The Humans of DevOps Podcast Series

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Brendan O’Reilly, co-founder of DayshaDevOps. They discuss why working in silos is bad, how to initiate the breakdown of silos, and fostering cross-silo collaboration. An experienced technology leader running tech startups since 1990. From 2014 leading the team at Daysha to help clients adopt DevOps mindset, processes and tools. Brendan is an Agile Coach and Lean Yellow Belt. He is a DevOps Institute Ambassador and published a book in 2020 titled 1FaaT - One Feature at a Time to help organizations to overcome their older ways of working and engage customers in a process of ongoing value realization. Thanks to our episode sponsor Kolide! Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected]

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Jonathan Schneider, co-founder, and CEO of Moderne. They discuss how remote teams can overcome challenges using VR, the benefits of VR for remote teams, and how VR impacts code quality and developer productivity. View a short clip of the VR experience. Jonathan Schneider previously led the engineering effort around large-scale automated code refactoring at Netflix, where he founded the open source OpenRewrite project. On the Spring Team at Pivotal, he led the site reliability engineering team and founded the popular Java metrics library Micrometer. He is the author of O’Reilly’s "SRE with Java Microservices.” Thanks to our episode sponsor Kolide! Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/humans-of-devops-podcast/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Christian Wiklund, co-founder and CEO of unitQ. They discuss why DevOps should prioritize real-time customer feedback in their decision making, the importance of fast feedback cycles and more! Prior to unitQ, Christian and Niklas Lindstrom founded Skout, a social app with over 50 million users that was acquired by The Meet Group in 2016. Christian is a native Swede, an avid surfer, a prolific tomato grower, and a proud father of three. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/humans-of-devops-podcast/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Dr. Gautham Pallapa, DevOps Institute Ambassador, founder of Transformity and an executive advisor for VMware. He discusses the human skill of empathy - what it is, why it's important in DevOps, how to be more empathetic and more. Learn more about Gautham's book, "Leading with Empathy" here: https://etransforms.com/ As the founder of Transformity and an Executive Advisor for VMware, Dr. Gautham Pallapa works with C-Suite and executives at Fortune 1000 enterprise customers in transforming their strategy, processes, technologies, culture, and people to achieve their objectives and business outcomes. His mantra is “Transform with Empathy” and has successfully led several business transformations and cloud modernization efforts in various industry verticals. Gautham is an agile coach, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a SAFe Agilist, and an Ambassador for the DevOps Institute. He writes/talks/works on transformation, elevating humans, helping underprivileged people, and giving back to the community. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/humans-of-devops-podcast/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Eric Chapman, DevOps Institute Ambassador and Principal Consultant at Liatrio. He discusses dynamic learning capability – what it is, why it’s important to software and DevOps organizations, dojos and more. Eric Chapman is a Principal Consultant at Liatrio, helping clients deliver software faster and safer. With a background in software development, he has spent the past 20 years architecting, building, and enabling software systems for large complex organizations spanning the US Government, Healthcare, Financial, and eCommerce sectors. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/humans-of-devops-podcast/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined once again by Pauline Narvas (@paulienuh) and Leonardo Murillo (@murillodigital) for the first-ever Humans of DevOps panel! They chat with host Jason Baum on what imposter syndrome is, why imposter syndrome affects certain groups more, how to identify imposter syndrome, how to combat it and more. Pauline Narvas is a Community Engineer at Gitpod and community founder of Ladies in DevOps. Pauline is an international speaker, blogger at pawlean.com and host of the By Pawlean podcast. Pauline is also an ambassador for Code First Girls and the author of the DevXDigest newsletter. Pauline was on episode 58 of the Humans of DevOps where we learned about her journey into tech, including starting to code and build websites at age 8, the importance of community and finding your tribe, cloud developer environments and so much more! If you didn't catch that episode, please be sure to listen. Leonardo Murillo is a Cloud Native Technologies Expert, DevOps Institute Ambassador, Co-Chair GitOps Working Group. Leo was on episode 45 of the Humans of DevOps where we learned about his journey into IT at 13 years old, founding the second BBS in Costa Rica, being an assistant network administrator for the first commercial ISP in the country at age 15, becoming an IT Director at age 20. If you didn't catch that episode, please be sure to listen. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/resources/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined once again by DevOps Institute Ambassador, Professional speaker, Straight Talk for Government chapter President, Senior Principal with MITRE Corporation and all-around Rockstar Tracy Bannon (@TracyBannon). Tracy discusses the human skill of proactive honesty - what it is, why it's important to software and DevOps organizations, how to be honest, proactive versus reactive and more. Trac was on episode 44 of the Humans of DevOps where we learned about her journey into IT and being a dev married to an ops. If you didn't catch that episode, please be sure to listen. