{"id":435,"date":"2024-03-26T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-new-york-2024\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T08:15:04","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-column-count: 4; --agenda-mobile-row-count: 3; --agenda-time-rows: 121;\" class=\"ld-agenda show-times show-day-tabs wp-block-pbc-agenda has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-tabs\" data-current-tab=\"1\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"ld-agenda__single-tab wp-block-pbc-single-day-tab\">\n<a href='#Agenda_1_Day_1'>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4c4e8a51f818376b4b91badbce6def0d\" id=\"h-day-1-november-3-2025\" 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var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-150ae23e0f05440aac25d8f095d74eb8\" id=\"h-talk-schedule\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">TALK SCHEDULE<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 4 \/ 16; --inner-content-row: 6; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">08:00&ndash;09:00<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-arrival-amp-coffee\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Arrival &amp; Coffee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 16 \/ 22;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2373\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A welcome from the host, Pat Kua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"Q0W80JSvGCss\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Q0W80JSvGCss\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2025<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2024 from the host, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/pat-kua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pat Kua<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pat Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the <strong>CTO<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chief Scientist<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/n26.com\/\">N26<\/a>\u00a0(Berlin, Germany) and as a\u00a0<strong>Technical Principal Consultant<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtworks.com\/\">ThoughtWorks<\/a>. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/retrobook\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/twtl\">Talking with Tech Leads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/evolarch\">Building Evolutionary Architectures<\/a>\u00a0and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \u201cLevel Up\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com\/\">http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com<\/a>) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techlead.academy\/\">Tech Lead Academy<\/a>, offering online training for technical leaders. You can find him online on Twitter as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patkua\">@patkua<\/a>\u00a0or running his very popular \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patkua.com\/shortcut-to-tech-leadership\/\">Shortcut to Tech Leadership<\/a>\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Pat&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 22 \/ 28;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2103\" data-tax-session-topic=\"culture,leadership\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">What does innovation really mean? And how did Games Engineering navigate through it as a \u201cstartup\u201d within Netflix<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how embracing paradoxes, discovery-driven learning, and integrative decisions enabled collaboration and unlocked innovation at Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2020\/12\/1533300218449.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBruce Wang\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Netflix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"fSK39gwEFx5n\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"fSK39gwEFx5n\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>What does innovation really mean? And how did Games Engineering navigate through it as a \u201cstartup\u201d within Netflix<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What does \u201cinnovation\u201d really mean, and what are the conditions that enable it? The book \u201cCollective Genius\u201d highlights that Leaders of innovation need to make sure they collaborate, engage in discovery-driven learning, and make integrative decisions. Additionally, embracing \u201cparadoxes\u201d in every situation will help you approach problems with a \u201cboth\/and\u201d mentality. Learn from our struggle in Games Engineering to create this environment and how we embraced these tensions to unlock innovation for Netflix Games.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/1533300218449-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBruce Wang\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Netflix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bruce has been in the software industry for 25+ years, and currently Engineering Director at Netflix, leading Games Platform.\u00a0 This team owns the central technology that enable game developers to build great games and members to enjoy them, spanning end to end integration, SDK, Game Services, Game Developer Lifecycle and Reliability teams.\u00a0 Prior to that, he led Product Platform Systems spanning APIs, Telemetry Info and Technology lifecycle.\u00a0 Before Netflix, he was Sr Director of Eng at Shippo, VPE at Packet (now Equinix Metal) and CTO, Co-founder or Eng Leader at various startups and enterprises.\u00a0 He is also a serious foodie and resides in San Francisco with his spouse and two daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Bruce&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 28 \/ 30;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2122\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Hold on, let me prompt that<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how to lead with clarity and conviction in the GenAI era, balancing powerful tools with authentic, independent thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"5qECB8OSxXXv\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"5qECB8OSxXXv\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Hold on, let me prompt that<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">In the GenAI era, we\u2019re outsourcing more than tasks \u2013 we\u2019re outsourcing trust. This talk explores how to lead creatively and confidently when everything starts with a prompt.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This abstract has been created without relying on any GenAI tool. This was hard for me, I&#8217;m not a story teller, not a writer, I barely had conviction in what I had to say before GenAI came along. It&#8217;s been an incredible tool for me and countless others, It feels like my productivity shot through the roof, I had access to this wealth of knowledge, I felt like I had a voice &#8211; a seat on the table.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the last year, I&#8217;ve felt this voice get quieter.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In chasing speed, polish, accuracy, I&#8217;ve started to default to the tool &#8211; sometimes even before I&#8217;ve formed my own thought. &#8220;Hold on, let me prompt that&#8221;. For many of us, it&#8217;s become a way to delay decision-making, outsource confidence, and avoid the discomfort of trusting our own thinking. This talk is about exploring that tension: between the incredible power GenAI gives us, and the quiet erosion of the narrative conviction it can cause. For Engineering Leaders, this isn&#8217;t theoretical. We lead people. We make bets. We communicate vision. And when our sense of authority is blurred\u2014by too many prompts, too much polish, or too much second-guessing \u2013 we risk leading from pre-defined templates instead of truth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk invites us to take a pause, to sit with that moment where the answers aren&#8217;t clear yet, that thought isn&#8217;t fully refined yet. In a world where everyone has this tool, our advantage as engineering leaders is still the experience and perspectives we bring as individuals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Recognize early signs of Gen-AI induced confidence erosion<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Rebuild your narrative and inner-clarity to enable high-stakes decisions as an Engineering Leader<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Discern when to prompt, and when to lead from conviction<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Apply simple techniques to model original thought and independent judgment<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nikita Rathi is a dog-mum, a wife, a foodie amongst other things, and an engineering manager by day. She has spent her career in the tech industry between Illinois, New York, Dublin and Berlin solving problems, writing code, and managing engineering teams and now is a Senior Engineering Manager at Taxfix, a tax startup in Berlin that reduces the complexity of tax filing and helps save it&#8217;s users time and money. She has found herself ever-curious about human relationships and brings that curiosity to her work. Her thoughts and research have led her to think about different perceptions that folks might have based on past experiences and years of socialization and how that impacts the careers of those that are marginalized.