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Michael de la Maza

Founder, Heart Healthy Scrum

San Francisco

Michael de la Maza is the founder of Heart Healthy Scrum and a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC). Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by Microsoft in 2006) and co-founder of Inquira (acquired by Oracle in 2011). He is the co-editor of Agile Coaching: Wisdom from Practitioners and Best Agile Articles of 2017 and co-author of Professional Scrum with TFS 2010 and Why Agile Works: The Values Behind The Results. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.

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This course is designed to help learners build the product management skills companies are looking for today by blending proven PM practices with the power of AI.

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This course is designed to prepare learners to use the most powerful Generative AI tools and apply the strategic frameworks needed to leverage them effectively and responsibly.

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