Matt Stratton

Matt Stratton is a Customer Architect at Chef, where he works with organizations to help them use Chef’s automation platform to provide speed and flexibility to their infrastructure. He is devoted to concepts like Continuous Delivery and Infrastructure as Code, and his license plate actually says “DevOps”. He is the creator and co-host of the popular "Arrested DevOps" podcast. Matt is a founding organizer of DevOpsDays Chicago, and a member of the core DevOpsDays organizing team. Matt has over 15 years experience in IT operations, ranging from large financial institutions such as JPMorganChase and internet firms, including Apartments.com. He has given presentations at ITSM focused events, ChefConf, DevOpsDays, Interop, and various local groups within the Chicagoland area. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his three children, and has an unhealthy obsession with Doctor Who, Firefly, and Game of Thrones.