Champion

Venkat Subramaniam

Agile Developer

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at <https://www.agiledeveloper.com>.

Badges 16

Talks 71

Devoxx Poland 2026
Architecting for the Unknown
June 2026Architecture
Devoxx Poland 2026
Refactoring to Modernize Java Applications
June 2026Development Practices
Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026
Intelligent Kotlin
April 2026Java
Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026
Gearing up to Java 25: Key Language Features
April 2026Java
Devoxx Belgium 2025
Extending Functional Pipeline with Gatherers
October 2025Java
Devoxx Belgium 2025
The Three Amigos in Java
October 2025Java
Devoxx Poland 2025
OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?
June 2025Development Practices
Devoxx Poland 2025
It AI-n't What You Think!
June 2025Data & AI
Devoxx UK 2025
Identifying and fixing Issues in Code using AI based tools
May 2025Development Practices▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2025
OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?
May 2025Development Practices▶ Watch
Voxxed Days Bucharest 2025
It AI-n't What You Think!
March 2025Data & AI
Devoxx Belgium 2024
Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java
October 2024java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2024
Cruising Along with Java: Benefiting from the Modern Features
October 2024java▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2024
Know your Java?
June 2024Java & JVM
Devoxx Poland 2024
Worth a Million Arguments
June 2024Development Practices
Devoxx Poland 2024
How to Approach Refactoring
June 2024Development Practices
Devoxx UK 2024
What's Looming in Spring?
May 2024Java▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2024
Effecting Change — The Art of Leading Teams
May 2024People & Culture▶ Watch
Voxxed Days CERN 2024
Know your Java?
January 2024Java
Voxxed Days CERN 2024
Java *is* Agile
January 2024Java
Voxxed Days Ticino 2024
Code Review, you said?
January 2024Development Practices
Voxxed Days Ticino 2024
Measuring Quality of Design
January 2024Architecture
Devoxx Belgium 2023
Know your Java?
October 2023java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2023
Asynchronous Programming in Java: Options to Choose from
October 2023java▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2023
Code Reviews, you said?
June 2023Development Practices
Devoxx Poland 2023
Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java
June 2023Programming languages
Devoxx Poland 2023
Refactoring from Imperative to Functional Style
June 2023java
Voxxed Days lasi
Where Promises Fall Short
May 2023java
Devoxx UK 2023
Decision Dials
May 2023People & Culture
Devoxx UK 2023
Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming
May 2023Programming languages
Devoxx UK 2023
Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java
May 2023java
Voxxed Days Bucharest 2023
Decision Dials
March 2023Architecture
Devoxx Belgium 2022
Java *is* agile
October 2022java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2022
Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java
October 2022java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2022
Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming
October 2022java▶ Watch
Devoxx Ukraine 2021
A Dozen Cool Things We Can Do With Popular JVM Languages
November 2021Java & JVM
Devoxx UK 2021
Learning from Haskell
November 2021Programming languages
Bucharest JUG meeting with Venkat Subramaniam
This Ain't Your Parent's Java
June 2021Java Language
Devoxx Belgium 2019
Java 9 and beyond
November 2019Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2019
Qualities of a highly effective architect
November 2019Architecture▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2019
Exploring collectors
November 2019Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2019
Programming in kotlin
June 2019Programming languages▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2019
Functional programming in kotlin
June 2019Programming languages▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2019
Mixed paradigms: the method to madness
June 2019Programming languages▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2019
Spearheading the future of programming
May 2019Methodology & Culture▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2019
A dozen cool things we can do with popular jvm languages
May 2019Programming languages▶ Watch
Voxxed Days Zurich 2019
Don't walk away from complexity, run
March 2019Methodology & Culture▶ Watch
Devoxx Ukraine 2018
Exploring coroutines in kotlin
November 2018JVM Languages▶ Watch
Devoxx Ukraine 2018
Java is free!
November 2018JVM Languages
Devoxx Ukraine 2018
From functional to reactive programming bof
November 2018JVM Languages
Devoxx Ukraine 2018
Don't walk away from complexity, run
November 2018Methodology & Culture▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2018
Spearheading the future of programming
November 2018Programming languages▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2018
Java streams vs. reactive streams: which, when, how, and why?
November 2018Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2018
Rediscovering javascript
November 2018Modern Web & UX▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2018
A dozen cool things we can do with popular jvm languages
June 2018lang▶ Watch
Devoxx Poland 2018
Measuring quality of design
June 2018Architecture
Devoxx Poland 2018
Do not walk away from complexity, run
June 2018Architecture▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2018
Kotlin for java programmers
May 2018lang▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2018
Parallel and asynchronous programming with streams and completablefuture
May 2018java▶ Watch
Devoxx UK 2018
Let's get lazy: exploring the real power of streams
May 2018java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2017
Parallel and asynchronous programming with streams and completablefuture
November 2017Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2017
Exploring java 9: the key parts
November 2017Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2017
Kotlin for java programmers
November 2017Programming languages▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2017
Speakers' bof
November 2017Methodology & Culture
Devoxx US 2017
Reactive programming in java
March 2017java▶ Watch
Devoxx US 2017
Functional programming with java 8
March 2017java▶ Watch
Devoxx US 2017
Let’s get lazy: explore the real power of streams
March 2017lang▶ Watch
Voxxed Days CERN
Reactive Programming in Java
February 2017Java Language▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2015
Core Design Principles for Software Developers
November 2015java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2015
Get a Taste of Lambdas and Get Addicted to Streams
November 2015java▶ Watch
Devoxx Belgium 2015
Design Patterns in the Light of Lambda Expressions
November 2015java▶ Watch

