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How to prioritize when modernizing legacy systems

The path to app modernization isn’t about fixing everything at once – it’s about fixing what matters most.

Saikrishna (Sai) Chavali, Tramaine Darby, Plum Ertz, Nicolas Carlo and Sally Lait

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With promises of increased innovation, tighter security, and higher developer productivity driving the mandate to modernize legacy systems across every organization, engineering teams feel mounting pressure from above: fix everything, or risk losing competitive advantage.

But when expectations outpace reality, how can engineering managers cut a viable path through the complexity that aligns with their organization’s unique goals, while working with limited time, budget, and team capacity?

In this panel discussion, hear from engineering leaders who have led modernization efforts at scale in their orgs; how they identified the highest-value fixes, rallied their reams around meaningful improvements, and the tools that helped simplify and support their approach.

Register now to learn:

  • How to identify where to invest and modernize first — without boiling the ocean
  • Best practices for aligning upgrades with business impact
  • How to build, educate, and support a team through modernization initiatives

panelists:

Saikrishna Chavali

Saikrishna (Sai) Chavali

Developer Product Marketing Manager
Cloudflare

Plum Ertz

Senior Director, Engineering
Ro

Nicolas Carlo

Senior Software Developer
Centered

Tramaine Darby

Senior Engineering Manager
Red Hat

Moderator:

Sally Lait

Engineering Director – Trust & Safety