Bryan Finster (He/Him)
Bryan Finster is a passionate advocate for Continuous Delivery with over two decades of experience building and operating mission-critical systems for very large enterprises. His license plate literally says “DevOps” - that’s how committed he is to the craft.
Bryan understands from hard-won experience that solving the problems required to continuously deliver value improves outcomes for end-users, organizations, and the people doing the work. He brings a pragmatic, battle-tested approach to DevOps transformation, focusing on what actually works in production environments.
Contributions to the Community
- Maintainer: MinimumCD.org - Defining the minimum viable practices for Continuous Delivery
- Maintainer: DojoConsortium.org - Building communities of practice for software excellence
- Author: 5 Minute DevOps blog - Bite-sized insights on DevOps practices
- Co-author: “Modern Cybersecurity: Tales from the Near-Distant Future”
Current Work
Bryan currently works for Defense Unicorns, where he helps solve some of the hardest software supply chain security problems facing government and enterprise organizations.
Areas of Expertise
- Continuous Delivery & Continuous Integration
- Infrastructure as Code
- DevOps Transformation & Culture Change
- Developer Experience & Productivity
- Build & Deployment Automation
- Trunk-Based Development
- Software Supply Chain Security
Connect
- Website: BryanFinster.com
- LinkedIn: bryan-finster
- GitHub: bdfinst
- Twitter: @BryanFinster
- Blog: 5 Minute DevOps
When he’s not evangelizing trunk-based development or debating deployment strategies, Bryan enjoys Doctor Who, Firefly, Game of Thrones, and fine whiskey.