Vladimir Lazarenko is a seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience in the field. He specializes in building and leading high-performing DevOps teams in high-volume global e-commerce and shipping industry environments. With a Master's degree from Kharkov's Radioelectronis University, Vladimir is passionate about engineering and engineering culture and thrives on building teams that empower companies to deliver business value through efficient technology. He is an advocate of the Dev(Sec)Ops movement and has helped many large multinational companies transition from waterfall models to true DevOps.

Vladimir has a strong analytical and problem-solving skill set coupled with excellent interpersonal skills. He is experienced in nearly all available UNIX flavors and has in-depth knowledge of UNIX-based systems and infrastructures, whether physical, virtual, or containerized. His programming skills include Golang, C, C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, and LPC. Throughout his career, he has held various positions, including Cloud Platform Architect at FedEx Services, Archwizard at BatMUD (B.A.T. Ry), Manager Site Operations at eBay, Team Lead Site Operations at eBay, and Senior System Administrator at eBay Classifieds Group.

Other roles Vladimir has held include Co-owner, TPM at Mobile2Morrow B.V., Information Technology Specialist at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Configuration Manager at Human Inference, Owner at VLF Networks B.V., Senior Integration Engineer at acision, Senior Integration Engineer at LogicaCMG Telecoms, Deployment and Support Engineer at LogicaCMG Wireless Networks, Operations Support Engineer at PSINet, Consultant at Proxy BV, and System Administrator at ISP. Vladimir has a keen interest in changing culture and promoting true DevOps adoption, rather than simply hiring a "DevOps team" and claiming transformation is complete.