Build Systems that Drive Business
June 11–12, 2018: Training
June 12–14, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA
Donovan Brown

Donovan Brown
Senior DevOps Program Manager, Microsoft

Website | @DonovanBrown

Donovan Brown aka The Man in the Black Shirt is a principal DevOps manager on Microsoft’s cloud developer advocacy team. Developer tools are his thing. Donovan has traveled the globe helping companies in the US, Canada, India, Germany, and the UK develop solutions using Agile practices, Visual Studio, and Team Foundation Server in industries such as communications, healthcare, energy, and financial services. Previously, Donovan spent seven years as a process consultant and a certified Scrum Master. Donovan’s an avid programmer, often finding ways to integrate software into his other hobbies and activities, one of which is professional air hockey, where he has ranked as high as 11th in the world.

Sessions

1:15pm–1:55pm Thursday, June 14, 2018
Leadership
Location: LL20 A/B Level: Non-technical
Secondary topics: Leadership & Career Growth
Donovan Brown (Microsoft)
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“That would never work here.” You’ve likely heard this sentiment (or maybe you’ve even said it yourself). Good news: change is possible. Donovan Brown explains how Microsoft's Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) went from a three-year waterfall delivery cycle to three-week iterations and open sourced the VSTS task library and the Git Virtual File System. Read more.