--- title: Workstate Insights Blog | Christian Duvall, Group Vice President, Enterprise Services description: Insights from nearly 20 years of custom software development. --- [![Workstate](https://resources.workstate.com/hubfs/Workstate-Nov2016/Image/Logo.png "Workstate")](http://workstate.com/) - Practices - [Technology Team Rental](http://workstate.com/teamrental) - [Big Data](http://workstate.com/bigdata) - [Cloud Shift](http://workstate.com/cloud-shift) - [QA and Testing](http://workstate.com/qa) - [Identity and Access Management](http://workstate.com/iam) - [Application Security](http://workstate.com/appsecurity) - [Blog](http://web.workstate.com/blog) - [Careers](https://workstate.workable.com/) # Workstate Insights Blog # Workstate Insights Blog December 31, 1969 by [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Workstate%20Insights%20Blog%20%7C%20Christian%20Duvall%2C%20Group%20Vice%20President%2C%20Enterprise%20Services) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fresources.workstate.com%2Fblog%2Fauthor%2Fchristian-duvall-group-vice-president-enterprise-services%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ## Christian Duvall, Group Vice President, Enterprise Services ![](https://resources.workstate.com/hubfs/blog-images/iam/avatar_christian_duvall.jpg) Find me on: ### Recent Posts June 22, 2017 ## [The Lost Art of Mentorship](https://resources.workstate.com/blog/the-lost-art-of-mentorship) May 24, 2017 ## [Automate Everything! 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