Principal Cloud Architect | AWS Data Hero | InfoQ Editor | Remote-First Advocate 🌍

☁️ Cloud architect with a strong focus on AWS, data storage, MySQL, and cloud cost optimization. 🚀 Individual contributor, tech advisor. 🏖 Mainly working from Berlin. Remote only since 2008. 🎤 AWS Data Hero, public speaker at international events 🖊️ InfoQ staff editor, sharing the latest news on cloud-related topics 💡Chair of InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 🏝 Outdoor enthusiast 10+ years architecting cloud solutions for mobile carriers and startups. Ask me about AWS, Amazon RDS, Aurora Serverless, MySQL, S3, DynamoDB, and cloud cost optimization.