About the Author

Derek DeJonghe has had a lifelong passion for technology. His background and experience in web development, system administration, and networking give him a well-rounded understanding of modern web architecture. Derek currently manages a cloud consulting firm specializing in cloud native application development, as well as Infrastructure, configuration, and CI/CD pipelines as code. A focus of Derek’s work has been on moving the pets versus cattle analogy from single servers to entire environments, enabling teams to build and destroy environments at will for integration testing. With a proven track record for resilient cloud architecture, Derek helps RightBrain Networks be one of the strongest cloud consulting agencies and managed service providers in partnership with AWS today.