{"id":54226,"date":"2025-05-28T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.xebia.com\/us\/?post_type=trainer&#038;p=54226"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:04:16","slug":"patrick-kua","status":"publish","type":"trainer","link":"https:\/\/academy.xebia.com\/us\/trainer\/patrick-kua\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Kua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div \n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper--simple\" \n\tdata-id=\"a3edaed9\" \n\tdata-bg-on-inner=\"false\" \n\t>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-group-hero js-group-hero\" data-id=\"45565b4b\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-group-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-theme block-group-hero__hero-theme\" data-id=\"68f1aecf\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"hero-theme__background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-theme__background--agile-white\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' width='54' height='40' viewBox='0 0 54 40' fill='none'><path fill-rule='evenodd' clip-rule='evenodd' d='M30.645 39.1C19.851 39.1 11.1 30.37 11.1 19.6S19.85.1 30.645.1a19.548 19.548 0 0 1 17.337 10.488l4.315 7.952c5.036 9.28-1.7 20.56-12.277 20.56h-9.375Z' fill='url(#6df36d3f-216f-4b10-9ec2-ea6a2b0fe5c1)'\/><path fill-rule='evenodd' clip-rule='evenodd' d='M23.355 39.1c10.794 0 19.545-8.73 19.545-19.5S34.15.1 23.355.1A19.548 19.548 0 0 0 6.018 10.588L1.703 18.54c-5.036 9.28 1.7 20.56 12.277 20.56h9.375Z' fill='url(#3776feda-5a04-4bc6-b4a1-db453cc650a1)'\/><path fill-rule='evenodd' clip-rule='evenodd' d='M27 .438c-9.052 1.703-15.9 9.634-15.9 19.161 0 9.527 6.848 17.458 15.9 19.162 9.053-1.704 15.9-9.635 15.9-19.162S36.053 2.141 27 .437Z' fill='url(#13644bbe-7716-48ad-a1c0-c9355362198b)'\/><defs><linearGradient id='6df36d3f-216f-4b10-9ec2-ea6a2b0fe5c1' x1='32.5501' y1='0.0996094' x2='32.5501' y2='39.0996' gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'><stop stop-color='#84117C'\/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#F3F3F3' stop-opacity='0.5'\/><\/linearGradient><linearGradient id='3776feda-5a04-4bc6-b4a1-db453cc650a1' x1='21.4499' y1='0.0996094' x2='21.4499' y2='39.0996' gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'><stop stop-color='#F3F3F3' stop-opacity='0.5'\/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#84117C'\/><\/linearGradient><linearGradient id='13644bbe-7716-48ad-a1c0-c9355362198b' x1='27.0001' y1='0.4375' x2='27.0001' y2='38.7605' gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'><stop stop-color='#84117C'\/><stop offset='0.9999' stop-color='#A80C9E'\/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#84117C' stop-opacity='0'\/><\/linearGradient><\/defs><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-group-hero__content\">\n\t\t\n\n<div \n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper--simple\" \n\tdata-id=\"2071b9cc\" \n\tdata-bg-on-inner=\"false\" \n\t>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-trainer-hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-trainer-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-trainer-hero__heading-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1\tclass=\"heading block-trainer-hero__heading\"\n\tdata-id=\"369e478d\"\n>\n\tPatrick Kua<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"course-tags block-trainer-hero__course-tags\" data-id=\"58a7b8f6\">\n\t<div class=\"tags course-tags__tags js-tags\">\n\t\t<button\tclass=\"btn tags__show-more js-tags-show-more\"\n\tdata-id=\"ff83e684\">\n\t<i class=\"icon btn__show-more\" data-id=\"a551166e\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<svg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' fill='none' viewBox='0 0 25 24'><path stroke='currentColor' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' stroke-width='2' d='M7 12h10M12 7v10'\/><\/svg><\/i>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\t<div class=\"tags__tippy-template js-tags-tippy-template\">\n\t\t<div class=\"tags__head\">\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<button\tclass=\"btn tags__close js-tags-close\"\n\tdata-id=\"a5fd6cd4\">\n\t<i class=\"icon btn__close\" data-id=\"9a53f7bf\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<svg width='20' height='20' viewBox='0 0 20 20' fill='none' xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'><path d='M15 5L5.00103 14.999' stroke='#6A1D57' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'\/><path d='M15 14.998L5.00103 4.99907' stroke='#6A1D57' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'\/><\/svg><\/i>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><p class=\"paragraph\" data-id=\"a8d9bdeb\">\n\tPatrick Kua is a seasoned technology leader with almost 20 years of experience. His personal passion is accelerating the growth and success of tech organizations and technical leaders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div \n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper--simple\" \n\tdata-id=\"d961ea34\" \n\tdata-bg-on-inner=\"false\" \n\t>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-trainer-hero-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-trainer-hero-image__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph\" data-id=\"9ee8f124\">\n\tPatrick has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organizations and software systems as the <strong>CTO<\/strong> and <strong>Chief Scientist<\/strong> of N26 (Berlin, Germany) and as a <strong>Technical Principal Consultant<\/strong> at ThoughtWorks. <br><br>He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/retrobook\" target=\"_blank\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/twtl\" target=\"_blank\">Talking with Tech Leads<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/evolarch\" target=\"_blank\">Building Evolutionary Architectures<\/a> and runs the popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/levelup.thekua.com\" target=\"_blank\">Level Up<\/a>\u201d. 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