Raj Kasturi is an IT Professional with over 32 years of experience in global application development and leadership. Raj started his career as a developer and wore several hats as an architect, DBA, App Dev Manager, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Scrum Trainer, Enterprise Agile Coach and Agile Team Coach to name a few.
He has helped various organizations adopt/transition from waterfall to an agile mind-set. Raj is an adjunct faculty at Penn State University and has taught several technology, Project Management, Agile and Scrum courses for the past 23 years. Raj is a Certified Scrum Trainer®(CST®) from Scrum Alliance and has co-trained and coached with some of the industry’s leading thought leaders. Raj has been a speaker at international conferences, author and also a facilitator for User Groups. Raj has traveled throughout the US, Europe and India to deliver agile classes and to speak at conferences.
He is also a Certified Training from the back of the room Trainer (TBR). TBR is a brain-based, globally-acclaimed, interactive, skills-building training concept. He uses a mix of TBR, traditional and online training techniques so these practices are used to ensure that students are absorbing the information he presents, at their own pace. The human brain learns in many different ways, and therefore a training mode must fit the purpose and desired outcome.
Raj lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and three kids. He uses Scrum at home and is constantly teaching his family how to apply it in their everyday lives.