Camp DevOps

Ariel Tseitlin

Bio: Ariel Tseitlin is a Partner at Scale Venture Partners where he focuses on enterprise software investments in cloud, big data, security, and mobile. Ariel joined ScaleVP from Netflix, where he was Director of Cloud Solutions and responsible for creating and operating one of the most modern cloud infrastructures in the industry, accounting for a full third of all US downstream internet traffic at peak. Ariel’s team built many of the Netflix OSS components like Asgard and the Simian Army, including the Chaos Monkey, making the Netflix streaming service more resilient, reliable, and manageable. Prior to Netflix, Ariel was VP of Technology and Products at Sungevity and before that was the Founder & CEO of CTOWorks, a software consultancy helping early-stage entrepreneurs deliver their first product to market. Earlier in his career, Ariel held senior management positions at Siebel Systems and Oracle. Ariel holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an MBA with honors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Abstract: Conventional product development thinking forces a tradeoff between the rate of innovation (i.e. development velocity) and quality (and availability), often depicted as an indifference curve along the two dimensions. However, by investing in automation and other DevOps best-practices, one can shift the curve to increase both rate of innovation and quality. We'll highlight a few key areas, with past examples from Netflix, that are especially effective.

Daniel "Tox" Toczala

Bio: As the manager of the Rational Emerging Technologies team, Dan “Tox” Toczala has fostered a culture of technical excellence and transparency for a team of software development experts who enable IBM customers and the IBM field with the emerging Rational technologies. He is considered a thought leader within IBM in the area of software development and software development methodologies. His previous work as Jazz Jumpstart manager helped make Jazz one of the most successful technology launches in the history of IBM. Dan is well known for his blog, One Jazz Professional’s Perspective, which had focused on Jazz, but now focuses on the Rational Emerging Technologies.

Abstract: The Lean Roots of DevOps DevOps takes a Lean view of ‘streamlining’ the delivery pipeline by eliminating bottlenecks. The Toyota approach to Lean Manufacturing streamlined the assembly line with ‘Kaizen’ or Continuous Improvement. Methodologies like SaFE take agile approaches to the next step by introducing true Lean approaches to eliminating bottlenecks by leveraging lean measurements. DevOps extends this Lean approach to the entire Application Delivery process in the Enterprise - from the Line of business to development to QA to operations. This session will explores the lean roots of DevOps and how Lean practices are being leveraged to drive DevOps adoptions in Enterprises.

Chris Riley

Bio: Chris Riley is a technologist. Helping organizations make the transition from traditional development practices to a modern set of culture, tooling, and processes that increase the release frequency and quality of software. He is an O'Reilly author, speaker, and subject matter expert in the area of DevOps Strategy, Machine Learning, and Information Management.

Abstract: Navigating the Dev Tools Market. I have been working a lot with the vendors in the space, and I have realized first and foremost that this market is terribly fragmented, and hard to navigate, and second that there seems to be general trends happening which show some convergence on the future of tools in the space.

Jason Hand

Bio:Jason Hand is VictorOps' DevOps Evangelist pulling from 15 years of experience as a developer, a system administrator, and a support specialist. He is Fully emerged in to the world of Agile development and the DevOps movement from working for 3 tech startups in Boulder. Jason is an avid outdoorsmen and adrenaline junky. Lover of fun. Hater of being on-call. Working to make it suck less.

Abstract: What they did not anticipate, however, were the aspects of BYOD that would end up costing them a lot more in the long run.

JP Morgenthal

Bio: JP Morgenthal is an internationally renowned thought leader in the areas of IT transformation, modernization, and cloud computing. JP has served in executive roles within major software companies and technology startups. Areas of expertise include strategy, architecture, application development, infrastructure and operations, cloud computing, DevOps, and integration. He routinely advices C-level executives on the best ways to use technology to derive business value. JP is a published author with four trade publications. Hist most recent is “Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks”. JP hold both a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Hofstra University.

