Rajesh R V - Becoming an Agile Software Architect

Strategies, practices, and patterns to help architects design continually evolving solutions

Rajesh R V

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To my lovely wife, Saritha, and our kids, Nikhil and Aditya; they sacrificed their interests to support my passion.

To my parents, Ramachandran Nair and Vasanthakumari, and extended family members; their enthusiasm fueled my energy.

Rajesh R V is a seasoned IT architect with over 20 years of extensive experience in various technologies.

As the head of architecture at the Emirates Group, Rajesh has helped the company transform, reshape, and re-organize into a high-performing organization by adopting SAFe and Agile architecture practices.

Rajesh has a deep passion for technology and architecture. He also architected the Open Travel Platform (OTP) that earned the Emirates Group the prestigious 2011 Red Hat Innovation Award.

He previously wrote the best-selling books, Spring Microservices and, Spring 5.0 Microservices, and reviewed Service-Oriented Java Business Integration by Packt.

I want to thank everyone at Packt and the reviewers; their in-depth knowledge of this subject helped improve the quality. Thanks to all who supported and encouraged me on my journey to become an Agile software architect.

With more than a decade of experience in both fields, Gaurav Mishra is an expert in user interface (UI) development and user experience (UX) design. He is comfortable working with any type of technology, and employs a growth mindset.

He has mentored many students around the world, providing workshops and training in UI development, UX design, and Drupal.

With a passion for building products and services from scratch, Gaurav has ultimately played a key role in the success of many organizations. He likes to challenge the status quo to bring out the best from a team and to reshape an organization's culture.

In his free time, Gaurav enjoys all genres of music from Indian classical to club.

Ken Cochrane is an experienced technologist, architect, author, and leader. He has extensive professional experience leading software development teams, developing and implementing scalable web solutions, and delivering high-quality, highly functional web applications that are currently in use by millions of people worldwide. Ken was previously a member of the founding teams of Docker and CashStar. He is now currently the senior director of enterprise architecture for WEX, a global leader in financial technology solutions. Ken coauthored the book Docker Cookbook - Second Edition, published by Packt in 2018. He currently resides in Southern Maine with his wife, Emily, and two sons, Zander and Maddox.

I would like to thank my wife, Emily, and my two boys, Zander and Maddox, for giving me the time to work on this book; also, my parents for buying me my first computer, and letting me spend so much of my free time on it.