Public Appearances on Andrew Khoury

A Well Architected Landing Zone

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:40:54 +0000

I cover the basics of what an AWS Landing Zone (LZ) is and why we need them.

Topics include best practices around building your own LZ, including approaches for value-focused LZs.

I also share my lessons learned after years of building LZ’s in AWS, and dive into Cloud Guard rails that set you up for success (Automation, Self-Service, BreakGlass and more).

Event Info: https://www.meetup.com/AWSMeetupGroup/events/282840684

Presentation: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVObiSA18=/ - Password: lzawsgood

Links used in the presentation:

Miro Masterclass

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:40:54 +0000

This webinar walks you through many different features in Miro using a Miro board you can follow along with.

We cover use of post-its, locking items, frames and presentations, voting, timers, zoom levels, and even kanban boards!

Watch the video on YouTube Miro Masterclass or play the video below:

The great tech debate

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:40:54 +0000

On Tuesday October 26, Contino’s Melissa Aydin, Head of TalentOps and James Strong, Cloud Native Director, along with our two teams of tech experts presented The Great Tech Debate of 2021. Based on their industry experience and work with our clients, our teams debated between four major topics, with timed answers and a rebuttal at the end of each.

Topics included:

How to go Serverless - what does your organization need to consider in terms of operations, security and deployment?
What are the differences between IaC (Infrastructure as Code) or IaS (Infrastructure as Software)?
How can development teams refactor their application successfully?
What is cloud security, why is it important, and how does it work?

Technical Principals at Contino

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:40:54 +0000

Join Greg and I as we run through what it’s like to be a Technical Principal at Contino.

From DevOps to Good Software Delivery

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:40:54 +0000

Putting the Good in Good Software Delivery: With so much progress in "Agile, DevOps and Automation" writing Good Software in 2020 should be easy - so why are so many companies still struggling? Somewhere along the line we got lost, and never really appreciated the power of understanding business value, value streams and continuous improvement to unlock the true potential of development teams.

Speakers: Andrew Khoury & Ralph Bou Mechrek: Principal DevOps Engineers @ Contino

Read more about DevOps to Good Software Delivery.

Optimizing for Developer Experience in a Cloud Native World

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:40:54 +0000

Speaker at the meetup for Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing Louisville.

Join me on a journey of how we ended in a Cloud Native world, what the future holds for DevOps, and how to optimize the Developer Experience to take advantage of the best the cloud has to offer.

Presentation: PDF | Google Slides

Application Modernization Workshops (Minneapolis, New York and Chicago)

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:40:54 +0000

I had the pleasure of working with my Contino team to run immersive Incremental Application Modernization Workshops. These hands-on training sessions help you understand the real business value of serverless.

Application Modernization Workshop - Minneapolis

Co-Speaker with James Strong for the Application Modernization all-day workshop.

A joint partnership with Contino & AWS - we ran an immersive Incremental Application Modernization workshop (with a focus on Business Value & Serverless technology) for around 100 people in Minneapolis in November.

Application Modernization Workshop - New York and Chicago

Participated and helped facilitate the Application Moderization workshops in New York and Chicago (in partnership with Contino and AWS). As part of the Contino crew I helped behind the scenes, answering questions and assisted participants with the hands-on labs.

Melbourne Docker Meeting - Docker Datacenter

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:40:54 +0000

Melbourne Docker Meeting - Docker Datacenter - @pabv @drewkhoury from @Odecee talking #dockerdatacenter @zendesk #melbournedocker #dockermeetup

DevOps - Australasian Architecture Network

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 09:40:54 +0000

DevOps @ Australasian Architecture Network & Xpand

Having had fantastic success with a number of previous meet ups, Xpand and the Australasian Architecture Network are hosting a meet up to look into the DevOps field and what role it has to play in an organisation today. It would be fair to say this field has often been one with very vague definitions and this night will aim to bring all the information together and paint a clear picture for all in attendance.

The meet up will feature a number of expert speakers giving their two cents on the field and should provide equal measures of insight and entertainment. As per any Xpand event, food and drinks will be provided for attendees (because we know what all work and no play does!).

