Chris McKenzie

Seattle, WA

Bio

I live in Seattle, WA. I’ve been writing software professionally since 2000, primarily in the Microsoft technologies space. I’m a passionate advocate of Automated testing. I run a successful internship program at my company which we use to pipeline people into our development organization. Recently I’ve begun leading a DevOps effort which involves migrating our deployment infrastructure from Chef to Octopus Deploy.

When I’m not geeking out about tech I enjoy practicing guitar, drinking craft beer, eating bacon, dancing tango with my wife, and sharing my opinions about everything.

My Talks

How to Run an Effective Internship Program

Software Craftsmanship in an Agile Environment

What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Leading a DevOps Initiative