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I'm an independent consultant based in Toronto, Canada. I specialize in training and programming services in areas such as event-driven architeciture, microservices, cloud-enablement, and machine learning enablement.

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I'm available for contract roles in the following locations: remote (with availability for up to 50% travel), or on-site in Waterloo, Montreal, Halifax, or Moncton.

I'm also open to full-time roles at the senior/leadership level.

Last updated: May 13th, 2019

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Migrating Java to the Cloud

The goal of Migrating Java to the Cloud is to help architects and lead developers understand how to migrate classical Java applications from legacy infrastructure – such as application containers – to cloud infrastructure. The ultimate objective of this book is to show a path to the cloud without requiring a significant rewrite of heritage applications.

This book covers three major topics:

Application modernization and migration of enterprise Java systems using key components of the Lightbend Reactive Platform and Akka
Management of cloud-platforms using Kubernetes and DC/OS
High-level security considerations that must be woven into a cloud migration plan

To get your free copy of this book, please visit our friends over at Mesosphere: https://mesosphere.com/resources/guide-migrating-legacy-java-apps-cloud/

To explore some of the code concepts that went into this book, check out RedElastic Commerce on Github. This is a Java, Play, and Akka reference architecture that can get you started on the right foot.

Latest blog posts

Full Stack Reactive

Meetup • May 28, 2019

Learn how to build systems that scale. We'll dive into a full stack reactive system 'all the way down', from a Vue.js UI to a fully event sourced service-tier using Java, Lagom, Cassandra, and Kafka. Join us on June 19, 2019 at 116 Spadina Ave, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario!

Reactive in Practice: Event Sourcing and CQRS

Reactive • May 24, 2019

Learn how to apply event sourcing and CQRS to a real world system. All material is supported with a reference project to reference called Reactive Stock Trader.

ReactiveTO survey results

Reactive programming • May 14, 2019

We sent out a survey to the members of ReactiveTO on the type of content they wanted to see in 2019.

Demystifying machine learning

Machine learning • December 19, 2018

Classical software is primarily based around the notion of decision trees. Any programmer who has coded an if-else-then statement can understand the basics of data science.

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DataOps: Operationalizing Data Science

Conference • October 26, 2018 • Reactive Summit 2018

According to Gartner’s Nick Heudecker, 85% of data science projects fail. This is a staggering ratio of failure that deserves consideration from your organization before undertaking your next data science initiative!

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