NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/10 -- The Scrum Alliance has announced the appointment of Mike Cohn as the Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.
Donna Farmer, Managing Director, The Scrum Alliance, said, "Mike was an original founder of the Scrum Alliance and we are thrilled he is going to contribute his leadership and dedication to the Scrum Alliance."
Cohn, Principal of Mountain Goat Software and the author of 3 agile books, is an Agile/Scrum thought leader and industry expert. "I look forward to serving this community," said Cohn.
Cohn replaces Tom Mellor, who recently stepped down.
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