Cansu is a Solution Architect at Red Hat. She works with organizations to bring people, processes, and technology together in the most efficient way to solve complex business problems. Specifically, she collaborates organizations to build internal platforms tailored to their needs and forms high-performing platform teams. Cansu provides technical leadership in platform services to simplify stream-aligned teams' entry into the ecosystem and supports business stakeholders in understanding high-level strategies for their platforms and applications.

Cansu's passion for building high-performing platform teams aligns perfectly with the principles championed in Team Topologies. The book provided a shared language, enabling Cansu to effectively articulate the value of internal platforms and collaborative team structures. As an architect she consistently champions these principles. When collaborating with organizations to build internal platforms, Cansu applies the patterns outlined in Team Topologies, and she actively shares her experiences with the broader community.

You can reach her via

• Linkedin

• Twitter

• GitHub

Team Topologies Advocacy

My contributions over the past 12 months include:

My contributions over the past 12 months include:

Public Talks Delivered talks focused on Team Topologies principles and their application in real-world scenarios, such as building high-performing stream-aligned teams and the Platform as a Product concept:

• Platform as a Product: Stories from the Field @ PlatformCon 2024 Watch here

• Internal Platform Champions: Build Trust, Drive Adoption @ PlatformCon 2024 Watch here

• Building High-Performing Platform Teams: A Practical Guide with Real-World Examples @ Platform Engineering Meetup Watch here

• Speaking at Fast Flow Conf in London this September

Platform as a Product Workshop on Miroverse Published a workshop on Miroverse designed to help teams understand platform team and Platform as a Product concepts, and support them in creating a roadmap for their platform journey: Explore the workshop

Community Engagement Actively participated in online discussions across social media and conferences in panel formats, sharing how we applied Team Topologies concepts in real life with customers:

• What’s Hottest in Platform Engineering Watch here

• PlatformCon24 Closing Panel Watch here

Public Customer Stories

• Responding to Change by Productizing the Platform @ Brønnøysundregistrene Watch here

• Building the Future Data Platform @ Danske Commodities Watch here