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Tobias Mayer
— Agile Coach ・ Facilitator ・ Educator ・ Speaker ・ Writer
Menlo Park CA 94025
email: [email protected]
cell: 650-666-5929
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Most Recent Position
• Jan 2013-March 2015: Human Systems Coach at Yahoo! Inc
I led a team of coaches to support the Ads & Data group in their Agile transition. We designed
and ran programs for teams and management in this 1,500+ person group to understand
complexity, build trust, and to improve collaboration, engagement, quality and delivery speed.
Writing
• Author of The People’s Scrum (Dymaxicon, 2013). Also available in Spanish and German
translation, with other translations pending. Currently working on a second book.
• Contributor to Cutter Magazine and InfoQ
• Blogger at BusinessCraftsmanship.com
Speaking Engagements
• Keynote Talks
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October 2014: Agile South America, Colombia
September 2014: Agile NZ, Wellington, New Zealand
June 2014: Scrum Day, San Diego
October 2013: Agile Spain, Bilbao
October 2013: AgileEE, Kiev, Ukraine
September 2010: Scrum Beyond Software, Phoenix
Also guest speaker appearances at Bay Agile Leadership Network, Silicon Valley Agile
Trends & Leadership, and various other local Agile meetup groups.
• Other conference participation
‣ Frequent talks and interactive workshops at Scrum Gatherings and Agile conferences in
Europe, South America and the USA. Appearances at various academic and testing
conferences in Europe and the USA.
Previous Experience
• Long-term consulting/coaching engagements
In each of these engagements I was responsible for education, facilitation and coaching.
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2012: Angie’s List, Indiana
2010-11: Cord Blood Registry, California & Arizona
2009-10: EFI (Electronics for Imaging), California
2007-08: McGraw-Hill/Business Week, New York
2007-08: Ternary Software, Pennsylvania
Tobias Mayer—Resume, page 1! /!2
• Short-term consulting and training engagements
‣ 2005-12: Delivered in-house training, and acted as an advisor, guide and mentor to senior
managers and team leads. My clients have included Advance Auto Parts, MedAssests,
Yahoo!, Jobvite, Meebo, Autodesk, Visa, Call Miner, Voltage Security, Dell, Bottom Line,
Commission Junction, and Verisign.
• Public Trainings
‣ 2005-2012: Partnered with a number of Agile and Scrum training agencies, and worked
independently to facilitate many public training courses, including CSM and CSPO, for
developers, product managers and senior management. I have taught in many countries,
including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, UK,
Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as in several USA states.
• Leadership
‣ 2010: The Scrum Alliance
—Engaged as the Creative Director, to help the organization move from a certificationissuing body to a creative organization focused on transforming the world of work.
‣ 2007-12: Agile Thinking
—Blogger, event organizer, and creator of the Scrum Beyond Software and Business
Craftsmanship movements, seeking to take Agile and Scrum into the wider business
context.
‣ 2005: Sherpa Inc.
—Co-founder and CTO of this education systems start-up, working with SEVIS.
‣ 2004-05: Yahoo! Inc.
—Introduced Scrum to the organization and co-led the Agile transformation.
• Software Development
‣ 2013-present: AgileLib.Net
—Developer, designer and curator of The Agile Library, a worldwide, community-led
resource library for Agile practitioners.
‣ 2002-04: Yahoo! Inc
—Developer, development manager, and tester for various Yahoo! products and services.
‣ 1999-2002: Software Research
—Lead developer and architect for web testing products.
‣ 1997-98, South Bank University
—Researcher in static analysis, and test tool designer.
Further Information
• Details of any client engagement can be given on request (within the bounds of the respective
NDA). References can be supplied from all long-term clients, and from many course participants.
• Current information, recent articles and client endorsements can be found at my website,
businesscraftsmanship.com.
Tobias Mayer—Resume, page 2! /!2