Making Change Your Competitive Advantage
Today’s successful organizations are built on innovation, resilience, and efficiency.
The best leaders understand this. And so do we.
Scrum Inc. is the foremost consultancy helping business leaders around the globe achieve business Agility that delivers quality products and services faster than ever before.
Founded in 2006 by the co-creator of Scrum, and Agile Manifesto signatory Dr. Jeff Sutherland, our global team of Agile experts provide consulting and training services to empower teams for better outcomes.
Led by CEO JJ Sutherland, our mission is to create a world where work is more productive, enjoyable, and fulfilling. We have a proven track record of helping organizations unlock their full potential, and improve business outcomes.
How can we help you increase revenue, and outpace competitors? Connect with us.
We’re proud to work in 29+ countries across six continents.
Global Reach
From Fortune 50 companies to non-profits, start-up, government agencies, and their contractors, we and our growing global network of Registered Scrum and Scrum@Scale trainers provide solutions to you where and when you need them.
Our Team
Scrum Inc. is comprised of a largely remote workforce.
Our headquarters is at 1 Broadway Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142.
Contact us by email or at 617-294-6598.
We’re always looking for new team members who are passionate about agility, productivity, and collaboration. Interested? Send us an email.
Our Leadership
JJ Sutherland
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.
Matthew Jacobs
Chief Product Owner, Consulting
“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.
Jeff Sutherland
Scrum Inc Founder and Chairman of the Board
“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. 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.
Geoff Clemm
Chief Financial Officer
Geoff Clemm is the Chief Financial Officer of Scrum Inc. In that role, he is responsible for ensuring that transparent financial information is effectively used to help the company inspect and adapt its strategy. He brings a decade of experience in financial operations and 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.
Veronica Ruiz
Chief Marketing Officer
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.
Our Agilists
Martin Barlow
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
Martin is an Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant with 37 years of experience in UK Defense, including a 3-year tour flying the E-2C Hawkeye with the United States Navy, 6 months in Afghanistan with the US Marine Corps and numerous deployments across the globe flying from Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He has formed, inspired and led high-performing teams, had the privilege of Command of a Royal Navy helicopter Squadron and worked at the strategic level of Defense both in the UK, with NATO and with key international partner nations.
Martin is an Agilist to the core whose passion is helping people, teams, leaders and organizations redefine the way they work, find better ways, and in doing so, help them to realize their latent potential.
“I get a huge kick out of seeing people smile at work, succeed at what they are doing and become ‘performance hungry’. That’s why I am passionate about Scrum Inc’s mission to ‘change the way the world works’ because work can and should be a fun, fulfilling and empowering experience.”
Tom Bullock
Chief Storyteller, Change Management Lead
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.
James Edmondson
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
James is a highly skilled and experienced agile transformation consultant. He has over 20 years experience in the military leading high performing teams at sea around the world, including command of a warship. Over the last 5 years James has been working in the utility sector leading and transforming change teams to drive organisational effectiveness.
James’ north star is to help teams and organisations to become high performing, this is why he joined ScrumInc.
When not at work James is a busy Dad, helping to coach his children’s sport teams. Any spare time he has is used to read and swim.
Jenna Fuchs
Scrum Team Coach
Jenna comes from the Sports and Performance Psychology world and believes in the power of teamwork and the magic that can come from effective questions. Connecting before coaching is her mantra whether that’s coaching Scrum teams, track and field athletes, or her own two little boys.Outside of her STC role, Jenna is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant and runs her sport psychology consulting company, The Mental Clutch, to enhance mental skills, team cohesion, and performance for individuals, coaches, and teams.
George Glennie
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
George is a passionate change agent whose skills helping organisations improve the way they work have been honed in a career spanning business and product development in software, Naval helicopter aviation in the British Royal Navy, and now, as an enterprise Agile transformation consultant with Scrum Inc.
George specialises in coaching teams at every level to identify non value add work, remove it and re-focus on valuable outcomes – Helping people have those ‘aha!’ moments of discovering new and better ways of doing things is what keeps George motivated every day.