Abstract: Being Agile Means Being Able To Control The Flow This seems to be the decade of Agility. Businesses want to be more dynamic and fluid. They want the organization to be prepared to respond to market changes more quickly, introduce new products faster, and respond to problems that occur more rapidly. To accomplish this goal, the business will have to let go of some of the ways that they do things today. They will have to re-engineer processes to be more composable and componentized so that they are less static. They will have to build transparency into the pipeline and manage how products and service requests enter and exit the development pipeline. Agility is achievable given that organizations identify and mitigate key risk factors prior to starting and are willing to commit to looking critically at the way they have been operating the business. This session will look at approaches for identifying hurdles, mitigating risks for adoption and facilitating optimal flow of work across the business.

Matthew Selheimer

Bio: Matthew Selheimer is Chief Technical Evangelist and SVP of Marketing for ITinvolve, Inc. He serves as the chief external spokesperson and technical evangelist for ITinvolve’s innovative and award- winning IT agility applications, and is responsible for all marketing functions including corporate and product positioning, demand generation, analyst and media relations, and social media engagement. In his twenty-year IT industry career, Matthew has demonstrated rich and diverse experience spanning IT management software, enterprise business applications, data center hardware and consulting businesses. Previously, he has held executive marketing and product management positions at BMC Software, as well as sales, business development, alliance management, systems engineering, and consulting positions at Informatica Corporation, Compaq Computer, and Deloitte & Touche. Matthew holds an MBA from Texas A&M University and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Abstract: The Key to DevOps Success - Managing Cross-Silo Collaboration. Collaboration is essential to DevOps, yet how to do it is often unclear with many teams falling back on ineffective conference calls, instant messaging, documents, and SharePoint sites. In this keynote, ITinvolve chief technical evangelist, Matthew Selheimer, will share a vision for a next generation “DevOps 2.0” where collaboration, continuous documentation, and knowledge capture are combined with automation toolchains to enable rapid innovation and deployment. Matt will apply this vision to practical DevOps questions such as how do we more effectively collaborate on changing requirements across all stakeholders without creating an additional burden, and how can we more effectively merge "creation" with "operations" activities to enable continuous, seamless deployments? These questions and more will also be explored through a live demonstration.

David Cramer

Bio: David Cramer joined CA Technologies in 2009 and serves as Vice President of Product Management for CA’s Application Delivery business. David’s focus is on Continuous Delivery, Cloud Management and web scale IT. Before joining CA, David held executive positions at AlterPoint (sold to Versata), Motive (sold to Lucent), NetSolve (sold to Cisco), and Nortel Networks. David received his MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Finance from Georgia State University.

Abstract: Given all you have heard about DevOps, we believe it is simply defining a methodology to deliver compelling software applications with greater speed and lower costs, while still adhering to your most robust quality principles. In our 38 years in the software industry, we’ve seen how a DevOps discipline can positively change our business and the business of our customers. In this session, we’ll provide you with a vision for your DevOps solution and product use cases, along with stories of organizations who have profited from their paths to DevOps, to show how you too can benefit from your DevOps journey.

Hart Hoover

Bio: Hart Hoover started his career at Rackspace in 2007 as a Linux Systems Administrator, providing technical support for managed dedicated server environments. He moved to the cloud in 2009 to help design and implement the Managed Cloud Servers support model, leading Rackspace to be the #1 Managed Cloud company. Hart then created and delivered cloud application and architecture training for all of Rackspace Sales. He now serves customers as an Engineer with the DevOps Automation team at Rackspace while leading San Antonio DevOps, a local meetup group. You can follow him on twitter at @hhoover.

Abstract: DevOps-As-a-Service: The Evolution of Support Talk about supporting customers in old school managed dedicated vs cloud SysOps vs DevOps. What do our customers care about now vs. then? Provide an Overview of the DevOps service offering and tech we use to support the “new" customer.

