Alex de Groot
AI Enthusiast, DevEx Advocate & VP of Engineering
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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Alex is a seasoned software leader with over 20 years of experience driving productivity in B2B SaaS organizations. He has successfully led teams of 25 to 400 engineers, from startups to enterprises, emphasizing a "go-do" mentality and fostering outcome-oriented decision-making. Alex's expertise spans modernizing software organizations, with a focus on leveraging data-driven decision-making and cutting-edge technologies such as AI (5+ years of experience), DevOps, and Cloud. He is a strong advocate for enhancing Developer Experience, ensuring high-performing, resilient teams. His work is grounded in practical applications of theories like Wardley Mapping, Team Topologies, Agile and Domain-Driven Design, enabling teams to thrive in dynamic environments.
Beyond technical acumen, Alex is committed to the impact of technology on people, society, and teams. He advocates for innovation that prioritizes human ethics, such as security, and privacy, ensuring that innovations benefit all stakeholders. As a frequent public speaker on these subjects, Alex uses his experience to make these topics practical and applicable for the broader community.
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Rethinking (AI) databases... let's go serverless all the way!
For years we have accepted the position of databases in your infrastructure / cloud landscape: our big solid but expensive heart of our precious application. While the economy started to cool down, some interesting happened... We started to look at our bill again How can it make sense that my high traffic (serverless) application runs for 5 euros a month and my databases costs me 1200 euros? Can't we do this cheaper?
The database vendors responded and many innovations are hitting the market currently. Let us look at infinite scaling options, branch schema's, new data storage patterns and optimized compute. As a bonus, let's look how this all positively affects the AI use-cases.
Depending on the audience and the conference, this talk can be delivered showcasing other cloud+database-vendors / implementation technologies.
AI & LLMs on (Guard)Rails
In this talk, we explore advanced techniques to ensure Large Language Models (LLM) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications produce responsible and accurate outputs. We'll delve into methods for minimizing hallucinations and maintaining fidelity to factual data. The session will feature a comparative analysis of approaches from leading cloud and tech vendors, including Microsoft, AWS, Elastic, and NVIDIA.
Attendees will gain insights into best practices for developing reliable AI applications, enhancing user trust, and leveraging the strengths of each vendor's solutions in real-world scenarios. Join us to elevate your AI implementation and learn from real life experience.
The Perfect Match: Marrying GenAI with Zero Trust for Next-Gen Secure Cloud Applications
In an era where security is paramount, building a Zero Trust architecture is the key to safeguarding your cloud infrastructure and APIs. This talk dives into the practical integration of Generative AI (GenAI) within a Zero Trust framework to enhance every aspect of your digital ecosystem. We'll explore how GenAI can fortify your cloud infrastructure, ensuring that every component and connection adheres to Zero Trust principles. Discover how to leverage GenAI for real-time input and output validation in APIs, preventing vulnerabilities before they become threats. Additionally, we'll discuss how GenAI can monitor and control costs, providing a dual benefit of enhanced security and optimized resource management. Join us to gain actionable insights on creating a robust, AI-driven Zero Trust architecture that meets the demands of today’s complex environments.
Crafting Conversational UX with AI and Real-Time Feedback
Creating an effective conversational user experience (UX) requires more than just advanced AI; it needs a solution that integrates real-time, self-learning feedback loops. This talk delves into the technical blueprint for designing an end-to-end solution that harnesses AI to understand and anticipate user intent while continuously refining the experience through dynamic feedback. We’ll cover essential components, including API design for optimal data flow, effective data stores for capturing and analyzing user interactions, and how to glue these elements together into a cohesive, self-learning system. Join us to discover how to build conversational applications that not only respond to users but also evolve with every interaction.
Cloud Native Beyond Kubernetes: Designing Multi-Tenant Landscapes with Best-of-Breed Solutions
In the evolving world of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes is just the beginning. This talk explores how to design robust, multi-tenant application landscapes for large enterprises and SaaS companies by going beyond the basics. Instead of defaulting to standard cloud vendor offerings, we’ll discuss how to selectively leverage best-of-breed solutions from cloud vendors, specialized partners, and marketplaces. Whether it’s using Cloudflare for traffic ingestion, opting for the top compute offerings, or choosing specialized caching, database, and AI services, this approach ensures you get the best performance, scalability and avoid lock-in. On top of it all, we’ll discuss how to secure these diverse components using Zero Trust principles, ensuring a resilient and secure architecture. Join me to discover how to architect cloud-native solutions are meant to be designed.
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Alex de Groot
AI Enthusiast, DevEx Advocate & VP of Engineering
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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