Outside of work, George is an avid traveller and outdoor enthusiast, having recently come back from a 6 month adventure with his partner Grace, travelling Europe and North Africa in their self-converted van.
Graham Harby
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
Graham is an Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant with a broad range of experience, honed in various domains including engineering, security, analysis, project delivery, business improvement and agility, across a spectrum of military, industry, and public sector organisations.
Recognised as an innovator, Graham has been at the forefront of delivering improvements throughout his career, including, creating, and leading the Royal Navy’s Agile Centre of Excellence with the aim to deliver Scrum ways of working to over 30,000 personnel.
Fortunate to be naturally equipped with an Agile Mindset, Graham is able to harness his quick thinking but calm style to deliver maximum effect for Scrum Inc customers, across all levels of an organisation.
Alex Interlandi
Director of Training Operations
Based in the DC metro area, Alex comes to Scrum Inc. with a strong background in nonprofit fundraising, with former work experience at powerhouse institutions such as United Way and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Before joining Scrum Inc., Alex facilitated creative problem solving workshops that included teaching technologies such as MIG welding, 3D printing, and laser cutting. Alex will complete her Executive Leadership MBA at James Madison University in December 2022. She received her BA in music with a concentration in classical piano from George Mason University and a minor in arts management.
3 fun facts about Alex: she was adopted from China, she believes cornhole is the ultimate lawn game and takes it very seriously, and each of her tattoos is inspired by influential songs in her life.
Jess Jagoditsh
Director of UK Operations
A Yooper by birth (Google it!), Jess has always been a bit of an adventurer. Her Dance/Russian majors and itchy heels landed her as a linguist in the Army. Post military, she landed as a project manager in a software company, which led to a scrum master role in a fun startup. There, she helped the entire organization think and work in an Agile way. Post-startup, she landed in Boston at NPR, scrumming with dev teams there. This led to her to Scrum, Inc, where she is an internal Scrum Master – protector of culture and seeker of ways to help humans be happy at work and in life.
Jessica Larsen
Product Owner, Agile Education 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 Agile Education Program powered by Scrum Inc. (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.
Alyssa Layden
Director of Marketing and Strategy
Alyssa Layden is a results-driven agile marketing leader with a penchant for quick wit and great storytelling. Prior to joining Scrum Inc., Alyssa helped small business owners, SMB clients, and startups in growth-mode drive demand and deliver ongoing ROI. She believes in utilizing creative, low-cost marketing strategies to acquire and retain customers, as well the power of community. Alyssa’s personal motto is “sell the problem you solve, not the product you make” or “lighten up” – depends on the day.
Amy Madson
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
Amy is a highly skilled Enterprise Transformation Consultant at Scrum Inc. with 20+ years of experience with enterprise transformation initiatives across many functions, organizations and product/service types. She joined Scrum Inc. with the goal and passion of achieving client-driven outcomes leveraging relevant practices, frameworks and mindsets.
Amy specializes in designing and executing integrated enterprise transformation initiatives driving both systemic and localized outcomes. Her approach is shaped by “lived experience” and the continual exploration and experimentation with all things Agile/Scrum/Lean. She has degrees in Business, German and Masters in Intercultural Relations. She thrives in environments of like-minded, forward focused teams that are motivated to succeed.
When not at work, Amy is drawn to the outdoors (walking, hiking, running, fresh air), international travel adventures and the pursuit of elusive ‘that’s so cool’ life moments.
Amy works with US Fortune50 as well as UK clients.
Saraounia Mboka-Boyer
Agile Transformation Consultant
Saraounia joins Scrum inc from the international development and multilateral aid sector, where she is an experienced Capacity development, conflict mitigation and service delivery system strengthening specialist, who prior to joining Scrum inc, led and supported multilateral foreign assistance programs at national and subnational levels. With over 8 years of experience working in Africa and Asia and 15 years living across Africa, Saraounia applies an intersectional lens to Scrum, where agile and the scrum framework, are key to firms adaptively engaging global and domestic challenges.
