Ken Schwaber
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Ken Schwaber is a software developer, product manager and industry consultant. Ken worked with Jeff Sutherland
Jeff Sutherland
Dr. Jeff Sutherland is one of the inventors of the Scrum software development process. Together with Ken Schwaber, he created Scrum as a formal process at OOPSLA'95...

 to formulate the initial versions of the Scrum
Scrum (development)
Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for project management often seen in agile software development, a type of software engineering....

 development process and to present Scrum
Scrum (development)
Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for project management often seen in agile software development, a type of software engineering....

 as a formal process at OOPSLA
OOPSLA
OOPSLA is an annual ACM research conference. OOPSLA mainly takes place in the United States, while the sister conference of OOPSLA, ECOOP, is typically held in Europe...

'95. They have extended and enhanced Scrum at many software companies and IT organizations. Schwaber and Sutherland are co-authors of the definitive Scrum Guide, which is made available for free by Scrum.org. Today Schwaber runs Scrum.org, which provides Scrum resources, training, assessments, and certifications for Scrum Masters, Scrum Developers, Scrum Product Owners, and organizations using Scrum.
He is one of the leaders of the agile software development
Agile software development
Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams...

 movement. He is a founder of the Agile Alliance, and he is responsible for founding the Scrum Alliance and creating the Certified Scrum Master programs and its derivatives. When unanimously asked by the Scrum Alliance board of directors http://www.scrum.org/originsofscrumorg/, Schwaber resigned from the board in the fall of 2009.

Personal life

Ken Schwaber was born in Wheaton, Illinois in 1945. He attended US Merchant Marine Academy. In 1975, he married Christina Sarstedt. Together, they have lived in the Boston area for the last 30 years. Ken has two daughters.
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