Instructor
Sam Bowtell
Founder, Director, AgileAsia and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®)
Sam Bowtell stands as the visionary founder of Grow Your Agility Pty Ltd, a pioneering consultancy and training organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional training and coaching in Agile and Scrum methodologies. With an extensive career spanning over 32 years, Sam has played pivotal roles in various teams, including Scrum Master, Product Owner, Practice Lead, Training Lead, Program Lead, and Sales Lead.
Known for his ability to infuse energy, care, and a sense of fun into every facet of his work and life, Sam is more than a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®); he is a true leader, coach, trainer, and facilitator. His wealth of experience reflects a dynamic career, contributing to the success of organisations across diverse roles and responsibilities.
As a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST®) recognised by the Scrum Alliance, Sam has achieved the highest level of certification in the field, showcasing his expertise and commitment to advancing agile practices. His academic journey includes the completion of an MBA from Macquarie Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the esteemed University of Nottingham.
Suresh Konduru
Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) & Enterprise Agile Coach
Suresh has 25 years of experience in the IT industry, extensively in Agile Transformation, Agile Consulting, Agile Coaching, Scrum Training, Product Development, Delivery Management, Program Management, and Project Management for Global Fortune 500 customers. He specialises in “Training Scrum from the Back of the Room” based on brain science learning.
He has delivered more than 500 workshops on Agile, Scrum, Scrum Master, and Product Owner in more than 35 countries, and trained more than 12,000 professionals globally and is the only Certified Scrum Trainer rated 5 out of 5 on Google by more than 4,000 genuine Google reviews.
Suresh has strong hands-on experience in product and project delivery. He established and managed large programs to drive Delivery Excellence, Financials, Innovation, Metrics, Customer satisfaction, Management Reporting, etc. Managed large turn-key
transition programs while seamlessly taking over from long-standing partners.
He helped established and run multi-year and multi-million AMS engagements that included SLA compliance, due Diligence, Pre-Sales, etc., and worked in a distributed and scaled Agile environment with large teams at multiple locations.