John Allspaw
Keynote Speaker: DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering Expert; Co-Founder of Adaptive Capacity Labs; Former CTO at Etsy; Author of "The Art of Capacity Planning"
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John Allspaw Biography
John Allspaw is recognized for his contributions to DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE). He has worked in software systems engineering and operations across diverse sectors, including biotechnology, government, online media, social networking, and e-commerce. Allspaw began his career running vehicle crash simulations for the U.S. government before transitioning to web technologies, where he built technical infrastructures at Salon, InfoWorld, Friendster, and Flickr. He later held leadership roles as senior vice president of infrastructure and operations and chief technology officer at Etsy.
Allspaw's Velocity conference talk with Paul Hammond, "10+ Deploys Per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation," is widely cited as a catalyst for the DevOps movement. He contributed to the industry's understanding of complex system failures and emphasized that human operators are integral to reliability work. Allspaw's approach helped expand the definition of operational excellence to include socio-technical resilience, moving beyond a narrow focus on uptime and automation. His publications include the books "The Art of Capacity Planning" and "Web Operations," as well as the foreword to "The DevOps Handbook."
Allspaw introduced the practice of blameless postmortems for technology teams, advocating for a culture that learns from incidents without assigning blame. He outlined this philosophy in a notable blog post while at Etsy, drawing on research into post-incident analysis. After Allspaw published "Blameless PostMortems and a Just Culture" on Etsy's engineering blog, the practice was formalized by Google's SRE team and adopted across the technology industry.
Alongside Richard Cook and David Woods, Allspaw co-founded Adaptive Capacity Labs, a consultancy focused on resilience engineering for modern software organizations. He works with organizations to improve incident management and foster learning from operational events. Allspaw holds a Master of Science in human factors and systems safety from Lund University, reflecting his expertise in cognitive systems engineering and his commitment to advancing reliability and resilience in software engineering.
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What topics does John Allspaw speak about?
John Allspaw is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Technology, Computer Science, E-Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Author, Leadership, Futurism, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Thinking, Executive Leadership and Research & Exploration. -
Where does John Allspaw travel from?
John Allspaw generally travels from Brooklyn, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for John Allspaw?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like John Allspaw for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book John Allspaw for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host John Allspaw or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
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