Seema Sewpersadh

Agile Consultant

Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2)

English

Seema Sewpersadh

Agile Consultant

Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2)

English

About

As an Agile Consultant, Coach and Trainer, I have dedicated my career of over 24 years to transforming the way businesses operates by embracing agility and innovation. My journey in this dynamic field has been driven by a passion for empowering teams to deliver excellence through adaptive methodologies. I specialise in guiding organisations to harness the full potential of Agile frameworks, tailoring each approach to meet the unique needs of the organisation. With a deep understanding of the intricate dynamics of team collaboration and Agility, I am highly skilled in implementing Agile, Scrum, Kanban and leading Agile adoption, change and culture transformations. My approach is rooted in fostering a culture of continuous improvement, where transparency and open communication pave the way for success. Seema has successfully implemented and helped organisations in South Africa and across Africa transition to Agile. She is passionate about Agile, Excellence and Innovation. Seema has extensive experience in Agile frameworks and methodologies (Agile Lean, SAFe, Kanban, Scrum, DevOps), Agile Coaching and Training, Portfolio Management, Organisational Change, Service Level Management, Contract and Vendor Management, Negotiating and mapping of Vendor services, ITIL and ITSM. I offer a range of services, from Agile Coaching, Training and facilitating engaging workshops that promote Agile best practices to providing hands-on coaching in real-world scenarios. What sets me apart is my commitment to not just implementing Agile processes, but nurturing an environment where Innovation, creativity and efficiency thrive. Clients and collaborators often describe me as an inspiring leader who is as approachable as I am knowledgeable, always striving to bring out the best in people and drive meaningful change within organizations.

Key Skills

Experience

Agile Consultant | Self-employed

May 2023 - Present

Independently consulting

Agile Consultant / Director | Adzone consulting

Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

South Africa • Responsible for the development of the company's business strategy and execution. • Created the Personal Mastery Programme for Agile Culture transformation for implementation in Agile Organizations. • Headed the Agile Culture and Transformation programme. • Provided Organizational, Executive and team Agile Coaching, Consulting, and Training. Nedbank

Agile Consultant and Coach | Nedbank

Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

Sandton, South Africa Created the strategy, implemented and operationalized the Agile Centre of Excellence ( CoE ) • Created and operationalized the Agile Transformation through Transforming, Training, Coaching and Leading Executives, teams and individuals. • Established an Agile mindset through accelerating the adoption of Agile practices. • Enabled the mastery of Agile practices and frameworks through training and coaching as well as establishing the Agile Centre of Excellence for Agile support across Nedbank Insurance. • Created the Transformation Roadmap. • Aligned the development of the Agile Transformation Roadmap with business, clients (internal and external) and technology through collaboration with leadership and teams. • Facilitated Agile Lean training. • Established and facilitated Community of Practices (CoP) for Scrum masters Product Owners. • Facilitated trainings for: Scrum Fundamentals, Kanban Fundamentals, Product Ownership training. • Facilitated trainings for: JIRA and Confluence • Trained DevOps teams on Agile Lean, Jira and Confluence. • Coached DevOps, Scrum and Kanban teams • Established knowledge sharing sessions. • Supported leadership to enable a relentless improvement culture. • Created monthly leadership Insights sharing sessions and facilitated leadership stand-ups.

Senior Agile Consultant | AdCorp / Nedbank

Jan 2018 - Mar 2021

Sandton, South Africa Agile Consulting , Agile Training, Executive and team coaching, Creating high performing teams and Mastery of Agile practices. • Agile Transformation Roadmap • Agile Lean training • Product Ownership training • Scrum Fundamentals training • Kanban Fundamentals Training • JIRA and Confluence Atlassian tools Training • Change and Culture Transformation Training • Agile Master Classes • Creating Community of Practices • Coaching DevOps, Scrum and SAFe teams Standard Bank Group

Agile Trainer and Coach | Standard Bank Of South Africa

Feb 2018 - Jul 2020

Sandton, South Africa Created the strategy and operationalized the Lean Portfolio Office Agile Training Academy. • Created Agile Lean, Scrum and Kanban fundamentals and Product Ownership training • Created Jira and confluence training. • Created and Facilitated Agile Master Classes for the organization • Developed and enabled Digital Talent through Agile Training, Coaching and Mentoring in the organization. • Trained Agile Coaches to standardize Agile methods implemented by teams • Trained Scrum masters and Product Owners to enable mastery of Agile practices in Organization. • Coached and on the job training for Scrum masters and Product Owners to enabled mastery of Agile practices specific to their roles • Trained DevOps teams on Agile Lean, Jira and Confluence. • Facilitated trainings for: Scrum Fundamentals, Kanban Fundamentals and Product Ownership training for the organization to support the transition to Agile as well as Mastery of Agile practices in organization. • Coaching DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe teams • Created and Facilitated Agile Master Classes for the organization. • Facilitated trainings for: JIRA and Confluence for the organization. • Facilitated trainings for Culture Transformation.

Agile Coach | Standard Bank Of South Africa

Feb 2016 - Jan 2018

Johannesburg Area, South Africa Provided strategic direction and support on Agile and SAFe as well as the Traditional waterfall project delivery for Standard Bank South Africa and Standard bank across the African Continent by “shaping and driving key levers in the organization. • Trained, coached and mentored PMO Heads of Africa Countries on Agile. • Implemented and transitioned Africa country PMO’s to Agile Portfolio Offices (APO) to support the Agile ways of work in Standard Bank South Africa • Managed the adoption and implementation of Agile in South Africa and Africa regions • Trained and Facilitated Agile Courses in South Africa and Africa Countries. • Facilitated Jira and confluence training in South Africa and Africa Countries. • Facilitated culture training. • Bridged the Gaps between South Africa and Africa Countries engagements and deployments by creating the Automated Africa Integrated Deployment Plan • Created Agile resource Capability across Africa countries (Country Travels, transfer of Agile capability and Establishing in Country Relationships). • Prioritized and planned backlogs/demand pipelines and product roadmaps • Supported PI Planning and I&A for SAFe • Coached and on the job training for Scrum masters and Product Owners to

Agile Coach | Standard Bank Of South Africa

Apr 2015 - Jan 2016

Johannesburg Area, South Africa Managed and Supported Thought Worx a Vendor to implement Agile and Scrum across the SAP Core Banking Transformation Programmes • Facilitated Agile lean trainings across the Programmes • Managed Agile and Scrum adoption across teams • Facilitated Scrum master coaching to enable role mastery across teams - Co-ordinating scrum of scrums, brown bag training / masterclasses, working with product owners to prioritize backlog etc. • Training and Facilitation of Culture Transformation Programmes • Training and Facilitating Continuous Improvement ( Continuum Model ) Assessments for Scrum teams • Created Programme SteerCo and Exco Reports on Agile Transition and Adoption • Facilitated SharePoint training and created SharePoint Knowledge Champions