Speaking
Talks for builders and leaders
Tech talks and workshops from across my career on AI agents, cloud architecture, APIs, web platforms, and engineering craft, for teams, leadership forums, and developer communities.
Slide decks, demos, and labs are open in mypresentations repository. Invite me when you want practical demos, clear frameworks, and lessons from shipping and leading across the Americas.
Featured
Highlighted talks
Sessions I recommend for AI strategy, platform architecture, and modern web delivery.
Agentic AI
A practical introduction to AI agents and multi-agent systems, using a restaurant analogy to make models, prompts, and collaboration concrete for engineering organizations.
View materialsRAG Applications
Retrieval-augmented generation from concepts to working demos: tools, languages, vector databases, frameworks, and model choices for building RAG apps.
View materialsThe Second Brain
How to build a personal knowledge system with AI: externalize thinking, give models the context they need, and make assistants part of daily work.
View materialsData-Driven Management
Data-driven decision making for engineering leaders: why measurement matters, and how DDDM shows up in practice on delivery teams.
View materialsServerless Architecture
What serverless and FaaS really mean: core concepts, trade-offs, providers, and cost models for event-driven systems.
View materialsCSR, SSR & SSG
Side-by-side demos of client-side rendering, server-side rendering, and static site generation, and when each delivery model fits.
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Catalog
All talks & workshops
Full list grouped by topic, with links to slide decks and labs when available.
AI & Agents
Agentic AI
A practical introduction to AI agents and multi-agent systems, using a restaurant analogy to make models, prompts, and collaboration concrete for engineering organizations.
View materialsRAG Applications
Retrieval-augmented generation from concepts to working demos: tools, languages, vector databases, frameworks, and model choices for building RAG apps.
View materials
AI & Knowledge
The Second Brain
How to build a personal knowledge system with AI: externalize thinking, give models the context they need, and make assistants part of daily work.
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Leadership
Data-Driven Management
Data-driven decision making for engineering leaders: why measurement matters, and how DDDM shows up in practice on delivery teams.
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Cloud & Architecture
Serverless Architecture
What serverless and FaaS really mean: core concepts, trade-offs, providers, and cost models for event-driven systems.
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Cloud & DevOps
Infrastructure as Code
Managing cloud infrastructure as versioned code: automation, idempotency, and Terraform across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
View materialsContainerization Applied
From on-prem and VMs to containers: Docker, Docker Hub, Dockerfiles, Compose, and Stack for real delivery environments.
View materialsDocker Workshop
Hands-on lab with Docker Compose: a .NET service, messaging, and migrations wired into a local multi-container environment.
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Web Platforms
CSR, SSR & SSG
Side-by-side demos of client-side rendering, server-side rendering, and static site generation, and when each delivery model fits.
View materialsWeb Workers
JavaScript’s single-threaded model, sequential vs concurrent vs parallel work, and moving heavy tasks off the main thread with workers.
View materialsCross-Browser Extensions
Hands-on WebExtensions: build and distribute browser extensions that work across modern browsers, with guided exercises.
View materialsFlexbox Layouts
Modern CSS layout with Flexbox: containers, items, and practical exercises for responsive UI.
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APIs & Data
GraphQL
Query languages for web APIs: REST vs GraphQL, efficient data fetching, live schema documentation, and practical query/mutation demos.
View materialsApollo + Vue
GraphQL on the client: why Apollo, core concepts, and a Vue demo consuming queries and mutations end to end.
View materialsWeb API Design
REST and practical principles for designing durable, evolvable web APIs.
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Distributed Systems
Working With Queues
Asynchronous processing with message queues: work-queue patterns, scalability, common use cases, and provider options.
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Systems
IoT Use Case
A livestock-monitoring case study: smart collars, protocols, and how IoT data turns into competitive advantage.
View materialssystemd Labs
Hands-on systemd: services, timers, and install/uninstall scripts for running apps under Linux service management.
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Developer Experience
Laravel Sail
Local Laravel development with Sail: Docker Compose services and a fast path from zero to a running environment.
View materialsTerminal 101
Foundational command-line skills: bashrc, editors, piping, history, aliases, and everyday geek utilities.
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Software Craft
Unit Testing Applied
Principles and applied practices for effective unit testing, with code samples and exercises.
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