Implementing DevOps Teams at Capital One

Abstract:

Discusses what worked and didn’t work for Capital One as they implemented and supported DevOps Teams.

As large companies drive agile transformation, the need to have dedicated people working on DevOps capabilities increases. Being successful at implementing these best practices requires highly technical resources as well as investments in tools and environments. So in a large company where these resources are scarce and the DevOps tools are not wide-spread, how do you implement these teams quickly without breaking the bank?

This presentation will talk through the approach that was used at Capital One which leveraged those limited DevOps experts and technology to form a swat team to help jumpstart new DevOps teams in a way that created a community of best practices and learnings. This approach led teams getting formed quicker, improved velocity and delivering value sooner, all while leadership got the visibility they needed to ensure the teams had the support to be successful.

Speaker:

Adam is currently a Director of IT at Capital One. He is leading the implementation and support of all the DevOps teams across the enterprise at Capital One.

Adam is also responsible for the Enterprise Release Management, Test Data Management, Test Automation and Performance Testing Teams. He has over 14 years’ experience in IT, most of which has been in a leadership role with a concentration on Quality.