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Wednesday, May 28
 

10:00am PDT

OPEN Session: Beyond Code: How to Take the Next Career Step?
Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
Alexander Arians, AXA, Chapter Lead

While we developers have learnt over the course of our careers how to tackle new technical challenges and frameworks, many of us struggle with our personal career development. Once we have reached senior status, there is a lack of clear requirements and expectations of us. Without the classic career ladder as in other professions, we are challenged to take our development into our own hands.

In this presentation, we will explore together the essential skills we need to advance our careers. The focus will be on practical approaches with concrete recommendations on how we can optimally position ourselves through a strategic approach, soft skills and our technical abilities.
We will also explore together how we can best utilise our leadership skills. I will share my experience as a developer and as a manager with you.

Let's find out together how we can advance our careers in a self-determined way!

learning objectives:
-Career development: strategies for professional development
-Advanced skills: Insights into communication, leadership and business acumen
-Networking: Building and utilising professional networks
-Mentoring: Benefits of mentoring and finding mentors
-Influence and impact: Scaling influence without authority and impact
-Continuous improvement: Lifelong learning for competitiveness
Speakers
avatar for Alexander Arians

Alexander Arians

Chapter Lead, AXA
With over a decade of experience in software development, I currently serve as Chapter Lead at AXA, leading a team of 25 software developers across four cross-functional teams. I oversee IT operations for the entire health insurance landscape, driving efficiency improvements through... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

10:30am PDT

PRO Session: Evolving the Engineer: A Leadership Roadmap for the AI Era
Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
Andrew Park, Edensoft Labs, Founder

AI is here—and it’s transforming software engineering faster than most leaders are prepared for. GenAI tools like Copilot and Cursor are boosting productivity by automating routine coding tasks, but they’re also contributing to significant layoffs. Pure software engineering roles are under threat, and leaders urgently need a plan to evolve their teams.
In this talk, Andrew Park—a longtime Engineering and Product Leader—delivers a clear, field-tested roadmap for evolving engineers in the AI era. He shows how to help your teams harness AI for speed—while leveling up in the areas GenAI can’t touch: product thinking, system design, craftsmanship, maintainability, and the collaboration skills needed to work across product, design, customers, and dependent teams.
You’ll walk away with a practical strategy for transforming engineering roles and building smaller, more capable teams—enabling your organization to meet executive demands to do more with less, without sacrificing product quality or long-term agility. This is how you secure engineering careers—and your product’s future—in an AI-driven world.
 
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Park

Andrew Park

Founder, Edensoft Labs
Since joining G3 Technologies as a startup, Andrew has worn two hats simultaneously: Engineering Leader and Product Leader, leading cross-functional teams to deliver software that delights customers. Since 2006, he has shaped and refined Product Oriented Software Engineering (POSE... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:00am PDT

KEYNOTE (Leadership): Stealth Startup -- Rapid Decisions, Rapid Deployment: Transforming Delivery Through Empowerment
Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Vilas Veeraraghavan, Stealth startup, Technical Leader

Platform teams tend to start out being lean but tend to slowly lose agility as they grow and expand their scope. This typically results in delayed rollouts of tools and other enablement needs that Dev teams have. However, these delays in decision making in critical tooling development within DevEx or Platform teams results in developer frustration and slows down delivery to the end customer (which impacts revenue). In my past life as a leader of Dev Platforms, I have experienced this and developed some techniques to prevent this slowdown over time. I have seen how distributing the decision making using engineering rigor allows DevEx/Platform teams to empower themselves and drive outcomes. In this talk, I will share the framework I have honed over years of leadership at Comcast, Netflix, Walmart and Bill with the audience. The framework relies on 4 key pillars - Always lead with data/reasoning, Know the business needs, Own and invest in your decisions, Empathize with the developer.

This talk will equip engineering leaders with a tool to create effective delivery enablement within their engineering organizations.


Speakers
avatar for Vilas Veeraraghavan

Vilas Veeraraghavan

Technical Leader, Stealth startup
Strong technical leader with 15+ years of demonstrated history of success in building and scaling high performing engineering teams in global tech organizations. Passionate about building Resilient distributed systems at Scale.Expertise in Hybrid cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:30am PDT

PRO Session: Creating a Culture of Innovation
Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
Ethan Ferdosi, AWS Startup, Solutions Architect Leader

Amazon’s approach to innovation has remained consistent since the company first launched—start with the customer and work backward. In this session, gain valuable insights into Amazon’s cultural mechanisms and our innovation journey. Walk away with lessons learned and best practices that you can apply to your own business. 
Speakers
avatar for Ethan Ferdosi

Ethan Ferdosi

Solutions Architect Leader, AWS Startups
Ethan is a Solutions Architect leader at AWS Startups whose work is focused on helping startups across the globe to build their idea on AWS. Before joining AWS, Ethan spent a decade in Sydney working with banks and financial institutions on digital modernization projects. Driven by... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

1:30pm PDT

KEYNOTE (Leadership): Snowflake -- Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Intelligent Applications
Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
Shivali Naik, Snowflake, Data and Technology Enthusiast

Generative AI is transforming industries by enabling businesses to create content, automate decision-making, and enhance user experiences. But how can organizations effectively build and deploy AI-powered solutions while maintaining security, efficiency, and scalability?

