Grow with Our Recruitment Partners
We work with the best recruitment partners in the industry!
If you are looking for a new role as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile coach or simply want to see how you can grow in your career, connect with our trusted partners below.
TrueRPO
True RPO is a leading recruitment process outsourcing company based in Toronto with a global presence.
BERTEIG is proud to work with professionals who provide RPO solutions that are tailored to meet the needs of businesses worldwide.
Allevar
Allevar is a consulting and technical services firm with wide access to hidden talent in the market.
As a trusted BERTEIG recruitment partner, they have developed a reputation for placing high-quality specialized knowledge workers.
Learn More with Our Training Partners
We work with outstanding Agile coaches and trainers who can support your learning over the long-term.
These training offerings do not count towards BERTEIG Professional status.
Iceberg Ideas Inc.
Bryan Beecham in an Agile technical coach, consultant and international speaker with over 20 years of comprehensive IT experience including coaching teams and facilitating Agile adoption.
As a strong technical partner to BERTEIG, Bryan excels at designing and implementing robust software solutions utilizing a variety of technology platforms and Agile Engineering Practices.
Trilok
Trilok is a trusted BERTEIG partner focussed on the complex challenges of an Enterprise Agile Transformation.
Trilok helps with Lean Agile Transformation, Systems Thinking, Value Stream Identification; Business Technology and sustaining Lean-Agile Cultures.
Tara Jabbari
Tara Jabbari is an experienced digital media consultant. She has found fulfilment working for non-profits and working with businesses and influencers on their videos and social media in the United States, New Zealand and Colombia.
Tara is a professional speaker and gives talks and presentations teaching people about social media etiquette online.
Alexei Berteig
Amazing workshops on communication and media.
Alexei Berteig, just knew from an early age that he would become a comic book artist. Well, until he was in his 20’s when he realized that the stories he was really trying to tell could better be explored in film. He became the youngest ever student accepted to the Canadian Film Center’s writer’s lab, and went on to write and direct an award-winning documentary screened across Canada and the northern States.
Savita Pahuja
Savita Pahuja is a Certified LeSS Practitioner, an experienced Agile Coach, Trainer, Visionary Blogger, Speaker and Connoisseur.
Savita is also a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Certified Team Coach (CTC), Associate Certified Coach (ICF-ACC) and co-author of the book “Distributed Agile Framework”.
She helps businesses large and small with their express Agile needs.
cprime
When you need support beyond the BERTEIG Agile offerings; we work with our trusted partners at cprime to support your teams with product development and technology solutions that are tailored and provide value.
Superheroes Academy
Offering advanced Scrum Alliance certifications through online-mentoring programs.
Travis Birch
Kanban training and coaching. You can view Travis’ profile here.
ProTech
Since 1990, ProTech has successfully trained thousands of IT professionals and helped over 60% of Fortune 500 companies deliver new technical skills to their workforces.
ProTech offers over 1,500 courses in all technologies; from Agile to z/OS Mainframe, which can be delivered onsite, offsite and virtually.
Other Complimentary Partners
We work with organizations that have complimentary visions and missions to our own and which supplement your journey as an individual, and in organizations or communities.
Fanshawe Global Spanish and Portuguese
In partnership with Fanshawe Global, BERTEIG is offering its expertise in business agility directly to the Latin American market for the first time.
Our new Agile for Leaders virtual training, offered in both Spanish and Portuguese, will offer a solid foundation in methods such as Scrum and Kanban and will help leaders chart a path towards better business agility.
By the full completion of the training each participant will receive a digital certificate co-branded by BERTEIG and Fanshawe Global.
Techconnex
“TechConnex is a dynamic member driven community offering opportunities for peer education, networking and knowledge sharing to develop your business and your people.”
The TechConnex Mission is to foster a collaborative community for technology companies to connect, learn and grow.
Re-Tribe
Re-Tribe empowers people to bring about positive change in their life through community and connection.
We facilitate safe and inclusive spaces for people who experience mental health challenges. We understand the impact living with such challenges can have in our personal and professional lives and work to provide networks of support that accommodate the different and unique needs of the individual. Through active engagement and integrative learning, we provide opportunities to share, connect and build sustainable networks of support. Through workshops, one to one counseling and tribe formation, we create and cultivate holistic ways of self development, community building and collective well being.
Our Workshops:
Our online workshops are designed to co-create spaces of mental, emotional and (virtual) physical safety and support. Using an integrative counselling approach and the knowledge of lived experience, each workshop honours the power of community, the wisdom in story-sharing and the importance of reflection and intention setting.
With the current global health crisis we are offering workshops that are guided by the principles of cultivating self care during a time of challenge. Areas we explore include, anxiety, loneliness & isolation, resiliency & resource gathering, unlearning and re-teaching, boundaries, grief & loss and the changing relationships with people and/or substances. Each topic includes three to four sessions and will incorporate practices, accountability-buddies, check-ins and anything else that may be needed to build solidarity, security, trust and respect that has been agreed upon by participants.
People We Work With...
