Scott Davis on agile methodology
From The Ship of Theseus: Building the 1,000 Year Web by Scott Davis · · Developer Summit
“I tweeted recently that JIRA and scrum are the warm beer and cold pizza of agile. It understandably got a lot of people riled up.”
On , Scott Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Western Digital, spoke about agile methodology during The Ship of Theseus: Building the 1,000 Year Web by Scott Davis on Developer Summit.
About Scott Davis
Scott Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Western Digital, has been active in discussions on personal purpose, digital trust, and marketing strategy. In a November 2025 podcast, Davis spoke about the importance of gratitude, admitting ignorance as a first step in learning, and cultivating friendships through vulnerability and honesty. He described selling his possessions and sailing to the Caribbean as a way to find a new chapter, and said he started the nonprofit Fulcrum to address affordable housing by using novel financing to keep rents 20–25 percent below market. Davis also discussed