2019 DevOps Dozen - Best DevOps Solution Provider Executive: Sid Sijbrandij
This is one of two pages submitted for the 2019 DevOps Dozen Awards, supporting Sid Sijbrandij for Best DevOps Solution Provider Executive and supporting GitLab for Best DevOps Solution Provider. We thank MediaOps and DevOps.com for their consideration and their service to the DevOps community.
Sid Sijbrandij: True DevOps Practitioner-Executive
Sid leads GitLab by embracing and following DevOps practices for every aspect of building GitLab the company, its culture, and GitLab the product. He starts with ingraining DevOps philosophy into our core values. Two good examples are the values of Iteration and Transparency. Sid truly believes the smallest possible change that makes any improvement should be published, and with a low level of shame. This enables everyone at GitLab to push the smallest possible iteration to the world, get feedback from the community, and incorporate that feedback in rapid, fast improvements. These principles are applied to every aspect of the company, from engineering to product management, to marketing, and even sales.