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nikita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 30 \/ 36;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2104\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,software-quality,technical-direction,velocity\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:10<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">LLMs: An operator\u2019s view<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore a pragmatic approach to using LLMs to boost team productivity, enhance products, and evolve your leadership strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_603,h_603\/next\/2020\/08\/11001782_973342274984_8707954532431964424_n-James-Stanier.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Stanier\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nordhealth<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"S6GA6FTjKjgR\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"S6GA6FTjKjgR\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>LLMs: An operator\u2019s view<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">As leaders we have been tasked to go all-out with AI: both in terms of our products and also our productivity. This talk outlines what you should be thinking of doing for your team, your product, and, importantly, yourself with AI.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The hype surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs) has reached a fever pitch, making it challenging for technology leaders to discern actionable strategies from speculative promises. This talk cuts through the noise, offering a pragmatic operator&#8217;s perspective on how to genuinely leverage LLMs within your organisation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll cover specific, real-world applications for boosting your engineering team&#8217;s output, from automating mundane tasks to enhancing code quality and fostering rapid prototyping. You&#8217;ll learn how to identify high-impact product features powered by LLMs that deliver quick wins, along with practical considerations for data privacy, model selection, and deployment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Crucially, we&#8217;ll discuss how you, as a leader, can personally leverage AI for better decision-making, thinking and strategic planning, ensuring you leave with concrete steps to implement and see immediate value from AI across your team, product, and leadership approach.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Develop a clear, actionable AI strategy for your team: Learn how to assess the readiness of your engineering function for LLM adoption and identify practical tools and workflows to boost productivity and innovation without overwhelming your team.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify impactful LLM applications for your product: Understand methodologies for pinpointing genuine problems LLMs can solve within your product roadmap, moving beyond surface-level integrations to create meaningful user value.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Navigate the personal leadership shift with AI: Gain insights into how your role as a technology leader evolves with the rise of AI, including strategies for continuous learning, ethical considerations, and fostering a culture of responsible AI experimentation.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/08\/11001782_973342274984_8707954532431964424_n-James-Stanier-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Stanier\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nordhealth<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>James Stanier is CTO at Nordhealth. He is also the author of Become an Effective Software Manager, Effective Remote Work, and Become a Great Engineering Leader . He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and runs <a href=\"http:\/\/theengineeringmanager.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theengineeringmanager.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View James&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 36 \/ 45; --inner-content-row: 5; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">10:40&ndash;11:25<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-morning-break\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Morning Break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 45 \/ 51;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2530\" data-tax-session-topic=\"reporting,software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Painless compliance, and a thousand audits a day<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Turn compliance into code: automate audits, integrate with CI\/CD, and achieve painless, continuous, zero-drama compliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_934,h_934\/next\/2025\/10\/2108_German_0476-2-German-Fuentes-Capella-scaled-e1761125409620.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGerm\u00e1n Fuentes Capella\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder, CISO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">trigosec<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"C3YnTcERDEbm\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"C3YnTcERDEbm\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Painless compliance, and a thousand audits a day<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">What if audits weren\u2019t painful, but automatic? Discover how to turn compliance into code, eliminate fire drills, and run a thousand audits a day, without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We deploy code a thousand times a day, yet when it comes to compliance we still use spreadsheets like it is 1985. Endless paperwork. Manual reviews. Last-minute fire drills. We\u2019ve all been there.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It does not have to be this way.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk challenges that status quo. It introduces a practical, forward-thinking approach where compliance is automated, seamlessly integrated into CI\/CD pipelines, and capable of detecting risks in real time. Where engineers get instant feedback without switching context. Where compliance is just part of the dev flow, not a blocker at the end of it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, what does painless compliance actually look like?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First, we need to treat compliance the same way we treat customer requirements: as features. Not as 400-page PDFs filled with legalese, but as clear, structured requirements defined in our own language, tailored to our systems. When we do this, we unlock real conversations, reduce ambiguity, and make compliance understandable and actionable.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next comes the magic: automated validation. It\u2019s not enough to say we\u2019ve implemented a control, we need to prove it, continuously. If storage encryption is required, we don\u2019t just enable it. We generate dashboards that prove it&#8217;s working. We build reports that our compliance teams can take straight into the audit, with no disruption to engineering.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And we monitor it. If something goes out of compliance, be it unencrypted storage or misconfigured access, we get alerted immediately. No surprises, no scrambling before an audit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And here\u2019s the best part: if you&#8217;re in the cloud, you already have everything you need to do this today.