API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

1:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): O11y Like a B.O.S.S - The Modern Observability Stack

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Noam Levy, groundcover, Field CTO

Observability isn’t just about collecting metrics, events, logs, and traces - it’s about how we architect the stack to handle them efficiently and effectively.
Traditional SaaS-based observability solutions come with major challenges: unpredictable costs, fragmented tooling, and vendor lock-in.
In this session, we’ll introduce the B.O.S.S paradigm - Bring your own cloud, One-stop shop, Standardized, and Self-reliant - outlining a modern approach to observability that prioritizes cost efficiency, data sovereignty, open standards, and next-generation technologies like eBPF.
We’ll discuss real-world applications, common pitfalls, and how this paradigm is shaping the future of cloud-native observability.

Speakers

Noam Levy

Field CTO, groundcover

Noam Levy is the Field CTO and a founding engineer at groundcover, focused on how we approach cloud-native observability. Originally a web developer, he spent the past decade growing into a platform engineer and a solution architect.Noam works closely with customers to better understand... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, Service Monitoring and Observability (CloudX), SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Optimizing CI/CD for Hybrid and Cloud Environments with DevOps and AI

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Kellyn Gorman, Redgate, Advocate and Engineer

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into software development, optimizing CI/CD pipelines for hybrid and cloud environments requires a balance between automation, security, and governance. This session explores how to leverage DevOps best practices and tools to build scalable, secure, and AI-enhanced CI/CD solutions that support the entire development lifecycle—from code commit to production deployment.

We’ll cover key DevOps principles, recommended tools for automation, testing, and deployment, as well as strategies for integrating AI-driven capabilities to enhance efficiency, detect anomalies, and improve decision-making. Additionally, we’ll discuss how to mitigate AI-related vulnerabilities in the DevOps pipeline, ensuring model integrity, data security, and compliance. Attendees will learn how to implement GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and progressive delivery techniques while maintaining control over AI-powered automation. Whether you're incorporating AI into your CI/CD workflows or securing an existing pipeline, this session will provide actionable insights to streamline development while minimizing risks.

Speakers

Kellyn Gorman

Advocate and Engineer, Redgate

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer with Redgate, with a long history in multi-platform technology. An Oracle ACE Director alumnus, she has been awarded over the years for her technical contributions and community volunteerism through many organizations... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Achieve Your Platform Engineering Goals with an Open Source Strategy

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Anil Inamdar, NetApp Instaclustr, Global Head of Data Services

Platform engineering has become one of the hottest topics in software development, and with good reason. It bridges the gap between pie-in-the-sky claims about accelerating application development (and ROI), and the boots-on-the-ground reality of most software teams, which are often already stretched thin while being asked to support increasingly ambitious business goals. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to platform engineering, it’s becoming increasingly clear that open-source software and projects are absolutely vital to its success.

This CloudX session will dig into how open source can fuel platform engineering success, with discussion around:

- How open source gives you the means to start small. You can identify key gaps in your platform and developer experience and look for reliable open-source options to deliver those needs.

- How open source technologies can help you make adoption, testing, experimentation, and exploration easier for developers—a must for a successful platform approach.

- Specific advantages that open source can deliver to platform engineering, including portability, dev talent recruitment security, and pluggability.

Speakers

Anil Inamdar

Global Head of Data Services, NetApp Instaclustr

Anil Inamdar is the Global Head of Data Services at NetApp Instaclustr. Anil has 20+ years of experience in data and analytics roles. Joining Instaclustr in 2019, he works with organizations to drive successful data-centric digital transformations via the right cultural, operational... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

4:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Exploring InfoSec Tools: From SCA to Hardware Solutions

Wednesday September 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Andrew Miller, QuCelerate, Founder

The landscape of InfoSec tooling is vast and complex. In this session, we’ll provide an overview of key security tools, including SCA, SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, and hardware-based solutions. Learn what these tools do, how they complement each other, and how to choose the right mix for your organization’s security needs. Whether you’re new to InfoSec or looking to expand your toolkit, this talk offers a practical guide to understanding and leveraging modern security technologies effectively.

Speakers

Andrew Miller

Founder, QuCelerate

Andrew is the founder of QuCelerate, a fractional CTO consultancy. Andrew is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience in building software for regulated industries. For the last seven years, he has been heavily involved in building AI/ML solutions that drive business... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, Security and Vulnerability Management (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

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

Thursday September 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

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 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

10:00am PDT

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

Thursday September 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

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 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

11:00am PDT

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

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

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 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

1:00pm PDT

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

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

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 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

1:30pm PDT

PRO Session (CloudX): AI Data Center in a Box: The Future of Edge Computing

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Venkat Maddali, Medallia, Global Head - SRE

Data is growing at an unprecedented pace. Every transaction generates data, and with AI, this growth is accelerating. AI-driven automation introduces additional transactions, creating more data. As humans become more inquisitive about AI's operations, we add even more data through observability, logs, controls, and guardrails. Everything we do contributes to this data explosion.

This growth welcomes a new problem: The Challenge of AI and Data Ownership

The Challenge of AI and Data Ownership

Traditional solutions rely on commodity storage to handle data growth. However, AI is forcing industries to rethink data ownership. Many customers want to leverage AI but do not want to send their data to a hosted cloud, whether public, private, or hybrid. The question is: how do we enable AI while keeping data within a customer's control?

