Organisational Excellence, Transformation & Scaling
Accomplished Agile leader and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in project, programme, and business management, including 10 spent increasing agility in organisations. I have led successful Agile transformations, audited and corrected flailing ones, embedded tailored ways of working, and helped start-ups scale up. I have a demonstrated ability to quickly shift mindset and working practices in all functions at all levels, from delivery teams to C-suite, reducing waste and increasing value, customer satisfaction, adaptability, and resilience.
Assess tools, practices, workflows, and governance to identify and address inefficiencies and bottlenecks.
Collaborate across functions to enhance structure and governance, fostering a culture focused on customer value and satisfaction.
Ensure all stakeholders understand the reasons for change and become active participants in the organisational strategy.
Develop and deliver Agile training for all levels and coach teams and leaders to enact and sustain changes.
Extensive experience in Product Ownership, Agile Delivery, Project and Programme Management, and PMO, from direct execution to coaching others.
Director
Everywhere Agile Ltd, SouthamptonSep 2022 - Present
Agile consultancy: Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Agile Leadership, Training & Coaching.
Operating Model Consultant / Enterprise Agile Coach
Oct 2023 - Jun 2024
Organisational Excellence & Hardware Agility Consultant
Sep 2022 - Apr 2024
Director of Agile Centre of Excellence
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Agile Transformation Coach
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Agile Transformation Coach
May 2019 - Nov 2020
Enterprise Agile Coach
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
Enterprise Agile Coach
Jun 2016 - May 2017
Founder, CEO
parAgence
Jan 2009 - Jan 2016
Project Manager Online Gaming
Mar 2004 - Oct 2008
"You challenged us. You inspired us. You helped us to realise we didn't have to wait our turn to be agile, we could start right now."
- Karen Stables, JLR Head of IT PMO
"Arnaud brought a wealth of knowledge and experience about Agile best practice and his coaching immediately delivered benefits."
- Julie Dennis, Domestic & General Transformation Director
"Arnaud's natural ability to connect with people... along with his deep knowledge of Agile transformation, self-organizing teams and Agile leadership has been highly influential and beneficial to creating value for our clients."
- Sarah Paikin, AgileForEd Founder
"His knowledge of Agile good practices helped us update our project management framework and helped the product owners and scrum teams to develop constructive solutions quickly and thinking outside the box."
- John Ronald, Skyguide PMO Manager
Key Certifications
Product Owner, Scrum Master, Scrum@Scale practitioner, Eduscrum practitioner, Lean practitioner, Scrum for Hardware trainer.
Master of Arts in Central and Eastern European studies
Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Bachelor of Science in Internet Technologies (equivalent)
University of Versailles, Vélizy, France
Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Business Development (equivalent)
University of Tours, Tours, France