Ann Marie Fred, DevOps and Security Lead for the Commerce Platform at IBM, has 20 years' experience as a software engineer and manager working in research, consulting, web portal development, IT systems management development, cloud computing, hybrid cloud, deployment automation, and most recently, web platform development and operations. Her specialties include DevOps, cybersecurity, continuous delivery, cloud computing, virtualization, configuration management, distributed systems, software engineering, agile development, continuous integration, shift-left, and test automation. In her free time she enjoys reading, scuba diving, travel, games, and having fun with her husband, two daughters, and the family dog.