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Wednesday, February 12
 

10:00am PST

OPEN Session: Using AI to Solve Real Problems for Development Teams
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Dennis Pilarinos, Unblocked, Founder & CEO

For all the claims about AI increasing developer productivity, why aren't developers seeing more of an impact?

What we’ve heard from thousands of developers is that writing code is not their main challenge. They’re stuck at Step #1 – trying to find the right context about how the codebase works and why.

Codebases are a compilation of thousands of decisions, discussions, and documents that live across tools like Confluence, Slack, Notion, Jira, Linear, GitHub, and more - accumulated over years if not decades. Whether a developer is onboarding to your team or trying to understand how a piece of legacy code works, they waste hours every day digging for the answers through all these systems.

Unblocked augments your code with context from the tools in your stack, giving your development team a platform for asking questions, and for discovering historical context about their code.

The impact here is profound: with Unblocked, developers can answer their own questions without interrupting their peers or having to wait for meetings. What’s more, they can find the entirety of the information they need wherever they're working.

If we want to see actual productivity benefits from AI, we need to use it where we spend the most time. The more we can empower developers with the context they need, the faster we can achieve our goals and the happier we can make our teams.
Speakers
avatar for Dennis Pilarinos

Dennis Pilarinos

Founder & CEO, Unblocked
Dennis Pilarinos is the founder and CEO of Unblocked, a developer platform that gives teams helpful answers to questions about their codebase. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Buddybuild, a mobile-focused continuous integration service that Apple acquired in 2018 and launched... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

10:00am PST

OPEN Session: Scaling Secure, Codeless Mobile App Development and Continuous Monitoring in CI/CD for DevOps Teams
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Karen Hsu, Appdome, SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions

In the fast-paced world of DevOps, delivering secure, functional mobile apps quickly and efficiently is critical. This session is tailored for DevOps engineers and leaders looking to streamline mobile app development by incorporating code-less, secure app building, automated testing, and continuous monitoring into their CI/CD pipelines. Attendees will learn how to:
Integrate Secure Mobile App Builds Without Code or SDKs:

1. Automatically build critical security features such as encryption, fraud/malware/social engineering prevention, and threat detection directly into the mobile app, without writing any additional code or relying on third-party SDKs.
Automate Testing in CI/CD: Seamlessly integrate no-code security testing and scriptless functional testing into your CI/CD workflows. This ensures that each code push automatically triggers comprehensive testing, identifying any issues with secured apps before deployment—without requiring manual intervention.

2. Implement Continuous Threat Detection: Incorporate real-time threat detection for all your mobile apps. Then automate builds with protections against live attacks in your CI/CD pipeline. By closing the loop between security monitoring and app development, teams can ensure their apps are secure post-deployment and protected against evolving threats.

3. Optimize CI/CD Workflows for Faster Delivery: Implement a fully automated, end-to-end process that ensures every app build is secure, functional, and continuously monitored for potential threats. DevOps teams will learn how to accelerate their app delivery timelines without sacrificing security or performance, leveraging CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, and CircleCI, Bitrise and Azure DevOps.

This session will include a live demonstration showing how DevOps teams can integrate these capabilities into their existing CI/CD workflows, enabling faster, secure, and scalable mobile app delivery.
Speakers
avatar for Karen Hsu

Karen Hsu

SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions, Appdome
Karen Hsu is SVP Mobile DevOps and Security Solutions at Appdome, focused on automating building and testing of secure apps in the DevOps pipeline. She co-founded BlockchainIntel to identify fraud in ACH, credit card and blockchain transactions, becoming part of Appdome to extend... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
DeveloperWeek Main Stage

10:00am PST

OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Summit Introduction: Why and How to Use OpenAPI
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Erik Wilde, OpenAPI, Ambassador
Speakers
avatar for Erik Wilde

Erik Wilde

Ambassador, OpenAPI
Erik Wilde is an experienced and internationally known professional in the space of digital transformation and API strategy and management. Erik has degrees in computer science from TU Berlin and ETH Zurich. He is the author of many articles and papers, various books, multiple standards... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

10:00am PST

OPEN Session: The Code Whisperers: How AI is Learning to Write Better Code (and What it Means for Engineering Leaders)
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST
Lucas Mendes, Revelo, Founder and CEO
Panelist - Coming Soon!


