Ellis de Haan is the COO of Xebia, where she combines her experience as a consultant, customer, and manager to identify with the company's most important stakeholders. In addition to her role as COO, Ellis uses her academic research and practical experience in agile transformations to give masterclasses on how middle managers can motivate employees to embrace agile practices and how supportive leadership can facilitate such transformations. Ellis holds an MBA from the Business University of Nyenrode and enjoys spending her spare time at the Cross-fit gym, working on her deadlift abilities. As COO at Xebia, Ellis focuses on improving and connecting the operations of the organization as a whole, while the management team of Xebia Nederland oversees the global mission, values, and business principles.
