Juan Banda
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About
Juan Banda is a trainer, speaker and organizational change consultant. Since Juan got exposed to Scrum in early 2007, he committed himself to continue learning and applying Scrum in the teams and organizations where he worked. His path put him in the roles of Scrum Master, Developer and Product Owner. Juan is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) in addition to a LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer. Juan is the first Spanish speaker that teaches the: CSM, CSPO, A-CSM, CSP-SM, A-CSPO, CSP-PO and Certified LeSS Basics courses.
As a CST Juan has already trained more than six thousand students that attended his courses in ten countries across the Americas. Juan has delivered onsite training courses for companies such us: L'Oreal, Citi, Globant, Pandero, CEPM, STP, Carrier, CMI, Tekprovider, Banreservas, Unilever, Cisco, Sofia Ltda., Citibanamex, Marsh, Slalom, Deloitte, Walmart, CGI, SAIC, Express Scripts, T.Rowe Price, Time Warner Cable, ViaSat, Garmin, Moffitt, Kyva Systems, Blue Book Network, Insurance Auto Auctions and BlueCross BlueShield. Since 2020 Juan has successfully delivered over two hundred online courses.
After earning his Master’s degree in Management Information Systems from The University of Illinois at Chicago, Juan worked as a full time professor, consultant, developer and manager. During his tenure with the University, he led teams of more than fifty developers and also served as the Head of the Engineering Department.
Juan is also a community enthusiast and dedicated to the Scrum movement in his home country of Bolivia. He has organized Scrum Bolivia Day 2012, Scrum Bolivia Day 2013, and the Regional Scrum Gathering Bolivia 2014. In August 2013 Juan has been elected to serve as a member on the Agile Alliance Board of Directors where he served for two consecutive three-year terms. Starting on April 2020 and until October 2024, Juan joined the Agile Alliance as Latam Community Developer.
As a speaker Juan presented in dozens of conferences such as: Regional Scrum Gathering Peru 2023, Scrum Day Peru 2022, Scrum Day Peru 2019, Scrum Gathering New Orleans, Regional Scrum Gathering Bolivia 2014, Agiles 2013 Peru, Agile 2013 Conference in Nashville, Scrum Gathering Las Vegas, Agiles 2012 Argentina, and the Scrum Gathering Buenos Aires 2012 Regional Event.
Experience and services
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Career history
- 2011-09-01 - present - Percella (Founder)
- 2020-04-01 - present - Agile Alliance (Community Developer for Latam)
- 2002-01-17 - 2007-09-14 - Universidad del Valle (Head of the Engineering Department)
- 2007-09-01 - 2010-03-25 - Fundacion Jala (Scrum/Agile Trainer)
- 2007-09-17 - 2010-03-30 - Jalasoft (Project Manager)
- 2010-04-01 - 2013-03-31 - Info-arch (Project Manager/Agile Coach)
- 2011-10-31 - 2013-04-30 - Scrum Bolivia Day Conference (Chair)
- 2013-10-01 - 2014-04-30 - Regional Scrum Gathering Bolivia 2014 (Chair)
- 2013-04-01 - 2014-09-30 - Innovision (Scrum Coach)
- 2009-08-01 - 2015-08-14 - Scrum Bolivia User Group (Founder and Moderator)
- 2013-08-08 - 2019-12-01 - Agile Alliance (Board Director )