Donovan Brown

Born on January 27, 1973, in Frankfurt Germany, Donovan Brown is a native of Houston, Texas. He and his wife Chelsea have a dog named Hybrid. He began his software career at Compaq Computers in the '90s. After joining Microsoft in 2013 he began speaking at technical conferences all around the world. In 2015 he keynoted his first conference which catapulted his speaking career. He wrote Microsoft's definition of DevOps and is known for always wearing a black shirt on stage.