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John Willis is Senior Director of the Global Transformation Office at Red Hat Prior to Red Hat,

He was the Director of Ecosystem Development for Docker, which he joined after the company

he co-founded (SocketPlane, which focused on SDN for containers) was acquired by Docker in

February 2015. Previous to founding SocketPlane in Fall 2014, John was the Chief DevOps

Evangelist at Dell, which he joined following the Enstratius acquisition in May 2013. He has also

held past executive roles at Chef and Canonical. John was one of the earliest cloud evangelists

and is considered one of the founders of the DevOps movement. John is the author of 7 IBM

Redbooks. He is also the co-author of the “DevOps Handbook” and “Beyond the Phoenix

Project” along with author Gene Kim.

John Willis has been a leader in the DevOps community since the onset. He was the only

American at the first DevOps Day in Ghent and was co-organizer of the first US-based

Devopsdays. He is also the co-author of the “DevOps Handbook” along with authors Gene Kim

and Jez Humble and the upcoming “Beyond the Phoenix Project” co-authored with Gene Kim.

He was the Director of Ecosystem Development for Docker, which he joined after the company

he co-founded (SocketPlane, which focused on SDN for containers) was acquired by Docker in

February 2015. Previous to founding SocketPlane in Fall 2014, John was the Chief DevOps

Evangelist at Dell, which he joined following the Enstratius acquisition in May 2013. He has also

held past executive roles at Chef and Canonical. John was one of the earliest cloud evangelists

and is considered one of the founders of the DevOps movement. John is the author of 7 IBM

Redbooks. He is also the co-author of the “DevOps Handbook” and “Beyond the Phoenix

Project” along with author Gene Kim.

John Willis has been a leader in the DevOps community since the onset. He was the only

American at the first DevOps Day in Ghent and was co-organizer of the first US-based

Devopsdays. He is also the co-author of the “DevOps Handbook” along with authors Gene Kim

and Jez Humble and the upcoming “Beyond the Phoenix Project” co-authored with Gene Kim.

Recent Books

THE DEVOPS HANDBOOK - How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations
Beyond The Phoenix Project: The Origins and Evolution Of DevOps
MYTHBUSTING DEVOPS IN THE ENTERPRISE - Addressing Culture and Leadership Aspects during Transforming
DEVOPS AUTOMATED GOVERNANCE REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE - Attestation of the Integrity of Assets in the Delivery Pipeline

IBM Redbooks