AI is learning to write code, and it's happening faster than many realize. This panel discussion at DeveloperWeek 2025 explores the cutting edge of AI code generation, focusing on how these systems are being trained with human data to produce increasingly sophisticated and reliable code. More importantly, we'll examine what this means for engineering organizations – and the leaders who guide them.
Join our expert panel as they discuss:
  • The Human-AI Feedback Loop: Delve into the fascinating ways human expertise is being used to train LLMs for code generation. We'll explore techniques like reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), the importance of diverse and high-quality datasets, and the ethical considerations of using human data in AI development.
  • The Evolving Role of the Software Engineer: Discuss how AI code generation tools are reshaping the roles and responsibilities within engineering teams. We'll examine the potential for increased productivity, the need for new skillsets (like prompt engineering and AI collaboration), and the changing dynamics between developers and AI assistants.
  • Leading the AI Transformation: Gain practical insights and strategies for engineering leaders navigating this new era. We'll discuss how to adapt hiring practices, upskill existing teams, foster a culture of continuous learning, and measure the ROI of AI code generation within your organization.
  • The Future of Software Leadership: Explore the long-term implications of AI for engineering leadership. We'll discuss the potential for increased innovation, the challenges of managing AI-augmented teams, and the ethical responsibilities of leading in an AI-driven world.

This session is essential for engineering managers, directors, and CTOs who want to understand how AI is changing the game and prepare their teams for the future of software development.
 
Speakers
avatar for Lucas Mendes

Lucas Mendes

Founder and CEO, Revelo
Lucas Mendes is the founder and CEO of Revelo, the leading platform that helps US companies find, hire and pay full-time remote software engineers in Latin America. Revelo boasts a network of 400,000 pre-vetted engineers, and has placed developers from 15 LatAm countries in hundreds... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST
Dev Innovation World Stage
  Dev Exec World

10:30am PST

OPEN Session: Radical Transparency for Software Teams
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
Gregory Lind, Buildly, CEO and Founder

Redefine team communication with radical transparency. Fostering a culture of openness, honesty, and positivity in your team, can create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and grow both personally and professionally. This talk will give an overview to bringing radical transparency into your DevOps, software and product development processes. 
Speakers
avatar for Gregory Lind

Gregory Lind

CEO and Founder, Buildly
Author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams", CEO of Buildly, and 20+ year career in Software, Open Source and Startups. Founder and CTO of four successful startups in 3 different countries. Worked with NGOs and Government agencies building open source grant management systems... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World

10:30am PST

OpenAPI Summit: Describing API Workflows with Arazzo
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
Frank Kilcommins, SmartBear, Principal API Technical Evangelist

Take a hands-on approach to mastering Arazzo, the API workflow specification from the OpenAPI Initiative, designed to streamline how to describe, validate, and share multi-step API interactions. This session cuts through the noise, giving you the tools and techniques needed to create high-quality workflow documents for real-world applications. We start with a breakdown of the Arazzo Specification structure and how it simplifies API workflows into reusable, programmatically readable formats. See Arazzo Specification GPT in action, accelerating the creation of Arazzo Documents and workflows with AI-driven precision. Dive into VSCode for hands-on editing, and how to validate and lint Arazzo Documents using Spectral. Learn how to create custom Spectral rules to enforce your team’s style guide, ensuring your documents are consistent and maintainable. You get tools, tips, and confidence to start your Arazzo journey, enabling you to weave together the use cases that enhance both human understanding and machine usability of your APIs.
Speakers
avatar for Frank Kilcommins

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist, SmartBear
Frank has over 15 years’ experience in the technology industry, with his roles spanning from software engineering to enterprise architecture. His mission is to inspire, engage with and support the API community and SmartBear customers across the end-to-end API Development Lifecycle... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

10:30am PST

Dev Roundtable: Adrian Machado, Staff Engineer, Zuplo
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PST
Dev Roundtables / Product Roundtables / AI Roundtables give attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups with DeveloperWeek + ProductWorld + AI DevWorld speakers and industry leaders to discuss real-world topics relevant to you. These open roundtables are working sessions for in-depth industry conversations.
Speakers
avatar for Adrian Machado

Adrian Machado

Staff Engineer, Zuplo
I am a Staff Software engineer working at Zuplo. I specialize in our open source technology and adopting emerging technologies (ex. AI) at the company. This includes our work on RateMyOpenAPI, Zudoku, Mockbin, and various other tools. I've written several blogs for Zuplo, and spoken... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PST
Roundtable Room

11:00am PST

OpenAPI Summit: Coming Soon!
Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Henry Andrews, OpenAPI, OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor
Speakers
avatar for Henry Andrews

Henry Andrews

OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor, OpenAPI
Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

11:30am PST

OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Overlays: Strategies for API Description Management
Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
Kevin Swiber, API strategy lead and technical evangelist

