DevOps Society & AutoTrader Meetup Event - Manchester

A collaboration between DevOps Society and AutoTrader brings a Manchester-based meetup at the incredible AutoTrader offices. This meetup has talks about an AWS Migration via Matt Houghton, and FinOps with Adedeji Awolesi.

Our sponsors for this event are of course AutoTrader, who are hosting and providing food & drinks!

Format of the meetup event will be as follows:

6pm – 6:30pm - Networking on arrival coupled with food and drinks provided by AutoTrader.
6:30pm – 7pm – First speaker will take to the stage.
7pm – 7:10pm – Break for refreshments and trips to the toilet.
7:10pm – 7:40pm – Second speaker will take to the stage.
8pm onwards – Networking at event space and the Mother Mary's Irish Bar (7-9 New Wakefield St, Manchester M1 5NP)

#1 – Matt Houghton – Data Architect @ CDL
Matt is an Architect at CDL Software where he spends his time undertaking R&D and working with customers and CDL teams on their most challenging and complex AI, Data and Analytics problems. Matt is an AWS Ambassador, Community Builder and holds all AWS certifications. In 2021 Qlik named Matt one of their 50 Global Luminaries for driving measurable impacts from data and sharing with the community. @mattdevdba, https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-houghton-06b59010a/

Title: The AWS Cloud Migration Journey

In this session, Matt will walk through the entire journey of a real-life large-scale database migration from Oracle on premise to PostgreSQL in AWS. He will cover the process and share unique details, hits and tips covering zero downtime database migration, change data capture and schema conversion. Matt will show how his team made the databases not only cheaper by removing licence costs but also how they sped up our development teams by proving self-service features and made the applications run faster.

Finally, he will share the extra features built for PostgreSQL with the AWS Database Freedom team that were missing and how they open sourced these.

#2 – Adedeji Awolesi - Cloud Engineer @ SS&C Blue Prism
Adedeji is a highly skilled & seasoned tech professional with a decade of experience in digital transformation, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and FinOps. His career journey has been marked by a deep commitment to excellence, continuous learning and a passion for leveraging cloud technologies to drive business innovation and efficiency.

Title: DevOps through a FinOps lense
In this talk, Adedeji will talking a deep insight into the world of FinOps, how engineers can profit from it and give a highlight from the FinOps XE Conference in Barcelona. He will explore the intersection of DevOps and FinOps, demonstrating how financial accountability and operational excellence can go hand-in-hand. Attendees will learn practical strategies for managing cloud costs, optimizing resource usage, and driving financial transparency within their DevOps teams. Whether you’re a DevOps practitioner, a financial analyst, or a tech enthusiast, this session will provide valuable insights into creating a cost-effective and efficient DevOps environment.

P.S. Please provide full name and email address for access to the AutoTrader offices.

Address:

Auto Trader Group plc
4th Floor, 1 Tony Wilson Place
Manchester M15 4FN

Please register now to book your spot for this exciting event!

For any dietary/allergens requirements, or any reasonable adjustments, please email fauziya.johnson@autotrader.co.uk