Helping Build High-Performing Development Teams.
Welcome! I’m Mark Bass — an Agile Coach, Technology Leader, and published author with over 20 years of industry experience, including 10 years dedicated to leading cross-functional teams to sustainable success.
20+
Years Industry Experience
10+
Years Leading Agile Teams
14
Specialized Certifications
Helping Leaders & Teams Deliver Sustainable Agility
As a Technology Leader and Agile Coach with over 20 years of industry experience and 10+ years guiding cross-functional teams, I help organizations move beyond rigid ceremonies into genuine flow, psychological safety, and measurable value delivery.
My approach bridges executive strategy with hands-on software delivery—focusing on servant leadership, continuous improvement, blameless problem solving, and preparing teams for modern hybrid AI engineering workflows.
Team Leadership
Coaching cross-functional software teams to achieve self-organization, high morale, and delivery excellence.
Scrum & Kanban
Limiting WIP, optimizing flow, removing bottlenecks, and accelerating cycle time from concept to production.
Facilitation & Safety
Psychological safety, blameless retrospectives, Design Thinking workshops, and conflict resolution.
Agentic AI Teams
Guiding engineering leaders to orchestrate autonomous AI agents as functional members of Agile teams.
Professional Designations, Certifications & Accreditations
Over a decade of continuous professional learning across Scrum Alliance, International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile), Project Management Institute (PMI), Kanban University, and more.
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching
ICAgile Certified Professional
Certified Scrum Professional
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster
Certified ScrumMaster
Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master
Disciplined Agile Scrum Master
Kanban System Design
Design Thinking
Problem Definition
Coaching for Change
Agile Coaching Skills
AI Prompt Engineering
AI for Scrum Masters
Featured Books & Facilitation Tools
Practical published works and software built by Mark Bass to help Agile leaders, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams thrive.
The Agile Journey
From Manifesto to Mainstream
Trace the evolution of Agile from its Utah ski resort origins to enterprise delivery, and why human-first collaboration matters far more than tooling and scaffolding.
A Smooth Transition
Converting Your Team from Scrum to Kanban
A step-by-step roadmap for teams assessing fit, setting WIP limits, managing team resistance, and tracking continuous flow with Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFD).
Playmaker
Team Icebreakers & Facilitation
100+ curated icebreaker questions, integrated meeting timer, and 1-tap Slack sharing to build psychological safety in standups, retrospectives, and workshops.
Looking for Chapter Overviews & Upcoming Work?
Explore the full publications library including The Agentic Agile Team (Chapter 1 Preview).
Let's Talk Agile
Looking to guide your team through an Agile transformation, or arrange coaching for your organization? Reach out directly.
Phone
(780) 953-3179LinkedIn Profile
linkedin.com/in/mark-bass-19b006aLocation
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • Available Remotely
Send a Message to Mark
Inquire about team coaching, speaking, or agile transition advisory.