Welcome to the first podcast dedicated solely to the practice of software architecture! In the episodes to come, we’ll discuss modern software architecture patterns and practices with the practitioners getting their hands dirty doing the work.

Your Host

Matt Stine is a 20 year veteran of the enterprise IT industry, with seven of those years spent as a consulting solutions architect for multiple Fortune 500 companies, as well as the not-for-profit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He is the author of Migrating to Cloud-Native Application Architectures from O'Reilly, and the host of the Software Architecture Radio podcast.

Matt spends much of his time thinking about lean/agile software development methodologies, DevOps, architectural principles/patterns/practices, and programming paradigms, in an attempt to find the perfect storm of techniques that will allow corporate IT organizations to not only function like startup companies, but also create software that delights users while maintaining a high degree of conceptual integrity. He is currently Executive Director, Architecture, for JPMorgan Chase Asset and Wealth Management.

Matt has spoken at conferences ranging from JavaOne to OSCON to YOW!, was a ten-year member of the No Fluff Just Stuff tour, and previously served as Technical Editor of NFJS the Magazine. Matt is also the founder and past president of the Memphis Java User Group.

Your Producer

Mandy Moore is a VA (Virtual Assistant) for software developers and an Audio Engineer for several programming-related podcasts. She is also an advocate of getting women and children interested in technology and entrepreneurship.

You can find her on the Internets practically everywhere at @therubyrep. Also, if you haven't heard of her podcast, Greater Than Code, you should go check it out because #PeopleMatter!