CV
Curriculum Vitae for Robert Barrow
Status: Available to start a new role from June 2023
Contact Details
| Full name | Telephone | Social | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Andrew Barrow | +44 (0) 7399 896262 | robert.barrow@agilemanifesto.co.uk |    |
Personal Profile
Experienced Agile Delivery Consultant with a SAFe SPC certification and a background in Lean Engineering and FinTech products. Skilled in designing, implementing, and optimizing Value Streams and Value-Driven Operating Models for Lean Portfolio Management in scaled Agile environments. Proven ability as an Agile Delivery Manager, building great, cross-functional, outcome-focused teams for both internal products and client engagements. Success implementing Agile Transformation at scale and overseeing Service Delivery for mission critical platforms within a highly-regulated environment.
Employment Summary
| Employer (Type) | Roles | Client Sectors | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMT Digital Limited (Digital Agency) |
Agile Delivery Consultant SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) Technical Account Lead |
Airline Charity Public Transport Retail |
4 years |
| Objectway Limited (FinTech Products) |
Agile Delivery Manager Agile Transformation Lead Product Owner Scrum Master |
Investment Management Wealth Management |
4 years |
| 3i Infotech (FinTech Services) |
Service Delivery Manager | Financial Services | 6 years |
Professional Certifications, Accreditations and Training
| Certification body | Accreditations | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Team Topologies Academy | Independent Value Streams with Domain-Driven Design | May 2023 |
| Scaled Agile Framework | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) upgrade for SAFe 6.0 Implementing SAFe Training (SPC Certification) SAFe Agilist 5.0 Certification SAFe Agilist 4.6 Certification |
May 2023 May 2022 Jan 2020 Dec 2019 |
| Scrum Alliance | Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | 2019 |
| Atlassian | ACP-100 Jira Administrator (BETA) | 2016 |
| Udemy | Docker Swarm Mastery: DevOps Style Cluster Orchestration Docker Mastery: The complete toolset from a Docker Captain |
2018 |
| Atlassian | JIRA Administration - Part 1 - Project Configuration JIRA Administration - Part 2 - User Management and Schemes Advanced JIRA Workflow Configuration ACP-100 Jira Administrator Certification Prep |
2016 |
Publications and interests
Value Based Velocity - Start tracking the value delivered by your Scrum teams (2017)- Combining Core Domain Charts (from Domain-Driven Design), Event Storming, Impact Mapping, and Independent Service Heuristics (from Team Topologies) as independent value stream identification and design techniques
- E2E Workflow and Value Stream Mapping as value stream optimisation techniques
- Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe, Nexus as delivery frameworks
- Organisational Value Models and Ecconomic Frameworks (incorporating WSJF) as prioritisation techniques
- Wardley Mapping, Kano modelling, OKRs, Impact mapping and Hypothesis statements for product roadmap development
- Objectives and Key Results for delivery measurement
- Containerisation, microservices and function-as-a-service / serverless as modern socio-technical architecture patterns
- Continuous integration, testing, delivery and deployment pipelines
- Platform Engineering / DevOps / GitOps / NoOps / NoEstimates movements
- The potential for Generative AI to contribute as a development team augmentation/collaboration tool