CEO

“The future is not fixed. Don’t live in scarcity—live in abundance. The possibilities are limitless.”

As CEO of Scrum Inc, JJ is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. He is the author of The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results and Defining the Future, and the co-author of Best Seller, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.

A  Scrum Inc. Trainer and leading expert in Enterprise Agility, JJ works with companies around the world to help them adapt to change, accelerate value delivery, reduce waste, and increase profit.

Before joining Scrum Inc., JJ was an award-winning Correspondent and Producer with NPR.

Chief Product Owner, Agile Transformation

“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.” – Winston Churchill

Matt Jacobs is the Chief Product Owner of the transformation business and is dedicated to helping your organization improve and change to deliver greater value faster. At Scrum Inc, Matt works with the team to design Agile transformations that are sustainable deliver their business objectives and that are sustainable for the longterm.

Matt has had a long history of working with companies to evolve, change, and reposition the way they work. Prior to joining Scrum Inc., Matt spent 8 years consulting on Mergers and Acquisitions, Target Operating Model Design, and harnessing the power of AI. However, with the growing rate of change for companies, Matt has not found a better way of working than Scrum and is excited to continue adopting Scrum Inc’s transformation business and our clients.

When not working Matt is seeking other adventure and challenges mostly in the great outdoors. Matt is an avid skier, biker, and skydiver. 

Founder, Principal Consultant, and Trainer

“Scrum is an Agile method designed to add energy, focus, clarity, and transparency to project planning and implementation. While some say Scrum is not a silver bullet, it can be a heat-seeking missile to outmoded business practices.”

Jeff is the inventor and co-creator of Scrum. He is a West Point graduate, former fighter pilot, and cancer researcher, as well as, CTO of eleven different software companies. He launched the first Scrum team in 1993 and has shepherded its growth into almost every industry: finance, healthcare, higher education, and telecom. He co-authored the bestselling book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. His latest book is A Scrum Book: The Spirit of the Game.

Chief of Staff

“As Scrum of Scrums Master at Scrum Inc, Geoff helps remove organization-wide impediments to growth. He brings a decade of experience in management consulting roles ranging from strategy and operations to innovation and design.

Geoff holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and graduated summa cum laude from Colorado College with a degree in applied mathematics.”

Chief Product Owner, Training & Consulting

Patrick Roach has been with Scrum Inc. since 2013. He joined the company as the seventh employee to lead new business development. Since then Patrick has trained, coached and consulted for Scrum teams in industries ranging from energy and wine production to retail and finance. As Chief Product Owner, Patrick leads Scrum Inc.’s global Training and Consulting practice and is a servant leader for Scrum Inc.’s internal operations.

Director, Marketing and Communications

Veronica Ruiz leads our outreach and branding strategies, including our online learning resource ScrumLab, our Live Webinar Series, our Social Media channels and our Newsletter. She keeps the Scrum world up-to-date on the latest developments on Scrum.

Veronica has 10+ years of Marketing experience, with a specialty in Hispanic Marketing and in the Telecom Industry.

Trainer & Coach

Kevin mastered the art of communication during his three decades working in radio broadcasting at WGBH and Clear Channel, as talent, producer, and director. His experience as a trainer, coach, and facilitator at Harvard University helped leadership develop emotional intelligence for success and happiness; key elements of Scrum. As a Marine, Kevin learned how to respond to change. He was brought to Scrum Inc. to help organizations change the way they work and think.

Kevin is pursuing his Social Science degree at the Harvard University Extension School. Kevin is an improvising poet and thinks deeply about the space-time continuum.

Coach, Trainer, Facilitator

Dr. Tess Thompson, has an unlimited amount of passion and energy to help others navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) through consulting, teaching, and coaching for 30 years, mostly in the technology domain working as a leader in the United States and The Netherlands.

In the Netherlands is where she learned the importance of incorporating cultural intelligence on teams, which she has found beneficial everywhere, as all organizations have embraced diversity and globalization benefits.

Tess’s most challenging Scrum Team of her career, was the one she coached nights and weekends at home, which consisted of five children and some foster children. The team managed their work with one-week sprints and held a daily scrum at 7:00 AM at the breakfast table. Now, the children have all gone out to create their own Scrum Teams and Tess and her husband have filled the nest with dogs and grandchildren!

Principal Consultant

Dr. Mark Buckner has over 32 years of experience in R&D leadership, strategic planning, coordination, and execution. As a Distinguished Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he was responsible for the strategic and tactical direction of teams of innovative cross-disciplinary scientists and engineers conducting R&D in support of strategic government, commercial, and U.S. national security needs.

Team Member

Kendra found her way to Scrum via a foundation of work as a laboratory associate in genomic research. No longer a bench scientist, she now considers herself a “people scientist” helping teams discover the path towards their optimal performance, customizing experimental conditions for each unique group.

She brings to Scrum Inc. four years of experience in the Agile space, as both a software Scrum Master and an Agile coach for the research laboratory. She is excited to help Scrum Inc teach the power of Scrum to teams in biotechnology and beyond!