In this session, we will explore the fundamentals of Generative AI models, their real-world applications, and how they can be leveraged to drive innovation.

🔹 Key Takeaways:
✅ Understanding Generative AI models and their capabilities
✅ How to implement LLMs for text generation, summarization, and automation
✅ Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows for AI-driven insights
✅ Best practices for AI model governance, optimization, and ethical considerations
Speakers
avatar for Shivali Naik

Shivali Naik

Data and Technology Enthusiast, Snowflake
I'm Shivali Naik, a Solutions Architect with a passion for data engineering and cloud tech. With over two years of experience, I love tackling tough problems and optimizing data workflows to help businesses thrive. I’m a lifelong learner, always sharing insights on tech blogs and... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

3:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Radical Transparency for Software Teams
Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
Gregory Lind, Buildly, CEO and Founder

Redefine team communication with radical transparency. Fostering a culture of openness, honesty, and positivity in your team, can create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and grow both personally and professionally. This talk will give an overview to bringing radical transparency into your DevOps, software and product development processes.
 
Speakers
avatar for Gregory Lind

Gregory Lind

CEO, Buildly
Author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams", CEO of Buildly, and 20+ year career in Software, Open Source and Startups. Founder and CTO of four successful startups in 3 different countries. Worked with NGOs and Government agencies building open source grant management systems... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

3:30pm PDT

OPEN Session: Staying in Your Lane: Incident Response for Leaders
Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
Kat Gaines, PagerDuty, Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community

During incident response, every second counts. As a leader, you’re expected to have all the answers, and that pressure can make it very tempting to play the hero and take control of the response process. While “I’ll just do it myself” may seem faster on occasion, this instinct can hinder your team’s effectiveness and actually slow down resolution.

We’ll explore how you can evolve from a command-and-control manager into a genuinely empowering leader. You’ll learn how to maintain composure under pressure while creating space for your team to shine. We’ll cover essential frameworks, usable by new managers and individual contributors building incident response processes from scratch as well as experienced leaders looking to level up their approach.

Key takeaways will include:
How to recognize when you may be over-managing during an incident…and how to empower your team to help you recognize these moments.
Building team confidence and ownership in crisis situations
Clear guidelines for when to step in versus step back
Establishing and maintaining clear communication channels
Whether you’re establishing your first incident response playbook, fine-tuning an existing process, or managing up to help your leaders help you do your best work, you’ll leave equipped to help your team handle incidents more effectively - and help you sleep better at night knowing they’ve got this.
Speakers
avatar for Kat Gaines

Kat Gaines

Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community, PagerDuty
Kat leads the Developer Advocacy and Community team at PagerDuty. She enjoys talking and thinking about incident response, customer support, and automating the creation of a delightful end-user and employee experience. She previously ran Global Customer Support at PagerDuty, and as... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

4:00pm PDT

OPEN Session: Debugging Your Career: Identifying Bottlenecks and Unblocking Your Growth
Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
Shrinath Thube, IBM, Software Developer
Vaibhav Tupe, Equinix,  Teechnology Lead


Every engineer knows how to debug code, but what about debugging your career? Many developers hit invisible bottlenecks—whether it’s stagnation, lack of recognition, or unclear next steps—without knowing how to fix them. In this talk, we’ll break down common career blockers and use a debugging framework to identify and resolve them effectively.

Key Topics Covered:
- Recognizing career bottlenecks and why they happen
- The growth trap: Why strong engineers don’t always get promoted
- How to get unstuck in mid-to-senior transitions
- A step-by-step debugging approach for career challenges

Takeaways for the Audience:
- A framework to diagnose and fix career slowdowns
- Insights into what managers look for when promoting engineers
- Actionable strategies to accelerate your career growth
Speakers
avatar for Shrinath Thube

Shrinath Thube

Software Developer, IBM
IEEE Senior Member | Software Developer, IBM | Technology Advisory Board MemberShrinath Thube is a Software Developer at IBM with 8+ years of experience in security, cloud, microservices, observability. An IEEE Senior Member, he is part of the IEEE CISOSE 2025 Organizing Committee... Read More →
avatar for Vaibhav Tupe

