Sergio Caldarelli

CURRICULUM VITAE Sergio Caldarelli Calle El Jabato 10, 28521 Rivas-Vaciamadrid Spain. --Sergio Caldarelli | LinkedIn Personal profile: Senior Project-Program Manager / Agile Delivery Manager & Agile Coach / Transformation Manager Senior Program manager and Release Manager in Telecommunication business. As well Change & Transformation Manager in processes optimization/VSM as well Lean improvement programs. Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineer and Telecommunication with over 28 years of experience managing complex developments and customer projects (80-100 people size). A leader in Agile transformation, Agile Coach and expert in delivering solutions. Solid expertise in database design, systems integration and continuous improvement, managing implementation of Dev Ops, CI/CD&D in development programs. Proven ability to manage global teams as global Portfolio Manager handling up to over than 20 teams in three different telecom products. Technical Skills Project & Program Mgt, Agile (scaling with SAFe & NEXUS), Waterfall, Kanban, SCRUM (JIRA&Confluence), team & people management, Stakeholder Mgt, Risk Mgt, Quality Assurance. KPI and OKR handling, Program Leadership, Design Thinking, Team Leadership. MS Suite, SAP & ERP, Data Modelling, ORP Tool (e.g. Dashboard Overview, Resource Management, Network planning and optimization), Cybersecurity, ITIL4 Foundation, SAFE and PSM. Soft Skills Resilience, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Flexibility, Goal Orientation, Decision Making, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Handle Uncertainties, Integrity, Transparency, Flexibility and Empathy. “I am highly motivated to take on new challenges and opportunities. I am result-oriented, possess strong negotiation skills, a high degree of resilience, and always prioritize the needs of clients”. Solution-Oriented Mindset; Constructive Communication, Adaptability and Resilience; Visionary Thinking; Driving Innovation; Improving Team Morale; Building Trust with Stakeholders Main Education 1992: Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, Graduate at La Sapienza Rome University Languages Italian, mother tongue Spanish, mother tongue English: fluent professional Experiences 2016 - 2024-09 Senior Program Manager/ Agile Delivery Manager in Ericsson Spain. Handling up to 10 development, infrastructure and test teams. Working with Sales, marketing, packaging and product management groups. Reporting to R&D Board of Directors Agile Coach for all involved teams. Responsible for Transformation projects. SW Craftsmanship requirements to be fulfilled: releases form 1 year to 1 month, CI/CD and Dev Ops implementation. Test automation changes and improvements. Responsible of full Middle Ware architectural changes, moving to a Common Base Architecture as main objective once started the program - Kanban used in release to handle Product BL requirements; JIRA main tool used - SCRUM as Agile FW within Teams As well responsible during 2 years from 2020 to 2022 of Design Maintenance and Product Line Maintenance, with 24/7 team support team, following ITIL service management process & practice. 2010-09 - 2016-11 Portfolio Manager (Ericsson Spain): Responsible to organize control and handle the full design portfolio activities of 3 telecommunication Products around 20 teams (150 people). Reporting to Product Development Unit Management Team Main Responsibility to choose best teams to start new assignment based on Product Back Log, team capability and competences 2006-07 - 2010-08 Project Manager (Ericsson Spain): Develop and implement 4G Data Base product within Core Network. Responsible of all Water fall phase in the project. Early Phase, Development, Release and customer delivery and support 2002-01 - 2006-06 Project Office Manager in R&D Madrid Spain (PMO Manager), (Ericsson Spain): Handling Project office with around 10 people. Provisioning, Project Steering and budget/rolling forecast accountability. Change management roles inside organization. Main product handled in R&D Organization HLR 3G HSS-FE 4G AAA/WLAN 2000-04 - 2001-12 Total Project Manager (Ericsson Spain): UMTS Data Management as Expatriate in Spain Responsible to develop and deploy 3G UMTS Data Base in mobile Network - Customer Project Manager (Ericsson Italy): Responsible for delivery to customer new release for Telecom Italia, following acceptance tests and full Network Roll Out. Responsible of turnkey projects with final customer - Department Manager (Ericsson Italy): System Verification Responsible of a System Verification department (10 people direct reporting), System, Tester, System Test Leaders, Trouble Shooting and Test Configuration Management roles. Mainly working to test all Residential Se4rvices in Telecommunication Network - Customer Project Manager (Ericsson Italy): Delivering new releases and executing Acceptance Test and Network Roll Out deployment. Working with WBS in SAP & ERP. Reporting to Operational Steering Group of Core Network organization - Consulting Engineering (Agrind), handling European Grant, agriculture digitalization COURSES • ITIL 4 Foundations Jan. 2025 • Cybersecurity Course Jan, Feb 2025 • Professional Scrum Master I & II (Scrum.org) – Dec 2024 • Scaled Agile (Leading SAFe) – 2018 • Presentation Skills – California System SL, 2011 • SCRUM Overview – Internal course, Ericsson, 2011 • I&V Automation Seminar – Internal course, Ericsson, 2008 • Layer Architecture HLR – Internal course, Ericsson, 2007 • Conflict Handling – Quality and People, 2007 • Our Ways of Leading – Internal course, Ericsson, 2006 • Spanish Teamwork – Internal course, Ericsson, 2006 • Advanced Excel 2000 – Sogeti España, 2005 • Basic Excel 2000 – Sogeti España, 2005 • PROPS-C WS – Greenlight, 2005 • Finance Introduction – GEIS Consultores, 2003 • ABC Communication Seminar – Internal course, Ericsson, 2003 • Situational Leadership – 2000 • Ericsson Leadership Core Curriculum – 1999/2000