I’ve been an architect for most of my career, sometimes by title and always by spirit. Having designed systems and driven change in organizations ranging from Silicon Valley digitals to large enterprises and the public sector, I have experienced that successful architects must engage at all levels of an organization. I share those experiences riding the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse in my books, my workshops, and my blog.

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Gregor rides the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, perhaps automating serverless cloud solutions in the morning and preparing board presentations in the afternoon. His favorite pastime is replacing buzzwords with meaningful decisions and architectural trade-offs. He is convinced that architects can engage audiences at all levels without watering down their message.

Gregor has experienced complex IT from every conceivable angle: building cloud services as Director at AWS, leading customers through cloud transformations at Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, defining a cloud strategy as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, and deploying the first software delivery platform as Chief Architect at Allianz SE. Prior, he learned that an IDE and presentation software are equally mighty tools during his tenure as Staff Engineer at Google and as Principal in Big-4 Consulting.

The seminal book Enterprise Integration Patterns laid the foundation for modern ESBs, while The Software Architect Elevator helps architects connect IT engine room and leadership. His articles have been featured in Best Software Writing by Joel Spolsky and 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know.

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