Chris is a lead architect, building tools that enable developer productivity and operational excellence in IBM Cloud. He strives to enable customers to make the digital transformation to the cloud with DevOps tools, standards, practices, and the ecosystem needed to innovate faster than their competition. Chris began his career with IBM Tivoli in 1998, building systems management tools, and he has helped transition those capabilities into SaaS and cloud-native operations tools. With a focus on innovative, leading-edge solutions, he has obtained recognition as an IBM master inventor.