API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025: Full Schedule

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9:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): From Chaos to Control: Operationalizing ML Workflows in the Cloud with MLOps and GenAI

Thursday September 11, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

Aditi Jain, Amazon SDE
Bhavani Sankar Telaprolu, Google, Software Engineer

As AI/ML adoption accelerates across industries, many teams face critical challenges in bringing models from prototype to production—especially in cloud environments. This session explores how MLOps practices, automation, and cloud-native tools can streamline the deployment and monitoring of both traditional ML and emerging GenAI models. Attendees will learn how to structure ML pipelines, manage data and model versioning, implement CI/CD for ML, and optimize cloud costs, all while ensuring reproducibility and governance. Drawing on real-world experiences, this talk offers actionable insights for making ML systems robust, scalable, and production-ready in the cloud.

Speakers

Aditi Jain

SDE, Amazon

As an experienced software developer and AI specialist, I've dedicated my career to implementing cutting-edge technologies across various platforms. My journey, spanning both industry and academia, has given me a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of deploying... Read More →

Bhavani Sankar Telaprolu

Software Engineer, Google

Bhavani Sankar Telaprolu is a seasoned Cloud and AI Solutions Architect with over 5 years of experience designing and deploying scalable machine learning systems in the cloud. He specializes in MLOps, cloud-native architecture, and productionizing generative AI models. Bhavani has... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks CloudX, Managing AI/ML in the Cloud (CloudX), Cloud Infrastructure Design and Architecture (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Unlocking Cloud Data Insights with Grafana's API Monitoring

Thursday September 11, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Syed Usman Ahmad, Grafana Labs, Staff Developer Advocate

Grafana is a popular open-source monitoring tool, but often, new users are unable to utilize its full potential to efficiently monitor or visualize data.

In this talk, we will demonstrate an example of how to monitor your application running in the Cloud via API using the Grafana Infinity Plugin. Later, we see more advanced features to get key metrics for better observability.

It will be an introduction to the Dashboards, and also an excellent opportunity to learn more about the advanced features, including troubleshooting & debugging.

join us to learn more about Grafana dashboards, community contributions and share your feedback and suggestions!

Speakers

Syed Usman Ahmad

Staff Developer Advocate, Grafana Labs

Usman is a Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs from Nuremberg, Germany. He works with the Open Source community on the community forum, GitHub and Slack.He has over 15 years of experience in IT and in Cloud Support where he served multiple customers all over Europe, US, Japan... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks CloudX, Service Monitoring and Observability (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): Empowering User-Controlled Encryption at Exabyte Scale

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Alok Ranjan, Dropbox, Software Engineering Manager

As enterprise security requirements intensify, empowering users with full control over encryption becomes paramount. In this session, I’ll reveal how Dropbox pioneers user-controlled encryption at exabyte scale with an innovative three-tiered scheme using AWS KMS. We’ll discuss how our approach grants teams complete control via Team Encryption Keys (TEKs) secured by Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), while an intermediate layer of Namespace Encryption Keys (NEKs) ensures rapid, secure file sharing—even across teams. Learn how practical strategies like key caching and efficient key rotation maintain exceptional performance and data integrity through a robust key chain of custody. This talk is ideal for professionals keen on leveraging AWS technologies to enhance security and scalability in cloud storage solutions.

Speakers

Alok Ranjan

Software Engineering Manager, Dropbox

Hello, I’m Alok Ranjan, an Engineering Manager at Dropbox overseeing the Storage Platform team in the infrastructure org. My team focuses on providing interfaces for file and block storage, along with encryption, compression, and verification of user data. With a master’s degree... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks CloudX, Cloud Infrastructure Design and Architecture (CloudX), Security and Vulnerability Management (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Leveraging Microservices Design for Scalable Architecture

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Vinod Krishnan, Workday, Staff Engineer

In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems is crucial for meeting the demands of growing user bases and complex applications. Microservices architecture, which breaks down large applications into smaller, independent services, has become a popular approach to achieve these goals. However, designing and implementing micro services requires a solid understanding of proven design patterns that can enhance scalability, improve system resilience, and streamline maintenance.
We will explore key design patterns and best practices that can help organizations build robust, efficient, and scalable microservices-based architectures.
Attendees will gain by adopting these strategies, businesses can ensure their systems are not only flexible and adaptable but also prepared to handle increasing traffic and complexity as they grow.

Speakers

Vinod Krishnan

Staff Engineer, Workday

Seasoned Software Engineer with 20 years of experience in architecting and leading software development projects using Java and Python. Proven expertise in software engineering, with a strong track record of driving advancements in compute, memory, and storage efficiency at Workday... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks CloudX, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Productize Your DevOps (Or “What I Really Learned from Playing with Legos”)

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Casey Morton, Pinnacle Solutions Group, Principal Consultant

In the early days of my career, a mentor once said to me "Everything is a product". He went on to say, "Its less about selling your software and more about creating well-defined (and documented), composable modules or Lego bricks..." This is a lesson that I keep close to my heart over 20 years later. In this session, we'll talk about how this mantra can apply to nearly everyone in IT and then we'll look at it, specifically as it applies to DevOps. What does it mean to "productize" something? Why does it matter? Why should I design for reuse even if I probably never will?We will talk through a couple of examples to better illustrate how to apply this to your daily work. Maybe its your CI/CD pipeline. Maybe its Terraform or Bicep scripts. Maybe its Helm Charts. Let's take a look at these very different scenarios and see how Productized DevOps can make your life easier and help make you more successful.

