Melissa’s career as a developer and software engineer spans over 20 years, and her experience spans a slew of technologies and tools used in the development and operation of enterprise products and services. Given her passion for Java and DevOps, she chose to pursue a developer advocacy role and is currently a Developer Advocate with the JFrog Developer Relations team. She is a mom, Java Champion, Docker Captain, and co-author of the upcoming book DevOps Tools for Java Developers. Melissa is active in the developer community and currently sits on the Continuous Delivery Foundation board. She has spoken at numerous software conferences including Kubecon and DockerCon and is part of the JCrete and JAlba UNconference teams. Her community mindedness extends to organizations like Devoxx4Kids. She is involved in the Devoxx4Kids program in Denver, Colorado, and has volunteered her time for other events like JavaOne4Kids and JCrete4Kids.