AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

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

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Cross-functional Collaboration, Remote and Distributed Team Management, Developer Career Paths, IT/Ops Career Paths, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Engineering Culture
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, OPEN Session, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PDT

OPEN Session: Leadership Changes, What’s Next?

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Pankaj Thakkar, Kloudfuse, CEO & Co-founder

Leadership changes, sometimes too often, sometimes unexpectedly. These transitions can impact not only you but also your teams, remote employees who feel the shift, stakeholders, investors, and even customers.

In this session, we will share lessons from our own experiences and offer tips for managing these changes. We'll discuss how to build trust and empowerment within your team, communicate effectively, align on priorities, and ultimately, how to focus on the bigger picture despite uncertainty and change.

Speakers

Pankaj Thakkar

CEO & Co-founder, Kloudfuse

Pankaj is the CEO & Co-founder CEO of Kloudfuse, a leader in unified observability. Having transitioned from CTO to CEO, he brings extensive experience in observability, distributed systems, virtualization, and infrastructure platforms. As a business leader, Pankaj oversees go-to-market... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Change Management, Remote and Distributed Team Management
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

OPEN Session: Interpersonal Dynamics: The foundation of Team Excellence

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

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

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership