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Katrin Bretscher

Zürich, Switzerland

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Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster
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Certified ScrumMaster®

About

Title: Coach for People and Teams

Katrin Bretscher has worked with agile methods ever since she got her M.Sc. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich in 2006: She worked as a software engineer in agile teams at Google's Switzerland office, and has seen Scrum implemented in a dozen ways in the jobs she had at other companies. She applied agile principles to her work as a technical writer, working in scrum teams, and eventually became a Scrum Master. 

Katrin's true calling is coaching: When she's not out there helping people with Scrum and Agility, she works in her practice as a Sports Mental Coach. In her education in becoming such, she has gained a lot of knowledge and experience working with teams, their leaders, and organizations. 

Katrin believes that retrospectives are the best thing that can happen to any team, individual, or organization - no matter their situation. She loves facilitating them and keeping them interesting for everybody involved.

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2014-11-19 - present - Power & Balance Katrin Bretscher (Coach for People and Teams)
    • 2006-08-14 - 2008-11-30 - Google Switzerland GmbH (Software Engineer)
    • 2009-01-05 - 2011-02-28 - Ergon Informatik AG (Software Engineer)
    • 2014-09-01 - 2015-09-30 - Adcubum AG (Agile Writer)
    • 2015-10-01 - 2017-08-31 - Adcubum AG (Scrum Master)