Micaela Anna Syjuco

Mica Syjuco is a Software Engineering Director and the Global Head of the DevOps and Agile Coaching Talent Community of a multinational company. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and completed Wharton Executive Education's Leadership and Management Certificate Program. She is currently located in Chicago, Illinois, USA and works with teams located across the globe -- from North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.

Mica has been featured as Presenter/Speaker and Panelist in a number of global engagements such as the international Women in Technology Summit held in Silicon Valley in the United States, Microsoft ALM in Asia, automation conferences in Europe, and Global TechSummit in Seattle, Washington.

For over 15 years, Mica has led the successful delivery of complex projects for multiple clients -- some of which are counted among the biggest companies in the world (Fortune 500). She has a strong expertise in implementing and leading Traditional  and Agile / Scrum based development and delivery processes supporting distributed teams on medium to large-scale .NET based enterprise projects.

Mica currently works with clients throughout North America leading software project delivery and providing Scrum training, consultation and coaching with a focus on Microsoft .NET technology, on top of her other responsibilities in her firm. She also actively builds and grows her organization’s agile capability as its Global Head of DevOps and Agile Coaching, which in itself has been an interesting journey given the organization's 30,000+ head count globally.

She is a Professional Scrum Trainer, Professional Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Developer, Professional Scrum Product Owner, Professional Agile Leader, and certified in Scaled Professional Scrum, Professional Scrum with Kanban, and Professional Scrum with User Experience.  She loves working with creative people, is always eager to evolve and improve herself, and has a sincere and unbridled passion for Scrum.