Tod Golding is a cloud applications architect who has spent the last seven years immersed in cloud-optimized application design and architecture. As a global SaaS lead within AWS, Tod has been a SaaS technology thought leader, publishing and providing SaaS best practices guidance through a broad set of channels (speaking, writing, and working directly with a wide range of SaaS companies). Tod has over 20 years of experience as an architect and developer, including time at both startups and tech giants (AWS, eBay, Microsoft). In addition to speaking at technical conferences, Tod also authored Professional .NET Generics, was co-author on another book, and was a columnist for Better Software magazine.