As a Lean-Agile Coach, Karlheinz Muenchow helps organizations in the common-sense adoption of Lean-Agile to increase effectiveness and quality, reduce cycle times, and to create an adaptive environment to innovate and lead. Working with clients worldwide, Karl provides invaluable lessons and insights to accelerate the process for learning and piloting Lean-Agile and to successfully expand Lean-Agile across the organization.

Karl’s unique approach and proficiency in scaling agility allows him to successfully coach organizations with complex systems projects that often require the coupling of agile and non-agile approaches within phase-gate governance. His hands-on approach rolling out Lean-Agile with teams in Europe, India, Brazil, and all across the US has given him a deep understanding of how companies vary in their needs and requirements for implementing Lean-Agile. Karl is founder and President of XoJom Corporation, a boutique Lean-Agile training and coaching company based in the Atlanta,GA area.

Karl’s pragmatic and hands-on Lean-Agile approach is rooted in over 15 years as systems and product development engineer and manager. He created innovative products such as automation systems, analyzers, network access systems, industrial systems, wireless devices, and distributed data management systems for a variety of fields including medical, industrial, energy, and telecommunications. Industry leaders such as Cellnet+Hunt, Microsoft-Danger, GE, Larscom, L+G, Nokia, McKesson, Panasonic, Pliant, PMC-Sierra, Pulscom, TapRoot Systems, Telesys Technologies, and W&G have benefited from his expertise.

Above all, Karl is passionate about bringing Lean-Agile to complex project and program management and to spreading the message of agility and flexibility through educational programs. Besides holding a Dipl.-Ing (FH) Diploma Engineering Degree from the University of Reutlingen, Germany, Karl is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and Project Management Professional (PMP®). He belongs to the Agile Alliance, Scrum Alliance, Project Management Institute (PMI®), and the Association of German Engineers (VDI®), and actively contributes to the advancement of Lean-Agile on a global basis.

XoJom Corporation is Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider (PMI R.E.P®).