Meet Matthew, Manuel and the Team

Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais - co-authors of the book Team Topologies - have worked together on organisation design for modern software systems with many clients around the world. Their sessions on Organisation Design for Modern Software Systems have helped numerous organizations to re-think their approach to team intercommunication and software architecture, improving flow and the effectiveness of software delivery.

 
Matthew Skelton

Matthew Skelton

Matthew Skelton

Short biography

Matthew Skelton is co-author of the award-winning and ground-breaking book Team Topologies, and Founder & Principal at Conflux. The Team Topologies book was rated one of the ‘Best product management books of all time’ by Book Authority and is widely used by organizations worldwide to transform the way they deliver value.

Longer biography

Matthew Skelton is co-author of the award-winning and ground-breaking book Team Topologies, and Founder & Principal at Conflux. The Team Topologies book was rated one of the ‘Best product management books of all time’ by Book Authority and is widely used by organizations worldwide to transform the way they deliver value.

Matthew is one of the foremost leaders in modern organizational dynamics for fast flow, drawing on Team Topologies and related practices to support organizations with transformation towards a sustainable fast flow of value and true business agility. 

A Chartered Engineer (CEng), Matthew brings together principles and practices from multiple disciplines for a holistic approach to digitally-enriched operating models. He combines his experience as a leader and software architect in multiple contexts (GOV.UK, ecommerce, financial services, telecoms, pharma, retail, robotics, etc.) with a strong interest in the human side of organizations for a compassionate and humanistic approach to organizational effectiveness. 

Manuel Pais

Manuel Pais

Manuel Pais

Short biography

Co-author of the industry changing book “Team Topologies”, Manuel is on a mission to both make work more humane and businesses more valuable to customers. Manuel delivers motivational keynotes and practical masterclasses on the principles and practices for fast flow that resonate across the organization, from C-level executives to the teams on the ground. He has also helped several Fortune 500 companies pave the path for accelerated value delivery via strategic & organizational assessments.

On the product side, Manuel has led the creation and evolution of the Team Topologies Academy providing online, worldwide access to the latest insights around fast flow, and Teamperature, the industry leading model for assessing and managing team cognitive load.

Longer biography

Co-author of the industry changing book “Team Topologies”, Manuel is on a mission to both make work more humane and businesses more valuable to customers. Manuel delivers motivational keynotes and practical masterclasses on the principles and practices for fast flow that resonate across the organization, from C-level executives to the teams on the ground. He has also helped several Fortune 500 companies pave the path for accelerated value delivery via strategic & organizational assessments.

On the product side, Manuel has led the creation and evolution of the Team Topologies Academy providing online, worldwide access to the latest insights around fast flow, and Teamperature, the industry leading model for assessing and managing team cognitive load.

Manuel has been in the industry since 2000, having worked as a developer, tester, release manager and team lead before he started consulting on DevOps and Continuous Delivery in 2015. Since the book's publication in 2019, Manuel has helped small and large organizations across multiple industries improve their software delivery but especially align organization’s technical and social systems through an understanding of constraints to flow like Conway’s Law, Team Cognitive Load, or Trust Boundaries.

Manuel holds a BSc in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico and an MSc in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelpais/

 
 

Team Topologies Core team

Our core team also includes some of our key Team Topologies Valued Practitioners (TTVPs).