Chris Richardson

Chris is a software architect and serial entrepreneur. He is a Java Champion, a JavaOne rock star and the author of POJOs in Action, which describes how to build enterprise Java applications with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. Chris was also the founder of the original CloudFoundry.com, an early Java PaaS for Amazon EC2.

Today, he is a recognized thought leader in microservices and speaks regularly at international conferences. Chris is the author of the book Microservice Patterns.

Chris helps organizations improve agility and competitiveness through better software architecture.

He delivers consulting and training that helps organizations successfully adopt and use the microservice architecture.

Chris is the founder of a startup that is creating a platform that simplifies the development of transactional microservices.

He maintains a comprehensive set of resources for learning about microservices.

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