Kristian Nelson is a recent contributor currently working at InfoZen with a focus on DevOps, Cloud, Mobility, and SaaS. He is engaged in helping our government transition & embrace the change and benefits DevOps offers. Prior to this, Kristian worked as the senior product strategist and architect in creating an enterprise class DevOps service offering at the Bank of America. In his role, Kristian created and laid out a vision of new product features working with premier tooling vendors like Cisco, IBM, and BMC, from which the entire industry is still benefiting today. In addition, Kristian was also the primary product strategist at Bank of America creating a mobility service and transitioning the financial centers with new customer facing capabilities. Kristian has always been a visionary, holding senior leadership positions at companies like Quovera, Interliant, GST Internet, Gartner Group, and Lockheed Martin. Feel free to contact Kristian through any of the following …
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Executive mandate does not immediately translate into a change in behavior. Organizations inherently grasp the value of embracing DevOps, but the timing of exactly when it begins and is completed is another ...
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As you look at the preponderance of DevOps tooling solutions available today, you notice similarities in deployment automation and how they work. DevOps is purported to be the most significant catalyst for ...
