Len Bass is an award-winning author who has lectured widely around the world. His books on software architecture are standards. His book on DevOps is, in the words of an Amazon reviewer, "the first DevOps book that shows a realistic and achievable view of the full implementation of DevOps." He has over 50 years’ experience in software development, 25 of those at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute. He also worked for three years at NICTA in Australia and is currently an adjunct faculty at CMU teaching a course in DevOps.