ack Maher is a recognized thought leader, executive consultant, and practitioner in digital transformation, product operations, and value stream management. With decades of experience spanning Lean practices at GE and Kawasaki Steel through large-scale enterprise digital initiatives, he helps organizations design predictable, high-performing value delivery systems.He is the author of the bestselling Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Transformation (voted Best DevOps Book of the Year) and Value Stream Mapping: The Secret to Successful Digital Transformation. Jack founded ValueStreamPro.com and leads the development of two original frameworks: Deterministic Process Design (DPD) — a discipline for engineering stable, measurable, and controllable value streams — and LivityOS, the operating model that operationalizes deterministic flow at enterprise scale.His work bridges product management, platform engineering, DevOps, and service operations, with a focus on moving organizations from visibility and mapping to engineered predictability and governance. Jack regularly speaks and writes on Flowtopia.io, DeterministicProcessDesign.com, and LivityOS.com. He is also a PeopleCert instructor and DevOps Institute ambassador.