Xavier Chevalier has 27 years of experience in leading software development teams in the automotive industry. After joining Valeo in 1999, he was responsible for the Software Department for 11 years. After an experience of Program Manager, he worked as Group Software Standard Leader in charge to standardise software processes for the group and he was building and leading the Valeo Agile Network, becoming the first Valeo's key agile expert. He is giving Agile training for all company levels, doing coaching of teams, and Scrum Master of Lean Agile Center of Excellence and he is SPC certified. Since 2021, he has been working to expand the deployment of agile to all engineering disciplines and since 2022, as the R&D Efficiency Manager, he has been working to implement agile holistically within the company.
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I have personally contributed directly to building automotive products for years and years, but today my desire is to lead the company's culture change towards agility, why? Because I see great long-term benefits at all levels, both in terms of people and in terms of business and financial results. I personally believe in the power of collective intelligence and I love interaction and communication between people. I am therefore a personal believer in the first value of the manifesto. Every day I can observe how people communicate and evolve and this is what motivates me in my work.
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