Venkat Subramaniam

Badges 16

Talks 71

Architecting for the Unknown

Refactoring to Modernize Java Applications

Intelligent Kotlin

Gearing up to Java 25: Key Language Features

Extending Functional Pipeline with Gatherers

The Three Amigos in Java

OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?

It AI-n't What You Think!

Identifying and fixing Issues in Code using AI based tools

OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?

It AI-n't What You Think!

Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java

Cruising Along with Java: Benefiting from the Modern Features

Know your Java?

Worth a Million Arguments

How to Approach Refactoring

What's Looming in Spring?

Effecting Change — The Art of Leading Teams

Know your Java?

Java *is* Agile

Code Review, you said?

Measuring Quality of Design

Know your Java?

Asynchronous Programming in Java: Options to Choose from

Code Reviews, you said?

Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java

Refactoring from Imperative to Functional Style

Where Promises Fall Short

Decision Dials

Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming

Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java

Decision Dials

Java *is* agile

Design Patterns Revisited in Modern Java

Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming

A Dozen Cool Things We Can Do With Popular JVM Languages

Learning from Haskell

This Ain't Your Parent's Java

Java 9 and beyond

Qualities of a highly effective architect

Exploring collectors

Programming in kotlin

Functional programming in kotlin

Mixed paradigms: the method to madness

Spearheading the future of programming

A dozen cool things we can do with popular jvm languages

Don't walk away from complexity, run

Exploring coroutines in kotlin

Java is free!

From functional to reactive programming bof

Don't walk away from complexity, run

Spearheading the future of programming

Java streams vs. reactive streams: which, when, how, and why?

Rediscovering javascript

A dozen cool things we can do with popular jvm languages

Measuring quality of design

Do not walk away from complexity, run

Kotlin for java programmers

Parallel and asynchronous programming with streams and completablefuture

Let's get lazy: exploring the real power of streams

Parallel and asynchronous programming with streams and completablefuture

Exploring java 9: the key parts

Kotlin for java programmers

Speakers' bof

Reactive programming in java

Functional programming with java 8

Let’s get lazy: explore the real power of streams

Reactive Programming in Java

Core Design Principles for Software Developers

Get a Taste of Lambdas and Get Addicted to Streams

Design Patterns in the Light of Lambda Expressions

Java is Agile

Java is agile