Marc Hornbeek, known as “DevOps_the_Gray” and industry events speaker, is a DevOps Consultant at  Trace3. A seasoned DevOps consultant, adviser, educator, mentor, and author, he has performed assessments for over 60 organizations. Awarded IEEE Outstanding Engineer, 2016, Western USA, he is a Senior IEEE member for 42 years. He is the author of the  Continuous Delivery Architect certificate course and DevOps Test Engineering certificate course for DevOpsInstitute.com and many publications.