API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025: Full Schedule

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9:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Turning Tech Debt into Impact: A SRE's Guide to Prioritization and Action

Friday September 12, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

Saurabh Phaltane, Google, Senior Site Reliability Engineer

My talk will delve into my experiences managing technical debt in a large-scale search environment, specifically how I've proactively used my SRE expertise to turn what's often seen as a burden into a source of impactful projects. I'll walk through the key principles that guide my approach, including how I categorize and prioritize tech debt, and how I collaborate with other teams to address it effectively. A core part of my talk will focus on the methods I employ to pinpoint high-impact opportunities within the landscape of existing tech debt – looking at pain points, identifying patterns, and always considering the business impact.
Finally, I'll emphasize the importance of "cleaning up the mess" as a vital aspect of SRE hygiene, discussing how automation, monitoring, and thorough documentation contribute to long-term system health and prevent the resurgence of technical debt. I'll illustrate these points with concrete examples from my work, demonstrating how addressing tech debt can lead to significant improvements in system performance, reliability, and overall engineering efficiency.

Speakers

Saurabh Phaltane

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Google

Saurabh Phaltane, a seasoned Senior SRE, delivers resilient and scalable infrastructure solutions. His deep understanding of large-scale optimization, driven by attention to detail and automation, directly improves system performance and reliability in complex environments. He is... Read More →

Friday September 12, 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 Native Development (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Cloud-Native AI/ML: Deployment, Scaling, and Optimization

Friday September 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Prashanth Lakshmi Narayana Chaitanya Josyula, Salesforce, Principal Member of Technical Staff
Anant Kumar, Salesforce, Technical Leader

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and machine learning is transforming how cloud-native applications are built and managed. This session will explore key strategies for deploying AI/ML workloads in the cloud, ensuring scalability, and optimizing performance. We’ll discuss best practices for leveraging Kubernetes, Kubeflow, and serverless architectures, along with automation techniques for model training, deployment, and monitoring. Attendees will gain insights into cost-effective scaling, security considerations, and the future trends shaping AI/ML in cloud environments. Whether you’re an ML engineer, cloud architect, or DevOps professional, this session will equip you with practical knowledge to enhance your AI/ML workflows.

Speakers

Anant Kumar

Technical Leader, Saleforce

Lead Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, I currently lead the Big Data Compute Services team within the Einstein AI platform, where I architect and manage data lake solutions that provide critical APIs for AI model training. Our platform powers Salesforce's predictive and generative... Read More →

Prashanth Lakshmi Narayana Chaitanya Josyula

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Salesforce

Hello! I’m Prashanth, an avid connoisseur of technical literature and a dedicated practitioner in the field of programming. With a deep-seated passion for technology, I excel in crafting sophisticated code and exploring cutting-edge innovations.Currently serving as a Principal Member... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

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

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): A Design Delivery System For AI and Overcoming Tech Debt

Friday September 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Megha Sandesh, Solvedex, CEO

Most AI projects don’t fail because of bad ideas—they fail because of bad systems. Teams rush to deploy models without a clear design framework, leading to disjointed interfaces, brittle integrations, and mounting technical debt that becomes impossible to untangle. The result? AI that never reaches its full potential, burdened by rework, inconsistency, and scalability nightmares.

My session breaks down a pragmatic, battle-tested approach to AI design and delivery—one that isn’t just about getting a model into production but ensuring it thrives there. We’ll dig into how design, engineering, and operations must work in sync from day one to prevent the common pitfalls that derail AI initiatives.

Key takeaways include:

1. Why AI projects accumulate debt faster than traditional software—and how to stop it at the source.
2. The role of system design in AI, and why model accuracy alone won’t save a broken pipeline.
3. A real-world approach to designing AI that scales without accumulating chaos.

Speakers

Megha Sandesh

CEO, Solvedex & SolveX Design

Visionary leader with extensive experience in scaling companies and leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.Built a successful bootstrapped company from ground zero to $5M ARR in under 2 years through innovative lean strategies, cost optimization, and a relentless... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks CloudX, OPEN Session, IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX), Leading a Cloud-First Company (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (CloudX): Conquering Data Consistency Challenges in Cloud-Native Applications

Friday September 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Brijesh Deo, Oracle, Software Development
Todd Little, Oracle, Chief Architect

Data consistency is critical in the era of cloud-native applications built on microservices architecture due to distributed services and data stores. Inconsistent data can lead to incorrect decision-making, financial losses, downtime, and loss of reputation. Transactions are the proven method to ensure data consistency and can be effectively implemented with cloud-native applications. In this session, you will learn how to overcome the data consistency challenges by employing various transaction patterns. We will demonstrate how a Spring Boot application can, with minimal code changes, use these transaction patterns to ensure data consistency while maintaining scalability & reliability. We will also discuss how similar applications can be developed with other frameworks, such as Express.js, Micronaut, and Helidon, etc.

Speakers

Brijesh Deo

Director, Software Development, Oracle

Brijesh Deo is the Director of MicroTx product development in the database organization at Oracle. He is passionate about distributed systems and cloud technologies and specializes in Kubernetes, Microservices, and Java. Brijesh has a rich industry experience of more than two decades... Read More →

Todd Little

Chief Architect, Oracle

Todd Little is chief architect for transaction processing products at Oracle, including the Oracle Tuxedo product family, Oracle Blockchain Platform, and Oracle Transaction Manager for Microservices (MicroTx). Todd is responsible for defining the technical strategy and direction for... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks CloudX, OPEN Session, Cloud Native Development (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:30pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (CloudX): Autoscaling in Cloud Native Kubernetes Environment

Friday September 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Geetha Anne, Pure Storage, Sr Manager, Customer Solutions Group

In this session, we’ll dive into the complexities of Kubernetes autoscaling, focusing on an essential aspect of distributed systems i.e, scaling. We'll begin by examining the built-in tools Kubernetes offers for each of these dimensions, and then move on to advanced open-source projects like KEDA, which provide greater flexibility and efficiency for various scaling scenarios.
Key takeaways for attendees include:
* Common challenges and solutions that enhance or replace traditional methods of scaling
* Strategies to evaluate application workloads and select the optimal tailored autoscaling strategy.
* Best practices to optimize deployments for dynamic workloads, ensuring peak performance while maintaining cost-efficiency.

Speakers

Geetha Anne

Sr Manager, Customer Solutions Group, Pure Storage

Geetha is a Solutions Architect and Customer Success professional specializing in big data management , storage , Kubernetes and Durable execution, with expertise in cloud-native and on-premises solutions. She ensures customer success and maturity by delivering effective, simplified... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

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