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Gene Kim

author Updated 18th May 2026
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Background

Founder and CTO of Tripwire (1999–2013); has studied high-performing technology organisations since 1999. Coauthor of The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook, The Unicorn Project, and The Visible Ops Handbook. Founder of IT Revolution Press. Prominent figure in the DevOps community; helped originate the State of DevOps Report with Puppet in 2012.

Core Positions

  • The Three Ways of DevOps (flow, feedback, continuous learning and experimentation) are the foundational principles behind high-performing technology organisations
  • Technical debt and poor deployment practices create a death spiral that makes future improvement ever harder
  • High performers are not unicorns — any organisation can adopt the capabilities that drive performance with the right leadership and commitment
  • The goal is to make software delivery a competitive weapon, not a cost centre