Evelien Roos
Evelien Roos is a Professional Knowledge Sharer at Xebia Academy, a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org, and a certified Training from the Back of the Room (TBR) facilitator. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, she helps Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile Leaders, and teams grow through practical, brain-based training rooted in real-world challenges.
She has worked with organizations like ING, Rabobank, VodafoneZiggo, and Unilever, and is a leading voice on the human side of AI.
Evelien helps teams and leaders use AI in meaningful, ethical, and effective ways, focusing on people, collaboration, and augmentation over automation.
Her passion lies in helping individuals at every stage of their journey, whether they’re just beginning or have already experienced. Evelien creates engaging learning experiences using neuroscience-based methods that help knowledge stick and confidence grow.
Born in Zoetermeer and now living in Helmond with her husband and three children, Evelien also shares insights (and energy!) on Instagram and TikTok as part of The Scrum Boosters.
Books by Evelien
Scrum Master
The Scrum Master Playbook
Want to boost transparency and bridge learning gaps? This Scrum Master Playbook will nurture work engagement and spark problem-solving with 50 creative plays. Bring the elements of play, curiosity, and creativity into your Scrum Team and training programs.
The carefully selected plays in this book, written by Sjoerd Nijland and Evelien Acun-Roos, will unlock your team’s full potential and make work more enjoyable and meaningful. Through Empowerment-by-Play, even the impossible will become possible!
Scrum Master
50 FAQs of a Scrum Master
These are the 50 most frequently asked questions during our Scrum Master training courses. A handy book for both novice and more experienced Scrum Masters. It answers all the questions you have in your daily Scrum activities.
Carefully selected by Scrum trainers Evelien Acun-Roos and Laurens Bonnema, this ebook serves as a useful reference during your daily activities. And don’t worry—you can download “The 50 FAQS of a Scrum Master” for free.
Upcoming courses
Master Agile leadership and boost your Scrum Team’s and organization’s performance with our PAL-E training.
Agentic AI introduces a new generation of systems that can plan, reason, and take actions. In this hands-on course, developers will learn how to build AI agents using modern tooling and Google Cloud Platform, exploring concepts like tool use, planning, and multi-step reasoning.
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