Bryan Finster is Principal Architect at ACI Worldwide, where he leads efforts to improve software delivery for the company’s global payments systems, building on deep DevOps/ DevSecOps expertise and a track record of cutting release lead times from months to days. He is an experienced value stream architect, technical lead, and product owner who applies lean supply chain thinking—drawn from over two decades in enterprise supply chain solutions—to the problem of software delivery, aiming to minimize cost and maximize quality. Previously a Value Stream Architect at Walmart’s DevOps Dojo, he became known for helping teams shift from optimizing individual output to owning quality and outcomes, and he continues to write and speak widely as a mentor of Continuous Delivery practices.
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Track record
Publications, talks, and the roles they came out of — one thread, newest first.
Guidance paperWhen Coding Is Free, Where Is the Bottleneck?
Guidance paperPlatform as a Product
Guidance paperHow to Misuse & Abuse DORA Metrics
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2022 and Virtual US 2022
Guidance paperAn Integrated Approach to Enterprise Improvement
Guidance paperThe DevOps Enterprise Journal - Spring 2021
TalkHow to Misuse and Abuse DORA Metrics
TalkSpoke at London 2020 and Las Vegas 2020
TalkThe DOJO Consortium
TalkScaling Continuous Delivery to Walmart
TalkContinuous Delivery: Solving the Talent Problem