Talks

2024

• High Performance Transaction Systems (HPTS): Object Storage and In-Process Databases are Changing Distributed Systems
• J On The Beach: Interview
• J On The Beach: Bridging the Gap: The Convergence of Transactional and Analytical Data

2023

• Craft Conference: WebAssembly at the IoT Edge
• J On The Beach: Kubernetes Probes: How to Avoid Shooting Yourself in the Foot
• S4x23 ICS Security Conference: WebAssembly at the IoT Edge

2022

• InfluxDays: The Value of Building a Great Developer Experience
• Reactive Summit: WebAssembly for a Reactive Internet of Things
• High Performance Transaction Systems (HPTS): Scaling Systems for Critical Infrastructure
• Guest lecture at Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre—Masters of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship: From Queen’s to Tesla, and a Few Stories Along the Way
• InfoQ Live Scaling Cloud-Native Applications

2021

• QCon Plus Track Host: Architectures You've Always Wondered About

2020

• Reactive Summit Reactive Systems: The State of the Art for IoT
• QCon London: Tesla Virtual Power Plant (also available on YouTube)

2019

• Why I Love Akka
• Scale By The Bay: Maximizing Throughput and Scalability for Akka Streams
• QCon San Francisco Track Host: Microservices Patterns & Practices
• QCon London: What Lies Between: The Challenges of Operationalising Microservices

2018

• QCon San Francisco: Real-World Architecture Panel
• Reactive Summit: Keynote: From Fast-Data to a Key Operational Technology for the Enterprise
• ScalaDays New York: Streaming Telemetry with Akka Streams
• ScalaDays Berlin: Streaming Telemetry with Akka Streams
• InfluxDays New York: From Time Series Database to Key Operational Technology for the Enterprise

2017

• Reactive Summit: Islands in the Stream Integrating Akka Streams and Akka Actors
• Scala Toronto Meetup: Akka Streams: Patterns for Streaming Measurements
• Lightbend Podcast: Integrating Akka Streams with Akka Actors In Cloud-Based Reactive Systems
• InfoQ Engineering Culture Podcast: Quality Views to Expose Technical Debt
• QCon London: Using Quality Views to Tackle Tech Debt at Tesla

2008

• OSIsoft User Conference, Amsterdam: PI System High Availability

2006

• OSIsoft User Conference, Frankfurt: Introducing PI System High Availability