Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP

Current

Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Practitioner, Consultant at XoJom Corporation

Past

Program Manager at Danger, Inc.
Project Leader at Panasonic
Consultant at Taproot Systems

Project Management Consultant - Business Development, President & Owner at Centecon Corporation
Project Manager / Engineering Consultant at Senticom, Inc.

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Education

University of Reutlingen, Dipl.-Ing.(FH)
Deutsche Telecom
Military Service

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Summary

As an Agile Coach, Karlheinz Muenchow helps companies reach their productivity potential by developing and implementing practical applications of Agile methodologies, including Scrum, that streamline and increase the efficiency of engineering and business operations.

As an Agile instructor, he provides students with invaluable lessons and insights about this innovative, results-oriented philosophy.

Karl’s unique approach and proficiency in scaling Agility allows him to successfully manage development domains such as software, hardware, and firmware that often require the complex coupling of Agile with Waterfall and Stage-Gate processes.

During his 15 years of Product and Systems Development experience, Karl created innovative products such as analyzers, network access systems, wireless devices, and distributed data management systems for a variety of high-tech fields, including automation, communications, and energy management. Industry leaders such as Cellnet-Hunt, Danger (now Microsoft), Larscom, L+G, Nokia, Panasonic, Pliant, PMC-Sierra, Pulscom, Taproot Systems, Telesys Technologies, and W&G have benefited from his expertise.

Above all, Karl is passionate about bringing Agility to Product & Systems Development organization, and to spreading the message of Agility through educational courses and hands-on coaching around the country.

Besides holding a Diploma Engineering Degree from the University of Reutlingen, Germany, Karl is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and Project Management Professional (PMP®). He belongs to the Agile Alliance, Scrum Alliance, Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Association of German Engineers (VDI), and actively contributes to Agile organizations in the United States and Europe.

Karl is based in Atlanta, Georgia and can be reached at 770.281.8750 or Karl.Muenchow@XoJom.com .

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Specialties:

o Agile Adoption. Learn. Define. Pilot. Expand.
o Lean Process Development. Streamline.
o EPPM & Agile Tools Solutions. Automate. Communicate.

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Experience

Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Practitioner, Consultant

XoJom Corporation

(Program Development industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

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Program Manager

Danger, Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Wireless industry)

February 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Managing cross-functional core teams developing the next generation of T-Mobile Sidekick© devices.
Project Leader

Panasonic

(Public Company; Wireless industry)

December 2003 — February 2006 (2 years 3 months)

Led cross-functional, multi-site project feature teams developing advanced smart-phone products.
Consultant

Taproot Systems

(Wireless industry)

November 2002 — October 2003 (1 year )

Consulting for Symbian based GSM/GPRS smart-phone component architecture and project management activities.
Project Management Consultant - Business Development, President & Owner

Centecon Corporation

(Management Consulting industry)

July 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 4 months)

Project and Business Development Consultant assisting independent consulting corporations to meet their business objectives.
Project Manager / Engineering Consultant

Senticom, Inc.

(Telecommunications industry)

1997 — 2001 (4 years )

Negotiated, managed, and executed on-site and off-site development projects. Clients include IGT, PMC-Sierra, Pulsecom, Pliant Systems, and Telesys Technology.

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Education

University of Reutlingen, Dipl.-Ing.(FH)

Dipl.-Ing.(FH) , 1986 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Diploma, Engineer (FH) Degree
Deutsche Telecom

Certified Telecommunications Technician , 1983 — 1986
Military Service

Noncommissioned Office 1980 — 1983

Activities and Societies:

Telecommunications and Data Communications Leader

Additional Information

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Websites:

My Company

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Interests:

Lean, Agile, Scrum Tools (Rally, VersionOne, Mingle, Scrumworks) Agile Adoption, Training

Karlheinz Muenchow, PMP,CSP’s Groups:

Project Management Institute (PMI®)
American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm®)
International Project Management Association (IPMA)
The Association of German Engineers (VDI)
Agile Alliance
Scrum Alliance
APLN (Agile Project Leadership Network)