Martyn Coupland is a Principal Solution Architect at Ensono, Azure MVP, and DevOps Ambassador at DevOps Institute, as well as an author, speaker, and blogger.

Martyn is a regular speaker at conferences and user groups, published author, and has previously worked for a Microsoft Azure managed service provider leading engineering teams.

He works with clients on their Microsoft Azure deployments, works on creative solutions to unleash the power of cloud for clients, and speaks to them about the adoption of DevOps.

He’s been in technology all of his working life, ever since leaving college, he has worked in various industries and worked in a number of roles from a Service Desk Analyst, Programmer, Systems Engineer, Consultant, Architect, and Senior Manager.

Martyn's his career, like many others, started on the service desk in IT, performing first-line support. 

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“Whoever you are, whatever your background is, whether you’re male, female, whatever your religion is, it doesn’t matter...whatever you identify yourself as you’ll build yourself a successful and strong career by being yourself. Because being yourself is what makes you “you” at the end of the day .” -  Martyn Coupland

Timestamps

• 0:44 Guest introduction
• 2:19 DevOps Institute
• 4:02 Martyn's clients
• 5:43 Mainframes
• 6:59 Martyn's definition of DevOps
• 11:21 The evolution of the DevOps
• 16:45 The impact of DevOps in the industry
• 22:41 The impact of DevOps on Software Developers
• 27:12 The impact of DevOps on Technology
• 31:20 Cloud-Native Philosophy
• 39:56 Future of tech
• 44:53 Martin's favorite Sci-Fi Tech
• 46:54 Diversity and Inclusion
• 51:39 How to improve equality
• 53:42 Community
• 56:36 Episode wrap-up

Connect with Martyn on Twitter: @mrcoups 

Links mentioned in the Episode: 

• DevOps Squared Podcast:
  • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devops-squared/id1509472914
• Jessica Deen’s video Developing With CONFIDENCE:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQcwp4cMHGE
• Agile Manifesto:
  • https://agilemanifesto.org/ 
• CloudFamily:
  • https://cloudfamily.info

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