Gerd Wessling

Scagilize Founder & Principal (Agile/Hybrid) Coach, Consultant and Trainer

I very much LOVE facilitating trainings (remote and in person) & events/kick-off/conferences. And I love helping organizations & individuals to find the perfect match between problems and suitable solutions/methods (rather than the opposite, like "forcing" a specific solution on any kind of problem).

Sometimes alone; but very often in fantastic teams of very skilled professionals from my various network partners – and now als my own company Scagilize! And based on the feedback of my many (+2.000 in the last 6 years) training participants – as well as my consulting & coaching clients – I seem to be rather good at that :)

Experience

Agile Coach, Project and Change Manager, Consultant, Trainer and Facilitator
24 years international experience in project, leadership, training and management
17 years experience in Agile & related frameworks, practices and agile (Role) Coaching
200+ trainings, workshops and consulting engagements globally (+17 countries) in the last 6 years alone around "classical", hybrid and agile Project Management and Organizational Transformation
Typical customer size from 100+ to 400.000+ employees
Further expertise in: Kanban, Product Development Processes & Techniques (classical and agile), specialist in Remote-Training & collaboration, intercultural work, agile contracting, Communication & Team Building, Leadership, Change Management, Process Management, OKR
"Tool" competence: JIRA & Confluence, Slack, Zoom, Mural, Miro, MS Teams and many more

Education & Certificates

Certificates: Scrum Master PSM1, SAFe 6.0 (SPC, RTE, LPM, ARCH, APM, SA, SP, POPM, SSM, SASM), Certified Less Practitioner, Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner, PMP, OKR Master, PMP, Profit Streams Trainer
Diploma in Physics

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Our Current Scagilize Team

Gerd Wessling

Scagilize Founder & Principal (Agile/Hybrid) Coach, Consultant and Trainer
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Anja Wickert

Senior Consultant & Trainer, Expert for Change Management & Design Thinking
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George Porter

Experienced Agile Coach, Consultant & Trainer
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Ian Spence

Scagilize Network Partner (Trainer & Consultant), Advisor & SAFe Fellow
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Ali Sohail

Principal (Agile/Hybrid) Coach, Consultant and Trainer
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Wolfgang Steffens

Certified LeSS Trainer and Coach, Systems Thinker and Scrum Master
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Gregor Schulte

Product Management & Agile Consultant, Profit Streams Trainer
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Peter Klausmann

Senior Consultant & Trainer, Expert for IT Innovation & Agile Transformation
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Diane Gombart

Organizational & Team Coach, Remote Worker Expert, Agile Consultant & Trainer
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Stephanie Fischer

Change Managerin, Agile Coach / Team Coach, Trainerin & Beraterin
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Jason Ng

Principal (Agile/Hybrid) Coach, Consultant and Trainer
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„The course itself, the online materials and the trainer were excellent. Through the interactive course guidance we were very intensively involved, which is also important as the course is quite demanding. The time was very worthwhile and the exchange (remote) with the course participants was also very constructive."

★★★★★

P. S., Head of Software Product Development, Hilti
„ ... never before have I been so intensively looked after in a training session and tailored to my needs ...“

★★★★★

M. H., Portfolio Management & Controlling, BSH GmbH (Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte)
„Two days packed with information and knowledge - and all in a very entertaining way. I liked it very much."

★★★★★

C. B., Agile Coach & Scrum Master, Bosch
„It is obvious that the trainer has extensive experience in the subject matter, which enables him to convey the complex content in a clear manner. He was able to answer all questions fully at all times and put himself in the shoes of the questioners."

★★★★★

Participant Feedback, Course "Leading SAFe" on 20-21/12/21
"Gerd succeeded in transferring his own positive and motivated attitude to the course participants right to the end. This resulted in interesting technical discussions that moved the heterogeneous team forward as a whole."

★★★★★

Participant Feedback, Course "Leading SAFe" on 20-21/12/21
„The clear guiding thread made it easy to follow Gerd through the wealth of information. Group exercises and videos made the training very varied, which also made it easy to stay attentive virtually. We also received valuable tips on certification. You can feel Gerd's great enthusiasm for the subject as well as his great experience as a training provider."

★★★★★

A.F., Projekt Manager, Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG
"It was an exceptional online course experience. Excellently prepared learning material and a highly professional instructor. For anyone looking to take a SAFe POPM course. I highly recommend Scagilize."

★★★★★

A.R., Product Owner Integration Service, Die Schweizerische Post
"It was impressive to see with what calmness, clarity and professional Gerd Wessling and his team successfully prepared, launched and accompanied the first SAFe ART at our organisation - and that in an environment of 40,000 employees who had previously worked in a strongly phase-oriented way."

★★★★★

S. R., Project Manager, BOSCH
"Gerd Wessling and his team provided excellent technical and change management support for the global roll-out of our CRM system over several years. Thank you for that!"

★★★★★

K. W., Head of Change Management, DMG Mori

Gerd Wessling

Scagilize Founder & Principal (Agile/Hybrid) Coach, Consultant and Trainer

Experience

Education & Certificates

Our Current Scagilize Team

Gerd Wessling

Anja Wickert

George Porter

Ian Spence

Ali Sohail

Wolfgang Steffens

Gregor Schulte

Peter Klausmann

Diane Gombart

Stephanie Fischer

Jason Ng

„ ... never before have I been so intensively looked after in a training session and tailored to my needs ...“

„Two days packed with information and knowledge - and all in a very entertaining way. I liked it very much."

„It is obvious that the trainer has extensive experience in the subject matter, which enables him to convey the complex content in a clear manner. He was able to answer all questions fully at all times and put himself in the shoes of the questioners."

"Gerd succeeded in transferring his own positive and motivated attitude to the course participants right to the end. This resulted in interesting technical discussions that moved the heterogeneous team forward as a whole."

"It was an exceptional online course experience. Excellently prepared learning material and a highly professional instructor. For anyone looking to take a SAFe POPM course. I highly recommend Scagilize."

"It was impressive to see with what calmness, clarity and professional Gerd Wessling and his team successfully prepared, launched and accompanied the first SAFe ART at our organisation - and that in an environment of 40,000 employees who had previously worked in a strongly phase-oriented way."

"Gerd Wessling and his team provided excellent technical and change management support for the global roll-out of our CRM system over several years. Thank you for that!"