Two heads are better than one!
While both are accomplished trainers, Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and Product Owners, Colin brings his depth of experience in the areas of business analysis and senior stakeholder management whereas Richard brings his expertise from his background in software development and technical leadership.
Bringing humour, chemistry and interplay, our two expert trainers certainly add another dimension to any training course.
Colin Tan - Founder/Managing Director
Colin Tan is one of Australia's most popular Agile trainers having now trained over 10,000 Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Delivery Team members both locally and globally. As well as being a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with the Scrum Alliance, he is an accomplished and in-demand Agile Coach, with a primary focus on product ownership due to his passion for user experience and product commercialisation.
Colin is a published book illustrator & editor, regular conference speaker, a guest lecturer at the University of Sydney, and is on the board of directors of Scrum Australia, the peak national entity responsible for the Regional Scrum Gathering conferences.
Richard Kaupins - Agile Coach & Trainer
Richard Kaupins is a highly experienced Agile Coach and Trainer. He has helped major financial institutions, high traffic public websites and government agencies to instigate and optimise their Agile capabilities. These include, but are not limited to Qantas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Allianz, ANZ Bank, and the Department of Immigration & Border Protection. Working closely with these organisations, Richard has been exposed to a range of implementations and environments giving him extensive experience adapting Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban to work effectively within various conditions and constraints.
He is a guest lecturer at the University of Sydney who also has a strong technical background as a senior commercial developer and Technical Team Lead allowing him to naturally relate to software engineers and testers, not to mention Agile engineering practices.
Diversity and energy
Colin and Richard are equally energetic, enthusiastic and articulate yet present with diverse delivery styles to keep the pace up, ensuring no sleepy sections.
Redundancy
Fortunately our trainers are human rather than AI, but unfortunately humans are prone to the occasional health issue. With one trainer that can mean the cancellation of the course. With two trainers, you are guaranteed that it will still run!
Greater support
Two trainers means parallel processing on the many questions that come up during the course as well as following the course. Two is also better than one when it comes to providing any necessary technical support during the training ensuring a stress-free experience.
More war stories
Trainers are only as good as their hands-on, in-the-trenches experience. With that experience comes entertaining yet educational war stories. Two trainers means you get double those juicy anecdotes.
Reviews
The Certified Scrum Master program (remote) was engaging, well paced, and practical. Trainers, Colin & Richard, are highly knowledgeable practitioners who brought us along to a high level of understanding with actionable tips. One of the best remote classes I have attended 8 hours/day - 2 days straight AND I still feel fully engaged! Bravo! Highly recommended!
Dr Yvonne Sum CSP - L’Oreal - Head of Leadership Practice
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Awesome 2 day session. The session was very interactive and we had fun learning with group activities. Thanks to Colin and Richard for wonderful 2 day sessions
Prebin Koshy - Concentrix Catalyst - Senior Global IT Service Delivery Specialist
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Upcoming Certified Courses
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December 09, 2024 - December 10,2024 New tiered pricing Essentials: AUD 990 Classic: AUD 1320 | Live Online, Fully Instructor Led | Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | Book Now Pay in 4 with PayPal |
January 30, 2025 - January 31,2025 New tiered pricing Essentials: AUD 990 Classic: AUD 1320 | Live Online, Fully Instructor Led | Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | Book Now Pay in 4 with PayPal |
February 20, 2025 - February 21,2025 New tiered pricing Essentials: AUD 990 Classic: AUD 1320 | Live Online, Fully Instructor Led | Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | Book Now Pay in 4 with PayPal |