Vaibhav Tupe

Technology Lead, Equinix
Vaibhav Tupe is a distinguished Technology Advisory Board Member and Engineering Leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI-ready data center infrastructure. With over 13 years of experience, he currently serves as a Technology Leader at Equinix USA, where he drives high-performance... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage
 
Thursday, May 29
 

9:30am PDT

OPEN Session: Interpersonal Dynamics: The foundation of Team Excellence
Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
Sudha Viswanathan, ByteDance, Data Architect

Effective team connection, communication, and collaboration across all levels stems from strong interpersonal dynamics. This is a fundamental element of achieving exceptional team performance. Just as with any art, interpersonal skills are cultivated through learning, practice, and refinement. A team mastering both technical expertise and these vital interpersonal skills gains a significant competitive advantage, becoming a truly formidable force. This talk explores common interpersonal challenges encountered in the workplace and provides attendees with a valuable mind map, a practical tool for navigating and resolving these challenges. 
Speakers
avatar for Sudha Viswanathan

Sudha Viswanathan

Data Architect, ByteDance
Sudha Viswanathan brings two decades of experience as a seasoned technical leader, having worked at industry-leading companies such as Tiktok, Netflix, Wayfair, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and Cognizant. Specializing in large-scale data processing, analytics, and... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

9:30am PDT

INVITE ONLY -- DevMarketing @ DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome + Networking (Breakfast) 

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM - Panel 1: Be Where the Developers Are
Developers often rely on one another to help evaluate new technologies, dev tooling, and programming ideas. How can marketing teams engage in these conversations without being perceived as invading their space? Our panelists will discuss their tactics for finding where developers share their knowledge and their tactics for supporting and informing these conversations.

1. Michael Ortega, Head of Marketing @ Predibase
2. Yolande Poirier, Senior Manager, Developer Community @ Neo4j
3. Bo English-Wiczling, Sr. Director, Head of DB Developer Relations @ Oracle

4. Katie Wasilenko Miller, Developer Marketing Advisor
Moderator: Ziwei Chen, Senior Developer Marketing Strategist @ Catchy



10:20 AM - 10:30 AM - Break

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM - Panel 2: Building a Developer Community
We often speak of the “Developer community” as if it’s a homogenous group of technical experts. In reality, it’s a collection of various communities consisting of unique individuals with differing experiences and skillsets - some of whom never cross paths with one another. Dev marketing teams dream of tapping into these communities by building a subset of developers devoted to their products and services, but often struggle to break through. Our panelists will explore how they have encouraged community among their developer audiences, the benefits it has brought for their organization, and the support these communities provide to the technical practitioners who belong to and engage deeply with them.
1. Nigel Hughey, Developer Advocate @ Zoom
2, Pat Patterson, Chief Technical Evangelist @ BackBlaze
3. Stephen Chin, VP of Developer Relations @ Neo4j
4. Anthony Lusardi, Developer Relations Strategy @ Captivate.dev
Moderator: Ziwei Chen, Senior Developer Marketing Strategist @ Catchy


11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Expo Tour + Networking
Speakers
avatar for Ziwei Chen

Ziwei Chen

Senior Developer Marketing Strategist, Catchy
avatar for Stephen Chin

Stephen Chin

VP of Developer Relations, Neo4j
Stephen Chin is VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j, conference chair of the LF AI & Data Foundation, and author of several titles with O'Reilly, Apress, and McGraw Hill. He has keynoted numerous conferences around the world including AI DevSummit, Devoxx, DevNexus, JNation, JavaOne... Read More →
avatar for Bo English-Wiczling

Bo English-Wiczling

Sr. Director, Head of DB Developer Relations, Oracle
Bo English-Wiczling is a Senior Director in the Oracle Database Product Management team leading Database Developer Relations and is transforming the way developers use Oracle Database products and services. She joined Oracle almost 8 years ago from Amazon and has more than 29 years... Read More →
avatar for Nigel Hughey

Nigel Hughey

Developer Advocate, Zoom
As a Developer Advocate at Zoom with previous experience at Apple, I've spent 6+ years in Developer Relations focused on building thriving app ecosystems. At Zoom, I've helped hundreds of companies build and publish successful integrations on our App Marketplace. I'm passionate about reducing friction in the developer journey based on community feedback and usage data... Read More →
avatar for Anthony Lusardi

Anthony Lusardi

Developer Relations Strategy, Captivate.dev
I've been bringing people together – both online and offline – since I was a teenager! In 2018, I realized I could turn that passion into a career and left software engineering to focus on Developer Relations. I've been building sustainable and thriving developer communities ever... Read More →
avatar for Katie Wasilenko Miller

Katie Wasilenko Miller

Developer Marketing Advisor
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Michael Ortega

