Michael Franken is the first and only Certified Scrum Trainer in the
Netherlands and an experienced Software Engineer. He coaches
management and development teams on Agile practices and principles.
Michael has successfully introduced Scrum in many places in the
Netherlands and has worked with Jeff Sutherland, Gabrielle
Benefield, Henrik Kniberg and Tobias Mayer, and continues to do so.
Jeff Sutherland very strongly recommends Michael:
"Several years ago Michael asked me to help [...] implement Scrum in
the Netherlands and India. Since then we have worked together and
the teams he originated are now some of the best in the world with
papers published at Agile 2008 and accepted for Agile 2009. A couple
of years ago, Michael started his own company, Zilverline, and asked
me to train with him in the Amsterdam area. We have done several
courses together and I can enthusiastically say that Michael is one
of the best trainers I have worked with."
Michael has 20 years IT experience. As a management consultant and
CTO, Michael has performed audits and advised management teams.
Clients include: Port of Rotterdam, Albert Heijn, Schiphol Groep, UWV, KPN,
Nidera, SNS Reaal and City of Amsterdam.
Michael is CEO of Zilverline. Michael is the founder and chairman of Agileholland.com. He is a
former board member of the Agile Consortium Benelux
(www.agileconsortium.nl). For more details, see his Linked In
profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfranken
Twitter: @mikefranken
