KAIZENKO - Key Persons


Fadi Stephan - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Certified Scrum Trainer
Fadi Stephan is a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®), Agile Coach, and technology consultant with more than twenty years of experience at startups, government agencies, and Fortune500 companies across various sectors including financial, hospitality, and homeland. His focus is on building high performing innovative organizations and teams that deliver value early and maximize ROI. Prior to founding Kaizenko, Fadi led the Software Development Practice at Excella Consulting as well as their Digital Services Solutions. Before that, he was Director of Product Development at DATABASICS. In 2014, Fadi became 1 of only 170 trainers worldwide to earn the distinguished Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) designation from the Scrum Alliance and became authorized to deliver public and private Scrum Alliance certification classes. Fadi's background is in technology consulting and product development. He has successfully led digital transformations by combining lean discovery with Agile delivery and a DevOps mindset to deliver impactful digital experiences. At client sites, Fadi trains and coaches teams on agility, leadership, product management, user-centered design, Agile engineering practices and DevOps. Fadi is a recognized Agile thought leader that frequently presents at Agile and Scrum conferences worldwide. He is also the founder and co-organizer of DC's largest Scrum User Group. When Fadi is not teaching or coaching, he enjoys skiing, cycling, as well as diving.