Xin Yao

Xin is a sociotechnical architect, DDD evangelist and independent consultant. She believes that a product, domain and teamoriented architecture is the super glue to bind multiple agile teams navigating toward a common horizon. She’s spearheaded
large-scale change initiatives in boundary-spanning architect roles, weaving together strategy, products, teams, systems, domains into coherent models to guide progress and reduce stress. She architects collective experiences in scale-ups and enterprises to unravel complexity and discover leverage points. In sociotechnical environments where a team’s cognitive capacity is under constant stress, she practices domain-driven design and facilitates collaborative modeling to help teams and organizations make sense, make decisions and make intuitive business software.