Louis is the managing consultant and founder of the Alinement Network, operating out of Sydney, Australia. He has been chief technologist formulating the ALM vision for a leading tool vendor and works across the project lifecycle to streamline processes and bridge the business - technology divide. With over twenty-five years of software and systems experience he recently completed a PhD that applied Configuration Management (CM) and agile principles to managing change and architectural complexity. This work provides the foundation for the release-centric lifecycle described in his book, Enterprise Release Management: Agile Delivery of a Strategic Change Portfolio, published in late 2012 - see enterpriserelease.com