Ruslan Fukalov
@ruslanfukalov
I help product engineering teams deliver predictably through Scrum, Kanban, and practical Agile coaching.
What I'm looking for
I've improved Agile delivery across Andersen Lab, Karuna, LeverX, and ITOS LTD, helping distributed product teams move from busy to effective. At Andersen Lab, I scaled Agile practices across five product teams, increasing productivity by 17% and delivery effectiveness by 9%.
I stabilize delivery through structured Jira workflows, Kanban practices, healthy backlogs, and end-to-end sprint ceremonies. I've also led quarterly planning and demos, coordinated PI Planning and dependencies, and aligned stakeholders with team output.
My early career in Java development, system architecture, requirements analysis, and team leadership helps me bridge Product, Engineering, and stakeholders with a practical understanding of what done means.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
- Stabilized delivery for a new team by introducing structured Jira workflows and Kanban practices, resulting in clearer sprint visibility and reduced planning overhead;
- Facilitated end-to-end sprint ceremonies (planning, retro, refinement) for cross-functional teams, resulting in consistent on-time sprint completion;
- Ran quarterly demos at company level, aligning stakeholder visibility with t
- Improved process maturity across 4 teams by standardizing Jira usage, resulting in reduced cross-team miscommunication;
- Introduced Kanban tooling for a team previously running ad hoc, resulting in visible WIP limits and faster cycle time;
- Facilitated Quarter Planning and company-wide Quarter Demo, aligning delivery with business priorities
- Managed Agile delivery and quality gates for a development team, resulting in consistent sprint-end quality validation;
- Coached team members on Agile methodologies while managing timelines, resulting in improved delivery predictability;
- Acted as the primary stakeholder liaison, resulting in faster resolution of blockers between Product and Engineering.
- Managed Scrum ceremonies for 2 geographically distributed teams, resulting in synchronized planning across time zones;
- Owned and administered Jira and Confluence instances, resulting in a single source of truth for team documentation;
- Facilitated retrospectives and stakeholder meetings, resulting in continuous process improvement
Java Software Developer and Team Lead / Scrum Master roles across ITOS LTD, Itransition Group, IT Academy, HiEnd Systems, Bevalex, and the Border State Committee of Belarus — building the technical foundation (Java development, system architecture, requirements analysis) that underpins my ability to bridge Engineering and Agile delivery today.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Belarusian Military Academy
Bachelor, Communications and Automated Command and Control Systems
2009 - 2014
Pursued a Bachelor's degree in Communications and Automated Command and Control Systems, focusing on technical and military communications systems.
Belarusian Military Academy, Minsk
Bachelor, Communications and Automated Command and Control Systems Department
2009 - 2014
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
incomplete, Faculty of Information Technologies and Control
2012 - 2013
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
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