Are you puzzled by the number of ways OpenAPI descriptions might be used? How do you handle differences in visibility, custom extensions, or even multilingual documentation? OpenAPI Overlays offer a nuanced approach to modifying an API description without altering the original. This session will explore how you can use Overlays to address common challenges with OpenAPI Specification.
We'll cover:
- Core concepts of the OpenAPI Overlay Specification
- Practical use cases that require transforming API descriptions
- Techniques for managing API metadata and visibility
By understanding Overlays, you'll gain a flexible tool for adapting API specifications to different environments and requirements.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Swiber

Kevin Swiber

Developer Experience Advisor, Stripe
Kevin Swiber is a senior API strategy lead and technical evangelist with over 10 years of experience in API technology startups. They have a history of working in software engineering, infrastructure operations, and enterprise architecture. In addition to their work at API companies... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

12:30pm PST

Dev Roundtable: Karen Hsu, SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions, Appdome
Wednesday February 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm PST
Dev Roundtables / Product Roundtables / AI Roundtables give attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups with DeveloperWeek + ProductWorld + AI DevWorld speakers and industry leaders to discuss real-world topics relevant to you. These open roundtables are working sessions for in-depth industry conversations.
Speakers
avatar for Karen Hsu

Karen Hsu

SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions, Appdome
Karen Hsu is SVP Mobile DevOps and Security Solutions at Appdome, focused on automating building and testing of secure apps in the DevOps pipeline. She co-founded BlockchainIntel to identify fraud in ACH, credit card and blockchain transactions, becoming part of Appdome to extend... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm PST
Roundtable Room

1:00pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: Your Cheat Code for API Authorization
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
Omri Gazitt, Aserto, Co-founder & CEO

Congrats, your org is all-in on microservices! But now you have hundreds (or thousands!) of APIs. Some power your customer-facing apps. Others are platform services that your front-end services consume. Still others are back-end services used by internal tools.

And ALL of them need to be authorized.

Not to mention, you need to be able to answer questions like “which users are authorized to invoke this endpoint?” and “which endpoints can this user invoke?”

Having each API “do its own thing” makes it all but impossible to wrangle this complexity. You need a cross-cutting solution to apply authorization rules consistently - either in the API code or at the API Gateway.

Enter Aserto: an open source cloud-native authorization service that does this, and more.

This talk provides hands-on learning for how to go from an OpenAPI spec to a fine-grained authorization model, ready to authorize your users, in just a few minutes.
Speakers
avatar for Omri Gazitt

Omri Gazitt

Co-founder & CEO, Aserto.com
Omri is the co-founder/CEO of Aserto.com, an authorization startup, and his 3rd entrepreneurial venture. He spent the majority of his 30-year career working on developer & infrastructure tech, most recently as the CPO of Puppet. Previously he was the VP & GM of HP's Cloud Native Platform... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
Dev Exec World

1:30pm PST

OPEN Session: Where Is the Love? Why Automated Regression Testing Isn’t Getting the Attention It Needs
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
Jens Wessling, Veracode, Chief Technology Officer

As software development continues to evolve at a rapid pace and new innovations bring a world of possibilities, one item is often left behind: automated regression testing. The truth is without it, organizations can forget about software quality, security, winning customers' trust or being agile.

Regression testing is an integral, non-negotiable part of the production software development process right from the very moment the first line of production code is written. Its impact goes beyond code correctness, influencing development velocity, reducing long-term maintenance costs and ensuring a smoother integration process during acquisitions. However, companies often scramble to retrofit regression testing into their legacy code, but in reality, less than 10% of these after-the-fact efforts ever pan out. It might be tempting to overlook the absence of solid regression testing in smaller companies, but here's the catch: the long-term costs of maintaining code without automated testing don't just stay put – they grow. It's not just a “nice to have” it’s a strategic investment to safeguard their current operations and for companies to position themselves for future growth, innovation and success.

In this Thought Leadership Session, Jens Wessling, CTO of Veracode, outlines the importance of automated regression testing, highlighting why both developers and the C-Suite should make it a priority from the outset and how to make it a core aspect of your team's ethos.
Speakers
avatar for Jens Wessling

Jens Wessling

Chief Technology Officer, Veracode
Jens Wessling is the Chief Technology Officer at Veracode. He leads the architecture vision for Veracode’s core capabilities around its proprietary data model and AI-powered remediation engine. With more than 25 years’ experience in software engineering and architecture, Jens... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World

2:00pm PST

OPEN Session: From DevEx Disaster to Delight: How to Champion a DevEx Revolution in Your Organization
Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Jeremy Meiss, DevEx Institute, Developer Experience & Community Leader

Is your team struggling with bugs, inefficient tools, and demoralizing processes? Do you often hear them expressing their frustration with the deployment process and the codebase? Don't worry, this talk is your ticket to transforming your organization's Developer Experience (DevEx) from a disaster zone to a developer utopia.

