New York

October 15–17, 2025

Berlin

November 3–4, 2025

Your guide to proactive tech debt management

Gathering momentum to address tech debt is tough, but waiting until it’s at crisis point often stalls innovation.

Lisa Shissler Smith, Martin Reynolds and Reggie Davis

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17:00

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Whether it’s tackling legacy code, accumulated bugs, or outdated libraries and dependencies, cleaning up tech debt is a reality that every engineering manager will face at some point. But gathering momentum is tough: demands to deliver new products and features faster, developers’ preoccupation with the “shiny and new”, and the challenge of unravelling years of complexity can often mean tech debt is addressed only when it becomes a critical business concern.

With 70% of organizations reporting that tech debt impacts their ability to innovate, and AI-generated code compounding the issue further, those that can implement a systematic approach to managing tech debt stand to improve business agility and gain an advantage over competitors.

Join us for this webinar, as our expert panel shares how they stay ahead of tech debt in their organizations; the strategies they used to identify, measure and curtail it, and how to build a culture that recognizes the importance of balancing speed with stability.

Key takeaways:

  • How to adopt a proactive approach to tackling tech debt
  • Defining and conquering your highest value fixes
  • Understanding AI’s relationship to tech debt: where it hurts and where it can help

Featuring:

Martin Reynolds LeadDev

Martin Reynolds

Field CTO
Harness
Reggie Davis

Reggie Davis

Site Reliability Engineer
Elasticsearch

Lisa Shissler Smith

Engineering Manager, Technology Lifecycle Innovation
Netflix