Jose Casal-Gimenez FBCS CITP

As an IT professional with experience of management in a senior role and software development background, I am a firm believer in continuous development for myself, my team and the IT profession in general. In particular, I am intensely passionate about embracing modern development and management methodologies including Agile development practices and strengths-based leadership. With this in mind, I am very motivated to continuously learn, research and work in the introduction or improvement of Agile practices to companies, leading to the establishment of thriving and engaged Agile

As an IT Manager/Team Leader/Scrum Master:
- Introduced and implemented Agile practices at P&O Ferries and Capita SIMS
- Formulated a recruitment strategy enabling the introduction of improved Agile practices at P&O Ferries
- Led Agile projects, as Scrum Master, delivering a 10% increase in annual profits at P&O Ferries
- Worked with offshore (India and Sri Lanka) third party providers (Sapient, Virtusa and Mastek) at P&O Ferries and Capita SIMS
- Trialled employee engagement assessments and strengths-based leadership at P&O Ferries

As a Developer/Consultant:
- Awarded 3 exceptional performance awards in 6 years while working at the University of Kent as a Developer
- Promoted to Development Manager at P&O Ferries after working for 5 months as a Senior Developer
- Delivered a student management solution for the University of Kent that has generated millions of pounds in extra revenue to date
- Pioneered an e-commerce solution for the University of Kent that securely handled millions of pounds in payments to date
- Designed and developed a business solution in the insurance sector that tripled the company's client base and revenue

As a Trainer/Speaker:
- Identified as delivering best-practice in training and professional development at P&O Ferries
- Designed and delivered training courses and presentations at the University of Kent, P&O Ferries, Capita SIMS and for RADTAC

1. Management Consulting
2. Organisational Transformation
3. IT Management
4. Agile
5. Agile Coach
6. Training Delivery
7. Agile Project Management
8. Certified Scrum Master CSM
9. Scrum
10. DSDM
11. Kanban
12. Extreme Programming
13. Web Project Management
14. Web Applications
15. Software Development
16. Business Systems Implementation
17. Offshore Project Management

• English

  (Full professional proficiency)

• Spanish

  (Native or bilingual proficiency)

• French

  (Elementary proficiency)

• Greek

  (Elementary proficiency)

• Prince2 Practitioner

  • APM Group
  • April 2006

• DSDM Agile Leader Foundation

  • DSDM
  • July 2009

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

  • Scrum Alliance
  • February 2011

• DSDM Agile Leader Advanced Practitioner

  • DSDM
  • June 2011

• Agile Project Managment

  • APM Group
  • September 2011

• DSDM Advanced Practitioner

  • DSDM / ISEB
  • October 2011

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

  • Scrum Alliance
  • January 2012

Interests:

Photography, science-fiction, football and anything related to the Web, its new trends & technologies.

Groups and Associations:

FBCS, Fellow of BCS the Chartered Institute for IT, CITP, Chartered IT Professional, PRINCE2 practitioner, DSDM Agile Leader Foundation, DSDM Agile Leader Advanced Practitioner, University of Kent Alumni, Canterbury Enterprise Hub, Canterbury4Business

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  Agile Coaching
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  Agile Lean Europe (ALE)
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  Agile Project Management Group
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  Agile and Lean Software Development
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  BCS Agile Methods SG
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  BCS Chartered IT Professional
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  BCS ELITE
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  BCS Kent Branch
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  BCS Membership Group
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  BCS PROMS-G (Project Management Specialist Group)
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  BCS Young Professionals Group
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  Canterbury4Business (C4B)
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  Certified ScrumMasters
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  Kent
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  London and Kent Events
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  PRINCE2 Practitioner Certified Professionals
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  PRINCE2 Practitioners
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  Php developers
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  Pragmatic Agile and Lean Social Network
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  RADTAC Ltd
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  The DSDM Group
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  UK Rightshifting Network
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  University of Kent Alumni
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  jQuery