Maria Montano
Agile Transformation Consultant
Maria joins Scrum, Inc. from the education industry, specializing in program management, non-profit administration, instructional coaching, and staff development. She has always been interested in continuous improvement and is passionate about helping people and organizations change the ways they work through Scrum.
Outside of work, she enjoys music-making and traveling.
Jade Morel
VP, Client Services
Jade started her career in the energy industry working first as an engineer and progressing through a variety of leadership roles in operations, logistics and operational excellence. Her love of leadership and development led to her starting her own coaching practice to help women graciously maneuver various career transitions.
Jade is energized by the desire to learn and grow and help others do the same. She loves reading, running, hiking, skiing and (apparently) outdoor adventure as she spent over a year traveling the country with her family in an RV.
Nicole Marroquin
Agile Transformation Consultant
Nicole brings a wealth of experience and a distinguished background, having retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 23 years of dedicated service. Throughout her military career, Nicole demonstrated exceptional leadership, strategic planning, and operational excellence. As her military career drew to a close, she took part in the DOD Skillbridge program with Scrum Inc., where she honed her skills in efficiency and effectiveness, gaining a deep understanding of agile methodologies and project management.
Nicole is passionate about optimizing processes and empowering others to achieve their best. Her ability to identify inefficiencies and implement innovative solutions has consistently led to improved performance and productivity. She thrives on challenges and is driven by a commitment to excellence in every endeavor.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Nicole enjoys the thrill of riding ATVs, immersing herself in a good book, and cherishing quality time with her family. She is also an avid advocate for lifelong learning and continuous improvement, always seeking new knowledge and experiences to expand her horizons.
Preeti Pugatch
Scrum Team Coach and Strategy Consultant
Preetinder (Preeti) Pugatch is a highly skilled Scrum Team Coach and Strategy Consultant at Scrum Inc. With 10+ years of successful strategy consulting, engagement management, business analysis, and client/vendor relationship development experience in small to large agile and waterfall testing, consulting, insurance, and IT industries, she joined Scrum Inc. with the goal of unlocking Scrum Inc’s true potential by catalyzing vision and strategy transformation into powerful results. Preeti specializes in envisioning a better way of working and collaborating with organizations to foster growth and drive impactful outcomes, so that people across the globe can live empowered, happier, and fulfilled lives.
John Roach
Agile Transformation Consultant
John has a 20 plus year career in Agile and Enterprise Program Management. Prior to joining Scrum Inc, John spent four years on the Agile Transformation Team at TDAmeritrade where he was the HR lead. He has had an extensive career in the automotive industry and has also worked as a consultant in healthcare, fintech, banking.
He lives in Metro Detroit with his wife Kristina and dog Ava. A few notables, he lived in India for two years on assignment for one of the autos and spent several months in China putting together a broad coalition for global cell phone recycling and remanufacturing. When he’s not working you can probably find him at the beach or on the ski slopes.
Kelsey Sparrow
Product Owner, Public and Private Training
Kelsey graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Public Communications. With a background in Marketing and Business Development, Kelsey is dedicated to providing an excellent experience to all Scrum Inc. clients. As a part of the education business, she is focused on enhancing the way individuals, teams, and organizations define success, maintain a happy and productive work culture, and meet their customer’s needs.
Outside of work, Kelsey is an avid snowboarder and runner. When she isn’t enjoying the outdoors, you can find her inside painting or experimenting with cooking.
Alex Sutherland
Advisor
Alex is a serial entrepreneur with a decade of experience practicing Scrum both as a developer and as a product owner. He first learned Scrum in 2007 by attending one of Scrum Inc’s first Scrum Master classes and has used it since to envision, create, market, and sell software products to customers around the globe across multiple industries. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Alex was a graduate student in Game Theory and released the first commercial Nash Equilibrium solver for Poker.
Shaun Thompson
Agile Transformation Consultant
Tess Thompson, Ph.D.
Principal Agile Transformation Consultant & Trainer
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!
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