Kevin E. Schlabach

Current

Project Coordinator at Beyond.com, Inc.

Past

Scrum Master at Siemens (Medical Solutions)
User Interface Analyst at Siemens (Medical Solutions)
Information Architect at Info Technologies, Inc.

Senior Experience Architect at Breakaway Solutions
Internet Architect at Conectiv

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Education

University of Delaware

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Kevin E. Schlabach’s Summary

Kevin E. Schlabach helps software organizations improve quality, delivery, and value while promoting an environment where employees can thrive.

He discovered agile software delivery in 2005 while working for a distributed global 50 company and found it mitigated many of the issues found in traditional IT. Since then, he has been an active coach leading teams toward agile philosophies and methods. His toolset includes Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean, and Crystal practices built on a foundation of formal PMI training.

He has a degree in Computer Science, is experienced in project management, product analysis, and user experience design and has worked in both startup and large regulated enterprise settings.

Kevin E. Schlabach’s Specialties:

Internet Services, Uitility (energy and telecom), Pharmaceutical, and Health Care Industry experience.

ISO, CMM, and other process experience including audits.

Kevin E. Schlabach’s Experience

Project Coordinator

Beyond.com, Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; BYND; Internet industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Working as the Project Coordinator to evolve company project management processes, ensure project success across the company, and any other activities related to the tactical execution of cross-company strategies. Constantly infusing agile software development practices into the company while training and mentoring others in project management.
Scrum Master

Siemens (Medical Solutions)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Agile Scrum Master for the Scheduling module within the Operating Room Management System product for one year after the roll-out of the Agile Software Development Methodology into the company.

One of the first people to be positioned as a full-time dedicated scrum master within the product group. Worked with the PMO department and ObjectMentor to solidify transition to XP and Scrum methodologies.
User Interface Analyst

Siemens (Medical Solutions)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2003 — January 2006 (3 years 1 month)

Product, User Interface, and Usability Analyst for Operating Room Management and Operating Room Scheduling products within Soarian suite of software.

Supported Agile transition throughout organization both within the matrixed UI team, and the ORMS product team.
Information Architect

Info Technologies, Inc.

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2002 — December 2002 (3 months)

Contracted for three months to architect user interfaces for three Intranet application projects within Merck.
Senior Experience Architect

Breakaway Solutions

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 6 months)

Business Analyst and Usability Analyst for .com startup clients seeking to build online platforms.

Major client projects included: Beansprouts, Medispares, ICG Commerce, and Zone Telecom.

(note: the last portion of this tenure was through direct employment of the client, Zone Telecom, after the bankrupty filing of Breakaway Solutions.)
Internet Architect

Conectiv

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)

June 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Designed, developed, and managed intranet web projects across an enterprise setting.

Kevin E. Schlabach’s Education

University of Delaware

Bachelor of Science, Arts and Science , Computer and Information Sciences , 1995 — 1999

Concentration in Internet Applications