Brett Smith is a seasoned Software Architect, Engineer, and Developer with over 25 years of experience. His expertise spans Event-Driven Automation, Continuous Integration/Delivery/Testing/Deployment, and advanced Linux systems, including packaging and tool design. Currently, Brett focuses on engineering and securing the software supply chain through Event-Driven CI/CD and GitOps pipeline architectures. His work leverages technologies such as Kafka, Go, and Python, all running in Containers on Kubernetes.