Bob Schatz

Current

Owner, Senior Consultant and Advisor at Agile Infusion, LLC

Past

VP and Chief Development Officer at Solstice Software
Vice President, Development at Primavera Systems, Inc
Vice President at Liquent, Inc

Manager at Lockheed Martin
Sr. Manager at GE/Lockheed Martin

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Education

Hortman Aviation - NE Philadelphia Airport
University of Pennsylvania
Temple University

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Professional Training & Coaching

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Bob Schatz’s Summary

In July 2006 Bob Schatz started Agile Infusion, Inc. in order to provide advice, consulting, and training to companies using agile development techniques such as Scrum and XP. Bob served as VP of Development for Primavera Systems, Inc. where he was responsible for leading the highly-successful adoption of agile development techniques starting in 2002 for the team that develops Primavera’s software solutions for Enterprise Project, Resource, and Portfolio Management. Before joining Primavera, Bob spent seven years at Liquent, Inc., managing the development of publishing software targeted for the pharmaceutical market, and 12 years at GE Aerospace/Lockheed Martin, where he held various management positions for large-scale development projects for US government agencies and the Department of Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Temple University and a Masters degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bob is a leader in successfully implementing agile development techniques, such as Scrum and XP, and driving culture changes in organizations. He and his team have been featured in a number of industry articles. Bob often speaks at industry events talking about the benefits and challenges of bringing agile techniques into an organization.

Bob Schatz’s Specialties:

Agile Development; Certified Scrum Trainer / Certified Scrum Practitioner
Visioning and Goal Setting
Leadership Training/Coaching
Team Coaching and Conflict Resolution
Organizational Dynamics
Organizational Culture Change
Agile Project Management
Agile Work Environments
Agile Team/Project Rescues

Bob Schatz’s Experience

Owner, Senior Consultant and Advisor

Agile Infusion, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Providing leadership, management consulting and training to companies using agile development techniques such as Scrum and XP.
VP and Chief Development Officer

Solstice Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Vice President, Development

Primavera Systems, Inc

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2001 — March 2005 (3 years 6 months)
Vice President

Liquent, Inc

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LQNT; Computer Software industry)

May 1995 — September 2001 (6 years 5 months)
Manager

Lockheed Martin

(Computer Software industry)

1984 — 1995 (11 years )
Sr. Manager

GE/Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMCO; Computer Software industry)

November 1983 — May 1995 (11 years 7 months)

Bob Schatz’s Education

Hortman Aviation - NE Philadelphia Airport

Private Pilot , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
University of Pennsylvania

MS , Organizational Dynamics , 2004 — 2009

Capstone: "This Might Hurt! : The Transformation of Software Organizations"

Activities and Societies:

Organizational Dynamics Exchange Network
Temple University

BS , Computer and Information Science , September 1979 — May 1984