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Have questions, feedback or just want to chat? Send us an email at [email protected] Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/resources/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by DevOps Institute Ambassador and Technical Evangelist Marco Coulter. Marco discusses the human skill of delegation - what it is, why it's important, how to delegate, tips and more. Marco Coulter, (he/him), @marcocoulter Marco has an over 20-year history of guiding companies globally in technology adoption. Published in Forbes and CIO magazines, he is a sought-after consultant; advising and reviewing strategic plans with dozens of large enterprises and start-ups. A former startup CTO, Marco brings experience from all sides of technology including business units, product and development teams spread through USA, EMEA and APAC. Marco’s focus earned him the nickname of “tech-whisperer” for his skills in translating business drivers for a technical audience and technical concepts for business leaders. When taking a rare break from technology, Marco can be found traveling the world or harvesting fresh vegetables from his NYC garden. Read more about delegation from Marco Coulter. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/resources/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Pauline Narvas of Gitpod. Pauline discusses her journey into tech, including starting to code and build websites at age 8, the importance of community and finding your tribe, cloud developer environments and so much more! Pauline Narvas is a Community Engineer at Gitpod and community founder of Ladies in DevOps. Pauline is an international speaker, blogger at pawlean.com and host of the By Pawlean podcast. Pauline is also an ambassador for Code First Girls and the author of the DevXDigest newsletter. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership. Please visit https://www.devopsinstitute.com/resources/ for a lightly edited transcript.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Kristen Buchanan, founder of Edify. Find out how DevOps principles can be applied to people and team management, what the future of work holds and so much more! Kristen Buchanan is the CEO and Founder of Edify, an AI platform that builds high-performing engineering teams, starting with onboarding. She started her first company in 2014 and built onboarding programs for companies such as AWS Elemental, Puppet, OpenSky Alibaba, Cirium (FlightGlobal), Cloudability and more. Kristen is passionate about developing the future of high-performing engineering organizations so that engineering teams can build better products, faster. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Dan Roberts, CEO and president of Ouellette & Associates Consulting, host of the CIO Whisperers podcast, author and speaker. They discuss qualities of great leaders, the "HEAR" model and listening, Nelson Mandela plus way more! Dan Roberts has mentored, studied and partnered with thousands of CIOs and technology leaders for more than 3 decades. His firm coined the term “Developing the Human Side of Technology” in 1984 when technology and technologists hid safely behind glass walls. Fast forward to the here and now and Dan believes there has never been a better time to be in the IT profession. He has dedicated his career to ensuring leaders and team members have the new mindsets, skill sets and tools necessary to differentiate and elevate the IT narrative. As a student of leadership, Dan writes and speaks about the common traits of the top game-changing leaders in our profession. He notes how these difference makers are not distracted by the bright shiny objects, cut through the noise of the day and have a laser focus on what he refers to as the 7C’s of top leaders: Customer Obsession, Culture, Cultivate, Courage, Change, Collaboration & Communication. Dan is considered one of the most connected executives in the CIO arena and is passionate about connecting great people with great ideas. CIOs appreciate his ability to energize, challenge their thinking and build and sustain a world-class IT culture and future-ready workforce. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Stephen Dick, VP of site reliability engineering at BetterCloud. They discuss dad jokes, getting his first big break on the international IT scene at SAP, leading as an introvert, intrinsic curiosity, the power of listening plus way more! Stephen is an Irish native and Tech executive who has been living in Silicon Valley, California for the last 10 years. He’s the proud holder of multiple ‘Dad joke awards’ and keeps his wife, 2 kids entertained with a stream of really really awesome jokes. He has over 20 years of technology industry experience and he serves as the President of our inaugural Silicon Valley chapter of DevOps Institute and is the Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering at BetterCloud. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Helen Beal, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute. They discuss Helen's tech beginnings including an *interesting* data entry story, human skills, learning and helping people plus way more! Helen Beal is a DevOps and Ways of Working coach, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute, and ambassador for the Continuous Delivery Foundation. She is the Chair of the Value Stream Management Consortium and provides strategic advisory services to DevOps industry leaders such as Plutora and Moogsoft. She is also an analyst at Techstrong Research. She hosts the Day-to-Day DevOps webinar series for BrightTalk and the Value Stream Evolution series on TechStrong TV. She speaks regularly on DevOps and value stream-related topics, is a DevOps editor for InfoQ, and also writes for a number of other online platforms. She regularly appears in TechBeacon’s DevOps Top100 lists and was recognized as the Top DevOps Evangelist 2020 in the DevOps Dozen awards and was a finalist for Computing DevOps Excellence Awards’ DevOps Professional of the Year 2021. Want access to more content like this? Gain the tools, resources and knowledge to help your organization adapt and respond to challenges by becoming a professional member of DevOps Institute. Engage in one of the fastest-growing DevOps communities today! Get started for free: https://www.devopsinstitute.com/membership/ Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Lonye Ford, CEO of Arlo Solutions. They discuss her journey including being raised by the military, overcoming adversity, manifestation, advice, making success happen plus way more! Lonye Nicole Ford is CEO of Arlo Solutions, a minority/veteran/8a/HUBZone-owned business headquartered in Washington, DC., providing Intelligence and Cybersecurity support to the US Government. With 20+ years of experience supporting senior government and military officials, Lonye’s quick wit to identify and solve complex problems, as well as her positive and astute business acumen, deems her a highly sought-after tech executive and teaming partner. Lonye’s commitment to Arlo, family, and community is none other than paramount! