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Sébastien Van De Poel - Team Topologies Advocate

Sébastien Van De Poel is a technical lead with experience in different roles. He intentionally took a position as a Functional Analyst and also as a Solution Architect because I believe collaboration gets better when you really understand each other's work. “Putting yourself in another's shoes helps create empathy”. Over time, he realized the Solution Architect role was limiting team autonomy. Now, he focuses more on helping teams collaborate, communicate openly, and continuously improve.

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Pawel Piwosz - Team Topologies Advocate

Pawel Piwosz’s journey started as SysOps, evolved through DevOps, leading to my current role as a DevOps Coach and ...well... influencer. Along the way, I've gained experience as a Scrum Master, Delivery Manager, Solution Architect and Developer Advocate.

Now I am a DevOps Manager and I am happy when I can teach others, influence community, or as I'd like to say - serve the community

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Andrey Adamovich - Team Topologies Advocate

Andrey Adamovich is a software developer/architect/DevOps person with 25 years of experience in IT, working as an IT strategy consultant and a fractional CTO. Also, I'm trainer regularly delivering course on DevOps practices and tooling where I mention Team Topologies all the time. Also, I'm an international speaker.

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Kamila Peres - Team Topologies Advocate

Experienced technology professional currently working as a DevOps Engineer Specialist at Itaú Unibanco since 2020. Leads digital and cultural transformation within the Payments Community, driving DevOps and FinOps practices. Expertise in IaC, CI/CD, observability, and AWS services, ensuring efficient and scalable deliveries. Previously, served as DevOps Course Coordinator at Ada Tech, co-creating and managing a DevOps course, mentoring instructors, and developing educational materials.

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Ajay Chankramath - Team Topologies Advocate

Ajay Chankramath is a seasoned technology leader with over three decades of experience in software engineering, platform strategy, and enterprise transformation. Currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer and Global Managing Director for Platform & Products at Brillio, Ajay leads the firm’s efforts to deliver engineering excellence across horizontal capabilities and vertical industry solutions. He has previously held senior leadership roles at globally respected organizations such as Thoughtworks, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Broadridge, and Xilinx, consistently driving innovation in developer experience, cloud-native platforms, and large-scale modernization programs.

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Erik Aceiro Antonio - Team Topologies Advocate

With 20 years of experience leading high-impact projects that improve efficiency and enable fast flow, I have consistently driven successful outcomes across various industry sectors.
I am deeply curious and passionate about learning emerging trends in Software Engineering—a passion that led me to earn a PhD in Computer Science and a Master's in Electrical Engineering.

I am a strong advocate for a sustainable architecture toolkit that bridges the gap between business and technology. My approach includes evaluating core domains and cognitive load, leveraging Team Topologies, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), EventStorming, and Sociotechnical Architecture to drive real evolution—guided by the balance between the architecture we design and the architecture we live.

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Andrey Cunha - Team Topologies Advocate

I strongly believe that successful transformations go beyond technology—they require well-structured teams, clear communication, boundaries, and continuous learning. My passion lies in helping organisations reduce complexity, create scalable architectures, and foster high-performing teams. Whether through collaborative modeling, strategic advisory, or technical leadership, I focus on creating sustainable, adaptable systems that empower teams to do their best.

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Zenon Hannick - Team Topologies Advocate

I have been a strong advocate of Team Topologies for several years, as the book deeply resonated with my experience in building, leading, and scaling technology teams to deliver high-quality business outcomes.

I have led engagements with multiple clients where Team Topologies played a central role in the principles and practices I implemented, including at the Office for National Statistics, Fidelity International, and NatWest Group. Additionally, I worked as part of a consortium with Team Topologies and other organizations at the Post Office.

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Gielen Rojas-Lopez - Team Topologies Advocate

Throughout my career, I have held roles in banking service delivery, IT service management, service design, business analysis, enterprise architecture, and cloud consulting. My experience spans multiple industries in both the public and private sectors, including cloud service providers such as Microsoft and VMware.

