Emil joined Amazon in 2015 and is passionate about helping customers develop and implement strategies for DevOps. In his 20+ years of experience in the IT industry, he has helped develop and architect enterprise solutions at Intel and EDS. As an independent consultant he developed plant floor control systems for the manufacturing lines of several Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firms. He was also the chief architect at Windsor Solutions, a consulting company delivering solutions focused on environmental compliance for the public sector, where he implemented a DevOps program across the product line. He remains an active contributor to several open source projects and has contributed to books and whitepapers on programming and performance best practices. He is an active member of IASA, the International Association for Software Architects.