AI Data Center in a Box

The answer lies in AI-powered data centers in a box. This is not just a rack of servers but a compact, turnkey solution designed for edge computing. The key components of this AI-driven edge solution include:

Modular design to balance power, compute, networking, and security
Pluggable LLMs (Large Language Models) for customized AI processing
Integrated storage to handle large datasets efficiently
On-demand AI processing to enable offline and secure computations
Kill switch for ultimate control and security

Speakers

Venkat Maddali

Global Head - SRE, Medallia

At Medallia, (owned by Thoma Bravo), we empower organizations to deliver on their promises and make their customers feel the love! We turn signals into action with the world's leading experience management platform, helping companies around the globe deliver exceptional experiences.In... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

2:00pm PDT

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

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

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 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

2:30pm PDT

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

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

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 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

3:30pm PDT

OPEN Session (CloudX): Hack the Cloud: Attackers Love Blind Spots, Break Their Hearts

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

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 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

4:00pm PDT

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

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

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 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

9:30am PDT

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

Friday September 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

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 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

10:00am PDT

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

Friday September 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

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

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 →

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 →

Friday September 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

10:30am PDT

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

Friday September 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

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 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

11:00am PDT

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

Friday September 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

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

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 →

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 →

Friday September 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

1:30pm PDT

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

Friday September 5, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

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 5, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

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

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): O11y Like a B.O.S.S - The Modern Observability Stack

Wednesday September 10, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Noam Levy, groundcover, Field CTO

Observability isn’t just about collecting metrics, events, logs, and traces - it’s about how we architect the stack to handle them efficiently and effectively.
Traditional SaaS-based observability solutions come with major challenges: unpredictable costs, fragmented tooling, and vendor lock-in.
In this session, we’ll introduce the B.O.S.S paradigm - Bring your own cloud, One-stop shop, Standardized, and Self-reliant - outlining a modern approach to observability that prioritizes cost efficiency, data sovereignty, open standards, and next-generation technologies like eBPF.
We’ll discuss real-world applications, common pitfalls, and how this paradigm is shaping the future of cloud-native observability.

Speakers

Noam Levy

Field CTO, groundcover

Noam Levy is the Field CTO and a founding engineer at groundcover, focused on how we approach cloud-native observability. Originally a web developer, he spent the past decade growing into a platform engineer and a solution architect.Noam works closely with customers to better understand... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, Service Monitoring and Observability (CloudX), SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Optimizing CI/CD for Hybrid and Cloud Environments with DevOps and AI

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Kellyn Gorman, Redgate, Advocate and Engineer

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into software development, optimizing CI/CD pipelines for hybrid and cloud environments requires a balance between automation, security, and governance. This session explores how to leverage DevOps best practices and tools to build scalable, secure, and AI-enhanced CI/CD solutions that support the entire development lifecycle—from code commit to production deployment.

We’ll cover key DevOps principles, recommended tools for automation, testing, and deployment, as well as strategies for integrating AI-driven capabilities to enhance efficiency, detect anomalies, and improve decision-making. Additionally, we’ll discuss how to mitigate AI-related vulnerabilities in the DevOps pipeline, ensuring model integrity, data security, and compliance. Attendees will learn how to implement GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and progressive delivery techniques while maintaining control over AI-powered automation. Whether you're incorporating AI into your CI/CD workflows or securing an existing pipeline, this session will provide actionable insights to streamline development while minimizing risks.

Speakers

Kellyn Gorman

Advocate and Engineer, Redgate

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer with Redgate, with a long history in multi-platform technology. An Oracle ACE Director alumnus, she has been awarded over the years for her technical contributions and community volunteerism through many organizations... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

12:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Achieve Your Platform Engineering Goals with an Open Source Strategy

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Anil Inamdar, NetApp Instaclustr, Global Head of Data Services

Platform engineering has become one of the hottest topics in software development, and with good reason. It bridges the gap between pie-in-the-sky claims about accelerating application development (and ROI), and the boots-on-the-ground reality of most software teams, which are often already stretched thin while being asked to support increasingly ambitious business goals. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to platform engineering, it’s becoming increasingly clear that open-source software and projects are absolutely vital to its success.

This CloudX session will dig into how open source can fuel platform engineering success, with discussion around:

- How open source gives you the means to start small. You can identify key gaps in your platform and developer experience and look for reliable open-source options to deliver those needs.

- How open source technologies can help you make adoption, testing, experimentation, and exploration easier for developers—a must for a successful platform approach.

- Specific advantages that open source can deliver to platform engineering, including portability, dev talent recruitment security, and pluggability.

Speakers

Anil Inamdar

Global Head of Data Services, NetApp Instaclustr

Anil Inamdar is the Global Head of Data Services at NetApp Instaclustr. Anil has 20+ years of experience in data and analytics roles. Joining Instaclustr in 2019, he works with organizations to drive successful data-centric digital transformations via the right cultural, operational... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Exploring InfoSec Tools: From SCA to Hardware Solutions

Wednesday September 10, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Andrew Miller, QuCelerate, Founder

The landscape of InfoSec tooling is vast and complex. In this session, we’ll provide an overview of key security tools, including SCA, SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, and hardware-based solutions. Learn what these tools do, how they complement each other, and how to choose the right mix for your organization’s security needs. Whether you’re new to InfoSec or looking to expand your toolkit, this talk offers a practical guide to understanding and leveraging modern security technologies effectively.

Speakers

Andrew Miller

Founder, QuCelerate

Andrew is the founder of QuCelerate, a fractional CTO consultancy. Andrew is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience in building software for regulated industries. For the last seven years, he has been heavily involved in building AI/ML solutions that drive business... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, Security and Vulnerability Management (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

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

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

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

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

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

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

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

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