About

Hi, my name is Constantin Gonzalez and this is my blog. I learn about and explore the accellerating world of tech and help teams and individuals integrate and navigate change in the own work and life.

I draw from over 30 years of tech experience, from installing the first web servers for my university institutes, to working with customers at Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and Amazon Web Service, to building and working on numerous side projects across many domains.

You can find out more about me on my my LinkedIn profile and my Bluesky page.

Life

My current home is in Munich, Germany. I live here with my wife Friederike, my daughters Amanda and Helena, and our dog Elvis.

Bio

Born June 23rd, 1971 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, grew up in Bogotá (Colombia), Istanbul (Turkey), Bonn-Bad Godesberg (Germany), Rome (Italy). According to Wikipedia, that makes me a Third Culture Kid. Finished a “Diplom Informatiker” degree at the Clausthal University of Technology in Computer Science (now that would probably be called a “Master’s degree”). During my university time, I was CEO of a pub, played a role in a theater, helped publish a newspaper and showed movies in the local cinema. My thesis was around helping create the first web-enabled digital set top box project in Germany. That was 1997-98. In 1998 I joined Sun Microsystems and in 2012 I left Oracle to join AWS where I got to learn about and build with cool technology every day. Since June 2025, I explore the world of AI and how it affects personal and job productivity, building my own consultancy offering.