Head of Marketing, Predibase
Michael has over a decade of experience leading marketing strategy and teams at high-growth startups. As the Head of Marketing at Predibase, he drives their go-to-market efforts for their suite of LLM training and inference solutions, translating complex ML tooling into compelling... Read More →
avatar for Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson

Chief Technical Evangelist, BackBlaze
Pat Patterson is Chief Technical Evangelist at Backblaze. Over his three decades in the industry, Pat has built software and communities at Sun Microsystems, Salesforce, StreamSets, and Citrix. In his role at Backblaze, he creates and delivers content tailored to the needs of the... Read More →
avatar for Yolande Poirier

Yolande Poirier

Sr. Manager, Developer Community, Neo4j
Yolande Poirier is passionate about technology and developer communities. Her goal is to empower developers and data scientists everywhere to successfully grow their projects. At Neo4j, she runs the advocacy programs, including the Ninja program.
Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

10:30am PDT

OPEN Session: So You Want to Hire for Platform Engineering?
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
Hazel Weakly, Nivenly Foundation, Fellow

I see you want to hire a developer to work on platform engineering, internal developer tooling, developer experience, and the overall generally intangible but admirable goal of "making life better for devs". That’s awesome; you've got one hell of a challenge ahead of you. This role is extremely difficult to hire for. In my opinion, and in my experience, it’s been the most difficult role in the company outside of senior leadership, and the most likely to fail; if there ever was a role that burns people out, it’s this one.

Come with Hazel as we draw on her experiences building platform teams and organizations in order to talk about making this platform engineering thing a reality. In doing so, we'll end up discussing topics such as

- The hiring pipeline and interview loop
- Timing, politics, and the meta strategies
- Getting to zero from negative
- Avoiding pitfalls
 
Speakers
avatar for Hazel Weakly

Hazel Weakly

Fellow, Nivenly Foundation
Hazel spends her days working on building out teams of humans as well as the infrastructure, systems, and tooling to make life better for others. She’s worked at a variety of companies and knows that the hardest problems to solve are the social ones. One of her favorite things is... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:00am PDT

PRO Session: Dev Productivity Will Dip Before It Soars. The Pains and Gains of GenAI in Software Development
Thursday May 29, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Ben Lloyd Pearson, LinearB, Director, DevEx Strategy

GenAI is revolutionizing software development, offering new ways to automate repetitive tasks and improve collaboration. But with these opportunities come challenges: how do you integrate AI into your workflow without disrupting creativity or team dynamics? How do you avoid over-reliance on automation while maintaining quality and efficiency? In this session, explore practical approaches to using AI for tasks like code reviews, testing, and daily development, while overcoming the productivity dips and adoption hurdles that GenAI brings in 2025. Whether you’re optimizing your own workflow or contributing to team success, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to thrive in the evolving developer landscape. 
Speakers
avatar for Ben Lloyd Pearson

Ben Lloyd Pearson

Director, DevEx Strategy, LinearB
Ben hosts Dev Interrupted, a podcast and newsletter for engineering leaders, and is Director of DevEx Strategy at LinearB. Ben has spent the last decade working in platform engineering and developer advocacy to help teams improve workflows, foster internal and external communities... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

12:00pm PDT

INVITE ONLY -- Leader's Lunch @ DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM: Welcome & Networking

12:25 PM CircleCI Sponsor Spotlight: Enabling Faster Experimentation and Feedback Loops for Strategic Innovation

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM  Town Hall Panel: How AI Will Impact Your Organization's Structure
Ben Lloyd Pearson, LinearB, Director, DevEx Strategy
Ram Venkatesh, Sema4.ai, CTO and Co-Founder
Amol Dewhare, Altimetrik, Senior Client Partner - Sales and Business Development
Moderator: Katie Wasilenko Miller, Developer Marketing Advisor

AI dominates every technical conversation. As models improve, many technical teams are adopting AI as a coding assistant and, in some limited cases, as replacements for full time developers and technical staff. Vibe coding is replacing old fashioned GUI-style drag and drop low/no code systems. AI/ML models are improving in their ability to identify network anomalies, with some models capable of responding without human assistance. Chat interfaces make it easier for business executives to ask questions of their complex data, potentially reducing the need for on-staff analysts.

In this panel, we'll talk with industry leaders about their plans to integrate AI into their workflows and how they believe these decisions will impact their hiring strategies throughout 2025-2026.

