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 dissecting buzzwords and replacing them with meaningful decisions and architectural trade-offs. He is convinced that architects can engage audiences at all levels, not by watering down their message but by using clear communication and models.
Gregor built cloud services as Director at AWS, led customers through cloud transformations at Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, defined a cloud strategy as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, and deployed 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.
Gregor co-authored the seminal book Enterprise Integration Patterns, which laid the foundation for modern ESBs. His book The Software Architect Elevator tells stories from the trenches of IT transformation while his articles have been featured in Best Software Writing by Joel Spolsky and 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. He is an active member of the IEEE Software advisory board.
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