Mr Jeff Sutherland

KANDO id: 7088

Bio

Jeff is the inventor of the immensely popular Scrum Agile Development Process, the highly effective approach for managing software development teams. Scrum has attained worldwide fame for its ability to increase the productivity of software teams by several magnitudes through empowering individuals, fostering a team-oriented environment, and focusing on project transparency and results. Companies employing Scrum development processes include Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, Siemens, SAP, Fidelity, British Telecom, The BBC, and many others, large and small Jeff is also known as one of the signatories of the Agile Manifesto, helping in the creation of the Agile Alliance, which brings all Agile development processes under one common umbrella. In addition, Jeff has served as the CTO of several notable organizations, on the Microsoft Business Framework Advisory Council, and has traveled the globe extensively coaching development organizations in the US, Europe, and Latin America Mr Jeff is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and the U.S. Air Force’s Top Gun program. Mr Jeff also received advanced degrees from Stanford University and the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine

Career


OpenView Venture Partners

Venture capital firm investing globally in business software companies.
Email: [email protected]

Education