Jeff Sutherland

Jeff Sutherland, Founder and Chair of Scrum Inc., is the inventor and co-creator of Scrum. He launched the first Scrum team in 1993 and has shepherded its growth into almost every industry: finance, healthcare, higher education, and telecom. Dr. Sutherland is the Scrum Trainer (CST) we work with for the Certified Scrum Master training in The Netherlands.

His most recent book, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.” 

A former US Air Force “Top Gun,” Dr. Jeff Sutherland of Scrum Inc., is the inventor and co-creator of the Scrum framework. Developed in 1993, Scrum has since been adopted by the vast majority of software development companies around the world. 

Realizing that its benefits extend well beyond software, Jeff pioneered the application of this lightweight framework to several other industries including: automotive, biotech, finance, and telecom. As the Founder and Chair of Scrum Inc. Jeff is committed to implementing Scrum and the scaling of Scrum across the enterprise. Dr. Sutherland continues to teach and share best practices with organizations around the globe. In 2018, he developed and published The definitive Guide to the Scrum@Scale Framework.   

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Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) (PSPO 2)

Follow the Professional Scrum Product – Advanced training course to maximize and obtain a PSPO 2 certificate.

Evelien Acun-Roos

Product Management
Product Owner
2 days
In Person

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8 – 9 Sep, 2025

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Certified Analytics Translation

Learn how to identify, develop, and execute AI use cases in our Certified Analytics Translation training course.

Analytics Translation
Data Analytics
2 days
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8 – 9 Sep, 2025

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Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Become a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) for optimal product delivery. Learn the skills and tools you need to excel in this pivotal role.

Gino Shahidi

Product Owner
Scrum Alliance
2 days
In Person

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9 – 10 Sep, 2025

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Data Science Bootcamp

Transform into a certified Data Scientist in just 12 weeks. This boot camp will kick-start your Data Science career with Python.

Lysanne van Beek

Data Science
Python
11 days
Virtual

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11 Sep, 2025

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€2975

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dbt Learn

In partnership with dbt Labs, we offer you the dbt Learn training course. Upgrade your dbt (data build tool) skills now.

Lucy Sheppard 

Data Engineering
dbt
dbt labs
2 days
In Person

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11 – 12 Sep, 2025

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€1360

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