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"You write great motivational emails. Thank you for it. If you lived through several transformations, you know, that beyond great vision there is also important right timing and desire for change. And this preparadeness stays at your intuition. In all cases, discussions with you are great look into the mirror." September 22, 2017
Marek Vandák, Head of Software Development, Anasoft, Slovakia

"If you are interested in true agile adoption Michal is the right person for you. True agility, nothing less. Michal is not type of coach that will tell you what you want to hear. He will tell you what you need to hear. No politics and empty words." January 6, 2015
Jaroslav Orság, SW Developer, Whitestein Technologies, Slovakia

"I have attended three Aguarra trainings and I found them all to be very beneficial and professionally executed. The great advantage of these trainings are teachers, who not only understands the subject, but they have a long in depth practice in the field of that subject. Often they are also internationally recognized experts - my last training on the methodology DSDM led one of the authors of Agile Manifesto Arie van Bennekum.

Generally, I think that Aguarra trainings are by far the best courses in agile management in the Czech Republic and in particular training Management 3.0 should attend every manager (not necessarily from IT development)." April 4, 2014
Zdeněk Macháček, Delivery Manager, Principal engineering, Czech Republic

"Simply: With Michal we have increased Throutput of orders in PRIA SYSTEM. In 5 months we increased revenue from 700.000 CZK to 1.500.000 CZK. What to add more? Just only I have feeling, that it is even sustainable :)" October 15, 2013
Jan Podzimek, CEO, PRIA SYSTEM, Czech Republic

"In 2012 we have started process of company revitalization to prepare us for international expansion. We invited Michal to join our internal Allegro Scrum Competence Team to work together and guide us through the process of change - agile transformation. Starting with top management, Agile became part of our strategic plans, in structure, in processes, in operations and in responsibilities. Quite radical change for organization with long history and culture. Later Michal trained development teams for Scrum, agile and non-agile techniques and helped us to create new roles - ScrumMaster, Product Owner or agile managers. In following months he have provided regular support, coaching and mentoring on our agile journey. During transition we have learned a lot about ourselves. We have got to the path of continuous improvement, attracted new talents and enhanced collaboration among colleagues, internal departments and with customers. And we still continue. Working with Aguarra is inspiring, radical, and often challenging us from status quo. With greatest pleasure we recommend Aguarra." September 2, 2013
Radek Havlik, CEO, NetDirect, Czech Republic
Vaclav Liska, Webshop Segment Leader, Allegro Group, Czech Republic / Poland

"I learned a great deal about SCRUM and Agile methodologies during the training, and I would like to thank Michal and his team for a great course, it has been very eye-opening and I think it will be very useful for me and my career in the future." December 3, 2011
Miguel Sánchez, Entrepreneur, Esebe Software, Slovakia

"I have had the opportunity to attend several trainings organized and co-tutored by Michal and those were one of the best training sessions I have ever attended. Michal is not only able to clearly share his own ideas, but he is always able to bring to the table excellent tutors and trainers from all around the world. Trainings offered by Aguarra are definitely one of the best in the field in the Czech Republic and I highly recommend them." December 3, 2011
Ondrej Krajicek, Vice President of R&D, Y Soft Corporation, Czech Republic

"We have been working with Michal Vallo during 2011 on the improvements of the SCRUM process in Oriflame. He made SCRUM audit in our web development department. With the better understanding of the process we have opened a room for potential improvements and implementation of the best practices.
After the couple of follow up workshops and training with Michal we achieved great improvements on the level of the development team, product owners and inspire them for better communication. Since then we are continuously trying to inspect and change how we do the things.
Cooperation with Michal was very useful and inspiring. Thanks to him we have moved our SCRUM in web development to the next level." November 14, 2011
Rene Andrs, Web Development Leader, Oriflame Software, Czech Republic

"With help of Michal Vallo, who made Scrum Observation and Assessment in our team, we were able to boost productivity, break stagnation, and inspire team members for better communication. In time frame of 2 weeks and couple of follow-up sessions, we collected enough objective points to inspect and adjust, which leaded to about 10% raise of team velocity and open additional potential for improvements." July 19, 2011
Nick Entin, Vice President, Polarion Software GmbH, Czech Republic / Germany

"Michal is a strategic thinker with unmatched consistency in following visions. He managed to reconstruct Actum's production capacity from a group of poorly organized individuals into a well-functioning team, introduced new project management methodologies, including agile ones, and most importantly succeeded in creation of a culture that nurtures innovation and creativity in all aspects of the company's life. Successfully completed the first M&A transaction of Actum, attracted people from all over the world, started our own R&D programme.. and much more. Sometimes he should think why you ask instead of providing a quick answer." April 7, 2010
Jan Havel, Owner and Managing Partner, ACTUM, Czech Republic

"Michal showed me how could a creative project manager look like. He is always investigating new approaches, which together with his bright vision makes him a person with whom is a joy to co-operate." June 8, 2008

Lukas Plihal, Creative Director / Inventor of Experience Web, Ilikethis, Czech Republic

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