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A thousand audits a day. One click. Zero drama. Not only is it possible, it\u2019s the future. Let\u2019s build it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Compliance can be automated<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Treat compliance as a product requirement<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Prove, don\u2019t just implement<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Empower engineers with instant feedback<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>You already have the tools&#8221;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/2108_German_0476-2-German-Fuentes-Capella-scaled-e1761125409620-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGerm\u00e1n Fuentes Capella\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder, CISO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">trigosec<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Germ\u00e1n Fuentes Capella is a CISO focused on automation, with 15 years of experience working in FinTech companies across Europe. Throughout his career, he has tackled the challenge of automating security and compliance workflows that traditionally required manual intervention and disrupted development cycles. He has built DevSecOps practices that treat security controls as code, integrating them directly into CI\/CD pipelines. Germ\u00e1n now leads trigosec, where he continues to explore how to make governance processes as automated and developer-friendly as any other engineering system. He is passionate about eliminating toil and making compliance invisible to product teams.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Germ\u00e1n&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 51 \/ 53;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2116\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:55<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">What if I don\u2019t want to climb?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Rethink career growth by exploring how non-linear paths, flexible frameworks, and exploration-first mindsets create stronger, more inclusive teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1181,h_1181\/next\/2025\/07\/Saman_Jafari.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaman Jafari\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO and Seasoned Leader<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"VwyJRATfXDvn\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"VwyJRATfXDvn\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>What if I don\u2019t want to climb?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Growth isn\u2019t always vertical, and forcing people up the ladder often pushes them out. This talk challenges the frameworks we use to define success and shows how to build teams that grow without leaving.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ve convinced ourselves that growth = promotion. That career success means moving \u201cup.\u201d That to retain people, we must level them \u2013 whether they want to or not.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But what if someone doesn\u2019t want to climb? What if their best work, their most fulfilled self, exists in a role without a title change?<br>In this lightning talk, I\u2019ll expose the growth frameworks we use (and often weaponize):<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The Career Ladder = deeply hierarchical \u2192 Promotions-as-growth, limited mobility \u2192 can&#8217;t be redeemed Burn it<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The Dual Track Framework = rigid \u2192 Hard to switch, unequal prestige \u2192 good if we Redesign it<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Competency Matrix = oversimplifies \u2192 Used as gatekeeping, checklisted \u2192 Reclaim it with care<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These systems were built for order, not for humans. And they often punish the curious, the multi-passionate, and the quiet high performers.<br>I\u2019ll share real stories of team members who thrived only after we ditched the \u201cclimb\u201d mindset, and started treating careers like something to explore, not just escalate.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You\u2019ll walk away with permission to rethink what growth really looks like, and how to build systems that support it without forcing everyone up.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Not all growth is vertical, and that\u2019s okay.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Promotion isn\u2019t always retention.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Competency frameworks often punish real potential.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>You can support growth without offering a new title.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Great teams make space for exploration, not just elevation.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Saman_Jafari-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaman Jafari\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO and Seasoned Leader<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saman Jafari is a seasoned leader and strategist with nearly two decades of experience guiding teams, systems, and businesses through meaningful transformation. He began his career in Iran, where he built and ran a digital agency blending software, media, and storytelling. Now based in Germany, he serves as a CTO, helping organizations modernize architecture, grow people, and rethink how they work.<\/p>\n<p>Across roles and borders, Saman has led more than just code changes. He\u2019s helped people lead better, reshaped team cultures, and guided businesses toward more thoughtful, human-centered ways of working. His leadership spans startups and mature companies alike, always focused on building systems that scale and teams that thrive.<\/p>\n<p>What drives him most is seeing people grow and watching businesses become more human, more resilient, and more aligned with their purpose.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Saman&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 53 \/ 58;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2374\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">From evals to experiments: How to ship successful AI initiatives by failing cheaply<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover practical ways to blend qualitative evals with quantitative experiments to reduce risk, improve learning speed, and deliver impactful AI projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/10\/Ryan-Lucht.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"1h0f3NVDzXSV\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"1h0f3NVDzXSV\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>From evals to experiments: How to ship successful AI initiatives by failing cheaply<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027377,\"width\":\"224px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Eppo by Datadog LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027377\" style=\"width:224px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2025\/02\/Eppo-by-Datadog-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">How to use both evals and experiments in your AI development lifecycle to avoid costly mistakes and ship more successful projects.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI initiatives are anything but a slam dunk: projects can be expensive, hard to measure, and face many failures along the way. The key to success lies in building the capability to learn quickly and fail cheaply. By going beyond upstream, qualitative evals and incorporating downstream, quantitative experiments, teams can shorten feedback loops and allow for rapid course correction. In this talk, Datadog Senior Technical Advocate Ryan Lucht will show teams how to leverage both approaches and join model performance with business metrics to ship more successful AI initiatives.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to handle the low success rate of AI initiatives by failing cheaply<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The different purposes of evals and experiments &#8211; and why you need both<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Using error analysis to define and measure evaluators<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Running experiments at scale with basic and advanced A\/B testing approaches for AI development<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Ryan-Lucht-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ryan Lucht is a Senior Technical Advocate at Eppo by Datadog.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ryan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 58 \/ 61;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2118\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Target architecture \u2013 Align. Execute. Deliver.