About

Stefan Küffer

Stefan is a passionate global traveler, outdoor enthusiast and experienced IT manager. After several years in management positions in the finance industry he decided to slightly shift focus in favor of tourist and outdoor adventures effectively combined with IT leadership and delivery activities via interims and part-time mandates with a strong focus to accelerate lean-agile transformations.

Education

  • Executive MBA in International Supply Chain Management ETH
  • Eidg. Dipl. Wirtschaftsinformatiker / Master in Business IT
  • Dipl. Informatik-Ingenieur HTL / Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Expertise

  • 30+ years’ experience in Software, Systems and Product Development in Manufacturing, Logistics, Healthcare and large Financial Institutes as Program and Line manager with organizations in up to 4 global regions
  • Conference speaker, excellent communication skills on C-Level, able to quickly integrate into a new culture

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A selection of recently delivered services

  • Program Manager Product Steering & Portfolio Management
  • Program Manager Architecture Transformation
  • Principal Process Engineer Applied SAFe
  • Scaled Agile Coach Securities Operations
  • Former Conference Board Member for the successful launch of the International Product Management Festival and the Swiss Agile Leadership Day

Competencies

  • Leadership: Scaled Agility, Lean Portfolio Management, Agile Product & Program Management, Backlog Refinement, Bi-Modal IT, Alignment & Managed Dependencies, Lean-Agile Leadership
  • Concepts & Methods: SAFe – Scaled Agile Framework, Product Development Flow, Lean Innovation, Beyond Budgeting, Value Stream Mapping, Adaptive Organization, Performance & Compensation Management, Agile to Regulatory Compliance, Scrum, Kanban
  • Facilitation: SAFe Business Agility Assessment, SAFe Executive Workshop, SAFe LPM / Value Stream Workshop, SAFe PI Planning, Retrospectives & Agility Health Radars, Agile Human Resources