Building a ScrumMaster Community of Practice

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.

Lisette Sutherland is the director of Collaboration Superpowers, a company that helps people work together from anywhere through online and in person workshops. She also produces a weekly podcast featuring interviews with remote working experts highlighting the challenges and successes of working with virtual teams. She is about to release her long awaited book Stories Of Remote Teams Doing Great Things packed with stories and tips for those who want to successfully bridge distance.

Zubin Irani’s background includes a bachelor’s degree from USC and Master's degrees from Columbia and UC Berkeley. He started his professional career at Deloitte implementing large complex IT projects before becoming the youngest director at DirecTV. After a successful tenure, he left to build cPrime. As CEO of cPrime, he led the company to six consecutive years on the list of of the Top 50 fastest growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.