Summary
Dale Schumacher is a Principal Consultant and Certified Scrum Master with 14 years driving agile transformation and delivery excellence from startups to enterprise engagements. Based in Minneapolis, he has led teams and coached organizations at Mental Image Software, TEKsystems, Rally, and Borland, blending hands-on consulting with strategic leadership. As a former CTO of curenci and longtime Agile community organizer (former VP of Agile Austin), he pairs product-minded technical direction with strong process coaching. Dale specializes in scaling lean/agile practices and improving flow across distributed teams while keeping a pragmatic focus on outcomes. Colleagues know him for translating agile theory into measurable delivery improvements and for mentoring practitioners to elevate team autonomy. He brings uncommon longevity in consultant roles, indicating both deep subject-matter expertise and an ability to embed lasting change.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer