Financial Services companies are highly regulated businesses, which means keeping pace has special challenges. My company is in the middle of a transformation program using DevOps principles and practices. We’ll explore the process of organizing and motivating a company to start a change initiative.

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3. Leading Transformations in
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A DevOps Journey
Dan Barker @barkerd427
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4. My Context

5. Youth
Parents = Teachers
Rebelled Against Everything
Joined the Air Force

6. Air Force
Tactical Aircraft Mechanic on the F-15, F-16, and
A-10

10. This is me

11. Air Force
Tactical Aircraft Mechanic on the F-15, F-16, and
A-10
12 years
Became an alcoholic
Hit rock bottom
Changed my life
Built computers since I was a child
Started coding for fun in the military
Complete my degree while in the Air Force
Graduated the day before I left Germany and the
military

12. “At the end of the day, you're responsible
for yourself and your actions and that's
all you can control. So rather than be
frustrated with what you can't control, try
to fix the things you can.”
- Kevin Garnett

13. Lead Yourself First

14. Lead Yourself First
● Mentally
● Financially
● Physically (relative)

15. Be Prepared To:
● Quit your job
● Interview
● Take a lower paying job
● Be unemployed

16. Be Bold!

17. Find Others Who
Lead Themselves

18. Other Self Leaders
● Manager
● Employee
● Friends

19. Failure is
Opportunity

20. Failure
● Project Cancelled
● Reduction in Force
● Leadership Changes

21. Opportunity
● Leadership Changes
● New Organizational Structures
● Renewed Passion For Change

22. Shared Experiences
Build Strong Teams

23. Shared Experiences
● Ideate Openly
● Executive Discovery Trips
● Knowledge Sharing Sessions

24. “Not by age but by
capacity is
wisdom acquired.”
- Titus Maccius Plautus

25. Fighting Imposter Syndrome
● Read
● Read More
● Study other companies
● Always assume you can

26. Create and
Share
Common
Goals

27. Common Goals
● Strategic
● Motivating
● Actionable
● Repeat Everywhere

28. Security
First

29. Security is King
● Provide value to security
● Keep security first
● FinTech requires security
● If you’re not secure, you’re losing

30. Audit
First

31. Audit is King
● Provide value to audit
● Keep audit first
● FinTech requires compliance
● If you’re not compliant, you’re losing

32. Believe in
Something Bigger

33. Something Bigger
● Religion
● Community
● Environment
● Company

34. What can you do
today?

35. Take Action
● Lead yourself first
● Find other self leaders
● Take an executive to lunch
● Read strategically

36. Thanks!
Contact me:
Dan Barker
drbarker@dstsystems.com
dan@danbarker.codes
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@barkerd427

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