Happy to see my contributions acknowledged in the broader (DevOps) community.

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How they did it: 6 companies that scaled DevOps

Was soo much fun at Yahoo doing disruptive s***; finding allies; changing culture; empowering developers with modern platforms; removing barriers between idea and execution; driving up ownership; removing unnecessary hops/layers; lowering TTD/TTM; making strategic bets -- and so much more.






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