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how defining a clear target architecture boosts alignment, speeds up execution, and scales teams through better decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_252,h_252\/next\/2025\/07\/Diane-Lee-Pretorius-e1752191292752.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane-Lee Pretorius\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"OOE7OhF5xUyq\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"OOE7OhF5xUyq\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Target architecture \u2013 Align. Execute. Deliver.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Developing a clear target architecture will take your technical leadership to the next level by improving collaboration, increasing efficiency, speeding up execution and allowing you to make data-driven decisions while building to scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Can you imagine if construction workers built a skyscraper using notes scribbled on random bits of paper? Imagine how they would coordinate the plumbing, electricity, floor plans&#8230;Yikes! Yet, this is sadly what most tech systems look like &#8211; patched up to &#8220;make things work&#8221;, always fixing &#8220;the previous person&#8217;s code&#8221; and constantly bumping into chunks of code which make absolutely no sense but you&#8217;re too scared to remove because you&#8217;re pretty sure it does something important somehow. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the founding engineer of the Cash Flow domain in Pleo, I was privileged enough to play a key role in architecting a whole subsection of the company&#8217;s backend ecosystem while building up a team that would take it to new heights. In this talk, we&#8217;ll walk through this case study which covers the wins and fails of our journey and ultimately highlights the importance of having a target architecture and how it has helped inform decision-making (technical and non-technical), increase efficiency, improve collaboration and speed up execution while building to scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>What is a target architecture diagram and how to create it for different stakeholders<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How target architecture informs decision-making (technical and non-technical), increases efficiency and speeds up execution<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to grow domains and teams based on target architecture<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Diane-Lee-Pretorius-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane-Lee Pretorius\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Diane Lee Pretorius is an engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of people, systems, and delivery. With over a decade of experience across startups and global organisations, she specialises in building empowered, high-performing teams that ship complex technical products in distributed environments. D-Lee is known for her human-first approach to leadership, pairing strong technical judgement with inclusive collaboration and asynchronous ways of working. Passionate about mentoring and growing future leaders, she shares practical lessons from real-world delivery to help engineering teams work better together.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Diane-Lee&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 61 \/ 79; --inner-content-row: 9; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">12:45&ndash;14:15<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-lunch\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 79 \/ 82;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2375\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">High-performance tech talent: Build, don&#8217;t buy!<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how CodeYourFuture develops diverse, high-potential individuals into advanced engineering roles while helping companies build exceptional, sustainable tech talent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_389,h_389\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Wagner-Hall.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Wagner-Hall\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Technical Education<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CodeYourFuture<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"qrZ4MuEqEk96\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"qrZ4MuEqEk96\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>High-performance tech talent: Build, don&#8217;t buy!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tech NGO partner<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000024940,\"width\":\"202px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CodeYourFuture.png\" alt=\"CodeYourFuture LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000024940\" style=\"width:202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CodeYourFuture.png 900w, 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exceptional early-career engineers without prior tech experience straight into advanced roles such as Platform SRE at Slack. Come learn how, be wowed by our graduates&#8217; achievements, and talk about how you can hire amazing top talent more sustainably.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CodeYourFuture trains exceptional talent for advanced roles from under-served communities. We help high-potential people in need to change their lives by getting good jobs in tech.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We&#8217;ve trained people with no software background straight into high-achieving roles such as platform SREs at Slack, typically positions reserved for high-tenure, highly competitive, highly expensive candidates. We&#8217;ll share how we achieve this with world-class high-touch training, and how we can help you hire excellent talent more sustainably.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-ll-cover\">We&#8217;ll cover:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The kinds of communities we work with who you may not currently see represented in your staff.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How our course prepares people to join your teams better than bootcamps or universities would.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How we can help build sustainable and predictable hiring pipelines.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How we can help your teams up-skill their mentoring<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But most of all, we&#8217;ll brag about some of the truly impressive things our graduates have done.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Wagner-Hall-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Wagner-Hall\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Technical Education<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CodeYourFuture<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Wagner-Hall is the Director of Technical Education at CodeYourFuture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 82 \/ 87;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2105\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Leading leaders: Why your greatest strengths are your next blind spots<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Managing managers isn\u2019t just scaling up your IC playbook\u2014it\u2019s a whole new game. 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This talk challenges your assumptions and reveals what it truly takes to shift from doing it yourself to enabling others to do it better.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/humera-noor\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/06\/Humera-Noor-Minhas-scaled-e1748850870400-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHumera Noor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Digital Munich Tech GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Humera Noor is an academician, an entrepreneur and a senior leader with over 25 years of experience. With a PhD in Machine Learning, she has led successful ML-based projects, including pioneering commercial-scale ad filtering. As the CTO of Digital Munich, she drives innovation in AI, AR\/VR and IoT. She is the founder of Lumen, a bootcamp aimed at helping individuals break into data and AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Humera is passionate about empowering others in tech, helping individuals reach their full potential. 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class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Detect malicious attacks at 84M RPS with ML under 500us<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A deep dive into the high-performance, distributed architecture and machine learning optimizations Cloudflare uses to detect malicious attacks at a global scale with sub-millisecond latencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2027,h_2027\/next\/2025\/10\/Denzil-scaled-e1759912279645.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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This talk will pull back the curtain on Cloudflare&#8217;s approach to high-throughput, low-latency threat detection. We&#8217;ll explore our distributed architecture that spans data centers worldwide, and how we leverage Rust for extreme efficiency and resource optimization, where every CPU cycle and byte of memory counts. We will delve into the smart processing techniques that are critical to our success, including advanced caching strategies and hardware tuning. A significant portion of the talk will focus on the machine learning models at the core of our Web Application Firewall (WAF), and the extensive optimizations we&#8217;ve implemented, from SIMD and TensorFlow Lite upgrades to LRU caching, to make them incredibly fast. We will also touch on our innovative data generation and sampling strategies that are key to training accurate and resilient AI models.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Architecting for Scale:<\/strong> Learn how to design and build distributed systems capable of handling massive volumes of traffic with low latency.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Performance Optimization:<\/strong> Discover practical techniques for optimizing software and hardware, including the benefits of using Rust and advanced caching.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>ML in Production:<\/strong> Understand the challenges and solutions for deploying and optimizing machine learning models in a high-stakes, real-time environment.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Actionable Scaling Strategies:<\/strong> Gain insights into how to leverage serverless and distributed architectures to scale your own applications and ML algorithms.&#8221;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Denzil-scaled-e1759912279645-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDenzil Correa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager of AI<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Denzil Correa is a Senior Manager of AI at Cloudflare, where he leads teams developing large-scale machine learning solutions. With over 19 years in the field, Denzil&#8217;s work is underpinned by a deep academic background in machine learning, natural language processing, text mining, and graph theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a qualification he occasionally uses to justify why he&#8217;s &#8220;still talking about ML algorithms.&#8221; His research has been cited, but he insists that these days, he just &#8220;pretends to know something about Machine Learning.&#8221; Fortunately, his professional focus on detecting and mitigating web attacks is serious business, combining his extensive experience with his passions for machine learning and cybersecurity to keep the internet slightly less chaotic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Denzil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 90 \/ 92;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2113\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:10<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Onboarding as a manager: How AI changed my first months<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how AI can support new engineering managers by accelerating context gathering, easing overwhelm, and enhancing team understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1200,h_1200\/next\/2025\/07\/Roei-Berkovich-LeadDev.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRoei Berkovich\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Software Team Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Riverside<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"v82KkXsvlV2z\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"v82KkXsvlV2z\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Onboarding as a manager: How AI changed my first months<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">How I used AI tools to accelerate onboarding, understand team dynamics faster, and show up more confidently as a new engineering manager without drowning in docs or meetings.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Starting a new role as an engineering manager can be overwhelming. You&#8217;re expected to absorb technical context, understand team dynamics, and start delivering impact all within the first few months. In my most recent onboarding experience, I decided to do something different: I let AI help.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll share how I used AI tools to streamline my onboarding as a new manager. These tools didn\u2019t just save time they helped me surface insights I might have missed, get clarity faster, and reduce the pressure of \u201cfiguring everything out\u201d on my own.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\u2019ll walk through real examples of how I used AI to synthesize org charts and product documentation, explain complex systems, interpret unfamiliar code reviews and engineering standards, and improve team workflows. I\u2019ll share how I mapped out my new engineers\u2019 roadmap, identified gaps in our processes, and even prototyped onboarding plans all with AI\u2019s support. I\u2019ll also talk about what didn\u2019t work, where human judgment was essential, and how I balanced automation with building authentic, trust-based relationships.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This isn\u2019t about hype it\u2019s about how AI can be a practical partner in the messy, high-context reality of engineering leadership. Whether you\u2019re a new manager, hiring one, or just curious how AI is changing the way we work, you\u2019ll walk away with practical ideas and honest reflections from the front lines.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to use AI tools to accelerate understanding of org context and culture<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Pitfalls to avoid when over-relying on automation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How AI can reduce early-stage overwhelm for new managers<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Roei-Berkovich-LeadDev-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoei Berkovich\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Software Team Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Riverside<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Roei&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 92 \/ 98;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2108\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:20<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Engineering leadership in 2025: Thriving when budgets shrink<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Find practical strategies for leading engineering teams through budget pressure by aligning decisions with impact, focus, and value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_223,h_223\/next\/2025\/07\/James-Barnes-e1752185346795.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Barnes\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; Co-Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">StatusCake<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"dlR9sH4NXC6y\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"dlR9sH4NXC6y\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Engineering leadership in 2025: Thriving when budgets shrink<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">A practical playbook for leading engineering teams through 2025\u2019s budget pressures; aligning technical decisions with business goals, empowering teams, and driving impact despite constrained resources.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2025, engineering leaders are under pressure from all directions. Customers expect faster feature delivery and tools that deliver even greater value. Product owners and the C-suite push for innovation and speed. Meanwhile the CFO demands all this, but without increasing spend. Budgets are tighter, hiring is slower, and AI is reshaping how teams operate. And yet, expectations keep rising. This talk is a practical playbook for navigating that tension.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At StatusCake, a bootstrapped SaaS company, we\u2019ve never had the luxury of excess. We&#8217;ve operated for over a decade with lean teams, constrained budgets, and no external funding. That\u2019s taught us how to align teams around impact, prioritise ruthlessly, and make technical decisions that directly support the business; all without burning people out or compromising on quality.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\u2019m not an engineer myself, but I\u2019ve led engineering teams for 15 years. That perspective has forced me to build trust through clarity, not code. And to translate between product, engineering, and commercial strategy with precision. In this session, I\u2019ll share the practical lessons that emerged from leading through constant constraint, and how they apply to the challenges engineering leaders now face at scale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is not a just a story of surviving 2025, but it should help you create a framework for a thriving engineering team within your organisation. Helping you and your team stay focused, motivated, and strategic when resources are scarce but expectations are high.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the end of the session I hope you&#8217;ll have learned 5 things to take back to your businesses:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why budget constraints are a leadership challenge, not just a financial one: Because leading through scarcity is about alignment, not spreadsheets.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to empower engineers to think commercially and make smarter technical trade-offs: When engineers understand the \u201cwhy,\u201d they make better calls on the \u201chow.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Ways to align tech decisions with company-wide goals during moments of pressure: Strategy fails when tech and business drift out of sync; especially under stress.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How constraints can sharpen focus and increase team autonomy: Limits don\u2019t have to reduce creativity, they can accelerate it.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to reshape the role of engineering from a cost centre to a strategic driver of value: Engineering isn\u2019t just delivery; it\u2019s a key lever for business performance.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/James-Barnes-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Barnes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; Co-Founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">StatusCake<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View James&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 98 \/ 107; --inner-content-row: 5; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">15:50&ndash;16:35<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-afternoon-break\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Afternoon Break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 107 \/ 113;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2117\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:35<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Your career isn\u2019t stuck \u2013 you\u2019re playing by the wrong rules<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to break free from outdated career rules by building visibility, influence, and leadership on your own terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/07\/Limor-Bergman-Gross.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLimor Bergman Gross\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Leadership Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LBG Consulting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"c7mOhZbjIbzM\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"c7mOhZbjIbzM\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Your career isn\u2019t stuck \u2013 you\u2019re playing by the wrong rules<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Think you\u2019re stuck in your career?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">You\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">You\u2019re just following the wrong rules.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">This talk will show you how to get noticed, grow your influence, and finally get the recognition you deserve.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Are you working hard, hitting your goals, and still not getting the recognition or growth you deserve?<br>You\u2019re not alone \u2013 and you\u2019re not broken.<br>You\u2019re just playing by rules that were never designed for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll share the unspoken truths about career growth in tech, especially for women, introverts, and hidden leaders who feel like they\u2019re doing everything \u201cright\u201d but still getting overlooked.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From my experience as a Director of Engineering and now an executive coach for women in tech, I\u2019ll walk you through what actually moves the needle \u2013 how to build visibility, influence decisions, and shape your path without selling your soul or burning out.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You\u2019ll get a practical and honest framework for driving your career forward on your terms \u2013 and stop waiting for permission to lead.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This isn\u2019t another \u201cjust be confident\u201d pep talk.<br>It\u2019s a real conversation about what works, what doesn\u2019t, and how you can start leading now \u2013 even if no one handed you the title yet.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Limor-Bergman-Gross-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLimor Bergman Gross\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Leadership Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LBG Consulting<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Limor&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 113 \/ 115;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2112\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Debugging self-doubt: A framework for building confidence<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore a practical framework for tackling self-doubt with a debugging mindset to build lasting confidence and stronger teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_404,h_404\/next\/2025\/07\/Natalia-Nazaruk-e1752187377998.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Nazaruk\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Squad Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kingfisher<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"vwYk5BiU29ek\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"vwYk5BiU29ek\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Debugging self-doubt: A framework for building confidence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">A light, practical talk for engineering leaders on tackling self-doubt using a debugging mindset. Learn how to build real confidence with a simple framework that improves not only you, but also your team.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As engineering leaders, we\u2019re expected to have answers, make decisions, and support our teams &#8211; even when we\u2019re quietly questioning ourselves. Speaking up in high-stakes meetings, giving feedback, or navigating ambiguity can trigger self-doubt and quietly erode confidence over time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, Natalia shares how imposter syndrome shows up in leadership &#8211; and how to handle it using a mindset we already know well: debugging. With humor, personal stories, and practical tools, she introduces the Confidence Debugging Framework (CDF) &#8211; a 5-step approach to identifying confidence \u201ccrashes\u201d isolating their causes, applying targeted fixes, and building habits that stick.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You\u2019ll learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to recognize your own confidence blockers and triggers<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Simple, proven strategies to build confidence intentionally<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why your confidence directly impacts your team\u2019s trust, performance, and growth<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Expect a refreshing, actionable take on a topic that\u2019s often overlooked in tech leadership &#8211; but deeply impactful. From private self-doubt to public team dynamics, this talk will leave you with tools to lead with more clarity, confidence, and self-awareness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because just like code, confidence isn\u2019t perfect &#8211; but with the right mindset, you can always refactor it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Recognize how self-doubt shows up in everyday leadership.