About the Authors

Stephanie Ockerman is the founder of Agile Socks LLC, an agile training and coaching business whose mission is to help people build amazing things together, so we can all thrive in an unpredictable and complex world. She brings more than 15 years of experience supporting teams and organizations in delivering valuable products and services, as a Scrum Master, as a trainer, as a coach, and as an organizational change agent. She also enjoys writing, speaking, photography, and traveling the world. You can read her blog and see what she is up to at AgileSocks.com.

Simon Reindl is focused on enabling individuals, teams, and organizations to optimize the delivery of value in a humane way. He has more than 25 years of experience developing and supporting products in a range of roles and a variety of industries around the world. Simon has worked in all of the Scrum roles and has supported organizations from start-ups to multinational corporations in harnessing empiricism. Simon was the first Professional Scrum Trainer in the United Kingdom. He has trained thousands of people around the world, in government departments, private companies, and universities. When not running his company Advanced Product Delivery, he enjoys time with his family and scuba diving.

Both Stephanie and Simon are certified Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) and Stewards for the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) course taught around the world.