James Mountifield
Sumo Logic
James has worked in the Software Change and Configuration Management, DevOps, Security, and Analytics industries for over a decade; specializing in the large-scale deployment and adoption of FOSS projects and technologies in that space.
James has architected some of the largest version control deployments in the world, led enterprise transformations for tens of thousands of developers to DVCS, designed and deployed modern software development toolchains, and helped the largest organizations to realize the value of data insights and analytics.
James has a passion for open source projects and technologies; leveraging them as accelerators for high-value innovation in commercial settings. A strong advocate of Lean and Agile, with a focus on recognizing the value of existing technologies and avoiding NIH bias often demonstrated by organizations.