Himanshu Swaroop
Himanshu Swaroop is a transformation practitioner. He has more than 15 years of experience leading transformation within enterprise businesses. The impact of his work is based on behaviour and systems change across teams. For example platform teams visualising their work to continuously improve flow of work. Another example is product managers using customer usage data to make product decisions. Another example is product teams aligned on a common product strategy to help customer claims simpler. Other experiments he has used include improvements in team psychological safety; improvements in continuous discovery and continuous delivery.
His transformation outcomes have focussed on customer and employee journeys. These transformation efforts are dependent on the business context at these enterprises. The context is driven by - industry (e.g, pharmaceutical, financial services and telecommunications), size of business (e.g., revenue ranging from $400 million to $50 billion), system and team complexity (e.g, legacy systems, high acquisition activity, high degree of regulation and functional silos).
He is driven by 6 key values of continuous learning, integrity, impact, respect for individuals, bias for action and pride in work.
Thiago de Faria
Thiago is an independent consultant renowned for his data and AI/ML expertise. His empathetic, equitable approach is a hallmark of his leadership, having guided AWS teams and collaborated with startups and prominent names like ASML, KLM, and Nike. Thiago is at the vanguard of integrating fast flow and Team Topologies into data and AI/ML initiatives, emphasizing kindness and empathy in tech management.
His consultancy style blends wit, empathy, and a fair-minded approach, valuing each team's unique context and capabilities. Thiago's recent venture, the Lovelace Series, spotlights the challenges and triumphs of women in tech, addressing critical issues such as micro-aggressions and retention. A regular speaker at European conferences, he shares insights on the confluence of Data Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, DevOps, and Fast Flow, contributing to a more inclusive and forward-thinking tech landscape.
Nick Tune
Nick Tune is the author of Architecture Modernization (Manning) and co-author of Patterns, Principles and Practices of Domain-Driven Design (Wiley).
He has held hands-on software development, architecture, and leadership roles during the past 15 years, most recently working as a consultant specializing in Domain-Driven Design, architecture and operating model modernization, and continuous delivery.
Elizabeth Ayer
Elizabeth Ayer is a product and organisational consultant who promotes a virtuous cycle of empowered teams, fast flow, and business agility. With her background in product and portfolio management, she takes a value-oriented, collaborative approach to designing more humane structures for teams to thrive.
Sarah Wells
Sarah Wells is an experienced technology leader, consultant and conference speaker with a focus on microservices, engineering enablement and technology strategy. She has over 20 years experience as a developer, principal engineer and tech director across product, platform, SRE and devops teams.
Matthew Skelton
Matthew Skelton is co-author of ‘Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow’ (IT Revolution Press, 2019), which has become the go-to reference for organizations worldwide seeking business agility and adaptability with software-enriched services.
Matthew is Founder and Principal at Conflux