Trainer & Coach

Alex is a Scrum trainer and coach who was first exposed to agile software development in 2000 at Thoughtworks, where he was fortunate enough to rub elbows with multiple future authors of the Agile Manifesto. Since 2008 he has used Scrum to build software both as a lead developer and entrepreneur. He has found Scrum to be transformative on projects ranging from financial risk systems to DIY gaming platforms. Alex is a digital nomad who has traveled literally around the globe, living in nine different countries while only getting food poisoning in three.

Team Member

Megan brings a high level of enthusiasm, energy and experience to her role at Scrum, Inc. With a background in the Sandler sales method, technical documentation, DISC communication profiling and performing arts – she thrives as a Corporate Trainer. Megan excels in fast-paced environments because of her hyper organized approach to project management and timelines.

Megan is obsessed with psychology, employee culture, the teachings of Simon sinek and her Peloton. She inspires a desire for others to perform at their best using her warmth and keen sense of humor. She has proven effective in developing individuals and teams to deliver projects on time and under budget.

Director of Training & Business Development

Bruce is making a career out of his passion for creativity and problem-solving. With more than a decade of experience in customer service, account management, and business development he is eager to find the solution to how Scrum, Inc. can help you achieve twice the work in half the time.

Team Member

Jack comes to Scrum from the worlds of tech sales, economics, esports, and data analysis. His focus is on the human side of statistics: how empiricism can drive decisions that reflect deeper human ideals and make us that much better off. Jack is excited to share how Scrum can help make work more caring, honest, and useful to our customers and ourselves.

Product Owner, Transformation Services

At Scrum Inc., Mark is the Product Owner of the Transformation Services and is dedicated to ensuring that organizations undertaking a Scrum transformation have the support they need throughout the program to achieve the best results. He partners with corporate leadership to identify and design the right transformation program for their business.

Mark has spent 10+ years helping large organizations become agile. Mark began his career as a mental health counselor and advocate. After a shift into Business-IT, Mark was immediately drawn to Scrum, its values, and its ability to solve problems in society, not just in the world of business.

Finance Team Member

While studying Finance at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Anthony found an opportunity that stood out to him at Scrum, Inc. He has enjoyed helping his team succeed through the creation of new reports pertaining to finances. He is an ambitious learner and is eager to continue improving tools that will benefit those around him. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Accountancy at Bentley University. In his spare time, Anthony loves to travel and experience different cultures.

Product Owner, Scrum Inc. Training Program

Jessica has a background in logic and linguistics and has years of experience as an educator and university instructor. Her passion for empiricism, problem-solving, and analyzing patterns brought her to Scrum Inc. She leads the international Scrum Inc. Training Program (our credentialing and curriculum arm), which includes the training and development of over 100 trainers worldwide.

When she’s not at work, Jessica spends her time doing pottery, reading and enjoying outdoor pastimes such as skiing, kiteboarding, hiking, and mountain biking.

Product Owner, Chief Storyteller

Tom is a firm believer in the power of a well told, well sourced story. It’s an art he spent 20 years mastering at every level of public radio. His work has been recognized with every major broadcast journalism award and has earned him a page in the book commemorating NPR’s first 45 years of work.

Now, Tom will help tell the story of Scrum and help expand the reach of our concepts, techniques and body of knowledge.

Team Member

Beth joined us from the Financial Industry, with 20+ years’ experience in customer service, training, and website development. She discovered Scrum working with tech teams and jokes that she found a name for how her brain naturally worked.

She combines her educational background of English and History with her professional expertise building teams and designing training program content to foster an understanding of people, culture, and the role of engagement in business. As product owner for the Scrum@Scale training program, she developed an active community of trainers, and builds on that experience to bring the voice of our customers to the Agile Education Program.

In her spare time, Beth has been a small business owner, a military wife, designed and remodeled homes, and served several charities. Her points of greatest pride are cultivating a successful marriage and raising three positive kids who are making their own impact on the world. Life for Beth is embracing learning, loyalty, connectedness, and excellence. She strives to walk out her belief that if we can do good, we should do good; to people and for the world.

Transformation Advisor

Ray has had a long career in business and technology, helping companies from small startups to the Fortune 500 improve the way they work to better delight their own customers. Along the way, he has been lucky enough to lead some highly effective Teams and help others achieve their goals, both personal and professional.

When not working, he enjoys living the good life in Boulder, Colorado. Ray is a self-proclaimed foodie and a lifelong skier, hiker, camper, and stand-up paddleboarder.

Digital Marketing Strategist

Affectionately known as ‘Kay,’ Kamaria is a self-proclaimed Digital Marketing nerd. Combining an educational background in Mechanical Engineering with an unyielding creative spirit and thirst for knowledge makes her a hybrid of sorts. She uses this left and right-brain synergy to help Scrum Inc. further its mission of helping teams get more done in half the time.

Kay enthusiastically drives awareness of products via online lead generation, email marketing, social media, and SEO/SEM. Having worked for top tier entertainment companies and non-profits, she is also a veteran of the television & film industry with over 15+ years experience in creative services, product development, graphic design and website development. In her down time, she loves rehabbing vintage furniture finds from Craigslist.