We'll delve into the what, why, and how of DevEx, exploring practical strategies that will empower you to make your developers' lives easier and more productive. We'll cover everything from tooling and automation to fostering a culture of collaboration and feedback. By the end of this talk, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and practical tips to become a DevEx champion in your organization.
Speakers
avatar for Jeremy Meiss

Jeremy Meiss

Developer Experience & Community Leader, DevEx Institute
Jeremy is a seasoned Developer Experience and Community leader, formerly the Director of DevRel & Community at CircleCI, and previously at Solace, Auth0, and XDA. With almost 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area including support, system and database administration... Read More →
Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Frontend World
  Dev Exec World

3:00pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: API Resiliency Testing
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Hari Krishnan, Specmatic, Polyglot Full Stack Developer

Are your APIs leaving you worried about data loss, data corruption, security vulnerabilities, or poor user experiences? If so, this talk is exactly what you need to address these issues. Discover how you can leverage your API specifications—like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and GraphQL SDLs—to test and enhance the resiliency of your APIs with a completely #NOCODE approach.

In this talk, you’ll gain insights into the importance of API resilience and how to build APIs that can gracefully handle flaky dependencies in real-world scenarios. We’ll explore the role of contract testing in ensuring resilience and demonstrate how to transform API specifications into executable contracts that can be continuously validated. You’ll see how to set up resilience tests, including those for latency, errors, and unexpected disconnections. The session features live demos on configuring tools to simulate these conditions, interpret the results, and iteratively enhance your API designs.
Speakers
avatar for Hari Krishnan

Hari Krishnan

Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Specmatic
Co-creator of Specmatic and Perfiz. I also advise organisations both large and small on their transformation journey. Apart from bringing ideas to life as working software products, I coach developers, project managers, product owners and engineering leaders.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World
 
Thursday, February 13
 

9:30am PST

OPEN Session: Engineering Leadership - Stepping Up and Breaking Through
Thursday February 13, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
Sumit Amar, WEX, Vice President of Engineering

This session is for aspiring engineering managers, and for seasoned engineering leaders looking to grow leadership muscle in their teams. This session will cover some practical advice on how to break into an engineering manager role, and outline expected behavioral and technical aspects to be successful. Session will cover aspects of stepping up, taking ownership, writing OKRs, and growing others regardless of reporting structure. 
Speakers
avatar for Sumit Amar

Sumit Amar

Vice President of Engineering, WEX
Sumit leads global engineering teams for Mobility/Fleet systems at WEX as a VP of Engineering. Before joining WEX, Sumit worked at Amazon as a Sr Manager of Software Development leading B2B Cobrand Payments and AWS API Gateway Dataplane orgs.Sumit has a proven track record of delivering... Read More →
Thursday February 13, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
DeveloperWeek Main Stage

10:00am PST

Dev Roundtable: Hari Krishnan, Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Specmatic
Thursday February 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Dev Roundtables / Product Roundtables / AI Roundtables give attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups with DeveloperWeek + ProductWorld + AI DevWorld speakers and industry leaders to discuss real-world topics relevant to you. These open roundtables are working sessions for in-depth industry conversations.
Speakers
avatar for Hari Krishnan

Hari Krishnan

Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Specmatic
Co-creator of Specmatic and Perfiz. I also advise organisations both large and small on their transformation journey. Apart from bringing ideas to life as working software products, I coach developers, project managers, product owners and engineering leaders.
Thursday February 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Roundtable Room

11:00am PST

OPEN Session: Unlocking AI-Powered DevOps Within Your Organization
Thursday February 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Jon Peck, GitHub, Technical Advocate & Software Developer

Software development is a team sport, with many different roles, where eveyone can win. But success isn't guaranteed; it depends on specific practices, policies, and tools which enable minimally-siloed, AI-accelerated collaboration across all parts of the DevOps process, from PM to development to CI/CD and security.