Sydney panel for the DevOps meetup:

Yann Krätzschmann - Cloud Solutions Practice Lead - Bulletproof
Cara Crawford - Development and Delivery Manager - AMP
Aron Campbell - Manager IT Infrastructure Solutions & Devops -ING Direct
Andrew Khoury - Senior DevOps Engineer - Odecee

Introducing Puppet to the Enterprise

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:40:54 +0000

Bryce Johnson and Andrew talk about how to deliver puppet into the enterprise, starting with a low risk project (like a build CI environment) on open source.

Expanding up the environment ranks, they show how to eventually expand into to Puppet Enterprise (citing case studies) as the customer has gained confidence and operational capability.

Melbourne Developer Meetup (2013-2015)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:40:54 +0000

Running, facilitating and speaking at Melbourne Developer Meetup (2013-2015)

I had the opportunity to host my own meetup in Melbourne, Australia. I called it the Melbourne Developer Meetup and we hosted all kinds of developer related presentations.

Melb Dev Meet now has a new life with Hamid as Melbourne Web Mob. You can find the Melbourne Developer Meetup / Melbourne Web Mob on Twitter and Meetup.com.

Our little community was most active from 2013-2016, and below are the meetup highlights from 2013-2014.

Melbourne Developer Meetup Archives 2014

One meetup (xmas party) to rule them all!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

We're joining forces with a number of meetups:

Melbourne Developer Meetup [~30 Spots]
Infrastructure Coders (https://www.meetup.com/Infrastructure-Coders/) [~40 Spots]
Android Australia User Group Melbourne (https://www.meetup.com/Android-Australia-User-Group-Melbourne/) [~40 Spots]
Melbourne Tessel Enthusiasts (https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Tessel-Enthusiasts/) [~5 Spots]

There will be great prizes on offer. Food and drinks will be provided by our sponsor Odecee, who have also organised a great venue for us, with plenty of capacity for a large group and a Grand Prix training simulator for your entertainment!

We'll be showcasing what each meetup is all about, with the chance to get to know a little more about your fellow meetup organisers and members. Most importantly we're wanting to wind down and reflect on a spectacular 12 Months with good (and a little geeky) company.

October Meetup

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Talk 1: Tips & Tricks every developer needs to know. Presented by: Andrew Khoury & Hamid Nazari.

Everything from SSH foo to Sublime wizardry. These are the secrets learnt by developers and devops engineers in the trenches.

Talk 2: Google Dart, the new contender. Presented by: Nigel Dunn.

It's all about the hardware!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Dr Joshua Young - Developing a software and hardware product within a start-up (AUUG Motion Synth)
Andrew Hageman – Hands-On with the Oculus Rift
4x $100 AWS Vouchers to GIVE AWAY

Welcoming in 2014

“What we didn’t have to do by using AWS” - Bryce Johnson & Andrew Khoury
“Building Realtime Apps with Firebase” - Nigel Dunn
Hands on with Google Glasses
The VoteSockets game is back
AWS Credits (Not confirmed yet)
Odecee have given us a $100 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate to give away

Melbourne Developer Meetup Archives 2013

LAST 2013 MEETUP

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Katie Miller (OpenShift Developer Advocate at Red Hat)

Get your PaaS into gear - This presentation will give an introduction to PaaS, where it fits into the cloud ecosystem and how it can make you a happier and more productive programmer. It will include a demonstration of how to get an app up and running in the cloud in a couple of minutes with Red Hat's open source PaaS, OpenShift.

Melb Dev Meet - Host Test Print

Thursday, October 31, 2013

James Sinclair (Linode)
Michael Lyons (Paychoice Payment Gateway) - Smoke Testing
David Chanter - Connected Community HackerSpace

Melb Dev Meet - One Step Further

Thursday, September 5, 2013

BAS (Basarat Ali Syed), AngularJS + TypeScript workflow
Riley (from Xero), a 5 minute introduction to Xero for Devs

https://github.com/drewkhoury/votesockets

Melb Dev Meet - Super Mega Awesome

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Making Learning More Fun - Chris Boesch
Python's Salt & Server Automation - Nigel Dunn