1、BUILDING RESILIENT PLATFORMS:INSIGHTS FROM 25+YEARS IN MISSION-CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUREMATTHEW LISTEQCONLONDON 2025INTRODUCTIONMATTHEW LISTE2 Head of Global Infrastructure American Express 25+years experience in building critical infrastructure platforms for companies like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman
2、Sachs Worked in marine seismic,networks&telecom and financial services Built platforms,so others could focus elsewhereMINTRODUCTIONWHAT IS A PLATFORM?3A platform has many definitions,in the broadest sense:General:A raised level surface where people or things can standComputing:An operating system or
3、 architecture that supports software applicationsTechnology:A set of integrated technologies that serve as a base for developing other applications or processesPolitical:The declared policy of a political party or groupFor the platform builders in the room This talk will cover my experiences in mana
4、ging the complexity of building infrastructure platformsFor the platform users in the room(all of us)This talk will help you appreciate why you do not want to build that complexity yourself(unless you must!)THE PRINCIPLES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMSPRESENTATION TITLE4Adopting these following princip
5、les helped immensely on my journey:1.Deliver an intuitive experience2.Build common and interchangeable components3.Avoid undifferentiated heavy lifting4.Use the three Ss5.Be evergreen6.Stand on the shoulders of giants7.Be opinionated8.Be long term“greedy”9.Share responsibility10.Abstract,dont obfusc
6、ate11.Build culture,the rest takes care of itself5“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”Arthur C.Clarke(1962)“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple,to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with