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Use a simple debugging mindset to approach confidence challenges.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Discover practical habits for building confidence over time.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Reflect on how your confidence affects your team\u2019s trust and dynamics.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Natalia-Nazaruk-e1752187377998-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Nazaruk\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Squad Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kingfisher<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Natalia is an Engineering Squad Lead and mobile engineering leader with experience leading distributed, cross-country teams in large organisations. She focuses on building strong team culture, trust, and effective collaboration in remote-first environments. In her day-to-day work, she combines practical leadership patterns with a human-centred approach to engineering management. Natalia is active in engineering communities and regularly speaks at internal and external events, sharing real-world leadership lessons grounded in hands-on experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 115 \/ 120;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2179\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The twin mandate: What leaders still don&#8217;t get about observability<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn why many teams miss observability\u2019s full potential and how leaders can unlock exceptional engineering performance through it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"FuxHS56BXXYW\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"FuxHS56BXXYW\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The twin mandate: What leaders still don&#8217;t get about observability<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charity\u2019s new talk will address the incredible variance in performance among engineering teams in 2025. While the ceiling for engineering performance has increased dramatically over the past decade, only a tiny fraction of teams are actually taking advantage of this shift. Hear how your observability team can help unlock the next level in performance.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charity Majors is the co-founder and CTO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/honeycomb.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/honeycomb.io&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736409797839000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2x-8aeE_L0xiu8Nm2SpEhJ\">honeycomb.io<\/a>. She pioneered the concept of modern Observability, drawing on her years of experience building and managing massive distributed systems at Parse (acquired by Facebook), Facebook, and Linden Lab building Second Life. She is the co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering (O&#8217;Reilly). She loves free speech, free software and single malt scotch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Charity&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 120 \/ 121;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"939\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:40<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">End of day wrap-up<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Closing thoughts from the host, Pat Kua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"Ww52QCT6Zzwo\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Ww52QCT6Zzwo\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>End of day wrap-up<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst\">Closing thoughts from the host, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/pat-kua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pat Kua<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pat Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the <strong>CTO<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chief Scientist<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/n26.com\/\">N26<\/a>\u00a0(Berlin, Germany) and as a\u00a0<strong>Technical Principal Consultant<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtworks.com\/\">ThoughtWorks<\/a>. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/retrobook\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/twtl\">Talking with Tech Leads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/evolarch\">Building Evolutionary Architectures<\/a>\u00a0and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \u201cLevel Up\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com\/\">http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com<\/a>) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techlead.academy\/\">Tech Lead Academy<\/a>, offering online training for technical leaders. You can find him online on Twitter as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patkua\">@patkua<\/a>\u00a0or running his very popular \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patkua.com\/shortcut-to-tech-leadership\/\">Shortcut to Tech Leadership<\/a>\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Pat&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 121 \/ 142; --inner-content-row: 11; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div 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class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4145d6569857abc1bd5336d86a4e20c\" id=\"h-hallway-activities\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.04em;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase\">Hallway activities<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 36 \/ 37;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2132\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:40<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with the speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2020\/12\/1533300218449.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBruce Wang\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Netflix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_603,h_603\/next\/2020\/08\/11001782_973342274984_8707954532431964424_n-James-Stanier.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Stanier\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nordhealth<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"9ThBKOQ504H2\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"9ThBKOQ504H2\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the speakers \u2013 Day 1, 10:50<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our <strong>Office Hours<\/strong> area where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nikita Rathi is a dog-mum, a wife, a foodie amongst other things, and an engineering manager by day. She has spent her career in the tech industry between Illinois, New York, Dublin and Berlin solving problems, writing code, and managing engineering teams and now is a Senior Engineering Manager at Taxfix, a tax startup in Berlin that reduces the complexity of tax filing and helps save it&#8217;s users time and money. She has found herself ever-curious about human relationships and brings that curiosity to her work. Her thoughts and research have led her to think about different perceptions that folks might have based on past experiences and years of socialization and how that impacts the careers of those that are marginalized.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nikita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/1533300218449-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBruce Wang\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Netflix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bruce has been in the software industry for 25+ years, and currently Engineering Director at Netflix, leading Games Platform.\u00a0 This team owns the central technology that enable game developers to build great games and members to enjoy them, spanning end to end integration, SDK, Game Services, Game Developer Lifecycle and Reliability teams.\u00a0 Prior to that, he led Product Platform Systems spanning APIs, Telemetry Info and Technology lifecycle.\u00a0 Before Netflix, he was Sr Director of Eng at Shippo, VPE at Packet (now Equinix Metal) and CTO, Co-founder or Eng Leader at various startups and enterprises.