Engineering the Future of Software
Feb 3–4, 2019: Training
Feb 4–6, 2019: Tutorials & Conference
New York, NY
Gregor Hohpe

Gregor Hohpe
Advisor, ArchitectElevator.com

Website | @ghohpe

Gregor Hohpe is an advisor at ArchitectElevator.com, where he advises CTOs and technology leaders in the transformation of their organization and IT infrastructure. Riding the architect elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, he connects corporate strategy with technical implementation by making complex topics engaging and approachable without compromising technical accuracy. Previously, Gregor was a technical director at Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO and a chief architect at Allianz, one of world’s largest insurance companies. Having established accelerated innovation and complexity and cost reduction as architecture goals, he oversaw a global data center consolidation and deployed the first on-premises cloud and software delivery platform. He’s a coauthor of the seminal book Enterprise Integration Patterns, which is widely cited as the reference vocabulary for asynchronous messaging solutions. His book 37 Things One Architect Knows about IT Transformation tells stories from the trenches of IT transformation, while his articles have been featured in Best Software Writing by Joel Spolsky and 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. He’s an active member of the IEEE Software advisory board.

Sessions

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4
The architect elevator
Location: Concourse B
Gregor Hohpe (ArchitectElevator.com)
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 3 ratings)
Drawing on his diverse experience with startups, strategic consulting, internet software engineering, and corporate IT, Gregor Hohpe shows you how to recognize and overcome the challenges digital disruption places on traditional enterprises. Read more.
9:05am–9:25am Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Architecting IT transformation
Location: Grand Ballroom West
Gregor Hohpe (ArchitectElevator.com)
Average rating: ****.
(4.95, 41 ratings)
Architects generally concern themselves with change: a system that’s never going to change in functionality, scope, scale, or environment may not actually need an architect. Join Gregor Hohpe to find out how architects can use what they know about technical systems to help refactor organizations. Read more.
4:50pm–5:40pm Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Enterprise architecture = architecting the enterprise?
Enterprise architecture
 Location: Sutton Center/Sutton South
Secondary topics:  Overview
Gregor Hohpe (ArchitectElevator.com)
Average rating: ****.
(4.90, 20 ratings)
Architects in large enterprises are often seen as ivory tower residents far detached from reality. Large-scale IT transformation across a vast inventory of applications and business units puts an entirely different and much more exciting spin on enterprise architecture. Gregor Hohpe takes a serious but lighthearted look at the role of enterprise architects in modern IT organizations. Read more.