Speaking Engagements

Available for conferences, panels, workshops, and podcasts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, and team building

Featured Topics

Leading Distributed Teams Across Time Zones

Best practices for building and managing engineering teams across multiple countries and cultures. Learn how to foster collaboration, maintain team cohesion, and ensure productivity when your team spans continents.

Key Takeaways:
  • Asynchronous communication strategies
  • Building trust across time zones
  • Scheduling and meeting best practices
  • Cultural awareness and inclusion

Balancing Velocity and Stability in Cloud Systems

How to maintain rapid delivery while ensuring system reliability and scalability at scale. Real-world examples from organizations handling millions of requests per day.

Key Takeaways:
  • Progressive deployment strategies
  • Observability and monitoring practices
  • Incident response frameworks
  • Technical debt management

Coaching Engineers to Become Leaders

Framework for developing leadership skills in senior engineers and building a strong technical leadership pipeline. Based on mentoring 50+ engineers across multiple organizations.

Key Takeaways:
  • Identifying leadership potential
  • Creating growth opportunities
  • Effective coaching frameworks
  • Measuring leadership development

Cloud Cost Optimization at Scale

Practical strategies for reducing cloud infrastructure costs while maintaining performance and reliability. Learn from real case studies achieving 20%+ cost reductions.

Key Takeaways:
  • Cost visibility and tracking
  • Right-sizing and optimization
  • Architecture efficiency patterns
  • FinOps culture and processes

Building Engineering Culture in Remote-First Organizations

How to create and maintain a strong engineering culture when your team is fully distributed. Practical approaches to psychological safety, continuous learning, and sustainable delivery.

Key Takeaways:
  • Remote-first culture principles
  • Virtual team bonding strategies
  • Documentation and knowledge sharing
  • Recognition and celebration practices

Scaling Microservices Architecture

Lessons learned from scaling distributed systems to handle millions of requests. Architecture patterns, anti-patterns, and practical guidance for teams moving to microservices.

Key Takeaways:
  • Service boundaries and design
  • Inter-service communication patterns
  • Data consistency strategies
  • Testing and deployment approaches

Speaking Formats

Conference Keynotes

45-60 minute presentations for large audiences at technical conferences and industry events.

Panel Discussions

Moderated conversations with other engineering leaders on current industry challenges and trends.

Workshops

Half-day or full-day interactive sessions with hands-on exercises and group activities.

Fireside Chats

Intimate conversational format for smaller groups, ideal for company events and meetups.

Podcasts & Webinars

Remote appearances for podcasts, webinar series, and virtual events.

Custom Topics

Can develop custom presentations tailored to your event's specific themes and audience.

What Attendees Say

"Miguel's insights on distributed team management were incredibly practical and immediately applicable. His real-world examples made complex concepts easy to understand."
— Engineering Director, Tech Conference Attendee
"The workshop on coaching engineers was transformative for our leadership team. We implemented several of Miguel's frameworks immediately."
— VP of Engineering, SaaS Company

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Available for both in-person and virtual events