AI-Native Software Delivery

About the Authors

Nick Durkin is field CTO for Harness, with responsibility for the organization’s worldwide field engineering team, postsales engineering team, and a portion of the platform. He previously held technical and executive roles at OverOps, DataTorrent, and Zelle (Early Warning), where he ran critical infrastructure for the United States government. He also served as lead architect on the Department of Homeland Security’s Financial Institution—Verifying Identity Credential Service (FIVICS) initiative, where he developed several patents for antifraud technologies, which are currently in use not only by the federal government but also by some of the world’s largest financial institutions.

Eric Minick is senior director of DevOps solutions at Harness, with a focus on enabling AI-native pipelines and developer experience. For over two decades, he has helped global enterprises, including IBM and UrbanCode, adopt DevOps practices at scale. He regularly contributes to the DevOps community through writing, speaking, and consulting.

Chinmay Gaikwad is director of product marketing at Harness, where he combines deep AI-native DevOps and AppSec expertise with strategic marketing leadership. He is a software engineer by training and is recognized for his expertise in application security, DevOps practices, and developer experience, with a proven track record in both technical and marketing roles across early-stage and late-stage startups as well as public companies.