Gunther Verheyen is a seasoned Scrum practitioner. He assists, serves, advices, suggests on many things Scrum. He works with teams, individuals, executives. He facilitates unlearning and learning. He thinks, reflects, wonders and wanders.

After a career as a consultant he shepherded the Professional series of Scrum.org, the home of Scrum, while also leading its European operations. Gunther left Scrum.org in 2016 to further his path as an independent Scrum caretaker.

In 2013 Gunther published the acclaimed book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide (a smart travel companion)”. Ken Schwaber recommends his book as ‘the best description of Scrum currently available’ and ‘an extraordinarily competent book’. In 2016 the Dutch translation of his book was published as “Scrum Wegwijzer (Een kompas voor de bewuste reiziger)”.

When not travelling for Scrum and professional software development, Gunther lives and works in Antwerp (Belgium).