Sohrab Salimi

Sohrab Salimi is the Founder & CEO of Agile Academy based in Cologne, Germany. He is the only medical doctor in the world who has received the highest accreditations in the world of agility and business model innovation. Sohrab is a Certified Scrum Trainer, Certified Agile Leadership Educator, and a Strategyzer Advisor/Coach.

Sohrab spends about half his time teaching agility and innovation to people on all levels in organizations – from Boards of Directors to teams building products – and the other half helping organizations implement new ways of working to build better products in a better way.

Prior to his current role, Sohrab was the CIO of a mid-sized IT Consulting company, worked as a management consultant with Bain & Company, studied Medicine in Germany and the USA, and earned an MBA from Dusseldorf Business School. Sohrab spends the majority of his free time doing all sorts of sports, reading all kinds of books, and traveling with his wife and three kids.

Sohrab is passionate about spending time with his family – he has three kids. He enjoys various sports (incl. football, crossfit, skiing and hiking), reading, cooking and travelling.