Speakers

Casey Morton

Principal Consultant, Pinnacle Solutions Group

I am a seasoned veteran of 20+ years as an IT Professional. I have worked with numerous development teams ranging from 4 developers to 200+. I started my career as an application developer. Starting with my very first college internships, nearly every team I was on, somehow I always... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), Cloud Infrastructure Design and Architecture (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): AI Considerations For Enterprise Change Management

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Andrew Madson, Dremio, Data Science, AI, and Analytics Evangelist

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the educational landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance learning experiences, personalize education, and streamline administrative processes. This session, "AI Considerations for Education," explores the critical factors educators, administrators, and policymakers need to consider when integrating AI into educational settings.

Participants will delve into the ethical, technical, and practical aspects of AI implementation in education. Through an examination of cutting-edge AI technologies and their applications, attendees will gain insights into how AI can support diverse learning needs, improve student outcomes, and drive institutional efficiency. The session will also address the challenges and risks associated with AI in education, providing a balanced perspective on this transformative technology.

Speakers

Andrew Madson

Data Science, AI, and Analytics Evangelist, Dremio

Andrew Madson is a Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI Evangelist at Dremio, where he leverages his extensive expertise in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to drive innovation and educate the wider community. With a strong academic background, including... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, CloudX, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

3:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): Hack The Cloud: Attackers Love Blind Spots, Break Their Hearts

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Brian Contos, Mitiga, Field CISO

Malicious actors, on an unholy crusade, have discovered that a lack of visibility across Cloud, SaaS, and Identity, combined with legacy controls that provide limited cloud detection and response capabilities, grants them a nefarious advantage. This lack of visibility, detection, and response in cloud environments allows malicious actors to operate with an elevated ability to breach organizations, evade detection, and maintain persistence.

As businesses transition to the cloud, critical assets, sensitive data, and an increasing array of interconnected SaaS applications have followed. This shift attracts malicious actors eager to exploit any visibility gaps, such as those caused by the segmentation of environments across workloads and SaaS. While such segmentation is a beneficial security best practice for incident prevention, it also provides a stealthy refuge for attackers. In essence, your SecOps team is operating within a landscape fraught with invisible threats.

This presentation will explore real-life stories from the trenches, drawn from years of cloud-based incident response. Various hacks will be explored to illustrate how breaches occur, what happens following a breach, and why organizations are struggling to detect and respond.

Finally, we will cover mitigation strategies such as proactively preparing for a breach, discovering malicious activity, and responding. Malicious actors are counting on your passivity, your blind spots, and your inability to effectively detect and respond to attacks in the cloud. Break their hearts!

Speakers

Brian Contos

Field CISO, Mitiga

With two IPOs & eight acquisitions, Brian has helped build some of the most successful security companies in the world. He has over 25 years in the security industry as a security company entrepreneur, board advisor, investor, and author. After getting his start with the Defense Information... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks CloudX, OPEN Session, Security and Vulnerability Management (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

4:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): 25 Minutes to Cloud Advantage: Monetizing Emerging Tech for Rapid ROI

Thursday September 11, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Matthew Domo, FifthVantage, CEO and Founder

In today's fast-paced market, cloud leaders must rapidly translate emerging technologies into tangible business value. This session delivers a focused 25-minute overview of how AI, IoT, and immersive internet technologies are driving immediate ROI for cloud companies. We'll cut through the technical jargon and focus on actionable strategies for monetization and market leadership.

In this compressed session, you'll gain critical insights into:

Rapid AI Monetization: Identifying high-impact AI applications for immediate revenue growth through service optimization and predictive analytics.
IoT Data as a Profit Center: Building scalable IoT platforms to unlock new revenue streams from data monetization and value-added services.
Immersive Internet: Capturing New Markets: Understanding the business potential of immersive technologies and how to build cloud services that capitalize on this emerging market.
Strategic Edge Computing for Competitive Edge: Quickly assessing how edge computing can enable real-time applications, driving premium service offerings and customer loyalty.
ROI-Driven Cloud Investment: Prioritizing technology investments based on clear ROI projections and rapid time-to-market strategies.
This session will equip executives with the critical insights needed to drive rapid cloud innovation, maximize ROI, and secure a competitive advantage in today's dynamic market—all within 25 minutes.

Speakers

Matthew Domo

CEO and Founder, FifthVantage

Matt, a technology futurist, speaker, and author, aims to turn potential into reality using cutting-edge technology and business models to drive meaningful change. With unique experience working closely with Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, Matt is a trailblazer in the AI and cloud computing... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, CloudX, Managing AI/ML in the Cloud (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual