Simon Brayshaw

My name is Simon Brayshaw, I have been a Scrum Master since 2009 and in Jan 2011 became a Scrum Certified Scrum Master. My certification was a bit of an eye-opener for me, as although I read numerous books and articles, it wasn't until I attended a course by Nigel Baker that it all clicked into place. Following the course, my real journey into the world of agility began. In 2012, after speaking to a colleague and friend (Nigel Steane) we decided that the Scrum/Agile community in the West Midlands was just not strong enough, especially when compared to the activities occurring in London, so we decided to setup the Heart of England Scrum User Group. Since binging the community together I have found it to be a great place to flex our scrum muscles and learn new initiatives to drive our teams to further success. More recently my career has changed direction and I spend a lot of time on the Product Ownership side of Scrum now. This doesn't mean that I don't like to keep up to speed with movements in the Scrum Mastery area and I still spend time working with Scrum Masters to find new innovative ways to improve team performance and efficiency. I also have a strong passion for agile engineering and love reading up on and practicing TDD, BDD, ATDD etc.