Al Wagner is an HCL Software Transformation Architect and DevOps enthusiast with more than twenty years of practical field experience in development roles driving thought leadership, strategic initiatives, and tangible solutions around DevOps and continuous delivery. Focusing primarily on value stream management, deployment automation, and continuous testing, Al has practical knowledge of the HCL DevOps solution having assisted, mentored, and enabled client teams to help solve their IT challenges. He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world on software development – principles & techniques - and authored/co-authored numerous papers and books including Application Release and Deployment For Dummies, Continuous Testing For Dummies, and Service Virtualization For Dummies.