Kaspar von Grünberg

CEO, Humanitec

Kaspar is an early pioneer in platform engineering. Over the last decade he has been building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) at scale, and is responsible for coining the term IDP. A regular speaker on the topic of platform engineering, Kaspar is the author of several associated defining articles. He is also the founder and CEO of Humanitec, the company behind Score and the Platform Orchestrator which is now the centerpiece at the majority of dynamic IDPs.

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Kaspar

at PlatformCon

Culture
June 13
Driving platform adoption: the right way
It doesn’t matter how useful you think your platform is, or how much time and money you spend on it if people don’t adopt it. Platforms are only as powerful as their adoption. This session goes into learning from looking at dozens of successful (and unsuccessful) platform engineering initiatives.
Kaspar von Grünberg
CEO, Humanitec
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Culture
June 12
You’re forgetting Infrastructure Platform Engineering… You shouldn’t.
As platform engineering has grown and expanded, the focus of vendors and teams has often revolved entirely around the developer and the experience. Kaspar explores how this over-optimisation on DevEx has led teams to forget that platform engineering is a multiplayer game, and should serve Infrastructure and Operations teams as well.
Kaspar von Grünberg
CEO, Humanitec
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Stories
June 10
Real talk: platform engineering with Kelsey Hightower and Kaspar von Grünberg
In this fireside chat, Kelsey Hightower and Kaspar von Grünberg dive deep into the core of platform engineering, they discuss how we got here, the challenges and lessons, and where we might be going.
Kaspar von Grünberg
CEO, Humanitec
Kelsey Hightower
Distinguished Engineer
& Developer Advocate
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Live Sessions
June 10
Platform engineering Q&A with Kelsey Hightower and Kaspar von Grünberg
As a follow up to their fireside chat, in a PlatformCon first, Kelsey Hightower and Kaspar von Grünberg will do a live Q&A on the state of platform engineering, what led us to this new discipline, and what we might expect for the future.
Kaspar von Grünberg
CEO, Humanitec
Kelsey Hightower
Distinguished Engineer
& Developer Advocate

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