Oleksandr Kalinichenko
Naperville,IL
Summary
Certified SAFe Agilist 4.6 with expertise in Scrum, ScrumXP, Kanban, Lean-Agile, ITIL, Spotify, and Unfix frameworks. Agile Transformation Leader and Change Agent. Proficient in Integration Management, Project Scaling, Risk Management, People Management, Operations Management, Change Management, and Program Coordination. Strong ability to manage, facilitate, consult, coach, train, and coordinate multiple teams. Skilled at working within tight deadlines; self-motivated, team player, enthusiastic, and results-oriented. Experienced Atlassian Administrator (Jira, Confluence, People).
Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Scrum Master / Project Lead
Intellectsoft
09.2023 - 07.2024
- Company Overview: Developed a global retail platform connecting customers with farmers, distillers, and creators, enriching lives with natural products
- Led project integration with Malaysia's tax system to streamline the tax process
- Led 3rd-party integration between the Malaysian government and the platform to simplify tax processing for entrepreneurs
- Mentored two Product Owners to advance their careers
- Acted as Proxy Product Owner for marketing campaigns, ensuring alignment between business, marketing, and IT
- Delivered Agile and Scrum training sessions to teams
- Organized and facilitated Sprint and Quarterly planning sessions
- Tracked team progress towards quarterly objectives and led governance meetings for risk management
- Coached Scrum Teams (both web and mobile) to successfully adopt Agile practices, transforming them into high-performing teams
- Managed knowledge sharing processes to ensure easy access to information across the Delivery Organization
- Managed team performance, escalations, cross-team meetings, and personnel issues
- Administered Jira and Confluence
- Tracked team capacity and led resourcing activities (interviews, onboarding/offboarding, resource planning)
- Facilitated Root Cause Analysis (RCA) sessions
- Established reporting processes for team success rates, sprint productivity, and other key metrics
- Developed a global retail platform connecting customers with farmers, distillers, and creators, enriching lives with natural products
- Led project integration with Malaysia's tax system to streamline the tax process
Senior Scrum Master / Delivery Manager
Covantis.io
03.2022 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: Developed a forward-thinking digital platform to transform global trade by enhancing efficiency, transparency, and information exchange
- Served as Delivery Manager and Agile Coach
- Managed Jira, Confluence, EasyRetro, and Miro assets
- Recruited and managed Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers (RTE), leading the Agile Community within the Delivery Department
- Translated company strategy into Delivery OKRs and tracked their achievement quarterly and annually
- Fostered collaboration with partner companies and led governance meetings
- Achieved 100% delivery of committed OKRs
- Managed hiring processes in coordination with recruitment partners
- Built and successfully launched two teams, overseeing milestone planning
- Improved sprint planning accuracy to 95% of committed scope
- Coached teams in Agile methodologies, especially SAFe, driving high performance and customer value
- Managed knowledge sharing and governance processes across the Delivery Organization
- Tracked departmental performance and aligned OKRs across teams
- Served as escalation point for delivery issues
- Coached and reviewed PMO work
- Facilitated cross-team meetings and managed personnel issues
- Conducted regular engagement health checks within the Delivery Organization
- Facilitated RCA meetings
- Established delivery and cost reporting processes
- Developed a forward-thinking digital platform to transform global trade by enhancing efficiency, transparency, and information exchange
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
Senior Scrum Master / Agile PM
Global Logic
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: NDA - Pharmaceutical Data Intelligence
- Managed collaboration with 15 third-party services and data sources
- Managed Data Science and Web Application teams, providing data marts in Snowflake
- Administered Jira, Confluence, and Miro assets
- Oversaw legacy system (Delphi) while transitioning to a cloud-based data warehouse
- NDA - Pharmaceutical Data Intelligence
Agile Coach / Operations Manager
Sphere Software Inc.
11.2018 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: Integrated Learning Platform
- Acted as Product Owner for one team and Scrum Master for four additional teams
- Served as RTE, orchestrating releases across global instances
- Managed release planning and facilitated inter-team collaboration
- Introduced mandatory automation testing, reducing critical issues by 5x within one quarter
- Used Swanly Jira addon for release tracking
- Coached teams in Agile delivery practices
- Fostered communication across teams and managed cross-functional collaboration
- Introduced DevOps, CI/CD, and business processes
- Managed System Team responsible for smooth deployments, tech debt reduction, and urgent scope delivery
- Managed Jira and Confluence administration and reporting processes
- Integrated Learning Platform
Technical Product Manager
EasyPay UA
03.2017 - 11.2018
- Company Overview: FinTech payment systems with over 11,000 self-service kiosks
- Led PTKS department as Head of Delivery
- Managed internal/external resource usage
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies
- Optimized development and integration processes
- Established cross-departmental collaboration processes
- FinTech payment systems with over 11,000 self-service kiosks
Project Manager
Innovecs
04.2016 - 02.2017
- Company Overview: E-commerce platform, CRM, and Incident Management system
- Built a 6-member development team
- Reorganized development processes for improved transparency
- Managed project scope, backlog, and Agile ceremonies
- Tracked sprint performance using burndown charts
- Maintained client relationships and ensured project delivery
- Identified and improved internal controls
- E-commerce platform, CRM, and Incident Management system
Project Manager
Autoportal.com
09.2015 - 03.2016
- Company Overview: E-commerce platform, CRM, Incident Management system
- Same responsibilities as Innovecs role — E-commerce platform, CRM, Incident Management system
- E-commerce platform, CRM, Incident Management system
Manual QA / Project Manager
Aurora LLC
02.2014 - 08.2015
- Managed development team
- Transitioned project from Waterfall to Scrum
- Performed QA testing, bug tracking, and reporting
- Coordinated product designers and developers
- Managed requirements and product documentation
- Conducted sales and pre-sales activities
Education
Master’s Degree - Computer Network Analysis
National Aviation University
06.2016
Skills
- Project management methodologies
- SAFe Certified
- XP
- Scrum
- Kanban
- ScrumXP
- Big Data
- PaaS
- FinTech
- E-learning
- Coaching and mentoring
- Release planning
Certification
Leading SAFe, Certified SAFe 4 Agilist
CSM
Timeline
Senior Scrum Master / Project Lead
Intellectsoft
09.2023 - 07.2024
Senior Scrum Master / Delivery Manager
Covantis.io
03.2022 - 05.2023
Senior Scrum Master / Agile PM
Global Logic
01.2021 - 03.2022
Agile Coach / Operations Manager
Sphere Software Inc.
11.2018 - 12.2020
Technical Product Manager
EasyPay UA
03.2017 - 11.2018
Project Manager
Innovecs
04.2016 - 02.2017
Project Manager
Autoportal.com
09.2015 - 03.2016
Manual QA / Project Manager
Aurora LLC
02.2014 - 08.2015
Master’s Degree - Computer Network Analysis
National Aviation University
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