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Denis Salnikov
LeSS coach, Agile coach, ICAgile certified trainer, ex-N26, ex-PandaDoc, Agile coach at Yassir
Denis specializes in supporting organizational changes aimed at increasing organizational agility, shortening the product hypothesis validation cycle, and enhancing the level of engagement and self-organization within development teams in product companies and startups.
In his work, Denis draws on extensive experience with the Scrum framework, Systems Thinking, Objectives & Key Results (OKR), various approaches to scaling product development (LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Nexus), combined with elements of the Kanban method, engineering practices, DevOps, Lean approaches (Lean Startup, Lean Manufacturing), and Management 3.0 practices.
Denis’s main goal is to help organizations and development teams build an effective product delivery process with the proper level of quality by fostering a culture of experimentation and creating an atmosphere of engagement between the business and engineers.
Telegram / Instagram / denis@agileexpat.com
In his work, Denis draws on extensive experience with the Scrum framework, Systems Thinking, Objectives & Key Results (OKR), various approaches to scaling product development (LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Nexus), combined with elements of the Kanban method, engineering practices, DevOps, Lean approaches (Lean Startup, Lean Manufacturing), and Management 3.0 practices.
Denis’s main goal is to help organizations and development teams build an effective product delivery process with the proper level of quality by fostering a culture of experimentation and creating an atmosphere of engagement between the business and engineers.
Telegram / Instagram / denis@agileexpat.com
About the Coach
Denis has been working in IT since 2014. He gained his first experience applying the Scrum framework and elements of the Kanban method in 2015 while developing a cross-platform product (Web, iOS/Android) with two teams.
From 2016 to 2018, he led and supported organizational change at the fintech company Exness (Limassol, Cyprus). As a Scrum Master, he facilitated the launch of two pilot Scrum teams and the shift toward a product-oriented development approach. Following the success of the pilot, the company’s R&D department was transformed from functional units into 12 cross-functional teams working with Scrum, incorporating elements of the LeSS framework and Kanban.
From 2018 to 2020, Denis supported organizational change and optimized the performance of cross-platform product teams using Scrum, Kanban, and LeSS at several fintech startups in Berlin, Germany. These included Europe’s fastest-growing mobile bank, N26, and the open banking platform developer finleap connect.
Since 2018, he has been guiding organizational transformations in product startups and companies. His clients include the Russian branch of OTP Bank (Hungary), the U.S.-based unicorn startup PandaDoc, Dutch fintech startup Backbase, and others.
In 2022, Denis relocated to Kraków, Poland, and joined the training team at Co-Actors.
He is a speaker at Russian and European conferences and a guest on podcasts about product development.
From 2016 to 2018, he led and supported organizational change at the fintech company Exness (Limassol, Cyprus). As a Scrum Master, he facilitated the launch of two pilot Scrum teams and the shift toward a product-oriented development approach. Following the success of the pilot, the company’s R&D department was transformed from functional units into 12 cross-functional teams working with Scrum, incorporating elements of the LeSS framework and Kanban.
From 2018 to 2020, Denis supported organizational change and optimized the performance of cross-platform product teams using Scrum, Kanban, and LeSS at several fintech startups in Berlin, Germany. These included Europe’s fastest-growing mobile bank, N26, and the open banking platform developer finleap connect.
Since 2018, he has been guiding organizational transformations in product startups and companies. His clients include the Russian branch of OTP Bank (Hungary), the U.S.-based unicorn startup PandaDoc, Dutch fintech startup Backbase, and others.
In 2022, Denis relocated to Kraków, Poland, and joined the training team at Co-Actors.
He is a speaker at Russian and European conferences and a guest on podcasts about product development.
Solutions
Consulting
- Audit of processes and maturity levels within teams, departments, or the entire company
- Design and support of organizational change initiatives
- Implementation of OKR (Objectives and Key Results) goal-setting
- Coaching and support for product development teams
- One-on-one consultations tailored to specific requests
- Support in building an internal Agile center of excellence (requirements development, interview participation, mentoring, and ongoing support)
- Team workshops and sessions
- Strategic planning sessions
- Workshops for defining company values and other team agreements
- Team launches using Scrum or Kanban
- Facilitating team agreements (Definition of Done, Working Agreements, etc.)
- Introductory training on Agile and Scrum
- OKR implementation training for companies
- Agile Facilitation training (ICP–Agile Team Facilitation)
- Training on the basics of Systems Thinking
- Introduction to the LeSS framework (Large-Scale Scrum)
- Advanced training for Scrum Masters
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