I had the pleasure of sitting down with IBM distinguished engineer Rosalind Radcliffe the other day to talk about bimodal IT, systems of engagement, variable speed DevOps and IBM’s upcoming InterConnect 2016 event. I have interviewed Rosalind many times over the last few years and it is always informative and interesting. I hope you find […]
DevOps Chat: Mustafa Kapadia, IBM DevOps Transformation Workshop
I always enjoy listening and speaking with Mustafa Kapadia of IBM. Mustafa is one of the leaders of the IBM DevOps services team. As such he gets to work with dozens of different organizations in helping them on their DevOps journey. As a result Mustafa has amassed a ton of experience and knowledge on the […]
DevOps Chat: 7 habits of successful DevOps
I recently had a chance to speak again with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft about his experience in leading the transition for Microsoft Visual Studio to Visual Studio online. In doing so, Sam and his team developed the 7 habits of successful DevOps. You can listen to my interview below or read along below that. Also […]
DevOps Chat: Sunil Rajasekar, CTO of Lithium
Continuing our DevOps Chats, Leadership Series I recently sat down with Sunil Rajasekar, CTO of Lithium. As Chief Technology Officer, Sunil oversees core product, development and delivery of Lithium’s enterprise platform. Sunil is a seasoned technology executive who brings more than 15 successful years of enterprise, small business and consumer software experience. Prior to joining Lithium, […]
DevOps Chat: IBM draws on deep DevOps experience to launch Bluemix Garage Method
With the start of the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 this morning IBM has made what they are touting as a major announcement. Drawing on their wide and deep experience in DevOps across multiple segments of the company, they have announced Garage Method. What exactly is Bluemix Garage Method? Great question. I spoke today with […]
DevOps Chat: Carol Carpenter, CEO ElasticBox on the Real Value of DevOps
I recently sat down with Carol Carpenter, CEO of ElasticBox. We just released the results of the survey we partnered on with ElaticBox on the “Real Value of DevOps”. There were some great takeaways in this survey for leaders looking to lead the transformation in DevOps. Carol and I discussed these takeaways and other relevant […]
DevOps Chat: Randy Newell, IBM InterConnect 2016
Last week I had a chance to sit down with Randy Newell, Marketing Director for DevOps at IBM. We talked about the buzz starting to build around InterConnect 2016 this February in Las Vegas. The call for speakers is open until September 25th. Randy and I spoke about last years event and what to expect […]
DevOps Chat: Varun Singh, CTO of ScaleArc
I recently had a chance to sit down with Varun Singh, CTO and founder of ScaleArc. ScaleArc was recently named a Gartner Cool Vendor and is the leading provider of database load balancing software. Varun and I spoke about why IT leaders need to ensure that their databases are performing optimally. On top of that Singh […]
DevOps Chat: Tyler Jewell, CEO, Codenvy why leaders need DevOps
I had a chance to sit down with Tyler Jewell, CEO of Codenvy. Tyler is an experienced tech exec and VC participant. I met Tyler recently at the CloudBees CD Summit and Jenkins User Conference in Santa Clara. Tyler’s present company is Codenvy. I spoke to Tyler about why and how leadership should engage DevOps. […]
DevOps Chat: Gary Gruver, Leading the Transformation
I recently had a chance to sit down with Gary Gruver, well known DevOps leader and author. Gary’s new book, Leading the Transformation, Applying DevOps and Agile Principles at Scale is a great how to for managers looking to lead the transformation at their respective teams. Gary put on a very informative webinar which you […]










