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SPEAKERS for the 16th Annual GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM event (2024)
JEFF SUTHERLAND
Dr. Jeff Sutherland is an individual that needs no introduction, but let’s take a shot at it. Jeff is a former US Air Force “Top Gun” and the co-creator of the Scrum framework. This model, developed in 1993 and formalized in 1995 with Ken Schwaber, has since been adopted by the vast majority of software development companies around the world. Jeff is a leading expert on how the framework has evolved to meet the needs of today’s business. Realizing its benefits are not limited to software development, he has adapted this strategy to several other industries including finance, healthcare, education and telecom. Scrum and Scrum@Scale are now widely adopted and create hyper-productive development teams. As founder and Chairman of Scrum Inc., creator of Scrum@Scale, Senior Advisor and Agile Coach to OpenView Venture Partners, Jeff trains executives and shares agile best practices with organizations around the globe.
DAVID WEST
DAVE WEST is the CEO of Scrum.org. He is a frequent keynote speaker and is a widely published author of articles. He also is the co-author of two books, The Nexus Framework For Scaling Scrum and Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. He led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and then worked with Ivar Jacobson running the North American business for IJI. Then managed the software delivery practice at Forrester research where he was VP and research director. Prior to joining Scrum.org he was Chief Product Officer at Tasktop where he was responsible for product management, engineering and architecture.
DANIEL MEZICK
OPEN SPACE SPECIAL GUESTS
RYAN RIPLEY
RYAN RIPLEY is a professional Scrum trainer with Scrum.org, and has experience as a software developer, manager, director, and Scrum Master at various Fortune 500 companies in the medical device, wholesale, and financial services industries. The host of “Agile for Humans,” the top agile podcast on iTunes. He is the co-author of Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions for Common Scrum Problems.
PATRICIA KONG
PATRICIA KONG is the Product Owner of the Scrum.org enterprise solutions and is the co-developer of the Evidence-Based Management Framework for Business Agility and the Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum. She also created and launched the Scrum.org Partners in Principle Program and has led product development, product management and marketing for several early stage companies in the US and Europe. Patricia is the co-author of Unlocking Business Agility With Evidence Based Management.
YUVAL YERET
YUVAL YERET is a Lean, Agility and Flow Coach, SAFe Fellow and Professional Scrum Trainer with over 15 years experience helping organizations achieve business agility leveraging agile techniques such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, OKRs. Yuval has experience working with world-class companies in Technology/IT, CPG, BioTech on how to pragmatically achieve agility in complex situations – including designing and building cyber-physical or physical products or in business domains such as Marketing. Reach out to Yuval at Yeret Agility
DARRELL FERNANDES
Darrell Fernandes has an outstanding record of digital transformation, innovation and delivery. He has developed technology strategies, delivered transformational initiatives to achieve business outcomes and enabled individual business lines to self-fund market-differentiating capabilities through efficiency gains and investments. Currently, Darrell partners with multiple organizations to provide market perspective, executive insights and leadership mentoring, and the executive advisor at Scrum.org.
LEADERSHIP & DELIVERY TEAM
ANN BREA
Ann Brea is member of the Agile Boston leadership team and is teaming up with Daniel Mezick (listed below) to serve all participants by recording, sequencing and delivering the event.
She’s also a 1st degree black belt in martial arts.
JOSEPH DEANGELIS
Joseph is the Agile Boston operational leader, frequently presenting at our monthly events as well as presenting for other agile communities across the world. Joseph is the designer of the Give Thanks for Scrum event. Joseph also arranges our monthly virtual and in-person events. Joseph has been a part of the Agile Boston community for almost 20 years, and has served as operational leader for almost a decade. Currently Joseph is a technical program manager at Microsoft where he has redefined the role by infusing his technical skills and his strong agile mindset.
He’s also a serious tennis enthusiast and lifelong player of the game. But .. his kids play much, much better!
DANIEL MEZICK
Daniel is the Master of Ceremonies for the 14th Annual GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM event, teaming up with Ann Brea (listed above) to serve all participants by sequencing and delivering the event throughout the day.
DANIEL MEZICK is an expert on business agility and an author of three books on organizational change. A frequent keynote speaker at industry conferences, Daniel’s list of clients include Capital One, INTUIT, Adobe, CIGNA, Pitney Bowes, SIEMENS Healthcare, Harvard, and dozens of smaller enterprises.
His books include THE CULTURE GAME , which describes 16 specific patterns that extend Agile ideas across the organization, beyond software; the OPEN SPACE AGILITY HANDBOOK , which pioneered the Open Engagement Models concept for agile and digital transformations; and INVITING LEADERSHIP: Invitation-Based Change in the New World or Work™, which introduced the concept of Invitation-Based Change and introduced the domain of Authority Studies. INVITING LEADERSHIP published in 2018 and upon publication it reached #1 on the Amazon bestseller list in the Organizational Learning category.
Daniel’s enterprise consulting practice is built upon the core concepts found inside these books. He conducts workshops based on these books, and also offers enterprise Agile coaching, Agile training programs for teams, and management consulting. You can learn more and contact him at www.DanielMezick.com.
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