Fred Mastropasqua
Clearly Agile, The Braintrust Group
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Fred Mastropasqua
Co-Founder, Clearly Agile | Fractional Agile Officer, The Braintrust Group
Fred Mastropasqua is the co-founder of Clearly Agile and Fractional Agile Officer of The Braintrust Group, where he leads a team of 60 employees. Based in the Greater Tampa Bay region, Fred is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with the Scrum Alliance and brings over 30 years of IT leadership and engineering experience to the Agile community.
Throughout his career, Fred has held a range of impactful roles including:
- Director of Application Development
- Senior IT Manager
- Software Engineer & Network Engineer
- Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Coach, and Trainer
🚀 Fred is known for his selfless leadership, innovative solutions, and hands-on approach. He actively mentors Agile professionals, coaches leadership on scaling and portfolio strategy, and delivers high-impact, collaborative training experiences powered by cognitive science.
Fred built the SaaS company Synuma from the ground up and successfully sold it—using only the Scrum Framework with weekly sprints. Under his leadership, Clearly Agile was ranked #500 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies.
He’s been recognized as a finalist or nominee for:
- CIO of the Year
- Emerging Technology Leader of the Year
- Technologist of the Year – Tampa Bay Technology Forum
- Tampa Bay Business Journal's Up & Comers Awards
Clients trust Fred for his ability to build enterprise-class cloud and mobile apps, create compelling product visions, and drive execution through story mapping and structured release planning. He’s trained teams from companies like Disney, PwC, the VA, and Nielsen—ensuring delivery that's both on time and on budget.
Fred holds numerous certifications in Agile, Scrum, Scrum@Scale, software engineering, and networking. His technical foundation deeply informs his coaching and product guidance. He frequently applies:
- Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
- Vertical Slicing for team throughput
- Forecasting delivery timelines and budgets
🎮 When he's not coaching teams or leading strategy, Fred enjoys game development, electronics, apologetics, and woodworking.
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Experience and services
- Courses taught: 418
- Trainer since: 2017
- Additional services
- Open to co-training
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Career history
- 2017-07-11 - present - Synuma, LLC (Chief Product Owner)
- 2014-06-22 - present - Clearly Agile, LLC (Agile Coach/Trainer/Scrum Master/Product Owner/Fractional Agile Officer)
- 2005-09-05 - 2008-02-01 - AAA Auto Club South (Web Developer)
- 2008-02-01 - 2010-07-31 - Intagras Inc (Software Engineer)
- 2010-08-01 - 2013-07-12 - Wolters Kluwer (Senior Manager, IT Applications & Scrum Master)
- 2013-07-01 - 2015-08-31 - LM Global Partners (Director of Software Development, PM, Agile Coach/Trainer)
- 2023-03-07 - 2023-12-01 - SiteZeus, LLC (Cheif Agile Officer)
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Training formats
- Live Online
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Area of expertise
- Agile Transformation
- Business Strategy & Planning
- Customer Experience
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