Discover the patterns and tools which lead to success, methods for changing the status quo, and perhaps a few horror stories. We'll touch on innersourcing, cloud development, AI, automation, governance, security, scaling and more -- with actionable learnings for everyone from small maintainer communities to F500 Enterprises.
Speakers
avatar for Jon Peck

Jon Peck

Software Developer, GitHub
An Enterprise Advocate (and occasional manager) at GitHub, Jon Peck meets daily with maintainers, startups, and F500 executives to familiarize them with industry best practices, policy suggestions, and product capabilities across DevOps and AI. With 25+ years of experience as a fullstack... Read More →
Thursday February 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

1:30pm PST

OPEN Session: Beyond the Expected: Unconventional Paths to Engineering Leadership
Thursday February 13, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
Maher Hanafi, Betterworks, VP of Engineering

Contrary to the conventional narrative, the path to engineering leadership is far from linear. Successful leaders often emerge from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. In this session, I'll share my personal journey, which began with building leadership skills through online gaming and unexpectedly stumbled into entrepreneurship.

Discover how these unconventional experiences equipped me with the skills and perspectives needed to excel in leadership roles. We'll explore how diverse experiences, from hobbies and passions to unexpected challenges, can provide valuable insights and transferable skills that are essential for effective leadership.

Learn how to recognize and leverage your unique strengths, regardless of your traditional career path. We'll discuss how overcoming challenges, whether personal or professional, can build resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving skills. By understanding the unconventional paths of successful engineering leaders, you'll be inspired to embrace your own unique journey and discover your potential for leadership.
Speakers
avatar for Maher Hanafi

Maher Hanafi

VP of Engineering, Betterworks
A passionate and results-oriented engineering leader, possesses a proven track record of transforming and empowering high-performing teams across diverse industries, from video games and mobile to cloud computing and AI. As Vice President of Engineering at Betterworks, he leverages... Read More →
Thursday February 13, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World

2:00pm PST

Dev Roundtable: Alok Ranjan, Software Engineering Manager, Dropbox
Thursday February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Dev Roundtables / Product Roundtables / AI Roundtables give attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups with DeveloperWeek + ProductWorld + AI DevWorld speakers and industry leaders to discuss real-world topics relevant to you. These open roundtables are working sessions for in-depth industry conversations.
Speakers
avatar for Alok Ranjan

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 February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Roundtable Room
 
Wednesday, February 19
 

10:00am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Using AI to Solve Real Problems for Development Teams
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Dennis Pilarinos, Unblocked, Founder & CEO

For all the claims about AI increasing developer productivity, why aren't developers seeing more of an impact?

What we’ve heard from thousands of developers is that writing code is not their main challenge. They’re stuck at Step #1 – trying to find the right context about how the codebase works and why.

Codebases are a compilation of thousands of decisions, discussions, and documents that live across tools like Confluence, Slack, Notion, Jira, Linear, GitHub, and more - accumulated over years if not decades. Whether a developer is onboarding to your team or trying to understand how a piece of legacy code works, they waste hours every day digging for the answers through all these systems.

Unblocked augments your code with context from the tools in your stack, giving your development team a platform for asking questions, and for discovering historical context about their code.

The impact here is profound: with Unblocked, developers can answer their own questions without interrupting their peers or having to wait for meetings. What’s more, they can find the entirety of the information they need wherever they're working.

If we want to see actual productivity benefits from AI, we need to use it where we spend the most time. The more we can empower developers with the context they need, the faster we can achieve our goals and the happier we can make our teams.
Speakers
avatar for Dennis Pilarinos

Dennis Pilarinos

Founder & CEO, Unblocked
Dennis Pilarinos is the founder and CEO of Unblocked, a developer platform that gives teams helpful answers to questions about their codebase. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Buddybuild, a mobile-focused continuous integration service that Apple acquired in 2018 and launched... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
VIRTUAL AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

10:00am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Scaling Secure, Codeless Mobile App Development and Continuous Monitoring in CI/CD for DevOps Teams
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Karen Hsu, Appdome, SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions

In the fast-paced world of DevOps, delivering secure, functional mobile apps quickly and efficiently is critical. This session is tailored for DevOps engineers and leaders looking to streamline mobile app development by incorporating code-less, secure app building, automated testing, and continuous monitoring into their CI/CD pipelines. Attendees will learn how to:
Integrate Secure Mobile App Builds Without Code or SDKs:

1. Automatically build critical security features such as encryption, fraud/malware/social engineering prevention, and threat detection directly into the mobile app, without writing any additional code or relying on third-party SDKs.
Automate Testing in CI/CD: Seamlessly integrate no-code security testing and scriptless functional testing into your CI/CD workflows. This ensures that each code push automatically triggers comprehensive testing, identifying any issues with secured apps before deployment—without requiring manual intervention.