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Farshad Abasi, Chief Security Officer at Forward Security. They discuss building his own videogames, how he went from being a biology major to a security professional, creating an eCommerce platform from scratch in the early days of the internet + more! Farshad Abasi is an innovative technologist with over twenty-five years of experience in software design and development, network and system architecture, cybersecurity, management, and technical instruction. With a keen interest in security from the start, he has become an expert in that aspect of computing and communication over the last eighteen years. He started Forward Security in 2018, with a mission to provide world-class information security services, particularly in the Application and Cloud security domains. Prior to creating Forward, he was a senior member of HSBC Group's IT Security team with the most recent positions being the Principal Global Security Architect, and Head of IT Security of the Canadian division. Farshad is continuing an eighteen-year stint as an instructor at BCIT where he shares his passion for information and network security, helping others build a career in this exciting field. He is also the security correspondent for CFAX radio, BSides Vancouver/MARS board member, Vancouver OWASP chapter lead, a CISSP designate, and a UBC CS alumnus. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Eveline Oehrlich, Industry Analyst and Chief Research Officer at DevOps Institute where she leads the research of relevant and objective content creation. They discuss what the Upskilling Report is, why it's important, takeaways from last year's survey, WFH challenges and the skills gap + more! Take the 2022 Upskilling IT Survey Now. Eveline is also an Industry Analyst and Research Director at Research In Action. As a volunteer board member for CIO Whisperers and SageCircle, she shapes and helps to advance the technology industry in different ways. Prior to these roles, Eveline held the positions at Forrester Research, New Relic and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She has advised leaders and teams across small and large IT enterprises and IT Automation software vendors on strategy and challenges. She is the author of many research papers and thought leadership pieces and a well-known presenter and speaker within the IT industry.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Brian Dawson, Vice President of Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development at The Linux Foundation. Brian focuses on identifying, sharing, and promoting development best practices in the open-source software community. Prior to his role at The Linux Foundation, he led an agile transformation consulting practice helping organizations small and large implement CI, CD and DevOps. Brian has spent over 30 years as a software professional in multiple domains including engineering, QA, and management, all with a focus on optimizing software development and delivery. Brian has contributed and been credited on over 100 video game titles. They discuss cultural and "human" challenges in DevOps and software, console game development and testing at SEGA, leadership and more! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Joel Kruger, DevSecOps Tech Lead at GovernmentCIO and DevOps Institute's newest ambassador. They discuss his background including going from being a struggling musician to an IT professional, hacking his friend (with consent), the importance of community and more! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Brandon Durbin, Founder & CEO of Akava - a Silicon Valley software engineering consultancy who helps start-ups and enterprises such as Disney, Oracle, Lbrands, Cisco and Uber build innovative cloud, devops, web and mobile solutions.. Brandon Durbin is a tech entrepreneur, investor and advisor. They discuss entrepreneurship, his background including overcoming hurdles and lessons learned, community building, continuous learning, advice and more! Brandon is part of the DevOps Institute family proudly serving as the inaugural Committee Chair for the Silicon Valley chapter as well as Chairing the organization's membership committee! He's exceptionally passionate about increasing diversity in tech and volunteers as a mentor for BUILD.org and Code2040. Brandon is an avid sports fan and enjoys traveling the world while indulging in local cultures and cuisines. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Tom Henricksen (@TomHenricksen), Technical Professional, Founder of Agile Online Summit and DevOp Online Summit and DevOps Institute Ambassador. They discuss his popular talk, "Humans are Hard, Code is Easy," his background, lessons learned and more. View the entire "Humans are Hard, Code is Easy" presentation here. Tom is an experienced and talented Software Developer, Scrum Master, and Manager. He's worked with organizations to solve their technical challenges in a myriad of industries. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Jason Meller (@jmeller), CEO and founder of Kolide and Author of Honest Security - A guide to endpoint security and device management that doesn't erode your values. Download your free copy. They discuss his journey into IT, cybersecurity and ethics, lessons learned and more! Jason has dedicated his career to building products and tools that enable security experts to successfully defend western interests from sophisticated and organized global cyber threats. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Leonardo Murillo (@murillodigital), Cloud Native Technologies Expert, DevOps Institute Ambassador, Co-Chair GitOps Working Group. They discuss his journey into IT, hardships as a means to progress, advice to the Humans of DevOps, and more! His passion for technology began at 13 years old. He founded the second BBS in Costa Rica, at 15 he got his first job as an assistant network administrator for the first commercial ISP in the country, and at 20 he became IT Director for one of the first colocation facilities in the region. A cloud enthusiast since I first started using AWS over 10 years ago. Focused on Kubernetes as a pivotal technology in cloud native architecture. Public speaker, coach and blogger. Read about leadership, business and cloud native technologies from Leo at www.murillodigital.com. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Tracy Bannon (@TracyBannon), Senior Principal/ Software Architect & DevOps Strategic Advisor at MITRE and DevOps Institute Ambassador. They discuss her journey into IT, being a 'Dev' married to an 'Ops', advice to the Humans of DevOps, and more! Tracy is a featured speaker at industry events including ATARC Federal DevSecOps Summits, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), Software Engineering Institute (SEI) SATURN, CloudExpo, CA World, CA Gov Summit, DevOps Institute SKILup Days, and PMI Global Congress. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Simone Jo Moore (@simonejomoore), DevOps Institute Ambassador, Senior Consultant, Master Trainer and Speaker. They discuss Simone's military and HR background, psychology, creativity and the art of DevOps plus more! Simone’s work involves guiding the digital journey of organisations and individuals in adapting to HumanisingIT. Blending business and technology approaches and frameworks to help us thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic world. Flourishing humans and exceptional experiences are a result of her active values - people connected, knowledge shared, possibilities discovered and potential realised. A recognised Top 25 Industry Thought Leader and 2021 Women in DevOps list, Simone is the Editorial Director of 'The Era of HumanisingIT' docuseries, contributing author to VeriSM Unwrapped, Applied and ITIL4 High Velocity IT and other international certifications, DevOps Institute eBooks and a contributing reviewer for the European Commission and Cynefin based Field Guide on Managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Aparna Balsundar (@AparnaB0607), Ambassador and India Chapter Lead at DevOps Institute. They discuss how Aparna moved to DevOps from HR, DevOps hiring trends, the future of WFH and more! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Mark Peters (@TinyCyber), Ambassador at DevOps Institute.🎙 They discuss getting started in DevOps (with baby steps🎵), cultural transformations, Mark's time in the military, continuous learning and more! Mark Peters is an Agile-focused, self-motivated Cybersecurity expert, DevOps integrator focused on melding security into software development and operations, at scale and in time, dedicated to solving tomorrow's problems today. He's the author of Cashing in on Cyberpower (Potomac 2018) on economic cyber-attack analysis, published writer, and polished, professional speaker. Mentor, trainer, and transitional coach. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link [http://bit.ly/HODPOD21] for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Dheeraj Nayal (@HumanOfDevOps), Global Community Ambassador at DevOps Institute. They discuss the importance of communities, enterprise communities, Dheeraj's human hobbies and more! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link [http://bit.ly/HODPOD21] for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Ravi Lachhman (@ravilach), Evangelist at Harness and frequent SKILup Day speaker.🎙 Prior to Harness, Ravi was an evangelist at AppDynamics. Ravi has held various sales and engineering roles at Mesosphere, Red Hat, and IBM helping commercial and federal clients build the next generation of distributed systems. Ravi enjoys traveling the world with his stomach and is obsessed with Korean BBQ. They discuss Ravi's love for food, how he got into DevOps, the origins of technical evangelism, making the news for an incident, gnomes, and more! Want to hear more from Ravi? Register for SKILup Day: CI/CD on July 22, 2021 Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link [http://bit.ly/HODPOD21] for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Avinash Rao, VP of Products at Digite, Inc and DevOps Institute Ambassador.🎙 Avinash is a thought leader who speaks frequently in industry forums, and he has a deep experience and expertise in DevOps and Lean-Agile Transformations. They discuss Avinash's wide array of hobbies, his extensive international experience, and applying martial arts in a DevOps environment. He also provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in Bangalore, India. Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link [http://bit.ly/HODPOD21] for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Ayelet Sachto (@AyeletSachto), Cloud Engineer at Google. Ayelet is passionate about solving problems and delivering great solutions. They discuss the importance of human skills, the challenges of being a woman in tech including overcoming the 'boys club' mentality, and the importance of practicing inclusivity. She also touches on her wide array of experiences including being in the Army Tech Unit, her degree in psychology and computer science, and taking apart her first computer at age 12! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by DevOps Institute Ambassador Jamal Walsh, Technical Product Owner at The Very Group. They discuss passions, applying DevOps practices to legacy platforms, airplane hangars, mountain biking and more! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more.

