Michael Floyd is a versatile professional with a successful background in software development and technical journalism. He has built a career creating compelling stories that resonate with software developers while educating IT communities. Michael is best known for his serial interview series of leading developers, and he has published five programming books. His expertise spans across DevOps, cloud architectures, machine data analytics, Salesforce, Force.com, Heroku, web development, XML, HTML, CSS, and Agile process and practices. Michael has served in top positions in big companies, such as Ionic Security, Sumo Logic, salesforce.com, InfoQ, beyondWeb, CMP Media, Dr. Dobb's Journal, and Borland. He has studied Bachelor's in Mathematics, Physics at San Jose State University and Mathematics, Physics at West Valley College. Michael is an exceptional trainer, consultant, and content strategist with exceptional creative and technical abilities.