Domain-Driven Platform Engineering: How to Build Context-Aware, Scalable, and Self-Service Platforms for the Enterprise

Ajay Chankramath is a globally recognized technology leader with over 35 years of experience building engineering platforms that power some of the world's most complex organizations. As the Founder and CEO of Platformetrics, a niche platform engineering consultancy he leads some of the most innovative changes in the platform engineering field today. Before that, he was the CTO & Global Managing Director of Platform & Product Engineering at Brillio, where he led innovation across industry verticals by applying domain-driven design, DevOps, and AI-augmented software practices at scale. His leadership at Thoughtworks, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Broadridge, and Xilinx has helped shape the modern discipline of platform engineering. Ajay, a co-author of Effective Platform Engineering, Platform Engineering Ambassador, Team Topologies Advocate, and sought-after conference speaker, brings a depth of real-world expertise in applying platform principles to drive business outcomes, making him uniquely equipped to define and lead the evolution toward domain-driven platform engineering.

Eamonn Ryan is a Vice President of Software Engineering at Visa with over 25 years of experience building scalable systems, developer platforms, and infrastructure that power critical business applications. Previously at Google, he led teams responsible for backend infrastructure, developer productivity, and mobile platforms for Google Payments, one of the company's highest-scale environments. Eamonn brings deep expertise in DevEx, platform engineering, and domain-driven design, honed through years of hands-on leadership and architectural work across enterprise and tech-native organizations. His previous work at Xilinx included leading DevOps and developer infrastructure initiatives that improved onboarding, licensing systems, and developer autonomy. With decades of experience delivering real-world platform solutions at scale, Eamonn brings the hyperscaler perspective, technical depth, strategic insight, and practical lens necessary to help organizations realize the value of domain-driven platform engineering.