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Bryan Ross - Team Topologies Advocate

Bryan Ross is a Field CTO at GitLab, CNCF contributor, and recognised thought-leader in platform engineering. With over 15 years of industry experience as a senior IT leader and building platforms in enterprise environments, he now helps customers realise business value from IT faster. Equally comfortable speaking with executives and engineers alike, he bridges the gap between technical and business stakeholders through compelling storytelling, actionable insights, and real-world examples. Bryan’s deep expertise and practical approach make him a valuable advisor in navigating the complexities of modern platform engineering.

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Val Yonchev - Team Topologies Advocate

I'm a seasoned consultant, business leader and international speaker. Experienced in transformation strategy and leadership coaching, solution design, pre-sales, sales, change and line management. I love nothing more than focusing upon improving the flow of value within an organisation and I'm often found working as a coach/ advisor, designing solutions and workshops to remove impediments to adoption or geeking out over the impact of organisational structures, team dynamics and behaviour economics. I'm passionate about doing work that matters and enabling others to do their best work.

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Thiago de Faria - Team Topologies Advocate

My journey has taken me from academic research, to the public sector, to companies like KLM, Nike, ASML, and many more. In parallel to AWS, I'm a bit back at the Academy through research at the Antwerp Management School on team communication patterns, decision-making, IT/Business alignment and enterprise architecture.

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Kief Morris - Team Topologies Advocate

Kief Morris (he/him) is an Infrastructure Automation Architect who helps infrastructure teams move from hand-crafted infrastructure management that creates friction and toil to a platform approach that focuses on enabling users to deliver better outcomes faster. An infrastructure platform approach involves adopting a composable infrastructure architecture and self-service environment management, which needs changes to team workflows and topologies.

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Stephen Walters - Team Topologies Advocate

Highly experienced Subject Matter Expert in Value Stream Management, DevSecOps, DevOps, ALM, SDLC, and IT4IT, with extensive management and consultancy experience spanning end-to-end IT disciplines since 1992. Certified in Value Stream Management, DevOps, SAFe, CMMI, ITIL, TOGAF, and PRINCE2.

Over the course of my career, I have successfully provided services and management expertise to organizations including Accenture, Cognizant, Deutsche Bank, Borland, BT, EDS (part of HP), the Met Office, and AstraZeneca.

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Cris Cadinu - Team Topologies Advocate

With over a decade of experience spanning software development, team leadership, and strategic consulting, I have cultivated a career that blends technical expertise with a passion for organizational improvement. Currently, as a Principal Consultant at Team Rockstars IT, I empower development teams by fostering agile mindsets, optimizing team structures, and aligning technical projects with business objectives.

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Mateusz Szymczyk - Team Topologies Advocate

I am a motivated professional and Subject Matter Expert in the Observability domain, known for my ability to structure business problems effectively and resolve cases quickly and diligently. With strong technical skills and extensive experience working with international teams, I remain focused on achieving goals and consistently strive to exceed project milestones and expectations.

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Chris Baynham-Hughes - Team Topologies Advocate

I'm a seasoned consultant, business leader and international speaker. Experienced in transformation strategy and leadership coaching, solution design, pre-sales, sales, change and line management. I love nothing more than focusing upon improving the flow of value within an organisation and I'm often found working as a coach/ advisor, designing solutions and workshops to remove impediments to adoption or geeking out over the impact of organisational structures, team dynamics and behaviour economics. I'm passionate about doing work that matters and enabling others to do their best work.

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Thomas Krag - Team Topologies Advocate

Thomas is a long time engineer and tech lead who has transitioned into an interim engineering manager and consultant role. As an early adopter of DevOps, including DevOps Topologies (which later evolved into Team Topologies), he possesses a deep understanding of Platform Engineering and product thinking. He has successfully led multiple enabling teams in initiatives such as architecture modernization and reliability engineering practices.

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Amine Essafoui - Team Topologies Advocate

Throughout my career, I have successfully facilitated organizational change by introducing Lean and Agile practices tailored to cloud-native environments. I have led cross-functional teams in designing technical solutions that balance operational efficiency, scalability, and resilience. Before joining Red Hat, I held various leadership roles at OCTO Technology, where I advanced Agile and DevOps adoption within large-scale programs. My deep understanding of value streams and team topologies enables me to align technical and organizational strategies, driving sustainable success in the digital age.

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