Software Consultant

I am a software delivery consultant based in Leeds, UK. I am Head of Consulting at Conflux, where I help organisations to design and optimise their teams for effective software delivery using Team Topologies (I am the co-author of Team Topologies). I also specialise in applying Continuous Delivery and operability techniques for software in manufacturing, ecommerce, and online services, including cloud, IoT, and embedded software.

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Before founding Conflux, I co-founded pioneering DevOps consultancy Skelton Thatcher Consulting together with Rob Thatcher where, between 2013 and 2017, we led industry thinking around software operability and DevOps team topologies in particular. In 2017, we shifted focus onto our Team Guide series of books under Skelton Thatcher Publications.

I founded the first conference in Europe dedicated to Continuous Delivery, PIPELINE Conference (which ran from 2014-2018). I also founded the 2600-member London Continuous Delivery meetup group, which is now run by EngineerBetter. I now run SenseConf, the conference for organisational sensing.

In my spare time, I play in various music ensembles (trumpet, voice) and enjoy trail running.

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Books

Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais
Internal Tech Conferences by Victoria Morgan-Smith and Matthew Skelton
Team Guide to Software Operability by Matthew Skelton, Alex Moore, and Rob Thatcher
Better Whiteboard Sketches by Matthew Skelton
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Continuous Delivery with Windows and .NET by Matthew Skelton and Chris O’Dell

Digital Strategy

I shape effective digital strategy for clients in manufacturing, agritech, healthcare, ecommerce, and online services. I help these organisations to understand and adopt effective practices for the use of digital approaches.

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Continuous Delivery

I help teams and organisations to understand, implement, and evolve their Continuous Delivery practices through workshops & training, mentoring, hands-on pairing with engineers, and good software architectural practice.

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Organisation Design

I help organisations to optimise the design of their organisation for effective software delivery. Using the well-known Team Topologies patterns, I bring clarity to issues of team responsibilities and collaboration.

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