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Michael de la Maza, PhD

Founder and Enterprise Agile Coach at Heart Healthy Scrum

Michael de la Maza accelerates corporate innovation by applying a variety of methods (from agile to corporate venture capital). He was the co-founder of Inquira (acquired by Oracle) and VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Softricity). He is the co-author of Why Agile Works: The Values Behind the Results; co-editor of the Best Agile Articles book series; author of Rapid Chess Improvement; and co-author of the upcoming An Invitation to Enterprise Agile Coaching. Michael is is an active angel investor with seed investments in unicorns Boom, Rappi, and Relativity Space. He holds in a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from MIT. Michael lives in Boston and San Francisco.

Courses by Michael de la Maza, PhD

Mistakes to Avoid in Agile Project Management
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Business Lessons from a Chess Champion
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