Olav Maassen

Hi, I'm Olav Maassen, Principal Consultant at Xebia, public speaker and co-author of "Commitment" on making decisions, risk, and options. Send me an email to get in touch.

Olav Maassen is a consultant, public speaker and writer.Olav's agile experience, along with his professional coaching and training abilities help him align teams with the company objectives effectively: teams and organizations reach their goals faster. His excellent listening skills combined with his keen observations allow him to provide feedback (both personal as well as organizational) that is on target and always directed towards improvement.Olav Maassen's groundbreaking book on managing project risk, real option theory and decision making is published on April 23, 2013 (co-authored with Chris Matts and Chris Geary) .  Olav Maassen specializes in:* Leading the Agile organization* Project Management* Team development* Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP)* Decision making and Real Options thinking

Senior Consultant (Agile Consultancy) at Several companies

June 2006 - April 2010

Working as a Senior Consultant on organizational and Culture Change Programs using lean and agile principles mostly within financial institutions. Work within cultural change programs whose goal is to implement and support agile principles in the organization. Implemented Scrum, Kanban, Lean and Agile Project Management into organizations. o Guide and coach employees, clients and management through their transition in the way IT departments, managers and clients cooperate with the business, help them set proper priorities based on actual progress. o Manage several project teams (Scrum/Kanban). o Manage the implementation of Kanban across several departments.

Principal Consultant (Agile Consultancy) at Xebia

May 2010

Working as a (Principal) Consultant on organizational and Culture Change Programs for several pulic and privately held companies using lean and agile principles.

PSL by Jerry Weinberg

2011 – 2011

Concentration: Problem Solving Leadership

Hogeschool Enschede

1992 – 1997

Concentration: Economics

Universiteit Twente

1990 – 1992

Concentration: Internation Business Administration