Giuseppe De Simone is 39 years old, married for 10 years with 2 children, but still sees the 16 years old guy he was sometimes ago, when he looks at himself in the mirror every morning.

Holding a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Naples, he started working in Ericsson as SW developer in 1999, after 1 year civil service in a temporary care home for abandoned children and single mothers.

After several years experience in Technical Coordination of international, complex telecom/IT projects, distributed in several sites, with external partners and suppliers, he started embracing Agile by undergoing 8 weeks of intensive training and coaching from 9 international Agile coaches and trainers (including 3 CSC's and CST's). He's now been working as Agile coach and trainer for more than 1 year and a half. Having worked so far as Scrum Master or Product Owner in several teams, Giuseppe has hands-on experience of Agile and in particular of how Scrum can work with success.

He provides Agile/Scrum training and coaching to Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development Teams and Managers, he operates as Agile evangelist and gives guidance/support to Agile transition at all levels of his organization.

His education and skills are heavily influenced by having been Scout for more than 28 years and Scout Leader for more than 18.

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