Laurens Bonnema joined Xebia on May 1, 2010 as an Agile Consultant and Trainer.
Laurens is Treasurer of Agile Holland, member of the Agile Consortium's Agile Certification workgroup, and Chairman of the Agile Project Leadership Network Netherlands Chapter. Laurens strives to merge classic and Agile management in the conviction that it is the future of professional management. Also, he frequently presents on a number of subjects. Last year's presentations were on "The Political Economy of Agile Projects" at the XP Days Benelux and this year on "Teambuilding" at the Agile People Event.
Laurens has received training in several project management, software development, and process improvement methodologies such as Scrum, EVO, XP, RUP, DSDM/Atern, PRINCE2, ITIL, CMMI, BPM, TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma.
Laurens is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, PRINCE2 Practitioner and currently working on becoming a Certified Scrum Coach & Trainer.
Before joining Xebia, Laurens worked for two other IT Service Providers and studied International Relations at the University of Groningen. He's fluent in Dutch, English, and Spanish, and speaks passable French and German. He lives in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, with his wife Nienke Blauw and son Mark.