Ever wondered what is it really like to move from a poorly integrated COTS legacy architecture to a well factored API driven cloud native platform and event driven architecture, globally deployed in AWS EKS with modern observability and daily software releases? Come join us as we review the cloud native modernization journey at RB Global.
As the leader in the global heavy equipment, agriculture, and salvage automobile auction marketplace RB Global had grown organically and through a disparate set of acquisitions, some integrated and some running side by side others. The resulting systems architecture was complex, prone to failure and required a linear growth in personnel to grow the business. While enjoying record growth we realized we needed to drastically simplify our systems and processes and drive higher margins and release a much faster growth potential.
Our strategy was to simplify a very complex spider web of non-cloud native SAAS and homegrown systems into a well factored API driven platform with well-defined domain boundaries, appropriate team topologies and an engineering enablement/delivery infrastructure to maximize engineering productivity. Leveraging that platform, we now can drive a multitude of end user and internal customer experiences with a small efficient engineering footprint.
Interview:
Is there anything specific that you'd like people to walk away with after watching your session?
A better understanding of the choices and tradeoffs necessary to make progress at a systems and people level, some insights into what went well and what we’d do differently the next time . We’ll also focus on some key decisions and investments that paid much higher returns than anticipated, from modern observability to leveraging new innovative patterns for infrastructure provisioning and delivery infrastructure.
How would you describe your main persona and target audience for this session?
Leaders looking for real world examples of transformation, from staff engineers and leads, to CTOs and Senior Engineering leaders. We’ll have something for everyone.
Speaker
Ranbir Chawla
SVP of Engineering @RB Global, Previously SME @Thoughtworks Digital Platform Strategy Team, 30+ Years in Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Ranbir is an experienced creator, technical leader and entrepreneur with over 37 years of experience building and leading global engineering teams. From global supply chain to global web scale digital advertising, Ranbir has leveraged distributed architectures and highly effective engineering teams to deliver maximum innovation and high return for his investors.
Before joining Ritchie Brothers, Ranbir was a founding member of the Thoughtworks Digital Platform Strategy team specializing in Delivery Infrastructure and Engineering Enablement for 5 years.
While at Ritchie Bros, Ranbir has been successfully leading a full-scale digital transformation and legacy mitigation program for the largest global heavy equipment, agricultural and salvage auto auction marketplace, RB Global.
Ranbir is also an experienced presenter at both technical and executive strategy conferences, most recently Stripe Sessions.
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Date
Monday Apr 8 / 10:35AM BST ( 50 minutes )
Location
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
