Sean Lander, CSM

Sean Lander, CSM, has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Sean started their career as a QA Tools Engineer at GameSalad, Inc in 2011. Sean then interned as a Program Manager at Microsoft in 2013 and 2014. Sean pursued further education and worked as a Master's Student, Graduate TA, Graduate Research Assistant, and PHD Candidate at the University of Missouri from 2012 to 2015. During this time, they focused on Big Data modeling solutions for genetics, genome structures, and electronic health records classification and prediction.

In 2015, Sean co-owned Phinlander LLC and operated eSports Booth, where they managed operations, vendor relations, cash flow, and customer support. Sean also developed tools for other branches of eSports LLC as the CTO, providing strategic planning for inter-branch operations.

Sean served as the Lead Developer at MULE Games from 2016 to 2019, working on the development of the learning game Mission Hydro Sci. Sean then became the Owner of Space Shark Studios from 2016 to 2020.

In 2019, Sean co-founded and became the CEO of CoLearn VR, a VR learning platform for grade-school students. Sean managed business operations, hiring, customer and partner relations, fund raising, design, and development. Unfortunately, the company ceased operations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Currently, Sean is working as a Product Manager/Producer at ForwardXP starting from June 2020.

Sean Lander, CSM, has a diverse education history. Sean began their academic journey at the University of Rochester from 2004 to 2008, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Computer Science. Afterward, they pursued further education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. From 2012 to 2014, Sean completed a Master's degree in Computer Science. Eventually, they went on to pursue a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics at the same university; however, this degree remained incomplete as they attended from 2014 to 2015. In addition to their educational background, Sean has obtained several certifications. Sean acquired the "Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)" certification from Scrum Alliance in August 2022. Sean also holds certifications in "How to Design for Augmented and Virtual Reality" from The Interaction Design Foundation, obtained in March 2022, and "Managing Jira Projects for Cloud" from Atlassian, obtained in February 2023.