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Speaking
I have built and led software teams for 30 years, and I speak about what that work keeps teaching. The talks live where my writing lives: the agentic SDLC, platform engineering, and what AI actually changes for engineering leaders.
what I talk about
Current themes
The agentic SDLC
How delivery reorganizes when agents write most of the code, and the spec becomes the durable asset.
The AI Operating Ledger
The accounting phase of enterprise AI: measuring verified outcomes instead of tokens, seats, and demos.
Platform engineering and standardization
Fewer choices, better defaults: what enterprise-scale standardization taught me about golden paths and security.
Leading engineers through the AI transition
The human bargain under the productivity claims: judgment, verification, and what leaders actually control.
talks and appearances
Where I have spoken
Standardization and security, a perfect match
PlatformCon 2023 · Virtual · Co-presenter with Ravi Devineni
Standardization and Security - A Perfect Match
CloudNativeSecurityCon North America · Seattle, WA · Co-presenter with Ravi Devineni
Serverless – Not Your Father’s App Architecture
THAT Conference · Wisconsin Dells, WI · Solo presenter
SOA keynote panel discussion
BEAWorld 2005 · Santa Clara, CA · Keynote panelist
A panel in front of roughly 2,200 people, alongside peers from Cendant, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Intel.
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Invite me to speak
Conferences, podcasts, and internal engineering events all work. Send the date, the format, and who is in the room, and I will respond either way.