1:15 PM -   1:30 PM    Expo Tour & Networking
Speakers
avatar for Amol Dewhare

Amol Dewhare

Senior Client Partner - Sales and Business Development, Altimetrik
avatar for Katie Wasilenko Miller

Katie Wasilenko Miller

Developer Marketing Advisor
avatar for Ben Lloyd Pearson

Ben Lloyd Pearson

Director, DevEx Strategy, LinearB
Ben hosts Dev Interrupted, a podcast and newsletter for engineering leaders, and is Director of DevEx Strategy at LinearB. Ben has spent the last decade working in platform engineering and developer advocacy to help teams improve workflows, foster internal and external communities... Read More →
avatar for Ram Venkatesh

Ram Venkatesh

CTO and Co-Founder, Sema4.ai
Ram Venkatesh is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Sema4.ai. He is responsible for the long-term technology strategy and vision, collaborating closely with the largest customers, engineering, product, and go-to-market functions. With over 25 years of experience in the... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session: One Thousand People, One Roadmap
Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
Fabricio Buzeto, Brex, Engineering Manager

As a company grows, the tendency to divide and conquer can nurture siloed goals that do not align with the company. Impeding the ability to deliver constant and meaningful improvements. The natural tendency is to increase bureaucracy and control, which usually only hinders the results. Companies like Airbnb and Brex have been in the headlines for trying the opposite. Reducing layers and bureaucracy while bringing alignment and increasing velocity. Let me tell you about what I learned while living in such a reality. 
Speakers
avatar for Fabricio Buzeto

Fabricio Buzeto

Engineering Manager, Brex
Fabricio has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is currently an Engineering Manager at Brex. For the past 20 years have been developing software in distributed teams focused on digital products consulting for both big and small organizations. Amongst his own ventures, it can highlight... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

2:00pm PDT

KEYNOTE (Leadership): GumGum -- From 0 to 100: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Ken Weiner, GumGum, Chief Technology Officer

A product is only as strong as the team behind it—without the right leadership and guidance, even the best ideas can fall flat. To foster growth and innovation, it's essential to have a clear strategy for scaling operations and aligning resources. Ken, who has grown GumGum’s technology team from 0 to over 100 employees, will share tactics to scale your teams, operations, and product for the long term. He’ll discuss strategies such as establishing career ladders, minimizing dependencies between teams, and leading with an innovative mindset. Additionally, he’ll highlight the importance of fostering diversity within your team to drive growth and creativity.
Speakers
avatar for Ken Weiner

Ken Weiner

Chief Technology Officer, GumGum
Ken Weiner is the Chief Technology Officer of GumGum, where he has led engineering and product teams in developing a blend of cutting-edge contextual, creative, and attention technologies. Ken, as GumGum's first employee, has driven the company's technological innovation for over... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage
 
Wednesday, June 4
 

9:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: One Thousand People, One Roadmap
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
Fabricio Buzeto, Brex, Engineering Manager

As a company grows, the tendency to divide and conquer can nurture siloed goals that do not align with the company. Impeding the ability to deliver constant and meaningful improvements. The natural tendency is to increase bureaucracy and control, which usually only hinders the results. Companies like Airbnb and Brex have been in the headlines for trying the opposite. Reducing layers and bureaucracy while bringing alignment and increasing velocity. Let me tell you about what I learned while living in such a reality. 
Speakers
avatar for Fabricio Buzeto

Fabricio Buzeto

Engineering Manager, Brex
Fabricio has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is currently an Engineering Manager at Brex. For the past 20 years have been developing software in distributed teams focused on digital products consulting for both big and small organizations. Amongst his own ventures, it can highlight... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Evolving the Engineer: A Leadership Roadmap for the AI Era
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
Andrew Park, Edensoft Labs, Founder

AI is here—and it’s transforming software engineering faster than most leaders are prepared for. GenAI tools like Copilot and Cursor are boosting productivity by automating routine coding tasks, but they’re also contributing to significant layoffs. Pure software engineering roles are under threat, and leaders urgently need a plan to evolve their teams.
In this talk, Andrew Park—a longtime Engineering and Product Leader—delivers a clear, field-tested roadmap for evolving engineers in the AI era. He shows how to help your teams harness AI for speed—while leveling up in the areas GenAI can’t touch: product thinking, system design, craftsmanship, maintainability, and the collaboration skills needed to work across product, design, customers, and dependent teams.
You’ll walk away with a practical strategy for transforming engineering roles and building smaller, more capable teams—enabling your organization to meet executive demands to do more with less, without sacrificing product quality or long-term agility. This is how you secure engineering careers—and your product’s future—in an AI-driven world.
 
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Park

Andrew Park

Founder, Edensoft Labs
Since joining G3 Technologies as a startup, Andrew has worn two hats simultaneously: Engineering Leader and Product Leader, leading cross-functional teams to deliver software that delights customers. Since 2006, he has shaped and refined Product Oriented Software Engineering (POSE... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (Leadership): Stealth Startup -- Rapid Decisions, Rapid Deployment: Transforming Delivery Through Empowerment
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Vilas Veeraraghavan, Stealth startup, Technical Leader

Platform teams tend to start out being lean but tend to slowly lose agility as they grow and expand their scope. This typically results in delayed rollouts of tools and other enablement needs that Dev teams have. However, these delays in decision making in critical tooling development within DevEx or Platform teams results in developer frustration and slows down delivery to the end customer (which impacts revenue). In my past life as a leader of Dev Platforms, I have experienced this and developed some techniques to prevent this slowdown over time. I have seen how distributing the decision making using engineering rigor allows DevEx/Platform teams to empower themselves and drive outcomes. In this talk, I will share the framework I have honed over years of leadership at Comcast, Netflix, Walmart and Bill with the audience. The framework relies on 4 key pillars - Always lead with data/reasoning, Know the business needs, Own and invest in your decisions, Empathize with the developer.

This talk will equip engineering leaders with a tool to create effective delivery enablement within their engineering organizations.


Speakers
avatar for Vilas Veeraraghavan

Vilas Veeraraghavan

Technical Leader, Stealth startup
Strong technical leader with 15+ years of demonstrated history of success in building and scaling high performing engineering teams in global tech organizations. Passionate about building Resilient distributed systems at Scale.Expertise in Hybrid cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Creating a Culture of Innovation
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
Ethan Ferdosi, AWS Startup, Solutions Architect Leader

Amazon’s approach to innovation has remained consistent since the company first launched—start with the customer and work backward. In this session, gain valuable insights into Amazon’s cultural mechanisms and our innovation journey. Walk away with lessons learned and best practices that you can apply to your own business. 
Speakers
avatar for Ethan Ferdosi

Ethan Ferdosi

Solutions Architect Leader, AWS Startups
Ethan is a Solutions Architect leader at AWS Startups whose work is focused on helping startups across the globe to build their idea on AWS. Before joining AWS, Ethan spent a decade in Sydney working with banks and financial institutions on digital modernization projects. Driven by... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

1:30pm PDT

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (Leadership): Snowflake -- Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Intelligent Applications
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
Shivali Naik, Snowflake, Data and Technology Enthusiast

Generative AI is transforming industries by enabling businesses to create content, automate decision-making, and enhance user experiences. But how can organizations effectively build and deploy AI-powered solutions while maintaining security, efficiency, and scalability?

In this session, we will explore the fundamentals of Generative AI models, their real-world applications, and how they can be leveraged to drive innovation.

🔹 Key Takeaways:
✅ Understanding Generative AI models and their capabilities
✅ How to implement LLMs for text generation, summarization, and automation
✅ Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows for AI-driven insights
✅ Best practices for AI model governance, optimization, and ethical considerations
Speakers
avatar for Shivali Naik

Shivali Naik

Data and Technology Enthusiast, Snowflake
I'm Shivali Naik, a Solutions Architect with a passion for data engineering and cloud tech. With over two years of experience, I love tackling tough problems and optimizing data workflows to help businesses thrive. I’m a lifelong learner, always sharing insights on tech blogs and... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

3:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Radical Transparency for Software Teams
Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
Gregory Lind, Buildly, CEO and Founder

Redefine team communication with radical transparency. Fostering a culture of openness, honesty, and positivity in your team, can create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and grow both personally and professionally. This talk will give an overview to bringing radical transparency into your DevOps, software and product development processes.
 
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Gregory Lind

CEO, Buildly
Author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams", CEO of Buildly, and 20+ year career in Software, Open Source and Startups. Founder and CTO of four successful startups in 3 different countries. Worked with NGOs and Government agencies building open source grant management systems... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

4:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Debugging Your Career: Identifying Bottlenecks and Unblocking Your Growth
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
Shrinath Thube, IBM, Software Developer
Vaibhav Tupe, Equinix,  Teechnology Lead


Every engineer knows how to debug code, but what about debugging your career? Many developers hit invisible bottlenecks—whether it’s stagnation, lack of recognition, or unclear next steps—without knowing how to fix them. In this talk, we’ll break down common career blockers and use a debugging framework to identify and resolve them effectively.

Key Topics Covered:
- Recognizing career bottlenecks and why they happen
- The growth trap: Why strong engineers don’t always get promoted
- How to get unstuck in mid-to-senior transitions
- A step-by-step debugging approach for career challenges

Takeaways for the Audience:
- A framework to diagnose and fix career slowdowns
- Insights into what managers look for when promoting engineers
- Actionable strategies to accelerate your career growth
Speakers
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Shrinath Thube

Software Developer, IBM
IEEE Senior Member | Software Developer, IBM | Technology Advisory Board MemberShrinath Thube is a Software Developer at IBM with 8+ years of experience in security, cloud, microservices, observability. An IEEE Senior Member, he is part of the IEEE CISOSE 2025 Organizing Committee... Read More →
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Vaibhav Tupe

Technology Lead, Equinix
Vaibhav Tupe is a distinguished Technology Advisory Board Member and Engineering Leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI-ready data center infrastructure. With over 13 years of experience, he currently serves as a Technology Leader at Equinix USA, where he drives high-performance... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage
 
Thursday, June 5
 

9:30am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Your Brain is Buggy: How Understanding Cognitive Biases Can Make You a Better Engineering Leader
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
Limor Mekaiten, Titan, Software engineering team leader

As engineering managers, we constantly debug systems and optimize processes—but what about the cognitive "bugs" in our own minds? This talk explores common cognitive biases, how they subtly influence our perceptions and decisions, and why understanding them is critical to better leadership.

You'll gain actionable strategies to uncover these mental shortcuts, manage team dynamics with fairness, and build a culture of empathy and clarity. By acknowledging and mitigating cognitive biases, we can improve team performance, strengthen trust, and inspire the humans behind the code.
Speakers
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Limor Mekaiten

Software engineering team leader, Titan
Limor is a Software engineering team leader at Titan. Prior to her current role, she worked at different-sized startups with different cultures as both a software developer and a manager. She volunteers in Baot, the largest community for Senior female engineers in Israel in a program... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

9:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Interpersonal Dynamics: The foundation of Team Excellence
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
Sudha Viswanathan, ByteDance, Data Architect

Effective team connection, communication, and collaboration across all levels stems from strong interpersonal dynamics. This is a fundamental element of achieving exceptional team performance. Just as with any art, interpersonal skills are cultivated through learning, practice, and refinement. A team mastering both technical expertise and these vital interpersonal skills gains a significant competitive advantage, becoming a truly formidable force. This talk explores common interpersonal challenges encountered in the workplace and provides attendees with a valuable mind map, a practical tool for navigating and resolving these challenges. 
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Sudha Viswanathan

Data Architect, ByteDance
Sudha Viswanathan brings two decades of experience as a seasoned technical leader, having worked at industry-leading companies such as Tiktok, Netflix, Wayfair, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and Cognizant. Specializing in large-scale data processing, analytics, and... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (Leadership): Shipyard -- How DevEx Drives DORA Metrics: Why Developer Happiness Directly Impacts Software Delivery
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
Benjie De Groot, Shipyard, Co-founder and CEO

DORA Metrics measure performance holistically, so that top scorers are those who put people and process first, and do it smartly. This means that prioritizing good DevEx eventually converts to improved DORA Metrics.

DevEx and DORA have a cause and effect type of relationship: the core components of DevEx (unblocking developers, utilizing self-service infrastructure) are all direct drivers of DORA. The 2024 DORA Report urges Platform to study the developer workflow so they can better solve for areas of friction. The most successful Platform teams use DevEx as their North Star for measuring productivity, and the subsequent DORA impact isn’t coincidental. Benjie will discuss how you can manage Platform to enable good DevEx, and what the corresponding DORA outcomes should be.
Speakers
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Benjie De Groot

Co-founder and CEO, Shipyard
Benjie is the Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Shipyard, and co-hosts the Kubelist podcast. Previously, he built out CI/CD pipelines for companies ranging in size from seed to Fortune 50. He enjoys automating the mundane, and releasing code that he knows has been tested and validated... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Staying in Your Lane: Incident Response for Leaders
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
Kat Gaines, PagerDuty, Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community

During incident response, every second counts. As a leader, you’re expected to have all the answers, and that pressure can make it very tempting to play the hero and take control of the response process. While “I’ll just do it myself” may seem faster on occasion, this instinct can hinder your team’s effectiveness and actually slow down resolution.

We’ll explore how you can evolve from a command-and-control manager into a genuinely empowering leader. You’ll learn how to maintain composure under pressure while creating space for your team to shine. We’ll cover essential frameworks, usable by new managers and individual contributors building incident response processes from scratch as well as experienced leaders looking to level up their approach.

Key takeaways will include:
How to recognize when you may be over-managing during an incident…and how to empower your team to help you recognize these moments.
Building team confidence and ownership in crisis situations
Clear guidelines for when to step in versus step back
Establishing and maintaining clear communication channels
Whether you’re establishing your first incident response playbook, fine-tuning an existing process, or managing up to help your leaders help you do your best work, you’ll leave equipped to help your team handle incidents more effectively - and help you sleep better at night knowing they’ve got this.
Speakers
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Kat Gaines

Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community, PagerDuty
Kat leads the Developer Advocacy and Community team at PagerDuty. She enjoys talking and thinking about incident response, customer support, and automating the creation of a delightful end-user and employee experience. She previously ran Global Customer Support at PagerDuty, and as... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: So You Want to Hire for Platform Engineering?
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
Hazel Weakly, Nivenly Foundation, Fellow

I see you want to hire a developer to work on platform engineering, internal developer tooling, developer experience, and the overall generally intangible but admirable goal of "making life better for devs". That’s awesome; you've got one hell of a challenge ahead of you. This role is extremely difficult to hire for. In my opinion, and in my experience, it’s been the most difficult role in the company outside of senior leadership, and the most likely to fail; if there ever was a role that burns people out, it’s this one.