2. Implement Continuous Threat Detection: Incorporate real-time threat detection for all your mobile apps. Then automate builds with protections against live attacks in your CI/CD pipeline. By closing the loop between security monitoring and app development, teams can ensure their apps are secure post-deployment and protected against evolving threats.

3. Optimize CI/CD Workflows for Faster Delivery: Implement a fully automated, end-to-end process that ensures every app build is secure, functional, and continuously monitored for potential threats. DevOps teams will learn how to accelerate their app delivery timelines without sacrificing security or performance, leveraging CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, and CircleCI, Bitrise and Azure DevOps.

This session will include a live demonstration showing how DevOps teams can integrate these capabilities into their existing CI/CD workflows, enabling faster, secure, and scalable mobile app delivery.
Speakers
avatar for Karen Hsu

Karen Hsu

SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions, Appdome
Karen Hsu is SVP Mobile DevOps and Security Solutions at Appdome, focused on automating building and testing of secure apps in the DevOps pipeline. She co-founded BlockchainIntel to identify fraud in ACH, credit card and blockchain transactions, becoming part of Appdome to extend... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Main Stage

10:00am PST

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Summit Introduction: Why and How to Use OpenAPI
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Erik Wilde, OpenAPI, Ambassador
Speakers
avatar for Erik Wilde

Erik Wilde

Ambassador, OpenAPI
Erik Wilde is an experienced and internationally known professional in the space of digital transformation and API strategy and management. Erik has degrees in computer science from TU Berlin and ETH Zurich. He is the author of many articles and papers, various books, multiple standards... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

10:00am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: The Code Whisperers: How AI is Learning to Write Better Code (and What it Means for Engineering Leaders)
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST
Lucas Mendes, Revelo, Founder and CEO
Panelist - Coming Soon!


AI is learning to write code, and it's happening faster than many realize. This panel discussion at DeveloperWeek 2025 explores the cutting edge of AI code generation, focusing on how these systems are being trained with human data to produce increasingly sophisticated and reliable code. More importantly, we'll examine what this means for engineering organizations – and the leaders who guide them.
Join our expert panel as they discuss:
  • The Human-AI Feedback Loop: Delve into the fascinating ways human expertise is being used to train LLMs for code generation. We'll explore techniques like reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), the importance of diverse and high-quality datasets, and the ethical considerations of using human data in AI development.
  • The Evolving Role of the Software Engineer: Discuss how AI code generation tools are reshaping the roles and responsibilities within engineering teams. We'll examine the potential for increased productivity, the need for new skillsets (like prompt engineering and AI collaboration), and the changing dynamics between developers and AI assistants.
  • Leading the AI Transformation: Gain practical insights and strategies for engineering leaders navigating this new era. We'll discuss how to adapt hiring practices, upskill existing teams, foster a culture of continuous learning, and measure the ROI of AI code generation within your organization.
  • The Future of Software Leadership: Explore the long-term implications of AI for engineering leadership. We'll discuss the potential for increased innovation, the challenges of managing AI-augmented teams, and the ethical responsibilities of leading in an AI-driven world.

This session is essential for engineering managers, directors, and CTOs who want to understand how AI is changing the game and prepare their teams for the future of software development.
 
Speakers
avatar for Lucas Mendes

Lucas Mendes

Founder and CEO, Revelo
Lucas Mendes is the founder and CEO of Revelo, the leading platform that helps US companies find, hire and pay full-time remote software engineers in Latin America. Revelo boasts a network of 400,000 pre-vetted engineers, and has placed developers from 15 LatAm countries in hundreds... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World
  Dev Exec World

10:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Radical Transparency for Software Teams
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
Gregory Lind, Buildly, CEO and Founder

Redefine team communication with radical transparency. Fostering a culture of openness, honesty, and positivity in your team, can create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and grow both personally and professionally. This talk will give an overview to bringing radical transparency into your DevOps, software and product development processes. 
Speakers
avatar for Gregory Lind

Gregory Lind

CEO and Founder, Buildly
Author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams", CEO of Buildly, and 20+ year career in Software, Open Source and Startups. Founder and CTO of four successful startups in 3 different countries. Worked with NGOs and Government agencies building open source grant management systems... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
VIRTUAL OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World

11:00am PST

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Coming Soon!
Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Henry Andrews, OpenAPI, OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor
Speakers
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Henry Andrews

OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor, OpenAPI
Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

11:30am PST

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Overlays: Strategies for API Description Management
Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
Kevin Swiber, API strategy lead and technical evangelist

