etc). 
- Executive Coach for Entrepreneurs and CEOs (individual work, executive team coaching, leadership retreats)
- Founder and Managing Partner at Uphill Partners
- Business Mentor for Coaches and Consultants
- Podcast author and host at РоботаНеВовк, Коучеварка
- Certified Scrum Professional, Certified Agile Leader (Scrum Alliance)
- Professional Coach (ICF, ORSC) & Business Trainer
- Ex-visiting professor at top Ukrainian business schools
- Recognized as Ukraine's Best Tech Project Manager (2015)
- Happy husband, father of two 👬. Hobbies: 🎸, 🏍️ and ⛰️

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