Come with Hazel as we draw on her experiences building platform teams and organizations in order to talk about making this platform engineering thing a reality. In doing so, we'll end up discussing topics such as

- The hiring pipeline and interview loop
- Timing, politics, and the meta strategies
- Getting to zero from negative
- Avoiding pitfalls
 
Speakers
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Hazel Weakly

Fellow, Nivenly Foundation
Hazel spends her days working on building out teams of humans as well as the infrastructure, systems, and tooling to make life better for others. She’s worked at a variety of companies and knows that the hardest problems to solve are the social ones. One of her favorite things is... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:00am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO Session: Designing Architecture Flow
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Ivan Padabed, PandaDoc, Director of Platform Architecture

In this session, we’ll explore the essential role of the architect as an accountable decision-maker and how they can optimize their workflow to ensure the right decisions are made at the right time. We’ll discuss why relying solely on an architect’s mental capacity is a bottleneck, how decision-making infrastructure tailored to organizational specifics enables speed and quality, and what best practices can help architects scale their effectiveness in high-growth environments.

Drawing from years of experience building and refining architectural decision-making pipelines in fast-paced, high-tech organizations, the speaker will share practical insights on:
• Structuring decision flows to ensure the right information is available at the right moment.
• Creating a collaborative environment where architectural decisions are well-informed and transparent.
• Designing a decision-making infrastructure that fosters consistency, speed, and quality.
• Avoiding common pitfalls that lead to decision paralysis, misalignment, and bottlenecks.

This session is for architects, engineering leaders, and decision-makers looking to improve architectural effectiveness and scale decision-making without sacrificing quality or agility. Join us to rethink how architecture flows in your organization.
Speakers
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Ivan Padabed

Director of Platform Architecture, PandaDoc
Over 20 years in IT, doing business, product, service, and organization re-engineering to scale. Came to DDD as a core practice through systems thinking. An advocate of the evolutional approach.Enterprise Architecture practitioner, Solution Architecture methodologist, and Systems... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Dev Productivity Will Dip Before It Soars. The Pains and Gains of GenAI in Software Development
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Ben Lloyd Pearson, LinearB, Director, DevEx Strategy

GenAI is revolutionizing software development, offering new ways to automate repetitive tasks and improve collaboration. But with these opportunities come challenges: how do you integrate AI into your workflow without disrupting creativity or team dynamics? How do you avoid over-reliance on automation while maintaining quality and efficiency? In this session, explore practical approaches to using AI for tasks like code reviews, testing, and daily development, while overcoming the productivity dips and adoption hurdles that GenAI brings in 2025. Whether you’re optimizing your own workflow or contributing to team success, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to thrive in the evolving developer landscape. 
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Ben Lloyd Pearson

Director, DevEx Strategy, LinearB
Ben hosts Dev Interrupted, a podcast and newsletter for engineering leaders, and is Director of DevEx Strategy at LinearB. Ben has spent the last decade working in platform engineering and developer advocacy to help teams improve workflows, foster internal and external communities... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Beyond Code: How to Take the Next Career Step?
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
Alexander Arians, AXA, Chapter Lead

While we developers have learnt over the course of our careers how to tackle new technical challenges and frameworks, many of us struggle with our personal career development. Once we have reached senior status, there is a lack of clear requirements and expectations of us. Without the classic career ladder as in other professions, we are challenged to take our development into our own hands.

In this presentation, we will explore together the essential skills we need to advance our careers. The focus will be on practical approaches with concrete recommendations on how we can optimally position ourselves through a strategic approach, soft skills and our technical abilities.
We will also explore together how we can best utilise our leadership skills. I will share my experience as a developer and as a manager with you.

Let's find out together how we can advance our careers in a self-determined way!

learning objectives:
-Career development: strategies for professional development
-Advanced skills: Insights into communication, leadership and business acumen
-Networking: Building and utilising professional networks
-Mentoring: Benefits of mentoring and finding mentors
-Influence and impact: Scaling influence without authority and impact
-Continuous improvement: Lifelong learning for competitiveness
Speakers
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Alexander Arians

Chapter Lead, AXA
With over a decade of experience in software development, I currently serve as Chapter Lead at AXA, leading a team of 25 software developers across four cross-functional teams. I oversee IT operations for the entire health insurance landscape, driving efficiency improvements through... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage
 

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