Michael Plöd
Independent Tech Consultant at Michael Plöd Consulting
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Plöd is an independent tech consultant and INNOQ Fellow who helps organizations align teams, domains and software to drive autonomy, agility and collaboration using Domain-Driven Design, Team Topologies and visual collaboration techniques like EventStorming. With over 15 years of experience in software architecture and IT-delivery transformation, he blends hands-on engineering (including Java/Spring DDD examples) with strategic coaching up to C-level. He is a prolific communicator—200+ conference talks, award-winning presentations, 50+ trainings—and an author of practical DDD guidance. His current focus is on sociotechnical architectures that tightly couple business models, software boundaries and team structure in lean/agile environments. Michael’s background in Wirtschaftsinformatik and long consulting track record mean he moves fluently between technical implementation and organizational design. He explicitly prioritizes quality connections and will not engage with unsolicited sales outreach.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatik, Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatik at University of Regensburg
German, English
Github Skills (11)
maven10
javas10
java10
spring-boot10
springframework9
domain-driven-design8
restful-api7
spring-cloud-stream7
api-design7
api-rest7
rest-api7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mploed/ddd-with-spring
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
Code examples for my conference talk on implementing ddd with spring
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:88 commits, 14 PRs, 40 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily focused on setting up and configuring a Java-based Spring Boot application. They introduced the initial project structure, including Maven build files, and implemented basic application service logic. Furthermore, the user integrated Spring Cloud Stream for messaging and implemented a REST endpoint for data retrieval. These contributions centered around establishing the core infrastructure and functionality for a domain-driven design project.
spring-bootdddspringjavaconference-talk
ddd-crew/context-mapping
May 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 6 months
domain-driven-design
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