Gene Kim has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999. He was the founder and CTO of Tripwire, Inc., an enterprise security software company, where he served for 13 years. His books have sold over 1 million copies—he is the WSJ bestselling author of The Unicorn Project and The Phoenix Project Graphic Novels , and co-author of The Phoenix Project , The DevOps Handbook , Vibe Coding , and the Shingo Publication Award-winning books Accelerate and Wiring the Winning Organization . Since 2014, he has been the organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit (now Enterprise Technology Leadership Summit and Enterprise AI Summit), studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations.
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No Vibe Coding When I'm On Call!
This fictional story follows Jessie, a senior engineer at Meowseratti, as her team navigates the turbulent early adoption of AI-assisted development practices.
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Track record
Publications, talks, and the roles they came out of — one thread, newest first.
Guidance paperDelivering DUFFER
BookVibe Coding
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2025 and Connect Feb 2025
TalkSpoke at Connect Oct 2024 and Europe Virtual 2024
Guidance paperOrganizing for Success
Guidance paperThe Checkbox Project
TalkSpoke at GeneCon 2023 and Las Vegas 2023 and Amsterdam 2023
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2022 and Europe 2022 and Virtual US 2022
TalkSpoke at Europe 2021 and US 2021
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2020 and London 2020
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2019 and London 2019
Guidance paperHow to Transform
BookAccelerate
TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2018 and London 2018
TalkConvergence Of Safety Culture And Lean: Lessons From The Leaders
TalkSpoke twice at San Francisco 2016
Guidance paperOpen PCI Scoping Toolkit
Guidance paperAn Unlikely Union: DevOps and Audit
Guidance paperMythbusting DevOps in the Enterprise
TalkDevOps Enterprise Closing Remarks
TalkTuesday Opening Remarks
RoleFounder, Author, Researcher
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