Valerie Senyk Instructor, Compelling Communication
Valerie lends her talents serving organizations with Agile improv techniques for team-building, and helps those in the corporate and business world find their authentic voices to be better communicators. She has written a number of articles on Agile Advice and some that are published here on berteig.com. Valerie delivers the Compelling Communication workshop for leaders.
Valerie is best known for running voice and communication workshops at Agile Coach Camp and at Play4Agile in the past few years.
Valerie has a BFA and MA, gained an Associate Professorship in Theatre Arts, and is author of “I Want a Poem” and “Stick”. Valerie joined BERTEIG in November 2012.
Valerie lends her talents serving organizations with Agile improv techniques for team-building, and helps those in the corporate and business world find their authentic voices to be better communicators. She has written a number of articles on Agile Advice and some that are published here on berteig.com. Valerie delivers the Compelling Communication workshop for leaders.
Valerie is best known for running voice and communication workshops at Agile Coach Camp and at Play4Agile in the past few years.
Valerie has a BFA and MA, gained an Associate Professorship in Theatre Arts, and is author of “I Want a Poem” and “Stick”. Valerie joined BERTEIG in November 2012.
Nica Pourfallah Leadership Coach & Consultant, Agile/Lean Trainer
Nica is an expert in Agile and has been valuable in embedding the Agile principles with my leadership team and how we approach our work. She is a strategic thinker in that she is able to see the big picture and provide valuable insight into opportunities for areas of improvement and also help map out how to achieve that.
I would highly recommend her.” – Erika Taylor, Vice President, People and Culture at BC Pension Corporation, Aug. 2015
Nica has had substantial experience in training, coaching, and organizational transformation consulting for the past 15 years. During the past decade she has focused primarily on Agile and Lean, and began specializing in Leadership transformation during this time as well. With a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership, Nica has walked alongside organizations and individuals in both the private and public sector on their leadership journeys, as they strengthened and grew in capacity.
Leadership Coaching/Training Highlights:
Whether engaged in a one-on-one coaching conversation, training in a boardroom over days or weeks, or engrained fully within an organization for a long-term transformation process, Nica brings skill, experience, commitment and focus. Nica’s primary objective and overall goal is to leave her clients in a position where the process of transformation that has begun can be sustainable for them to carry forward independently, and for them to thrive in their continued growth and learning.
Certifications and Accreditations:
Cultural Transformation Tools® (CTT) – Barrett Values Centre
Certified OpenAgile Catalyst – OpenAgile Centre For Learning
Certified Scrum Master® – Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Product Owner® – Scrum Alliance
Royal Roads University, Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership
The University of British Columbia, BA in English Language and Literature
Testimonials:
“I would highly recommend Nica Pourfallah” – Erika Taylor, Vice President, People and Culture at BC Pension Corporation, Aug. 2015
Experience Summary:
- Over 20 years practising, managing and coaching Agile Process and Development
- Over 15 years consulting experience
- Over 9 years experience applying Agile outside of technology environments
Joanna Tivig Senior Agile Trainer and Consultant
Joanna Tivig has been an instructor for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies for over a decade; teaching courses in project management, leadership and business analysis.
Qualifications
Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Developer, Team Kanban, Kanban Management Professional I, Certified Agile Leader I
SAFe® and Nexus Program Consultant, Project Management Professional, International Project Manager
B.A.A, HONS, Foreign Languages, Major in Education, University of Bucharest
Background
Joanna Tivig has been an instructor for University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies for over a decade, teaching courses of project management, leadership and business analysis. Joanna is currently Co-founder and Owner of Path2Knowledge.com, a training and consulting organization focused on value delivery to its clients. She is also a bestselling co-author of the recent book Gen P – New Generation of Product Owners Who Care About Customers’. Joanna is a board member of Toronto Agile Community, a not for profit organization who schedules yearly events promoting the Agile ways of working. In her spare time, Joanna likes to play tennis, hike, bike and enjoy the outdoors with her family.
Experience Summary
Over 15 years in software development initiatives in financial services
Over 15 years in applying project management practices
Over 7 years assisting organizations to leverage Agile and Lean Change Management approaches
Course offerings:
Introduction to Agile Ways of Working – In class workshop
Transforming Organizations with Agile Leadership – In class workshop
Forbes Benning Agile Coach and Trainer, AWS Architect
Forbes Benning began using the Agile philosophy in 2008 and wonders how he ever lived without it. Now Forbes wants to share that knowledge and experience with other teams. He has experience consulting, coaching, facilitation and team building in large enterprise settings. With a focus on methods such as Scrum, Forbes is committed to helping transform people, process and culture in organizations.
Forbes Benning began using the Agile philosophy in 2008 and wonders how he ever lived without it. Now Forbes wants to share that knowledge and experience with other teams. He has experience consulting, coaching, facilitation and team building in large enterprise settings. With a focus on methods such as Scrum, Forbes is committed to helping transform people, process and culture in organizations.
Forbes was active in helping projects succeed for 10 years before becoming a PMP in 2005. He then received certification as a ScrumMaster® in 2008. He is dedicated to sharing this knowledge to help other teams succeed.
