Speaking
I speak on leading technology transformations, software architecture, agile methods and how organisations change. I like to build sessions around real decisions from my career and ask the audience what they would have done.
with Joseph Yoder. XP 2026, the International Conference on Agile Software Development, São Paulo, April 2026. Programme (opens in a new tab)
with Joseph Yoder. Agile Brazil and Scrum Rio, Rio de Janeiro, September 2025. Event note (opens in a new tab)
with Joseph Yoder. OOP 2025, Munich, February 2025. Programme (opens in a new tab)
with Joseph Yoder. Agile Brazil 2024, Aracaju, October 2024. Event note (opens in a new tab)
Product Summit 2023, Brazil. In Portuguese.
with Natalia Manha. Lean Digital Summit 2019, Brazil. In Portuguese.
with Diego de Oliveira. QCon São Paulo 2017. Video, in Portuguese (opens in a new tab)
QCon São Paulo 2012. Video, in Portuguese (opens in a new tab)
keynote on changing UOL's development processes. JustJava 2008, São Paulo. Slides, in Portuguese (opens in a new tab)
on UOL's research grants for university students and lecturers. FISL 2007, Porto Alegre. Slides, in Portuguese (opens in a new tab)
Guest session, Future Leader Lab, UNSW Sydney, October 2026. Students worked through two real decisions, including whether to close an international office, and voted on what they would do.
Taught agile methods (Scrum, XP, Kanban and Lean) in technology MBA programmes.
Taught and mentored CTOs, VPs of Engineering and technology managers on organisation design for engineering teams, using Team Topologies.