Agile Coach, Business Analyst contracting for Valtech UK
United Kingdom
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- Agile Business Analyst Contract at Valtech
- Past
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- Agile Mentor & Developer at Exoftware
- Lean Software Transformation Manager at Xerox
- Design for Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Candidate at Xerox
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Xerox
- Lead Software engineer at Xerox
- Software Projects Manager at CME Systems Ltd
- Senior Software Engineer at LINX Printing Technologies
- Software Development Team Leader at Oscar Faber Water
- Software Engineer at Fibre Systems Ltd
- Education
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- Liverpool John Moores University
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Sean Sheehan’s Summary
Five years experience of applying agile and lean methodologies across the organisational management structure. Training and coaching teams in project governance, project management, business analysis and software delivery.
Twenty years experience of business analysis and software development of desktop / web applications and real time embedded control systems. Capable of leading projects from initial customer engagement through to deployment. Strong analytical skills combined with Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Test Driven Development, Agile software development practices and Lean Six Sigma in a technical environment.
Areas of Expertise
• Agile and Lean Software methodologies
• User stories, Use cases, automated acceptance testing, UML, Agile modelling, Data and functional modelling
• C++, UML, Core Java, Java Native Interface, C#, vbscript, javascript
• Relational database design, SQL (Microsoft SQL, Sybase), XML, HTML, CSS & Ajax
• Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC, DMEDI), Design for Lean Six Sigma (IDOV)
Professional Certifications
• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Certified Design for Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Speaker at the 2007 Business Process Innovation Conference ( http://www.vlerick.be/en/programmes/managprog/1834-VLK/338-VLK/5585-VLK.html ) sharing Lean and Agile transformation strategy within Xerox
Sean Sheehan’s Specialties:
Agile Coach, Trainer, Agile Business Analysis, Design for Lean Six Sigma Master black belt candidate, Certified Scrum Master specialising in lean / agile software development, Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in a research and development environment.
Sean Sheehan’s Experience
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Agile Business Analyst Contract
Valtech
(Public Company; FR0004155885; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Agile Mentor & Developer
Exoftware
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)
Coach and mentor on two simultaneous development projects for multiple agile teams at the European Patent Office. Based on client site in The Hague working with the management team and development teams leading an agile transformation of their software delivery division. Facilitated training workshops teaching agile principles and values following up with team and individual mentoring of agile project management, agile business analysis and technical practices such as test driven development.
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Lean Software Transformation Manager
Xerox
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Coordinated transformation towards lean Software / Agile throughout three development sites (in UK and in US). Focusing on reducing overall development costs by ensuring that practices adopted help trap defects / change earlier in the life cycle saving defect repair costs whilst maximising on our ability to respond effectively to change.
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Design for Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Candidate
Xerox
(Public Company; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — November 2008 (3 years 3 months)
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Xerox
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 3 months)
Two major projects were completed within this time for the electromechanical group’s change request system, saving in excess of $1M economic profit per annum by removing waste and redundancies from the process; and for the software group focusing of how defects could be captured at the time of injection rather than further down stream in our test / audit labs.
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Lead Software engineer
Xerox
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1999 — July 2003 (4 years 5 months)
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Software Projects Manager
CME Systems Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Responsible for all software solutions provided by the company. After initial customer consultation, a product design was produced and submitted to the customer. On approval, appropriate staff were assigned tasks whilst ensuring that the development was completed on time and to budget.
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Senior Software Engineer
LINX Printing Technologies
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1995 — October 1997 (2 years 7 months)
Produced bespoke embedded printer control software. Key areas included liasing with the customer, design, development, testing and user documentation, installation and customer training.
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Software Development Team Leader
Oscar Faber Water
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1991 — 1995 (4 years)
Lead Developer of an MS DOS based geographical information system (GIS) for sewerage management by local authorities and water boards. Responsibilities included the day to day running of the C development team, ensuring quality procedures and coding standards were being adhered to, monitoring project development and reporting to management meetings, project planning and costing, customer liaison, training and technical guidance to the team and other developers within the company.
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Software Engineer
Fibre Systems Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1989 — July 1991 (1 year 11 months)
Design and development of complex real-time embedded process control systems for machines that manufactured fibre optic cables.
Sean Sheehan’s Education
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Liverpool John Moores University
HND , Computer Studies , 1986 — 1988
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Sean Sheehan’s Interests:
New technology, Gadgets and innovative software solutions / practices, Music, Playing guitar, Golf, Horse riding, travelling.
Sean Sheehan’s Honors:
2006 Design for Lean Six Sigma Green Belt,
2006 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt,
In 2003 I was presented with the Xerox ‘Mike Smith’ award for Innovation. This memorial award is presented each year in recognition of individuals who have excelled above their role to provide innovative solutions to the business. I received this award for a departmental intranet site which brings key software delivery information together to the engineers and their managers
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