About
I am Viktor Klang, a programmer, researcher, problem solver, life-long student, leader, mentor/advisor, public speaker, Java Champion, and Porsche enthusiast.
In my professional career I’ve focused on enabling developers to choose to have both developer productivity and software scalability. That there is a tradeoff between the two has always rung false to me.
I blog about technology.
Work
Since 2010 I’ve been working for Lightbend Inc. As the first employee of what was then called «Scalable Solutions» my responsibilities have changed over time: from first working on the Akka team; to leading it; to becoming the first Dir. Eng. in the company; then Chief Architect; and since 2015, I serve as Deputy CTO.
Between 2003 and 2010 I worked for Yves Rocher Suéde AB building their «Next Generation» Enterprise Management System, starting as a Junior Software Developer and leaving as Systems Architect.
Professional highlights
I am one of the earliest, and most prolific, contributors to the Akka Project, which was started by Jonas Bonér. I was Akka’s Tech Lead between 2011 and 2012—preceded by Jonas Bonér and superseded by Roland Kuhn.
In 2013 I helped found the Reactive Streams Initiative which I have since then stewarded, together with a group of world-class contributors.
There is now a JVM version and a .NET version, and it is included in Java 9.
I co-authored Scala Improvement Proposal 14—scala.concurrent—in 2012, and have been maintaining it since then.
Also, I am a co-author of Scala Improvement Proposal 20 (improved lazy val initialization).
I’ve been ranked, by Computer Sweden, amongst the Best Software Developers in Sweden, as the 11th (2016); 18th (2015); and 15th (2012).
In 2018 I was elected Java Champion.
Speaking engagements
2018
- ScalaItaly (keynote)
- Flink Forward Berlin (keynote)
2017
- GeekOut.EE (keynote)
- MicroCPH (keynote)
- LXScala (keynote)
2016
2015
- Devoxx BE (video)
- muCon Stockholm (keynote)
- JavaZone (video)
- LambdaJam (keynote)
- QCon NY (video)
- CraftConf (video)
- Monkigras
2014
- UPMARC
- Scala Days (video)
- GOTO Copenhagen
- GOTO Aarhus (video)
- CodeMesh (video)
- muCon (keynote)
2013
- Flatmap Oslo (video)
- Scala Days (video)
- Scala by the Sea
- JavaZone (video)
- Oracle Stockholm
- Scala.io (keynote)
- W-JAX
- Scala eXchange (keynote)
- CodeMesh
- Build Stuff (video) (interview)
2012
- JavaForum Gothenburg Nov
- Scala eXchange
- JavaOne (JavaOne Rock Star Awarded)
- JavaZone
- Jazoon
- Progressive Java Tutorials
- Scala Days
- North Eastern Scala Symposium (video)
- Jfokus
2011
- JavaBin Kristiansand
- Scala eXchange
- Scala Days
- eJUG Linz
- Functional Programming eXchange
- North-Eastern Scala Symposium (video)
2010
- Devoxx
- W-JAX
- Lunds Tekniska Högskola - Campus Helsingborg
- Gothenburg Scala Enthusiasts
- ÖreDev
- Scala Days