Axel Chowanietz

COMPASSIONATE COACH,
SKILLED TRAINER &
EXPERIENCED CONSULTANT

Axel started his journey as a technology pioneer in the telecommunication industry creating synergy from traditional and new media before setting up his own independent business. During the past more than 10 years he was and still is constantly reflecting on his work to continuously improve deliverying value to his clients.

While consulting a former amazon vice president on internet and elearning businesses in asia and being responsible as the head of development for reporting directly to the chair of the board, he quickly realized that the culture and structure of an organisation have a significant impact on knowledge creation and the ability to deliver valuable products.

Since then Axel's primary focus shifted towards creating collaborative environments and working on global optimization.

After being a co-supervisior and examiner at the University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics (HTW Berlin) for the study course International Media and Computing in the subject "Collaborative tools for SME", he and one of the students spon off a collaboration platform on the Internet becoming one of the top 10.000 most reached websites worldwide.

In the recent years Axel was working with one of the largest german government agencies supporting them with consulting, training and coaching towards an agile organisation.

Besides various certifications in surrounding fields, Axel has been a delegate at the KnowTech the first Wikimania and the first European Scrum Coaching Retreat.

His experience is underpinned by holding a British B.Sc.(hons) in Computing from the University of Central Lancashire, a German Diplom(Dipl. Inf.) in Computer Science from the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen and he will soon become an accredited coach with a Post Graduate Degree in Personal and Business Coaching from Chester University(UK).

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SCRUM MASTER
COACHING & TRAINING

Servant leader and responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted. Scrum Masters do this by ensuring that the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules.

PRODUCT OWNER
COACHING & TRAINING

Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

AGILE COACH
COACHING & TRAINING

Needs to serve as an advisor to leaders and organizations, facilitate diverse stakeholder discussions, lead by example, and challenge the status quo.

AGILE HEALTHCHECK
CONSULTING

Is agile lived more agile, more fragile or even as a Scrumfall? What is working and what might just look like working? Is there any room for improvements?

SCALING AGILE
COACHING & TRAINING

Scaling is not possible without addressing the appropriate levels in an organization. Most common scaling frameworks: Nexus, SAFe and LeSS.

INNOVATION & VISION
COACHING

Crucial for most businesses is creating innovative products and developing a product vision bear from your stakeholders and the entire team.

AGILE TRANSFORMATION
COACHING & CONSULTING

Transformation is a complex subject with a deep impact on a project or even on an entire organisation. Unfortunately, there is not one single recipe.

LEAN STARTUP
COACHING & CONSULTING

An approach for developing products in a very uncertain market environment. It defines 5 principles which help entrepreneurs to be less wasteful but do things that are big.

CERTIFICATES

Certified Scrum Professional

Certified Scrum Professionals have demonstrated experience, documented training, and proven knowledge in the art of Scrum. CSPs challenge their Scrum teams to improve the way Scrum and other Agile methods are implemented for every project. (Source: ScrumAlliance)

Certified LeSS Practitioner

The Certified LeSS Practioner course is an in-depth course covering the LeSS principles, framework and rules, and guides. It provides essential information for adopting and improving LeSS to your product development group. The course contains an overview of LeSS, stories on LeSS adoptions, exercises and extensive LeSS Q&A to ensure we discuss the topics most of interest to the participants. (Source: lees.works)

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Certified Scrum Product Owner® professionals have been taught the Scrum terminology, practices, and principles that enable them to fulfill the role of Product Owner in a Scrum team. CSPOs are typically the individuals who are the closest to the "business side" of the project. (Source: ScrumAlliance)

Certified Scrum Master

A Certified ScrumMaster® helps project teams to properly use Scrum, increasing the likelyhood of the project's overall success. CSMs understand Scrum values, practices, applications and provide a level of knowledge and expertise above and beyond that of typical project managers. (Source: ScrumAlliance)

Certified Agile Leader

A Certified Agile Leader(CAL®) has the competency and maturity as a leader to increase effectiveness in fast changing environments. CALs operate effectively amid uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. (Source: ScrumAlliance)

Prince2 Practitioner

PRINCE2® (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a process-based approach for project management providing an easily tailored and scalable method for the management of all types of projects. The method is the de-facto standard for project management in the UK and is practiced worldwide. (Source: APMG)

ITILv3 Foundation

ITIL® is the only consistent and comprehensive documentation of best practice for IT Service Management. Used by many hundreds of organizations around the world, a whole ITIL philosophy has grown up around the guidance contained within the ITIL books and the supporting professional qualification scheme. (Source: APMG)

COBIT5 Foundation

COBIT 5® is the latest edition of ISACA's globally accepted framework. It provides an end-to-end business view of the governance of enterprise IT, reflecting the central role of information and technology in creating value for enterprises of all sizes. (Source: APMG)

Auditor in Information Security Management Systems ISO/IEC 27000

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COMPASSIONATE COACH,
SKILLED TRAINER &
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INSPIRING VIDEOS

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Coaching

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Consulting

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