On any team, from infrastructure engineering to development to HR, there is always a looming danger of one individual being the only person capable of performing a key task, either because of their technical skills, domain skills, or business experience. The risks of having key-person dependencies—reduced productivity, inaccurate project estimates, morale problems, delays, and business-impacting defects and downtime—are hard to identify and can be even harder to resolve. Lee Eason is a leader and coach who has experienced this problem for so long, he finally decided to do something about...
Lee Eason
Director of DevOps
Ipreo
As the director of DevOps at Ipreo, Lee Eason is serious about high-performing teams. After getting a degree in history education, Lee decided to become a self-taught technologist, and over the past seventeen years he has been successful as a direct contributor, a development leader, and a change agent. He has worked in various technology industries, including marketing, education, health care, and finance. You can read Lee’s articles on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter @leejeason.