Speaking & Talks
I enjoy sharing insights about platform engineering, developer experience, and innovation through speaking engagements. Here's a collection of my talks and presentations over the years.
Recent Talks
Rabobank TechTalk – Platform Engineering at Scale
A conversation with Bart Leurs about building developer platforms for 8,000+ engineers, covering Golden Paths, orchestration, and the human side of platform adoption.
Death to DTAP or: Stop Worrying and Test in Production
Challenging traditional testing environments and exploring modern approaches to production testing, feature flags, and continuous delivery practices.
The Fallacies of Distributed Computing
A deep dive into the classic distributed computing fallacies and how they apply to modern microservices architectures, with practical lessons learned from real-world systems.
Speaking Topics
I regularly speak about the following topics and am available for conferences, meetups, and corporate events:
🚀 Platform Engineering
- Building developer platforms at scale
- Golden Paths and paved roads
- Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)
- Developer productivity metrics
- Platform adoption strategies
🏗️ Software Architecture
- Distributed systems design
- Microservices patterns and anti-patterns
- Event-driven architectures
- Cloud-native application design
- Architecture decision records
💡 Innovation & Leadership
- Innovation in large organizations
- Technology adoption strategies
- Leading technical transformation
- Bridging business and technology
- Building high-performing teams
🔧 Developer Experience
- Reducing cognitive load
- CI/CD pipeline optimization
- Testing strategies
- Observability and monitoring
- Developer tools and workflows
Want me to speak?
I'm always interested in sharing knowledge and connecting with the tech community. Whether you're organizing a conference, meetup, or corporate event, I'd love to hear about it.
I'm particularly interested in events focused on platform engineering, developer experience, and innovation in large organizations.