Nicole Forsgren Velasquez is an American technology executive, IT impact expert, and author. In 2020 she was named vice-president of Research & Strategy at Microsoft's GitHub[1][2] and more recently Partner at Microsoft Research.[3] She is coauthor of Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps which won the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award in 2019.[4]
Life and career edit
In 2020, Forsgren was hired by Github as the VP of Research and Strategy.[5] She served as Director of Organizational Performance and Analytics at Chef Software from 2014 to 2015. Forsgren was CEO and co-founder of DevOps Research and Assessment LLC (DORA) with Jez Humble and Gene Kim. DORA is known for the annual State of DevOps report, and their DevOps Scorecard.[6] In 2018 DORA was purchased by Google.[7]
References edit
- ^ Chan, Rosalie. "GitHub just hired a top DevOps researcher away from Google Cloud". Business Insider. Business Insider. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Kniskern, Kip (5 March 2020). "Nicole Forsgren, PhD to move from Google Cloud to new role as VP of Research & Strategy at Microsoft's GitHub". OnMSFT.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Yu, Alison (25 May 2021). "Introducing Developer Velocity Lab – A Research Initiative to Amplify Developer Work and Well-Being". techcommunity.microsoft.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Price, Mary (2020-02-04). "Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performance Technology by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim, Steve Bell, and Karen Whitley Bell Receives Shingo Publication Award". Shingo Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Chan, Rosalie. "GitHub just hired a top DevOps researcher away from Google Cloud". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Cancialosi, Chris. "How To Assess Your Organization's DevOps Readiness". Forbes. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Narcisi, Gina (20 December 2018). "Google Cloud Buys Digital Transformation, DevOps Research Firm DORA". CRN. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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