Hi, I’m
Cornelius Parkin
Agile Project Manager / Agile Coach
Centurion,GP
Summary
Agile Project Manager Lead with 7+ years experience leading large-scale digital and banking transformations. Certified SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC 6.0) and Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM). Proven track record of delivering high-value programs, coaching Agile teams, managing budgets up to ZAR 150m, and driving innovation within complex organizations. Expertise in Agile Transformation, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Jira/Confluence enablement, and Agile Project Management.
Overview
22
years of professional experience
1
Certification
2
Languages
Work History
Nedbank
Agile Project Manager
2017.09 - Current (8 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Lead the PLM team in delivering strategic, modernized assets to enable the bank in real-time, 7-day processing.
- Lead the bank in creating digital assets like their app and website across multiple business clusters during their digital transformation.
- Teach hundreds of people SAFe courses to enable Scaled Agile in the bank.
ABSA
Specialist Scrum Master
2016.04 - 2017.08 (1 education.year_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Acting as a specialized Scrum Master in the ABSA Banking mobile space in USSD and absa.co.za.
- Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
- Led the delivery of digital assets during the banks digital transformatin perdiod
A1L and Widge
Scrum Master
2015.08 - 2016.04 (8 education.months_Label)
Job overview
- Leading the development team at Widge to be more productive.
- Streamlining development processes and deadlines.
- Improve documentation and testing.
- Perform role redefinition.
- Act as a Scrum coach throughout the organization.
- Implement ticket and support procedures.
- Implement coding standardization and best practices.
- Identify areas of improvement that require creating and redefining roles, as well as making new appointments, in order to make the development team more productive, the company more profitable, and to manage risk.
Sabinet
Software Engineer & Solutions Architect /Senior Scrum Master
2010.07 - 2015.07 (5 education.years_Label)
Job overview
- Partner in the architecture, development, implementation, testing, roll-out, and maintenance of enterprise-based web systems solutions within an Agile SCRUM environment.
Integrat
Full-Stack Developer
2003.05 - 2010.06 (7 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
Job overview
- Developing digital solutions within the VAS Mobile Network space, including games, USSD applications, websites, SMS, and MMS technologies, and OBS billing solutions.
Education
UNISAPretoria, South Africa
No Degree from Business
2001.04
CTIJohannesburg, South Africa
No Degree from Computer Science
2001.04
SAFeOnline
No Degree from SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
2001.04
Skills
Agile Transformation & Coaching
Accomplishments
- 2025
- Currently acting as Agile Project Manager Lead in the Core Banking programme leading the delivery of 10 assets enabling consumption and migration within the Product Lifecycle Management stream
- Enabling 75 people on various teams across multiple assets both locally and globally on a programme to the combined value of ZAR 150m
- 2024
- Led the delivery of various assets in Nedbank’s ZAR 11.7bn Core Banking Modernization Programme, managing 20+ people within the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) stream
- Managed ZAR 60m budget across multiple Agile streams, delivering major initiatives within cost and time targets
- 2017 - 2023
- Teach SAFe courses across the bank to hundreds of people during the SAFe adoption period
- Implemented SAFe Agile practices across large digital banking teams (>65 people), improving delivery speed, collaboration, alignment and quality whilst simultaneously meeting and exceeding stakeholder expectations
- Leading the delivery of the Award-winning Nedbank Money App (Most Innovative Retail Banking App, 2020)
- Leading the delivery of the Nedbank Private Wealth App ranking from 6th to 2nd globally (Cutter Associates Benchmark, 2019)
Certification
SPC
Timeline
SPC
2022-01
Agile Project Manager
Nedbank
2017.09 - Current (8 education.years_Label & 11 education.months_Label)
Specialist Scrum Master
ABSA
2016.04 - 2017.08 (1 education.year_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
Scrum Master
A1L and Widge
2015.08 - 2016.04 (8 education.months_Label)
Software Engineer & Solutions Architect /Senior Scrum Master
Sabinet
2010.07 - 2015.07 (5 education.years_Label)
Full-Stack Developer
Integrat
2003.05 - 2010.06 (7 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
UNISA
No Degree from Business
2001.04
CTI
No Degree from Computer Science
2001.04
SAFe
No Degree from SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
2001.04