Kane Mar

Current

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Coach (CSC) at Scrumology Pty Ltd

Past

Scrum Trainer (CST) and Coach (CSC) at Danube Technologies, Inc
Agile Project Manager/Coach at ThoughtWorks, Inc
Project Manager, Team Lead, Snr. Software Engineer at PricewaterhouseCoopers (NZ)

Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Software Developer at Telecom (NZ), Ltd.

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Education

University of Durham
King George V

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Kane Mar’s Summary

Scrum Trainer (CST) and Coach (CSC) and public speaker with 18 years experience in the software development industry and deep experience with Agile software development. I've taught Scrum courses all over the world and I enjoy working directly with teams to help them to be their most productive.

Kane Mar’s Specialties:

Scrum, ScrumMaster, Scrum Trainer, Certified Scrum Trainer, Coaching, Certified Scrum Coach, Agile, Extreme Programming, Enterprise software, Software Development.

Kane Mar’s Experience

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Coach (CSC)

Scrumology Pty Ltd

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Independent Agile software development training and coaching. I offer Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) training and coaching to help organizations deliver high quality code in production.
Scrum Trainer (CST) and Coach (CSC)

Danube Technologies, Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 2 months)

I am a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Scrum Coach (CSC) specializing in Scrum and Extreme Programming. I have been working exclusively with Agile software development teams since 2001 and have worked with clients such as QPass, Microsoft, Capital One, Progressive, and TransCanada Pipelines. My focus is on creating highly performing Agile teams that are delivering high quality software and maximizing business value.

I am also experienced in guiding organizations that are transitioning to an Agile organization. This includes preparing senior management and business partners for changes resulting from the introduction of Scrum.

Prior to my work with Agile software development, I had 10 years of experience as a developer and project manager for Waterfall and RUP projects working with Java, Smalltalk, C, SQL and PL/SQL. My recent technical interests have turned towards Ruby primarily because of its similarlity to Smalltalk.
Agile Project Manager/Coach

ThoughtWorks, Inc

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 8 months)

As an Project Manager, Coach and Mentor much of my work has involved organizational change, behavioral change, and coaching both management and staff. My responsibilities have included ensuring the smooth operation of the project teams, conducting seminars and educating the client on Agile best practices, ensuring that Agile practices are followed, project management, and resolving issues.

With 14 years in the software industry (including 7 years as Project Manager, Coach and Mentor) I have covered all stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for projects of various size (3 – 20 team members). I have extensive experience in several different development processes and methodologies, including;
* Agile development methodologies (XP and Scrum),
* RUP, and
* PWC's custom software development methodology SMM.
Project Manager, Team Lead, Snr. Software Engineer

PricewaterhouseCoopers (NZ)

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

1996 — 2001 (5 years )

In my time with PWC I was held several different positions including Software Project Manager, Acceptance Testing Manager, Team Lead and Snr. Software Engineer as part of the Land Information NZ (LINZ) project.

As Project Manager, I was responsible for leading/managing a team of 15 PwC and 4 contracting staff in the construction of the CRS1 Cadastral, Geodetic, Electoral and Spatial display subsystems.

In addition, I was responsible for the delivery of several major deliverables, such as the Receive and Authorise Survey High Level design, and subsequent detailed designs. These deliverables have been important in defining the scope and extent of the Survey construction project.
Senior Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Management Consulting industry)

1995 — 2001 (6 years )
Software Developer

Telecom (NZ), Ltd.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year )