Are you puzzled by the number of ways OpenAPI descriptions might be used? How do you handle differences in visibility, custom extensions, or even multilingual documentation? OpenAPI Overlays offer a nuanced approach to modifying an API description without altering the original. This session will explore how you can use Overlays to address common challenges with OpenAPI Specification.
We'll cover:
- Core concepts of the OpenAPI Overlay Specification
- Practical use cases that require transforming API descriptions
- Techniques for managing API metadata and visibility
By understanding Overlays, you'll gain a flexible tool for adapting API specifications to different environments and requirements.
Speakers
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Kevin Swiber

Developer Experience Advisor, Stripe
Kevin Swiber is a senior API strategy lead and technical evangelist with over 10 years of experience in API technology startups. They have a history of working in software engineering, infrastructure operations, and enterprise architecture. In addition to their work at API companies... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World

1:00pm PST

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Your Cheat Code for API Authorization
Wednesday February 19, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
Omri Gazitt, Aserto, Co-founder & CEO

Congrats, your org is all-in on microservices! But now you have hundreds (or thousands!) of APIs. Some power your customer-facing apps. Others are platform services that your front-end services consume. Still others are back-end services used by internal tools.

And ALL of them need to be authorized.

Not to mention, you need to be able to answer questions like “which users are authorized to invoke this endpoint?” and “which endpoints can this user invoke?”

Having each API “do its own thing” makes it all but impossible to wrangle this complexity. You need a cross-cutting solution to apply authorization rules consistently - either in the API code or at the API Gateway.

Enter Aserto: an open source cloud-native authorization service that does this, and more.

This talk provides hands-on learning for how to go from an OpenAPI spec to a fine-grained authorization model, ready to authorize your users, in just a few minutes.
Speakers
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Omri Gazitt

Co-founder & CEO, Aserto.com
Omri is the co-founder/CEO of Aserto.com, an authorization startup, and his 3rd entrepreneurial venture. He spent the majority of his 30-year career working on developer & infrastructure tech, most recently as the CPO of Puppet. Previously he was the VP & GM of HP's Cloud Native Platform... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Exec World

1:30pm PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Where Is the Love? Why Automated Regression Testing Isn’t Getting the Attention It Needs
Wednesday February 19, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
Jens Wessling, Veracode, Chief Technology Officer

As software development continues to evolve at a rapid pace and new innovations bring a world of possibilities, one item is often left behind: automated regression testing. The truth is without it, organizations can forget about software quality, security, winning customers' trust or being agile.

Regression testing is an integral, non-negotiable part of the production software development process right from the very moment the first line of production code is written. Its impact goes beyond code correctness, influencing development velocity, reducing long-term maintenance costs and ensuring a smoother integration process during acquisitions. However, companies often scramble to retrofit regression testing into their legacy code, but in reality, less than 10% of these after-the-fact efforts ever pan out. It might be tempting to overlook the absence of solid regression testing in smaller companies, but here's the catch: the long-term costs of maintaining code without automated testing don't just stay put – they grow. It's not just a “nice to have” it’s a strategic investment to safeguard their current operations and for companies to position themselves for future growth, innovation and success.

In this Thought Leadership Session, Jens Wessling, CTO of Veracode, outlines the importance of automated regression testing, highlighting why both developers and the C-Suite should make it a priority from the outset and how to make it a core aspect of your team's ethos.
Speakers
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Jens Wessling

Chief Technology Officer, Veracode
Jens Wessling is the Chief Technology Officer at Veracode. He leads the architecture vision for Veracode’s core capabilities around its proprietary data model and AI-powered remediation engine. With more than 25 years’ experience in software engineering and architecture, Jens... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
VIRTUAL OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World

2:00pm PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: From DevEx Disaster to Delight: How to Champion a DevEx Revolution in Your Organization
Wednesday February 19, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Jeremy Meiss, DevEx Institute, Developer Experience & Community Leader

Is your team struggling with bugs, inefficient tools, and demoralizing processes? Do you often hear them expressing their frustration with the deployment process and the codebase? Don't worry, this talk is your ticket to transforming your organization's Developer Experience (DevEx) from a disaster zone to a developer utopia.

