MARTIN POPELAK
Martin Popelak
SAFe Program Consultant and Agilist
Accomplished Agilist, technologist and go-to leader specializing in delivering scaled product and maximizing business value added to customers. Experienced with end to end agile software SDLC, SAFe and Scrum practices, removing impediments and team self-management, while keeping the team focused on delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
Certified Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant (SAFe® SPC), Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer capable of leading large scale products with multiple (10+) international teams in a large enterprise.
Agile projects
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Glogster EDU
As an Agile Coach my role was to observe and improve the team's Scrum process.
Polarion Software
ScrumMaster of 3 teams. Focus on communication with Product Owner and development team.
EON
Helped EON development teams transition to Agile processes.
Project & Engineering
Trained teams through introductory seminars on Agile, Scrum and Kanban.
Unicorn College Google User Group
Lecturing and seminars about Scrum and Agile.
Versative
Set up Scrum process for new project from scratch, providing guidance for team and product managers on agile development.
Development projects
Netina
Development of social networks for families. Focus on scalability and high availability.
Rockzone
Developed web presentation for radio Rockzone.cz. Managed deployment and analytics reporting.
Kafco
Maintained legacy code of web portal kafco.cz. Cooperated with copywriters to ensure smooth content delivery
PCA MILADA
Developed sports team web site with all perks that a sports team needs – calendar, statistics, etc.
Hotsale
Development of a Groupon clone for the Czech-Russian market.
Dokasy
Project for personal financial management, focused on household budgeting and accounting.
Slevomor
Development of a Groupon clone with affiliate program. Focused on clustering and high availability for this high-traffic site.
Jasmine Travel
Development of a Reservation system and back end for a travel agency, with back end communicating with various APIs and 3rd-party software.
Antikvita
Development of business software for a small retail store and shop. Features included: Data analytics and support data for accounting systems.
Education
Czech Technical University
Master of Entrepreneurship and ManagementThe program provides education focused on entrepreneurship
and management in industrial companies. Graduates mainly assume positions as senior
managers, both at home and abroad.
Thesis: Practical Usage
of Scrum in Mid-sized Teams
Unicorn College
Bachelor of Information and Communication TechnologyUnicorn College is a private institution offering
high-quality training in ICT, economics and
management.
Thesis: Aspects of Developing Projects with
Social Functionality
Experience
Ruby on Rails and Scrum Freelancer
During the past several years I have worked on many different projects, either as Ruby on Rails developer, Scrum consultant or Agile coach. My goal is to deliver tangible results and productivity in every project I take on. Please review the projects page to get a feel for the diversity I am able to handle. I am happy to provide more details about any of these projects.
Polarion Software
ScrumMasterAs ScrumMaster for three 6-member teams at this rapidly
growing international company, I oversee all daily production work in a fast-paced
development environment. I keep in close contact with the entire team to make sure they
are happy and have everything they need. This can sometimes involve insulating the team
from interruptions coming from outside R&D, serving as "point man" and
troubleshooter to keep the team focused on delivering software on time according to
plan.
I also lead and moderate all ScrumTeam meetings, which involve remote
stakeholders as well as the team. Removing any kind of roadblock to productivity is my
daily routine. Since I joined the company, the R&D team has never missed a release
target.
Radio Impuls - LIN a.s.
Team LeaderI was in charge of implementing Scrum on all development projects of Radio Impuls. I was ScrumMaster of one Scrum team (8-10 people), facilitating their work and helping them resolve any issues blocking or reducing their productivity.
Unicorn a.s.
Ruby (on Rails) & Javascript DeveloperI developed submodules for the Unicorn Universe Information System using Ruby and JavaScript. I was responsible for delivery of complete solutions, including the test cases. Work involved task analysis and development of class and case diagrams. I was also responsible the entire submodule (script), from for the architecture and design through delivery and deployment.
Skills
Many more, including:
MongoDB, Redis, Memcache, ElasticSearch, Solr, REST, node.js, Backbone.js, AWS, Heroku, Apache, Nginx, Passenger, Bash, Capistrano, ActiveMerchant, OAuth
Recommendations
"Martin has great communication skills and therefore makes PO-team communication much easier."Pavel Burg
Team Leader @ Polarion Software
"Experienced programmer with charismatic personality."Tomas Valent
Developer @ Lin a.s.
"Besides of his excellent technological and programming knowledge, Martin also has very good communication and organizational skills."Tomas Holas
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