Behold the ScrumMaster!!!

We have another exciting announcement this week at Babsim.  One of our lead instructors for Project Management and Business Analysis, David Wirick, has recently been awarded the Mary Marvel award for Best Instructor at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at THE Ohio State University.  This award is voted on by the graduating class each year, and this is the third time Dave has won this award in the last four years.  I like to think that if we had a similar award here at Babsim Dave would win that one as well.  He’s pretty good to say the least.

In other exciting news this week, we had our first Certified ScrumMaster course over the last couple of days, and the class pretty much had free reign over our lobby.  Tom Mellor (CST) led the class and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience here to Babsim. Tom is a Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Professional, and Certified Scrum Trainer . He is a past board member and past chairman of the board of the Scrum Alliance and a frequent speaker at industry conferences.  He has been active in business operations and management since 1980 and has worked in State Farm’s IT department since 2001.  He introduced Scrum into State Farm in 2004 and now champions, trains, and coaches Scrum-based product development throughout the department. He also advocates for use of better software engineering practices and for transformation to a more agile culture and environment.  He leads, coaches and supports various technical product development projects using Scrum and helps teams acclimate and adjust to the nuances of agile-based work environments and collaborative development.   

Here is a photo of Tom (the tall one) and Co-Trainer Brian Levy.   

Here are some shots of the class doing some group activities and problem solving.

 

I mentioned earlier that the group had free reign over our lobby.  I wasn't kidding. 

 When we say hands on learning, we actually mean HANDS ON LEARNING.

We plan to offer the Certified ScrumMaster course again on September 24-25.  You didn’t read that wrong, it is a Saturday and Sunday.  This will allow for students who aren’t able to get time off during the week to attend this unique training.  Please sign up on our website to reserve your seat in the class now!

-MJM