On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Ramon Medrano Llamas (@rmedranollamas) of Google. We find out how Ramon ended up at Google and more. Ramon comes from a town in the north of Spain and has moved no less than 13 times. He's been in Switzerland for 11 years and is becoming a citizen. He carries a small k8s cluster in his camper van. He's had multiple roles at Google from Field Tech, intern, IC, TL, Manager, etc.

In this episode, we get to know Lisa Chan, Head of Software Engineering & DevOps at PETRONAS. She takes us through how she ended up in DevOps by accident, doing business in the next normal and what she's most excited for in 2021. Also, what about a dancing elephant?

On this episode of The Humans of DevOps Podcast, Hope Lynch, Technology Strategy Director at CloudBees joins Jason Baum. We get to know Hope as she shares the journey that led her to the IT industry including initially being pushed away and her time in the military. Hope and Jason also chat about how the technology sector actually began as a women-dominated field, the culture of DevOps, her life experiences, and tips to the Humans of DevOps. The episode wraps up with Hope and Jason bonding over good music-this is a do-not-miss episode! Want access to more content like this? Become a Premium member of DevOps Institute. A Premium Membership gives you all-access to what DevOps Institute has to offer including 30% off certification exams, ADOC to assess your teams’ DevOps Capabilities, SKILbooks to support you during your DevOps Journey, members-only networking and more. Get started today for the price of a cup of coffee. Learn more. Use promo code HODPOD21 at this link for 20% off your Premium Membership.

