Rustam Mehmandarov
Passionate computer scientist. Senior technologist and architect. Community builder. Course instructor. Speaker. Java Champion, Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud, Docker Captain, Oracle ACE Pro.
I am involved in several developer communities – both as an organiser, co-organiser, mentor, and as a program committee member for various national and international IT conferences and other events.
About me
I hold a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Oslo and have been in the industry for over 20 years — building complex, business-critical solutions that actually work in practice, and keep working over time.
Most of my work sits at the intersection of architecture, cloud, data, AI, and security. A lot of it is about modernization — helping existing platforms evolve or migrate to something more scalable and robust. That covers everything from container-based architectures and automated delivery pipelines to secure platform setups and cloud strategy. Security, access management, and compliance? Baked in from the start, not bolted on later. AI and data-driven services often play a natural role in these architectures, and I care a lot about responsible use, data quality, and clear security mechanisms.
A big part of my job is making complex system landscapes more understandable and manageable — establishing clear structures, boundaries, and principles around integrations, distributed systems, and data modeling that can withstand further development over time.
Beyond that, sharing knowledge is a big driver for me. I speak at national and international conferences about real-world challenges in cloud, architecture, AI, and security, and I enjoy making complex topics accessible and practical. I am also active in developer communities — as an organiser, mentor, and program committee member for conferences and meetups, working closely with Google Developer Groups (GDGs), Java User Groups (JUGs), and other communities worldwide.
On the community side, I have previously led and served on the board of javaBin (the Norwegian Java User Group), and been involved with JavaZone (the world’s biggest community-driven Java conference) for years — three of those leading the conference. I also co-founded the Arctic IoT Challenge hackathon. These days, I am a lead organiser of GDG Cloud Oslo (Google Developer Group meetup for Cloud).
Outside of tech: working out, exploring natural languages (fluent in Norwegian, English, Russian, and Azerbaijani; conversational and basic in quite a few more), and coding.
Talks
I frequently speak at national and international conferences, meetups, and events at various universities.
You can find most of the events with my participation and talks here.
Courses
I also often offer workshops and training in Java and cloud-related topics – ping me for an updated list. Some of my previous courses:
- Continuous Delivery with Maven, for Programutvikling, Oslo, Norway.
Projects
Check out my GitHub page for some of my projects. Some of the projects there will be a sandbox, or a playground, for my blog posts and/or talks.
I also help with the localization of open-source projects, for instance, Tunnelblick.
Let’s Connect
You can find all relevant links and social media profiles through https://rustam.no. Ping me, follow me, let’s connect!