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DPE Summit 2027 · Keynote

DPE Summit Keynote

  • Hans Dockter Founder & CEO, Develocity; Creator of Gradle Build Tool

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Hans Dockter

Founder & CEO, Develocity; Creator of Gradle Build Tool

Hans Dockter is the founder and CEO of Develocity, formerly Gradle, Inc. He created the Gradle Build Tool, one of the world’s most widely used build systems. Before that, he led build and continuous delivery projects for major enterprises and held software engineering roles at Volkswagen and several startups. He also created the JBoss-IDE and co-founded a consulting company with Eric Evans focused on Domain-Driven Design. Hans is a Java Champion and holds a master’s degree in physics from the University of Göttingen.

February 2–3, 2027 · San Francisco, CA

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