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Gunther Verheyen

Antwerp, Belgium

About

Title: independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther is an independent Scrum Caretaker; a connector, writer, speaker, humaniser.

Gunther Verheyen is a longtime Scrum practitioner (2003). He ventured into IT and software development after graduating in 1992. His Agile journey started with eXtreme Programming and Scrum in 2003. As from 2010 Gunther became the inspiring force behind some large-scale enterprise transformations. In 2013 Gunther partnered with Ken Schwaber, Scrum co-creator, at Scrum.org.

Gunther left Scrum.org in 2016 to further his journey of Scrum as an independent Scrum Caretaker. Gunther is consolidating over a decade of experience, ideas, beliefs and observations of Scrum in re.vers.ify, a way for people to re.imagine their Scrum in order to ultimately re.imagine their organisation.

In 2013 Gunther published his much-praised book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide”, also available in Dutch (“Scrum Wegwijzer”) and in German (“Scrum Taschenbuch”).

When not travelling for Scrum, Gunther lives and works in Antwerp (Belgium).

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2013-05-01 - present - Ullizee-Inc (Independent Scrum Caretaker)
    • 1999-03-01 - 2001-05-31 - Proxis.be (IT and Back-office Manager)
    • 2001-06-01 - 2007-10-31 - Cronos Group (Scrum / Agile method Coach)
    • 2007-11-01 - 2010-01-31 - Inter Access (Principal Consultant)
    • 2010-03-01 - 2013-04-30 - Capgemini Belgium/Netherlands (Global Scrum Leader)
    • 2013-06-01 - 2016-04-30 - Scrum.org (Directing the Professional series)