Nicole Forsgren Explained

Nicole Forsgren is an American technology executive, IT impact expert, and author. In 2020 she was named vice-president of Research & Strategy at Microsoft's GitHub[1] [2] and more recently Partner at Microsoft Research.[3] She is coauthor of Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps which won the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award in 2019.[4]

Life and career

In 2020, Forsgren was hired by Github as the VP of Research and Strategy.[5] She served as Director of Organizational Performance and Analytics at Chef Software from 2014 to 2015. Forsgren was CEO and co-founder of DevOps Research and Assessment LLC (DORA) with Jez Humble and Gene Kim. DORA is known for the annual State of DevOps report, and their DevOps Scorecard.[6] In 2018 DORA was purchased by Google.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chan . Rosalie . GitHub just hired a top DevOps researcher away from Google Cloud . 25 October 2020 . Business Insider . Business Insider.
  2. News: Kniskern . Kip . Nicole Forsgren, PhD to move from Google Cloud to new role as VP of Research & Strategy at Microsoft's GitHub . 25 October 2020 . OnMSFT.com . 5 March 2020 . en.
  3. News: Yu . Alison . Introducing Developer Velocity Lab – A Research Initiative to Amplify Developer Work and Well-Being . 3 December 2021 . techcommunity.microsoft.com . 25 May 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Price . Mary . 2020-02-04 . Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performance Technology by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim, Steve Bell, and Karen Whitley Bell Receives Shingo Publication Award . 2023-10-26 . Shingo Institute . en-US.
  5. Web site: Chan . Rosalie . GitHub just hired a top DevOps researcher away from Google Cloud . 2023-10-26 . Business Insider . en-US.
  6. News: Cancialosi . Chris . How To Assess Your Organization's DevOps Readiness . 25 October 2020 . Forbes . en.
  7. News: Narcisi . Gina . Google Cloud Buys Digital Transformation, DevOps Research Firm DORA . 25 October 2020 . CRN . 20 December 2018.

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