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RohitBhardwaj

DIRECTOR, AI & DATA ARCHITECTURE AT SALESFORCE | AUTHOR | ENTERPRISE AI
01 / BIOGRAPHY

Rohit Bhardwaj is a Director of AI & Data Architecture at Salesforce, where he focuses on enterprise AI, agentic systems, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, data platforms, security, and large-scale transformation.

Over his career, Rohit has designed and led complex enterprise platforms across AWS, Google Cloud, microservices, real-time data, API ecosystems, resilient distributed systems, and AI-enabled architectures. His work increasingly focuses on the challenges enterprises face as software evolves from deterministic services to AI-native and agentic systems—particularly around reliability, governance, evidence, security, observability, cost, and safe autonomy.

Rohit is the author of System Design with AI Interview Guide: Designing Scalable, Agentic, and Defensible Systems, published by Apress. The book presents a modern approach to system design covering scalability, distributed systems, AI architecture primitives, security, reliability, economics, agentic systems, and real-world architectures including e-commerce, ride sharing, payments, fraud detection, messaging, video streaming, file storage, and search. (Springer Link)

Book:
Amazon: https://a.co/d/09Zs1twa
Publisher / Springer Nature: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-2782-2
O'Reilly: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/system-design-with/9798868827822/ 

Rohit is also an O’Reilly instructor and a frequent speaker at technology conferences including No Fluff Just Stuff, UberConf, GIDS, and other international events. His talks focus on practical architecture lessons from building and operating complex systems, including AI control planes, trusted agents, inference at scale, evidence-first RAG, AI security, distributed-system failure, and AI-era software architecture.

As a trusted advisor and architecture leader, Rohit works at the intersection of business strategy and deep technical architecture—helping teams translate complex business problems into scalable, resilient, secure, and economically sustainable systems.

Rohit holds an MBA in Corporate Entrepreneurship from Babson College and graduate-level education in Computer Science from Boston University and Harvard University.

Connect with Rohit:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/rohit-bhardwaj-cloud
X / Twitter: @rbhardwaj1

02 / PRESENTATIONS AT ARCHCONF'23
Mon Dec 11 · 9:00 AM ARCHITECTURE
Mastering Enterprise Architecture to create Roadmap- DEEP DIVE →

Enterprise Architecture helps in describing what is the current state and helps build a future roadmap. Come prepared to solve many Enterprise Architecture challenges. As part of the journey, we will explore TOGAF to build our architecture. First, we will create a Baseline Architecture. Next, we will explore the path for the Target Architecture. Finally, after identifying gaps between the two, we will apply a step-by-step process to prepare a roadmap.

Thu Dec 14 · 9:00 AM RISK ASSESSMENT
Modernizing Systems: AI-Enhanced Cloud Adoption Frameworks →

“By 2030, 80 percent of heritage financial services firms will go out of business, become commoditized, or exist only formally but not competing effectively”, predicts Gartner. This session explores the integration of AI, specifically ChatGPT, into cloud adoption frameworks to modernize legacy systems. Learn how to leverage AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) 3.0, Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, and Google Cloud Adoption Framework to build cloud-native architectures that maximize scalability, flexibility, and security. Designed for architects, technical leads, and senior IT professionals, this talk provides actionable insights and strategies for successful digital transformation.

Thu Dec 14 · 11:00 AM BIG DATA PROCESSING
Next-Gen Software Architecture with Large Language Models(LLMs) like ChatGPT →

This is a dynamic session exploring the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies into software architecture. This talk provides senior developers and architects with actionable insights on leveraging large language models like ChatGPT to enhance design processes, manage architectural tradeoffs, and achieve scalable, innovative solutions.

Tue Dec 12 · 5:00 PM AI IN BIG DATA
AI-Enhanced Big Data: Integrating Private LLMs and Vector Databases →

In this dynamic talk, we explore the fusion of AI, particularly ChatGPT, with data-intensive architectures. The discussion covers the enhancement of big data processing and storage, the integration of AI in distributed data systems like Hadoop and Spark, and the impact of AI on data privacy and security. Emphasizing AI's role in optimizing big data pipelines, the talk includes real-world case studies, culminating in a forward-looking Q&A session on the future of AI in big data.

