Satish Thatte

Satish Thatte received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He has over 30 years of industry experience in diverse technology areas (computer systems, object-oriented software, telecom, Internet applications, digital TV, IT professional services), and has held management positions (R&D, software products, IT professional service). His industry experience covers large, multinational companies (Texas Instruments, Bellcore and LG Electronics), and a number of entrepreneurial companies and start-ups.

Dr. Thatte is Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of the ACM, Member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance.  He is a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) . He holds 14 patents.

Dr. Thatte was the CEO of New Synergy Group from 2009 to 2012, specializing in software and management consulting and intellectual property development. At New Synergy Group, he offered customized training, workshops and consulting services for software life cycles -- drawing upon the strengths of agile and lean methods, and organizational systems thinking.  

Since 2012, Dr. Thatte has been an agile/lean coach and product consultant at VersionOne (www.VersionOne.com), a major player in Agile-lean space, based in Atlanta, GA.  Satish’s 22 years of software development experience forms the foundation for his expertise in agile transformation for teams and organizations, scaling up agile and lean methods, and getting business results from agile and lean practices. Satish has served as VP of Engineering at several companies practicing agile methods and has trained and coached over three dozen clients with impact at the executive level. He has been a speaker at a number of organizations and events: NYC Scrum, NY SPIN, NJ SPIN, Philly SPIN and AgilePalooza NYC.