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We help organizations and individuals improve productivity, quality, and collaboration on their teams. Our training sparks change by engaging team members to transform the way they work, and giving them the tools needed to make that transformation stick. Watch the video above to learn more about how we do this.
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For over twenty years I've been building high-performing software development teams and organizations through the use of agile and Scrum. I've worked with startups and some of the largest organizations in the world.
My in-person training, coaching, and online video courses work together to give you everything you need to deliver the right product on time every time.
Whether you're introducing agile or Scrum to your organization or want to make good teams great, we can help you succeed with agile.
Mountain Goat has handpicked instructors that share our training values. These are people with deep experience, who are leading teams with agile today and can give you real-world answers about what does and doesn’t work.
With 20+ years of agile training experience, Mike has honed a talent for explaining agile concepts with clear illustrations and real-life examples. Participants enjoy his passion for teaching the agile methodologies in a relatable and digestible way.
Read more...Mike is CEO of Mountain Goat Software, and one of the industry’s most well-respected Certified Scrum Trainers. He is the author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. He is a co-founder and former board member of the Scrum Alliance, and a co-founder of the non-profit Agile Alliance, home of the Agile Manifesto.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, A-CSM, CSP-SM, CSP-PO
Brian is the Senior Vice President of Training and Coaching with Mountain Goat Software and is a Certified Scrum Trainer. Starting out as a developer, Brian worked up through management layers, then transitioned to Scrum Master and then Coach. His practical experience in both waterfall and agile organizations helps him clarify what works and what doesn’t, plus he has many years’ experience helping teams transition to agile.
Read more...Brian also brings more than 20 years of software development experience to his classes. People remark on his ability to answer even tough questions with ease, enthusiasm, and insight.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CAL-Educator, CAL-1, A-CSM, A-CSPO, CSP-CM, CSP-PO, Path to CSP Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
Lucy has been a developer, Product Owner and Scrum Master in many scrum teams during her 28 years of IT experience. This brings a valuable perspective to the Teaching Assistant role as she helps students have a great training experience.
Read more...“I just love it when I see the light bulb go off during a class and know that the student really gets it.”
Lucy also brings a rich travel experience to her role. She is originally from Brazil, lived in Italy during high school and then came to the US for college—where she lived in the same dorm as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson! These days she resides in Charlotte, NC with her two wonderful dogs Chloe and Ollie.
Since apprenticing with Ken Schwaber and being designated a Certified Scrum Trainer in 2004, Kert has been at the forefront of Agile training and transformation for a wide range of organizations, including Rockwell Collins, Mission Health, Capital One, and Fidelity Investments.
Read more...Kert began his career as a Software Engineer in NASA’s Space Shuttle program, affording him first-hand experience in the daily challenges faced by testers, engineers, and other creatives seeking to deliver value in the face of rapid change.
Since becoming an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) in 2018, Kert has guided hundreds of individuals and teams in achieving breakthrough performance gains with their products and for their customers.
Kert holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He lives with his family in the beautiful Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta. In his time away from work, Kert enjoys hiking, playing mandolin and teaching tai chi.
Julie believes that Lean and agile practices are packed with potential—to enable positive culture change, business agility, and breakthrough results. Julie has helped organizations of all sizes in various industries successfully execute Lean and agile transformations. Julie brings personal, real-world experience to every training and coaching engagement, working with people at all levels—executive, program, and team—to adopt and roll out realistic agile strategies organization-wide.
Read more...Julie has a pragmatic approach, strong collaboration skills, and smart sense of humor. She is experienced in coaching teams and organizations through the challenging transition from waterfall to agile practices.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CAL-1, A-CSM, CSP-SM, Path to CSP Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
Mitch Lacey is an agile practitioner and trainer and the author of the popular book, The Scrum Field Guide: Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond. Mitch has been an agile practitioner since 2006, and has more than 20 years of experience managing projects. He has worked with Microsoft, Oracle, Bio-Rad, Costco, DemonWare, Morningstar, SAP, and more.
Read more...He has presented at conferences including the Agile Alliance Agile conferences, the Better Software Conference and the SQE Agile Development Practices conferences. He has managed tracks for the Agile conference since 2008 and was the conference chair for Agile2012 and Agile2014.
Mitch is pragmatic, energetic, and encourages people to see what’s possible when moving to agile.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, Scrum Foundations Educator
Scott Dunn has more than 20 years of experience in management, project management (PMP), engagement management, and software development (MCSD). He’s worked in a variety of areas and industries from social media to mortgage banking, healthcare, defense, e-commerce, plus state and local government sectors.
Read more...He has helped coach and train at dozens of companies transitioning to an agile approach using Scrum. Clients have included EMC/Dell Technologies, Yahoo!, LaserFiche, Kaiser Permanente, Rovi/Tivo, eBay, and GE Healthcare.
Scott is passionate about strengths-based teams and solutions-based approaches to people and organizational issues. He is an enthusiastic and encouraging trainer.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSD, CSPO, CEC, Educator-CAL, CAL-1, CAL, A-CSM, A-CSD, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSP-D, Path to CSP Educator, CSD Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
As a Certified Scrum Trainer, Lance has trained and coached teams through many successful Scrum implementations since 2011, from Fortune 20 companies to small start-ups. Lance is also experienced in showing agile coaches and managers how to help cross functional, self-organizing teams deliver high value for customers as early as possible by using Scrum.
Read more...Lance is a true evangelist for Scrum, having founded the successful DFW Scrum User Group in Dallas as an outlet for professional networking and a community sounding-board for Scrum. He has a fun and generous personality, and shares his passion for Scrum in every course.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, CAL-1, A-CSM, A-CSPO, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, Path to CSP Educator, Scrum Foundations Educator.
Team Home is a collaboration platform that we designed for our courses. It is optimized for live, online training. Participants benefit by collaborating in ways beyond what is possible with generic whiteboard software such as Mural or Miro. Instructors can observe activity across all rooms, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of exercise debriefs.
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Drew GrubbThere are a ton of articles and videos on-line on the subject of Scrum (many of them written by Mike Cohn and the team at Mountain Goat) and this course does a great job of distilling the lake of information into a manageable and consumable course. Mike Cohn and the other instructors are invested in the success of Scrum at your organization and how much they care really shines through. I have several years of experience working in a Scrum environment and I highly recommend this course for anyone looking to learn new ways to really take their team to the next level.
Zhanna LGot a recommendation from a colleague to enroll and was very surprised in the beginning as the pre-course 4 hours videos were so in-depth I couldn't understand what are we going to do on the course! :D But then thorough team exercises, ability to chat with Lance and have coaching on real life cases we face - made it all make sense! Incredible, recommended to my other colleagues
Robert DMountain Goat is always the first place I go when looking for information on Agile processes and ideas. The classes are excellent and help build a strong foundation for people to understand Agile processes and techniques.
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