Brian Dawson
Director of Product Management
Brian Dawson is Director of Product Management at CIQ, where he drives product strategy and delivery for Enterprise Linux solutions. With over 30 years in software development and technology leadership, he previously held senior roles at DeployHub, Ripple, Linux Foundation, CloudBees, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, specializing in DevOps transformation, developer relations, and enterprise software delivery across diverse industries from gaming to blockchain.
Brian is the creator of the widely-adopted "4 Quadrants of DevOps Maturity Model" and "The DevOps Trinity" framework, foundational tools used by enterprises worldwide for digital transformation. As a former host of the DevOps Radio podcast and frequent conference speaker, his thought leadership in continuous delivery and software development practices directly informs his product strategy approach at CIQ, where he applies decades of enterprise technology and open-source software experience to advance open-source Linux solutions.
Contributions
- BlogBOD 26-04 and federal contractors: what it means for FISMA scope
- BlogFIPS 140-3 under BOD 26-04: what federal agencies actually need to prove
- BlogWhy BOD 26-04's three-day window assumes runtime kernel monitoring
- BlogThree days to remediate: what BOD 26-04 asks of federal Linux teams
- BlogBOD 26-04: three days to patch, and a harder question underneath