We didn't know we were a technology company. We didn't know we were a data company. We were a command and control driven company with our board changing annually. This talk is about how we are transforming into a company of federated decision making and continuous delivery of customer value.

Dan spent 12 years in the military as a fighter jet mechanic before transitioning to a career in technology as a Software/DevOps Engineer/Manager. He's now the Chief Architect at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He's leading the technical and cultural transformation for the NAIC, a non-profit focused on consumer protection in the insurance industry. Dan is also an organizer of DevOpsKC and the DevOpsDays KC conference. He is an active contributor to the CloudEvents project and opensource.com where he'll soon be publishing a book about monitoring.