On this episode of The Humans of DevOps Podcast, DevOps Institute's very own Eveline Oehrlich joins Jason Baum to explore her epic journey through the IT Industry including challenges, triumphs and experiences that shaped the human she is today. Eveline is an independent research director at the DevOps Institute. She held the position of VP women in tech and Research Director at Forrester Research, where she led and conducted research on a variety of topics including DevOps, Digital Operational Excellence, IT and Enterprise Service Management, Cognitive Intelligence and Application Performance Management for 13 years. She has advised executives and teams around the world on challenges and potential changes in people, processes, and technology. She is the author of many research papers and thought leadership pieces and is a moderator and speaker. She has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Eveline helps companies adapt their IT organization, processes, and tools for high-performance teams that enable their business partners to achieve better business results. She has helped some of the world’s largest companies implement new strategies, workflows, and automation tools

SKILup Day: Value Stream Management concluded with a fireside chat discussion on, “Memberships v’s Communities v’s Networks,” with DevOps Institute’s CEO, Jayne Groll, DevOps Institute Director of Membership, Jason Baum, as well as We Are The City’s Vanessa Vallely and Andre Pino of MediaOps. Vanessa Vallely explained networks and communities help leverage resources between people and organizations. Jason Baum provided an exciting update on the newly launched Premium Membership. Through March 31, take advantage of early bird pricing for Premium Membership. Raise the bar by becoming a Premium Member of DevOps Institute and unlocking benefits to advance your professional career. “I’m confident that the people listening at today’s SKILup Day will come away with inspiration,” said Jayne Groll.

In this episode of The Humans of DevOps Podcast, Jayne Groll is joined by DevOps Institute Ambassador and Evangelist at Harness, Tiffany Jachja and DevOps Institute Director of Membership, Jason Baum to discuss the human side of value stream management. Their conversation overviews defining VSM, current industry trends, and how businesses can create value for their customers. Tiffany Jachja continues the conversation at SKILup Day: Value Stream Management on March 18, 2021. Find the transcript here: http://bit.ly/EP30-HOD

In the first episode of the new 2021 season, Jayne Groll and Jason Baum, DevOps Institute's new Director of Membership, discuss why the Humans of DevOps should join professional associations.

A very interesting approach from Gautham Pallapa, Global Chief Technology Officer of VMWare, as he explains how to apply Agile and DevOps principles to social experiments in parenting in today's virtual learning environments.

DevOps Institute Ambassador BMK Lakshminarayanan, Value Stream Architect of Bank of New Zealand, discusses the practical aspects of digital and DevOps transformation, particularly in highly regulated organizations.

Peter Maddison, Founder of Xodiac Inc. and DevOps Institute Ambassador, talks about considerations for cloud migration, particularly in light of the driving forces into the next decade.

Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute, speaks with Steve Pereira, Founder of Visible Value Stream Consulting, about the need to understand, map, manage, and focus on value streams as part of the "new normal".

Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute, chats with Michele Zanini, Co-founder and Managing Director of Management Lab and Co-author of the WSJ bestselling book "Humanocracy", on how organizations can break down traditional bureaucratic models to become more human-focused to drive more success. For more, see www.humanocracy.com

Siddharth Pareek, Vice President of Consulting and Global Practice Lead for DevOps CoE at NatWest Group, shares his insight and practical guidance for starting and achieving domain-oriented observability.

Josh Atwell, Senior Technology Advocate at Splunk, shares his insight about the rise of interest around observability and why enterprises should pay attention. Josh also provides some simple steps for getting starting down the observability path.

Charity Majors, Co-Founder and Engineer of honeycomb.io, shares her journey of discovery and realization about how to adopt observability principles from control theory to ITOps, including how observability has shifted the way developers manage and support their code. Charity also talks about the culture of observability and why it's important.

Gautham Pallapa, Global CTO of VMWare and DevOps Institute Ambassador shares his insight and experience on the importance of empathy and psychological safety as a key element of business transformation including tangible actions that business leaders and practitioners can take to improve team empathy and happiness.

Baruch Sadogursky, Head of Developer Advocacy at JFrog and DevOps Institute Ambassador talks about how organizations can benefit from liquid software in times of global crisis.

Jayne Groll, DevOps Institute CEO, and Splunk's Chief Technology Officer, Andi Mann, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting the organizations and making them realize their need to transform digitally to adapt quickly.

Kat Cosgrove, Developer Advocate at JFrog, discusses her path to JFrog, how to optimize your time at home, the role human skills play in developer jobs, and JFrog's support during the pandemic.