On May 28-29, hundreds of developers, engineers, and tech leaders came together in San Francisco for two exciting events: DeveloperWeek Leadership and AI DevSummit.
At DeveloperWeek Leadership, top engineering leaders shared insights on team management, industry best practices, and navigating the evolving landscape of developer tools and technology decisions. Meanwhile, AI DevSummit provided software engineers and data scientists with an introduction to AI, and AI dev professionals with a landscape view of the newest AI technologies.
Highlights from DeveloperWeek Leadership.
From 0 to 100: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams
Ken Weiner, Chief Technology Officer of GumGum, shared tactics for scaling your teams, operations, and product for the long term. A few of the strategies he shared included establishing career ladders, minimizing dependencies between teams, and leading with an innovative mindset.
Leading in the AI Era: Strategies for Women Executives
Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, explored how women executives can harness AI to enhance decision-making, drive innovation, and navigate workplace transformations. She shared strategies for staying ahead in the evolving future of work and fostering inclusive innovation while overcoming barriers.
Software Architecture for Everyone: Be a Boundless Engineer
Vrushanki Patel, Software Engineer at Oracle, shared a step-by-step guide to bridging the architectural thinking gap, empowering developers to better understand system architecture and offering strategic actions for tech leads and managers to promote architectural thinking across teams.
Highlights from AI DevSummit.
Enterprise GenAI: How to Make it Simple, Safe and Secure
Debo Dutta, Chief AI Officer of Nutanix, shared insights on integrating GenAI seamlessly while ensuring robust infrastructure and safeguarding model integrity. He also dove into the tech stack essentials, including foundational models, fine-tuning frameworks, deployment tools, and governance systems needed to tailor to diverse business needs across industries.
Toyota’s Agentic Journey
Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti, Generative AI Architect at Toyota, and Korden France, AI Architect at Toyota, discussed Toyota’s multi-agent framework powered by Generative AI and how it is revolutionizing car manufacturing, battery production, paint design, and anti-corrosion strategies.
Enterprise AI Agents: From Hype to Real-World Impact
Summet Kumar Agrawal, Vice President of Product Management at Informatica, shared practical strategies for building AI agents that deliver real business impact. He outlined key tooling considerations and offered insights into common pitfalls, best practices, and lessons learned from deploying AI agents in production.
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