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
Interns are a great way to enhance a Development culture. Interns have a cost both in terms of their salary as well as the time it takes to train them. This talk is about running an internship prog...
Software Craftsmanship in an Agile Environment
Despite growing Agile adoption, software quality is not improving for many organizations. Why? What can be done about it?
What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Leading a DevOps Initiative
Automate all the things! Devops is the new hotness in our industry. The "infrastructure as code" mantra makes intuitive sense and has caught fire. I've learned some things to help the fire keep us ...