Dave is the creator of the Continuous Delivery YouTube channel, which currently has almost 15 million views. Thought leader in the field of continuous delivery, DevOps and software development in general.

Dave is a pioneer of Continuous Delivery, thought-leader and expert practitioner in CD, DevOps, TDD and software design, and shares his expertise through his consultancy, YouTube channel, books and training courses. Dave co-authored the definitive book on Continuous Delivery and has recently published Continuous Delivery Pipelines and Modern Software Engineering. He is one of the authors of the Reactive Manifesto and a winner of the Duke Award for the open source LMAX Disruptor project.

Dave has been having fun with computers for almost 40 years and has worked on most types of software, from firmware, through tinkering with operating systems and device drivers, to writing games and commercial applications of all shapes and sizes. He was an early adopter of agile development techniques, employing iterative development, continuous integration and significant levels of automated testing, working in large scale distributed systems. He has a long track record in creating high-performance teams, shaping organisations for success, and creating outstanding software.

Topic focus: Continuous Delivery

Check out some of Dave’s past talks:

• GOTO Amsterdam 2022 - Taking Back “Software Engineering” – Craftsmanship is Insufficient
• GOTO Copenhagen 2021 - Continuous Delivery Pipelines: How to Build Better Software Faster