Valerio Zanini

Valerio Zanini is a CST (Certified Scrum Trainer) and a CPIT (Certified Product Innovation Trainer). He blends a background in digital product management with hands-on experience working with agile teams building new products. He also works with teams from startups to Fortune 100 organizations to help implement Scrum and improve their product development practices. Some of the organizations he has worked with include Capital One, Walgreens, McKesson, G4S, Silicon Valley Bank, GAF, Dassault Systemes, and Wesco. He trained with Jeff Sutherland (co-creator of Scrum). He teaches Agile, Scrum, and Product Management courses to hundreds of students every year around the world.

Valerio is the author or co-author of:

Deliver Great Products That Customers Love
https://www.5dvision.com/books/deliver-great-products-that-customers-love/

Sprint Your Way to Scrum
https://www.5dvision.com/books/sprint-your-way-to-scrum/

SAFe to Scale
https://www.5dvision.com/books/safe-to-scale/

As the founder of 5D Vision, Truly Scrum, and Spark Engine, he provides training, coaching, and support to learn Scrum and improve Agile and Product Management practices for individuals and teams.

https://www.5dvision.com/

As a trainer, he provides highly engaging and interactive training sessions, with simulations, exercises, and group discussions. His classes have been prized for the engagement and the depth of the learning, spanning Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Product Management, and Design Thinking practices. He shares real-life stories from working with Scrum teams and building digital products in a variety of industries. His classes have received a top-notch NPS of 90, and 99% of his students report passing the CSM exam on the first attempt. Reviews of his classes are also public on Google and Trust Pilot.

Before becoming a Scrum trainer and coach, he led product and technology teams in a variety of industries (banking, entertainment, telecom, cyber). Most recently, he was a Director of Product Development at Capital One, a top-10 bank in the US and leader in digital banking. At Capital One he launched several new products and transformed the customer experience in the retail branches. He started, grew, and scaled several Agile development teams, acting as Product Owner or as Scrum Master for these teams.

Before Capital One he co-founded Goozex.com, the leading marketplace for used video game trading in North America and Europe. At Goozex, he was working with the development team running 1-month Sprints and prioritizing the backlog with direct feedback from the end-users of the platform. Goozex quickly became the #1 platform in the market for video game trading online.

As a Scrum trainer and coach, he works with companies of all sizes to build products and to drive Agile, Product innovation, and Design Thinking practices.

Specialties: * Scrum * Product management and innovation *  Agile methodologies/SAFe/Kanban * Lean development and MVP * Design Thinking * Team development and coaching * Product Journey Mapping * Agile and Scrum coaching

In addition to being certified as CST, he is certified as Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Kanban Management Professional (KMP II), IDEO Design Thinking for Innovation, Certified Product Innovation Trainer (CPIT) with Spark Engine, and Training from the Back of the Room instructor. He holds an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BS/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.