Gary Gruver

Gary Gruver is an experienced executive with a proven track record of transformingsoftware development and delivery processes in large organizations. As the R&Ddirector over the HP LaserJet FW team (~800), he led productivity improvements of 2-3X.Then, as VP of QA, Release, and Operations at Macy's.com, he managed thejourney toward continuous delivery. His current passion is helping as many people aspossible achieve similar results through consulting, webinars, presentations, and books.Gary's consulting approach is unique in that he stays engaged with organizations duringtheir journeys to provide guidance when they hit specific challenges and to learn aboutwhat is and isn't working during as many different transformations as possible. Thisexperience enables him to help clients avoid common mistakes and share approachesthat have been proven to deliver business results for a variety of companies. He is theauthor ofStarting and Scaling DevOps in the Enterpriseand co-author ofLeading theTransformation:Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at ScaleandA PracticalApproach to Large-Scale Agile Development: How HP Transformed LaserJetFutureSmart FirmwareOriginal Signatory of the Agile Manifesto