I BUILD THINGS THAT BUILD THINGS
Whether it is software, people, engineering teams, technology organization, or companies, I build things that build things.
Who is Bill?
I enjoy building. Engaging with others to solve problems is my passion. The thrill of struggling, learning, then succeeding is what gets me up in the morning.
EXPERIENCE MEETS EXPERTISE
My experience is fighting to be part of the innovation economy. Driving inclusivity into the innovation process is my expertise.
The journey started with the less-traditional route. No computer science degree, nor an engineering degree. It began with a slow computer, Notepad, and many Teach Yourself in 24 Hour books. It has become an opportunity to up-level those around me.
Bill’s Skills
thought LEader
Building upon the giants who came before me is my superpower. My capability is to stitch those some things into a whole, greater than the sum of its parts.
Technologist
My passion is to delight those with the new, novel, and noteworthy tech. Technology is simply an implementation of human systems that make us smile. I love making people smile.
author & speaker
Sharing is caring. Life is not a zero-sum game. Giving back by writing, speaking, and teaching honors those whose ideas I have benefited from.
Executive
Execution is key. Delivering value gives us the opportunity to pursue the next new thing. I maximize the potential people, teams, and organizations bring to the world around them.
REad What Bill Is Thinking
- Software Supply Chain: Security Marketecture or a Real Thing
Overnight, companies adopted a new marketecture for the software supply chain. Are these companies doing anything new? Or is software supply chain the new buzzword that CIOs and IT Executives leverage to maintain face within their companies? - History of the Software Bill of Material (SBOM)The key to using an SBOM successfully is not which format you choose. It’s the context for the decision support capabilities you need for current license, vulnerability, and software component needs.
- Secondary Artifacts For The Software Supply ChainThe most potent form of a secondary artifact is the documentation of how one evaluated the data. This evaluation is critical as it allows others to see how an individual or organization determined others could trust their artifact. These artifacts are essential to making the best downstream decisions.
- 2022 Reading List – Getting Your Business To MarketI have a dirty secret. I genuinely despise reading. Why read then? Experience has taught me how much time, and money, I save by learning from the lessons others have to teach.
Investments Unlimited – Coming Sept 2022!
A Novel About DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age
In the vein of bestselling titles The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, Investments Unlimited will help organizations radically rethink how they handle audit, compliance, and security for their software systems. By introducing concepts, tools, and ideas to reimagine governance, this book will catalyze a more humane way to enable high-velocity software delivery that inspires trust and is inherently more secure.
By Helen Beal, Bill Bensing, Jason Cox, Michael Edenzon, Dr. Tapabrata “Topo” Pal, Caleb Queern, John Rzeszotarski, Andres Vega, and John Willis
Coming September 13, 2022
Listen To Bill Speak
- Open Source Summit 2022 Video – Dear Security, Compliance, And AuditStop it with the DevSecAuditComplianceOps buzzwords within the software supply chain. Let’s simply talk about Modern Governance. Excellent software supply chain hygiene requires governance. Modern Governance resolves governance toil with a software engineering approach.
- DevNation Tech Talk: Dear security, compliance, and auditing: We’re sorry. Love, DevOpsDevOps solved the conflict between development and operations. It missed other essential aspects of the delivery lifecycle: security, compliance, and audit. DevSecOps is an excellent reminder that security must be DevOps’d. But, compliance and audit are still missing. There’s no … Read more
- Trusted Software Supply Chain – Konveyor Community ChatLet’s face it CI/CD is a commodity. A trusted software supply chain automates and enforces expected behaviors for a DevSecOps culture.
