ARCHCONF

90-minute in-depth sessions.

Our longer session format, workshops, and multi-part sessions allow speakers

Adam Tornhill

Ann Mwangi-Architect/Developer with Thoughtworks

Ann Mwangi is a software developer and consultant at ThoughtWorks for projects across different domains mainly in Uganda and Australia. She had a stint as a quality analyst to understand the challenges of maintaining quality in a system.

Brian Pontarelli-CEO of FusionAuth.io

I am a Technology Entrepreneur with a software development background. Currently at I am focused on solving the technology issues that many companies face for login, registration, and user management. My team and I built FusionAuth: A modern customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that comes with features not seen in the marketplace today. It allows companies to focus on their core product not the plumbing of identity and user management.

Brian Sletten

Chris Richardson-Creator of Microservices.io

Chris Richardson is a developer and architect. He is a Java Champion at a JavaOne rock star and the author of POJOs in Action, which describes how to build enterprise Java applications with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. Chris was also the founder of the original CloudFoundry.com, an early Java PaaS for Amazon EC2.

Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel Hinojosa-Independent Consultant

Daniel is a programmer at consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.

Darrell Rials

Darrell Rials-Enterprise Architect

Darrell Rials is an accomplished software and enterprise developer and architect at having helped teams deliver worthwhile technology solutions for over 25 years in the engineering, manufacturing, building automation controls, financial services, and telecommunications industries. A lifelong learner, writer, and teacher, Darrell maintains an abundance mindset, believes that the way we treat people matters a lot, and is grateful for life’s opportunities to experience wonder, challenge, and change.

Dave Hendricksen

Develop your soft skills.

Being an architect is a tough job. Not only do you have to have significant technical depth and breadth, but you also need to understand the business domain you are working in. While these aspects are important, there is another perhaps more vital aspect of being an architect - the soft skills.