Valerio Zanini

Valerio Zanini

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About

I talk to teams and organizations about how to adopt and improve a Product Thinking…

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Experience

  • Spark Engine Graphic

    Spark Engine

    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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    Washington DC-Baltimore Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    McLean, VA

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    Rockville, MD

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    College Park, MD

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    Rome, Italy - Raleigh, NC

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    Naples Area, Italy

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    Rome Area, Italy

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Graphic

    Startup and Product Innovation Mentor

    Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

    - Present 7 years 5 months

    Education

    I'm a product & entrepreneurship advisor to local and student-run startup businesses

  • Agile Alliance Graphic

    Volunteer at Agile 2019

    Agile Alliance

    - Present 4 years 10 months

    Volunteer at the Agile 2019 conference, the largest worldwide event dedicated to Agile practices and culture. #agile #agile2019 #purpleshirt

  • Scrum Alliance Graphic

    Volunteer at Global Scrum Gathering Minneapolis 2018

    Scrum Alliance

    - Present 6 years 2 months

Publications

  • SAFe to Scale: The practice guide to Scaled Agile for Product Managers and Product Owners

    5D Vision Publishing

    The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is the world's leading framework for scaling agile practices for dozens or for even hundreds of agile teams. Product Managers and Product Owners play a pivotal role in the success of any SAFe implementation by adopting a product thinking mindset. This book equips them with the knowledge and tools to excel in the SAFe environment by adopting product thinking.

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  • Sprint Your Way to Scrum

    5D Vision Publishing

    50 Tips to Accelerate Your Scrum

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  • Deliver Great Products That Customers Love

    5D Vision

    Building a great product that customers love requires a variety of skills, mindsets and techniques. Product managers and entrepreneurs face the continuous challenge of creating new solutions and delivering value to their customers. Starting from the three pillars of customer focus, culture of Agility, and team empowerment, this book explains how to go from theory to practice
    This book is designed for product managers, innovators, and entrepreneurs that need a guide to product management…

    Building a great product that customers love requires a variety of skills, mindsets and techniques. Product managers and entrepreneurs face the continuous challenge of creating new solutions and delivering value to their customers. Starting from the three pillars of customer focus, culture of Agility, and team empowerment, this book explains how to go from theory to practice
    This book is designed for product managers, innovators, and entrepreneurs that need a guide to product management, that want to learn a variety of techniques to create products, and that seek continuous opportunities for learning and improving. Whether you are new to product management, or are starting a new product, this book is for you. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to make your idea develop into a product that customers love.

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  • Internet and applications

    Micanet Srl

    At the dawn of the Internet, web browsing, emails, and Infoseek.com were fascinating new tools for communication and entertainment. This book took the reader through the exciting journey of setting up their modem connection, dialing up, and browsing the Internet for the first time. It provided an overall explanation of the Internet and its applications, showcasing the most visited websites of the time.
    The book became the official manual provided by Micanet Srl (a national Internet provider…

    At the dawn of the Internet, web browsing, emails, and Infoseek.com were fascinating new tools for communication and entertainment. This book took the reader through the exciting journey of setting up their modem connection, dialing up, and browsing the Internet for the first time. It provided an overall explanation of the Internet and its applications, showcasing the most visited websites of the time.
    The book became the official manual provided by Micanet Srl (a national Internet provider similar to AOL at the time) to its new customers.

Patents

Projects

  • Hustle & Grind

    Video show that showcases entrepreneurs and their real life stories - the challenges they overcame, and the successes they gained while building their companies. The show completed Season 1 in 2020 with 10 entrepreneurs and is available on Youtube. Production by Martini Media Solutions.

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  • Salesforce for Retail Bank

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    Creating a new exciting experience for our customers by connecting interactions and activities across multiple touch-points into a single 360 degree view of the customer, built on the Salesforce platform

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  • Apple iPads and Wi-Fi in all Capital One branches

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    Innovative customer-focused, banker-driven, deployment of iPads in all Capital One branches

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Honors & Awards

  • Capital One Circle Of Excellence

    Capital One

  • Webby Honoree

    The Webby Awards

    http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2007/web/general-website/games-related/honorees

  • Digman Center Alumn

    Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

    Selected to join a limited team of 2nd year MBA students working in the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at UMD to mentor and develop start-up companies incubated at the Center.

  • Dean's Fellow

    University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, Dean's Office

    Merit-based, full scholarship for select MBA students

Languages

  • English

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  • Italian

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Organizations

  • Truly Scrum

    Founder

    - Present
  • Spark Engine

    Certified Product Innovation Trainer (CPIT)

    - Present
  • Scaled Agile, Inc.

    SPC SAFe Program Consultant

    - Present
  • Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

    Startup advisor

    - Present
  • Scrum Alliance

    Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), CSM, CSPO

    - Present

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