Ricardo has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, with the last nine years focused on DevOps ways of working. He started his relationship with the Vodafone world (UK Networks) in 2013 delivering Services from a Vendor perspective and since 2019 been working for Vodafone Business DevOps CoE as DevOps SME and currently is the VBIT Digital Channels Principal DevOps Manager.  Under the DevOps CoE, Ricardo has driven with success several projects across Vodafone Business improving DevOps maturity and KPIs. As part of his role, he successfully helped in spreading the word and the implementation of DevOps methodologies, carrying on his work nowadays for Digital Channels Vodafone Business IT. In his previous roles before Vodafone, he has not only built and delivered several Software solutions but as well implemented and improved workflows and DevOps ways of working methodologies. He has hands-on experience in building Software products across the entire lifecycle from the original idea to the delivery stage and, of course, building DevOps Teams.