Forbes has worked as a ScrumMaster to assist teams in their adoption of Scrum. He has also assisted firms in the financial, gaming and automotive sector with their Agile transformations, including Agile teamwork, Agile project and product management, and Agile consulting and training at the executive level.
Forbes has been a long-time volunteer with the PMI-SWOC. He managed the organization of the regional PMI conference in 2009 and 2010.
Now he is also working on enterprise cloud transformation and has become an AWS Architect (Amazon Web Services) and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect to help with customer journeys.
Select Client List:
Certent, CIHI (Canadian Institute of Health Information), City of Toronto, Finastra (D+H), Government of Ontario, Great West Life, Intuit Canada, Kijiji (eBay), Nutreco, SafeNet, ScotiaBank, Seneca College, TD Canada Trust, Upstream Works, PPI, CoreSolutions, Mostly Digital, Diamond L Healthcare Software Solutions, Gilchrist Games, PMI-SWOC, Autodata, The Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres, The Ontario Ministry of Environment
Certifications and Accreditations:
Professional Scrum Master I + II (PSM I and PSM II), Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP), Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
AWS Architect, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified SAFe Agilist (Leading SAFe)
Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Western Ontario
Experience Summary
Over 23 years helping projects succeed
Over 11 years experience helping teams adopt Scrum and other Agile methods
5 years of experience training teams and organizations on Scrum
Testimonials / References
“I thought the class was great with Forbes providing real world examples and experiences.” – Product Manager
David Sabine Professional Scrum Trainer™, PST
David, as Professional Scrum Trainer™ with Scrum.org, works to improve the profession of software delivery. He helps organizations deliver products of the highest possible quality and value.
His career highlights the intersection of business, technology, art and education. With his broad experience, he helps organizations and teams understand agility at all levels: practice and delivery, leadership and stewardship, organizational design and culture.
Agile Training Reviews
3529+ Testimonials
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The Product Owner Bootcamp gave me immediate actionable insights that I can apply to my work. I'm looking forward to taking these new skills with me so I can be more effective at my job - and more creative, too!
August 17, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Katrina Potts
Senior Program Manager
TELUS
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Mishkin led a great course with a lot of detail into being a better PO. The exercises were very interactive and helpful in learning from beginning to your first sprint.
August 17, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Andres Parada
Sr. Analyst
CIBC
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Excellent training course; two days packed with important information. I'm glad i chose to attend this course over alternatives. Mishkin and his team were excellent at conveying the importance of the various aspects of becoming a CSPO.
August 17, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
McGregor Townley
Business Analyst Specialist
ScotiaBank
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This is my second course by Berteig! I have previously taken the TKP - Team Kanban Practitioner and now the CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner. I like the way that Mishkin teaches. He is knowledgeable and a great trainer. As a Scrum Master, the CSPO really helped me realize the PO perspective and I am excited to take what I learned back to my team.
August 17, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Vanessa Wong
Scrum Master
CIBC
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I found the Product Owner Bootcamp very effective. Even though it was virtual, it was very engaging. The activities were well planned out and very relevant to the PO role. I also loved how the topic of AI was discussed. It was great to see how AI can be leveraged for POs. I am confident that what I have learned throughout this course will help me to refine my skills and excel in my role.
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Chris Murphy
Product Owner
Sun Life Canada
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Mishkin was great and discussions on AI were insightful. Learnt lots despite working as a Product Owner for a few years now so it was definitely worth it. And of course, the certification 🙂
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Sanjay Punjabi
Sr. Product Owner
Finning
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The training was conducted flawlessly, and the content was well-structured, providing a comprehensive understanding of the Certified Scrum Product Owner role and responsibilities. Pre-work for course helped significantly in refreshing scrum principles and setting up for successful learning experience for Certified Scrum Product Owner training. Mishkin explained everything in a simplified way which made it easy to grasp all the concepts including the use of AI as a Product Owner to apply to real-world scenarios. Interactive group exercises for product simulation throughout the training further enhanced my understanding and made training a very insightful experience for me. Overall, very good course to enhance my understanding of agile product management and further advance my career. Thank you so much for an amazing learning experience!!!
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Ravin Maan
Business Analyst
City of Kamloops
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Really enjoyed the Product Owner Bootcamp training and took many new skills and tools to assist in my role. Great balance between online and collaborative learning... reinforcing the core themes of scrum. Thanks again!
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Mark Kustermans
Director of Digital Solutions
Trojan Technologies
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It was a really good experience to go through the Product Owner Bootcamp, it is not a typical canned format. I also like the fact there was dedicated time to share information and show techniques on how AI could be leveraged in the daily operations of a Product Owner.
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Sukumar Ramachandran
Product Owner
Equisoft Inc
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Another great training course from Mishkin and his team (Keisha & Melinda in this case) at Berteig Consulting. The course was fun, fast paced, hands-on and extremely valuable. Highly recommended if you're in the market for any agile related certification for yourself or your team!
July 13, 2023
Product Owner Bootcamp with CSPO® (Certified Scrum Product Owner®) [Virtual Learning] (POBC)
Sascha Guenther
Agile Coach
Meltwater