Gregor Hohpe

Gregor Hohpe

Gregor helps technology leaders transform both their organization and their technology platform. You’ll find him riding the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, perhaps automating serverless 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.Gregor has served as Director at AWS and Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, and as Chief Architect at Allianz SE, where he oversaw the architecture of a global data center consolidation and deployed the first private cloud software delivery platform.
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Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

10 Truths in Distributed System Design

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Architecture Architecture Deep Dive 180 min. BEGINNER
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

Platforms: Build abstractions, not illusions (Overflow)

The talk explores the balance between hiding complexity and creating effective abstractions in tech platforms. Reflecting on two decades of building distributed systems, it emphasizes the importance o...
Build & Deploy Build & Deploy Keynote 45 min. BEGINNER
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

Platforms: Build abstractions, not illusions (Overflow)

The talk emphasizes the importance of creating useful abstractions rather than dangerous illusions in tech platforms. Reflecting on two decades of building distributed systems, it highlights the need...
Build & Deploy Build & Deploy Keynote 45 min. BEGINNER
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

Platforms: Build abstractions, not illusions (Overflow)

The talk examines the balance between simplifying tech platforms and maintaining functionality. It highlights the importance of creating effective abstractions rather than oversimplifying, which can l...
Build & Deploy Build & Deploy Keynote 45 min. BEGINNER
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

Platforms: Build abstractions, not illusions

This talk delves into the inherent complexity in today's technology and the drive to hide this complexity in platforms for improved productivity. However, it cautions against creating dangerous illusi...
Build & Deploy Build & Deploy Keynote 45 min. INTERMEDIATE
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe

Thinking Like an Architect

The talk challenges the traditional view of architects as decision-makers, proposing instead that they empower the team by sharing decision models and revealing blind spots. Architects also communicat...
Architecture Architecture Conference 50 min. INTERMEDIATE