Matt Stine is a 17-year enterprise IT veteran who focuses on cloud native platforms and architecture. He discusses why cloud native architecture is important for achieving agility and resilience. Cloud native architecture leverages DevOps, continuous delivery, and cloud platforms to allow for rapid, safe software delivery. Key qualities of cloud native architecture include modularity through microservices, observability, deployability, testability, disposability, and replaceability. Microservices provide a useful unit of development and deployment for DevOps and continuous delivery practices.