Steve Wilson

Bio: Steve Wilson has over 15 years in individual and management roles that focus on application of technology to business strategy. He currently holds the role as Technical Evangelist for Compuware APM. His experience in working with companies from all industries, in both the development and operations areas, give him keen insight into cross-organizational performance challenges. With these credentials, Steve brings an innovative perspective and insight into IT and business collaboration across the entire lifecycle of an application.

Abstract: Is Capacity Planning Dead? Planning for capacity can be daunting when trying to move at the DevOps pace. Changing requirements and workloads make it impossible. In order to deliver a platform that is resilient, fast and scalable you have to solve the workload management problem. What goes where and for how long does it stay there. This means that no action can be handle in a vacuum and that all factors must be considered. In a highly dynamic environment managing capacity real time is better. Learn about how looking at infrastructure data from an economic perspective can help deliver a better platform and, potentially, do it automatically.

Topher Marie

Bio: Topher is the CTO and Co-Founder of JumpCloud. Previously he spent five years at Symplified as its lead engineer holding a variety of titles including Architect and Development Manager. The bulk of his time was spent wrestling with the concepts and mechanisms of provable identity - SAML, IWA/Kerberos, PKI, OAuth, OpenID, and multi-factor authentication to name a few. He also had ample opportunity to get his hands dirty with protocol level internet communication and to use his skills in the area of cloud security.

Abstract: Provision, configure, monitor and manage. Those are the four main steps in the lifecycle of a server. Chef and Puppet are great tools for provisioning and configuring servers, but when those servers are up and running, the same tools are not great at the final two steps: monitoring and managing. In this talk we’ll discuss the tools that we have found to be the most apt for monitoring servers and managing access. We’ll share methods and products that we’ve found to be effective, focusing on ease of use, security and efficiency.

Matt Urbanski

Bio: Matt Urbanski made the move from full time sysadmin to developer and is now wedged firmly in the dubiously named world of devops. He currently works for ThoughtWorks as a devops consultant, helping organizations large and small get their deployments in line by developing tools and processes that make releases less painful. Working on platforms and automating everything to develop the simplest possible self service infrastructure and tools is his passion. He is a strong proponent of continuous delivery and open source software.

Abstract: Minimizing platform uncertainty with Docker Deploying software successfully and predictably requires a level of certainty and consistency in the underlying environment and configuration. In order for developers, testers, and operations people to perform their jobs effectively, platforms as close as possible to production need to be available for testing and tuning at every opportunity to all levels in a development organization. In this presentation we seek to highlight how we have used docker to enable teams to manage complexity in their infrastructure, enabling them up to move faster, and try new things with fewer consequences with a higher level of certainty.

Rich Mogull

Bio: CEO/Analyst at Securosis

Abstract: KickaaS Security with DevOps and Cloud Most DevOps pros implement a heck of a lot of security on a daily basis, but they aren’t necessarily full-time security pros. This session takes a security focus and shows specific techniques for both integrating better security into DevOps, and using DevOps to dramatically improve your organization’s security through workflow automation. We’ll start with an overview of the advantages of DevOps for security (designed for you to take back and explain to your security team), followed by technical demonstrations to implement the recommendations. The session finishes with a discussion of Software Defined Security and coding techniques to automate three common security workflows.

Tim Matthews

Bio: Tim brings over 20 years of software sales and marketing experience at security and technology companies to Incapsula. Prior to joining Incapsula, Tim was CMO of CrowdFlower, the leading SaaS crowdsourcing platform. He was previously Senior Director of Product Marketing for Symantec's enterprise security products, which he joined via the acquisition of PGP Corporation, where he served as VP of Marketing. Before that, Tim was VP Marketing for big data virtualization platform provider Ipedo, and headed product marketing and management for RSA Security. Tim holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

Abstract: A DevOps Guide to Web App Security

Oct 28th, 2014