Speaker, Innovator, Author, Community Builder, and Visionary
Brian has over 25+ years in software development, in multiple roles, giving him a unique macro view of the software development and delivery process. Brian has worked as S/W Eng, Development Manager, Consultant, and Solution Architect. Most importantly, Brian was the Chief Evangelist and Dir. of Product Marketing for Cloudbees Jenkins, and helped establish Jenkins as the most widely adopted CI/CD tool in the world. Brian has been successful in optimizing software technologies and practices, and communicating technical value and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. The past 15 years of his career have included various aspects of applying open-source software to enterprise software development (Subversion, Git, and Jenkins), including market analysis, feature definition, messaging, training development, go-to-market strategy, and more. Notable accomplishments include the creation of a widely adopted DevOps Maturity Model as a core company and community asset and participating in over 60 conferences, webinars, white papers, books, and articles.
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