We'll delve into the what, why, and how of DevEx, exploring practical strategies that will empower you to make your developers' lives easier and more productive. We'll cover everything from tooling and automation to fostering a culture of collaboration and feedback. By the end of this talk, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and practical tips to become a DevEx champion in your organization.
Speakers
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Jeremy Meiss

Developer Experience & Community Leader, DevEx Institute
Jeremy is a seasoned Developer Experience and Community leader, formerly the Director of DevRel & Community at CircleCI, and previously at Solace, Auth0, and XDA. With almost 30 years in Tech, covering just about every functional area including support, system and database administration... Read More →
Wednesday February 19, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Frontend World
  Dev Exec World

3:00pm PST

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: API Resiliency Testing
Wednesday February 19, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Hari Krishnan, Specmatic, Polyglot Full Stack Developer

Are your APIs leaving you worried about data loss, data corruption, security vulnerabilities, or poor user experiences? If so, this talk is exactly what you need to address these issues. Discover how you can leverage your API specifications—like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and GraphQL SDLs—to test and enhance the resiliency of your APIs with a completely #NOCODE approach.

In this talk, you’ll gain insights into the importance of API resilience and how to build APIs that can gracefully handle flaky dependencies in real-world scenarios. We’ll explore the role of contract testing in ensuring resilience and demonstrate how to transform API specifications into executable contracts that can be continuously validated. You’ll see how to set up resilience tests, including those for latency, errors, and unexpected disconnections. The session features live demos on configuring tools to simulate these conditions, interpret the results, and iteratively enhance your API designs.
Speakers
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Hari Krishnan

Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Specmatic
Co-creator of Specmatic and Perfiz. I also advise organisations both large and small on their transformation journey. Apart from bringing ideas to life as working software products, I coach developers, project managers, product owners and engineering leaders.
Wednesday February 19, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Exec World
  Dev Exec World
 
Thursday, February 20
 

9:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Engineering Leadership - Stepping Up and Breaking Through
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
Sumit Amar, WEX, Vice President of Engineering

This session is for aspiring engineering managers, and for seasoned engineering leaders looking to grow leadership muscle in their teams. This session will cover some practical advice on how to break into an engineering manager role, and outline expected behavioral and technical aspects to be successful. Session will cover aspects of stepping up, taking ownership, writing OKRs, and growing others regardless of reporting structure. 
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Sumit Amar

Vice President of Engineering, WEX
Sumit leads global engineering teams for Mobility/Fleet systems at WEX as a VP of Engineering. Before joining WEX, Sumit worked at Amazon as a Sr Manager of Software Development leading B2B Cobrand Payments and AWS API Gateway Dataplane orgs.Sumit has a proven track record of delivering... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Main Stage

11:00am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Unlocking AI-Powered DevOps Within Your Organization
Thursday February 20, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Jon Peck, GitHub, Technical Advocate & Software Developer

Software development is a team sport, with many different roles, where eveyone can win. But success isn't guaranteed; it depends on specific practices, policies, and tools which enable minimally-siloed, AI-accelerated collaboration across all parts of the DevOps process, from PM to development to CI/CD and security.

Discover the patterns and tools which lead to success, methods for changing the status quo, and perhaps a few horror stories. We'll touch on innersourcing, cloud development, AI, automation, governance, security, scaling and more -- with actionable learnings for everyone from small maintainer communities to F500 Enterprises.
Speakers
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Jon Peck

Software Developer, GitHub
An Enterprise Advocate (and occasional manager) at GitHub, Jon Peck meets daily with maintainers, startups, and F500 executives to familiarize them with industry best practices, policy suggestions, and product capabilities across DevOps and AI. With 25+ years of experience as a fullstack... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
VIRTUAL AI DevWorld OPEN Stage

1:30pm PST

[Virtual] PRO Session: Beyond the Expected: Unconventional Paths to Engineering Leadership
Thursday February 20, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
Maher Hanafi, Betterworks, VP of Engineering

Contrary to the conventional narrative, the path to engineering leadership is far from linear. Successful leaders often emerge from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. In this session, I'll share my personal journey, which began with building leadership skills through online gaming and unexpectedly stumbled into entrepreneurship.

Discover how these unconventional experiences equipped me with the skills and perspectives needed to excel in leadership roles. We'll explore how diverse experiences, from hobbies and passions to unexpected challenges, can provide valuable insights and transferable skills that are essential for effective leadership.

Learn how to recognize and leverage your unique strengths, regardless of your traditional career path. We'll discuss how overcoming challenges, whether personal or professional, can build resilience, adaptability, and problem-solving skills. By understanding the unconventional paths of successful engineering leaders, you'll be inspired to embrace your own unique journey and discover your potential for leadership.
Speakers
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Maher Hanafi

VP of Engineering, Betterworks
A passionate and results-oriented engineering leader, possesses a proven track record of transforming and empowering high-performing teams across diverse industries, from video games and mobile to cloud computing and AI. As Vice President of Engineering at Betterworks, he leverages... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
VIRTUAL OpsWorld
  Dev Exec World
 

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