Tue Dec 12 · 1:00 PM DESIGN
Designing Well Architected Framework Workshop - Deep Dive →

Secure, Efficient, Resilient, High-performing, Sustainable, and Cost-effective Are your applications well-architected? This talk will explore the best practices for operational excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and cost optimization. Think of systems and services which provide business values. Do you know if all of these services are well-architected? You will learn how to create mechanisms, a repeatable process that allows you to improve over time. We will explore the best practices using real-world examples to make them more concrete and actionable. Well-Architected helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for various applications and workloads. They are built around six pillars—operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to gain the knowledge and skills you need to solve current cloud implementation problems.

Tue Dec 12 · 3:00 PM DESIGN
Designing Well Architected Framework Workshop - Deep Dive →

Secure, Efficient, Resilient, High-performing, Sustainable, and Cost-effective Are your applications well-architected? This talk will explore the best practices for operational excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and cost optimization. Think of systems and services which provide business values. Do you know if all of these services are well-architected? You will learn how to create mechanisms, a repeatable process that allows you to improve over time. We will explore the best practices using real-world examples to make them more concrete and actionable. Well-Architected helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for various applications and workloads. They are built around six pillars—operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to gain the knowledge and skills you need to solve current cloud implementation problems.

Tue Dec 12 · 8:30 AM CLOUD
Resilient Cloud Architecture Design Patterns →

Resilient architecture is fundamental when working in distributed, cloud-based systems. Designing and architecting large-scale applications managing millions of requests brings unique challenges with availability, performance, and integration. You will need to make difficult choices and evaluate tradeoffs. Luckily, you can use different architecture patterns to make a distributed application more resilient. Based on evolutionary architecture, this approach enables you to create systems designed to evolve with the ever-changing software development ecosystem. Resilient architecture patterns will allow you to create systems that continue functioning even when components fail. Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to learn how to implement an evolutionary architecture approach and understand resilient architecture patterns. This training will explore architecture decisions you may need to make when evaluating your architecture to improve performance and resiliency. For example, you will no longer struggle to handle millions of requests per second or face issues when routing traffic. What you'll learn — and how you can apply it By the end of this live, hands-on, online course, you'll understand the following: How to create responsive, maintainable, extensible architecture from resilient, elastic design utilizing message-driven services How to design cost-effective Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) How to identify blocking issues with microservices in the cloud How to evaluate caching strategies that can help lower costs and protect from DOS attacks And you'll be able to: Design high availability, high scalability, low latency, and resilient architectures. Analyze and review implementations. Identify key scalability challenges in your company. Prevent cascading failures and preserve functionality. This training is for you because... You have an existing need to evaluate your current architecture. You want to understand best practices. You need to design new systems and want to evaluate which pattern to use. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of software architecture Familiarity with design principles

Tue Dec 12 · 10:30 AM CLOUD
Resilient Cloud Architecture Design Patterns →

Resilient architecture is fundamental when working in distributed, cloud-based systems. Designing and architecting large-scale applications managing millions of requests brings unique challenges with availability, performance, and integration. You will need to make difficult choices and evaluate tradeoffs. Luckily, you can use different architecture patterns to make a distributed application more resilient. Based on evolutionary architecture, this approach enables you to create systems designed to evolve with the ever-changing software development ecosystem. Resilient architecture patterns will allow you to create systems that continue functioning even when components fail. Join expert Rohit Bhardwaj to learn how to implement an evolutionary architecture approach and understand resilient architecture patterns. This training will explore architecture decisions you may need to make when evaluating your architecture to improve performance and resiliency. For example, you will no longer struggle to handle millions of requests per second or face issues when routing traffic. What you'll learn — and how you can apply it By the end of this live, hands-on, online course, you'll understand the following: How to create responsive, maintainable, extensible architecture from resilient, elastic design utilizing message-driven services How to design cost-effective Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) How to identify blocking issues with microservices in the cloud How to evaluate caching strategies that can help lower costs and protect from DOS attacks And you'll be able to: Design high availability, high scalability, low latency, and resilient architectures. Analyze and review implementations. Identify key scalability challenges in your company. Prevent cascading failures and preserve functionality. This training is for you because... You have an existing need to evaluate your current architecture. You want to understand best practices. You need to design new systems and want to evaluate which pattern to use. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of software architecture Familiarity with design principles

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DECEMBER 11 - 14, 2023 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL