PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder & AI-Augmented Agile Coach
2026 - Present
Retrospective tool: Created intelligent platform suggesting targeted activities based on team dysfunction patterns (teammomentum.fr)
AIgile Manifesto creator: Pioneer at Agile × AI intersection, weekly thought leadership (18+ articles)
Measured impact: 60% reduction in facilitator prep time, transformed retrospectives from routine to engaging experiences
Full-stack development: Integrated Retromat.org framework with smart pattern detection to prevent choice paralysis
Senior Agile Coach & Transformation Leader
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL)
2016 - Dec 2025
Functional management of 15-20 agile practitioners: Led Scrum Master community, recruited and developed 15 SMs/Agile Coaches achieving 0% turnover over 3-year period
Scrum Master for 10-person team: Direct facilitation delivering measurable velocity improvements
Stakeholder coordination: Managed 30+ business/IT stakeholders across transformation initiatives
Scaled agile adoption: Coached 110+ collaborators (89 IT + 21 Business) from 9 to 16 autonomous agile teams
Executive advisory: Monthly COMEX reporting (N-1 C-level), challenged and contributed to transformation roadmaps
Measured results: 15% incident reduction, 25% velocity improvement, facilitated 200+ retrospectives with consistently high satisfaction scores
Agile Coach & Digital Project Manager
Financière Média
2014 - 2016
Functional management of 12-person distributed team: Coordinated dev (Luxembourg) + business across 5 countries (France, Brazil, Italy, USA)
Product ownership: Managed backlog with direct CEO interface, prioritized features across 3 geographic business units, participated in pricing and roadmap decisions
Multi-country alignment: Facilitated prioritization sessions with 3 CEOs to define macro priorities, established coordination frameworks across time zones
Revenue growth: Contributed to €1M increase (€12M→€14M) through time-to-market improvement and structured Trello-based workflow replacing email chaos
CTO & Senior Agile Coach
Kidoria (Startup)
2011 - 2014
Built and managed 7-person team from scratch: Recruited 4 developers, 2 designers, 1 marketing specialist with full technical autonomy
MVP to market in 12 months: Designed secure digital vault (Symfony PHP 5), launched freemium model acquiring 50+ early adopters
Strategic partnerships: Negotiated with Luxembourg tech leaders (Actimage, EBRC), co-led go-to-market and pricing decisions
Market visibility: Showcased innovation at ICT Spring 2013 and KidExpo, gathered critical insights on market timing and customer willingness-to-pay
Scrum Master & R&D Engineer
Public Research Center Henri Tudor
2006 - 2011
Led 6-person R&D team: Evolved from developer to Scrum Master with functional management, coached 150+ professionals on XP/Scrum over 5 years
Master's level education: Trained 100+ students annually on agile methodologies, delivered 10+ internal training sessions
Product innovation: Led Luxembourg's first iPhone app "Toolinnove" (6-person team, iPhone 3 era), pioneering mobile project management based on Qualinnove methodology
Research & community: Co-authored HCI publication (IHM 2008), co-founded FLUPA Luxembourg (Computer Ergonomics Association, Sept 2008), presented at Kiwi Party 2011
Site Manager & Technical Lead
Alten
2004 - 2006
Scaled consultant pool from 2 to 12: Grew France Telecom R&D site from 2-week mission to 2.5-year strategic partnership with hierarchical management responsibilities
Technical evolution: Progressed from C++/Qt developer to Technical Lead on "Odimat" application, introduced user-centered development practices
Consultant mentoring: Onboarded new consultants, conducted 1-on-1s with performance evaluations (with commercial manager), resolved staffing challenges
Process innovation: Pioneered iterative business-centric approach (pre-agile), identified waterfall limitations laying foundation for future agile advocacy
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist - Scaled Agile, Inc. - Credential ID: 80841485-6885 June 2025 – June 2026 → Verify
Professional Coach - ICN Business School & House of training. January 2021
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) - Scrum.org. - Credential ID: 1051968 December 2023 → Verify
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
💡 Articles & Thought Leadership
🔗 Agile coaching articles (18+) + 20 recommendations: linkedin.com/in/salimgomri
🚀 Personal Projects
Advent of Agile (2018-2023) - Creator of the concept, calendar featuring 30 recognized agilists, collaboration with Arie van Bennekum
Algile Manifesto (2024) - Creator of manifesto bridging Agile and AI practices → aigile.lu
Product Manager Mentor (2020) - Openclassroom, 13 graduates achieved, 2 in progress
Papa, on y va ! (2025) - Writing an autobiographical novel about fatherhood and family challenges → onyvasaga.fr
Rewind by poyv (2025) - Original music album, available on all streaming platforms → onyvasaga.fr
Innovation Focus
- ●Agile coaching methodology innovation
- ●Using generative AI for retrospective facilitation → teammomentum.fr
- ●International agile expert exchanges (Jimmy Janlen)
- ●Exploring Agile with emerging technologies