\u00a0 He is also a serious foodie and resides in San Francisco with his spouse and two daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bruce-wang\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Bruce&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/08\/11001782_973342274984_8707954532431964424_n-James-Stanier-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Stanier\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nordhealth<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>James Stanier is CTO at Nordhealth. He is also the author of Become an Effective Software Manager, Effective Remote Work, and Become a Great Engineering Leader . He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and runs <a href=\"http:\/\/theengineeringmanager.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theengineeringmanager.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-stanier\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View James&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 37 \/ 38;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2311\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting Women leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Connect with other leaders who have similar backgrounds and experiences to yours, and build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/silvia-schreier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1950,h_1950\/next\/2025\/10\/silvia-schreier-Silvia-Schreier-scaled-e1759422647464.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/silvia-schreier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSilvia Schreier\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Intersport<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_421,h_421\/next\/2024\/08\/gisela-rossi-1-e1748594613343.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGisela Rossi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Trustpilot<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/07\/1552312814441.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Thomas\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Software Engineer &amp; TLM (Tech Lead Manager) <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Invisible Technologies Inc. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"QZjU0Ddaf3TU\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"QZjU0Ddaf3TU\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connecting Women leaders<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but some have a unique set of challenges that they need to navigate through. At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/silvia-schreier\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/silvia-schreier-Silvia-Schreier-scaled-e1759422647464-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSilvia Schreier\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Intersport<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">As Principal Engineer and Architect at INTERSPORT, Silvia Schreier is committed to bridging the gap between technology and business. With over a decade of experience in web development, architecture, and wholesale and retail product management, she combines deep technical expertise with a strong business perspective. Driven by her passion for collaboration and connecting people, Silvia helps teams find solutions that are not only technically sound and sustainable but also deliver real business value.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/silvia-schreier\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Silvia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/08\/gisela-rossi-1-e1748594613343-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGisela Rossi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Trustpilot<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Gisela is an Engineering Director leading the B2B engine at Trustpilot. She enjoys leading and improving complex organisations and systems. Her colleagues have described her as a \u201cforce for change\u201d, and she treasures that. She is devoted to helping people in the tech community grow and reach their full potential. Outside work, she enjoys oil painting, exercising, and quiet weekends at home with her husband and her cat.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Gisela&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/07\/1552312814441-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Thomas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Software Engineer &amp; TLM (Tech Lead Manager) <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Invisible Technologies Inc. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily is not just an engineer or a manager, but a problem solver, focused on creating creative efficiency both in and out of code. She rapidly grew her career at hustling startups, experienced management at a massively scaling pre-IPO unicorn, and is now dedicated to solving the next big problem &#8211; the balance of humans and technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Emily&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2318\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"industry-interest-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Industry Interest Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting engineering leaders in Banking and Financial Services<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join our relaxed sessions where you can meet peers working in similar domains to share ideas, collaborate on challenges and exchange solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_1200\/next\/2025\/10\/Bild-9-Daniel-Schniepp.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Schniepp\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Staff Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/candost-dagdeviren\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" 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class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_20221104_225154-Natalia-Gorchakova-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Gorchakova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Natalia is a Staff Engineer at Google Cloud, driven by her passion for data. She specializes in collecting data and turning it into useful insights for both customers and internal product development. In her role on the Dataplex team, she sets the technical direction for Data Lineage.<br \/>\nNatalia brings over 18 years of software engineering experience, including more than a decade in technical leadership, guiding teams and managing the full software lifecycle from architecture to production.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/fav_T4A9117-Christian-Dewein-scaled-e1761208408362-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristian Dewein\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief Technology Officer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Christian Dewein is a software engineer and CTO based in Frankfurt am Main. He leads the development of innovative mobility solutions for public transport at ioki GmbH, a Deutsche Bahn subsidiary. Passionate about technology, community building, and elegant software design, he actively contributes to open-source projects and local developer meetups. Christian values simplicity, craftsmanship, and the intersection of code and real-world impact. Besides that, he organizes Europe&#8217;s biggest conference for mechanical computer keyboards, a free community-event for fans of the hobby.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Christian&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Irene Anggreeni is a mental fitness coach and leadership speaker bridging the technical mind and the thriving heart.<br \/>\nA former engineer with over 12 years in software development and research across Indonesia, Sweden, and the Netherlands, she is passionate about helping tech leaders build strong, resilient teams. You can talk to her about any aspects of it, including sustainable performance, psychological safety, and bouncing back after burnout.<br \/>\nOutside of work, Irene is also an active mentor and trainer in the Toastmasters community.<br \/>\nBased in Rotterdam with her husband and their cat, she enjoys dancing Argentinian tango, swimming, and doing nothing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Irene&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_2726-Laura-Ureche-scaled-e1761876455597-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Ureche\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One Entertainment Group<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Laura Ureche is a Principal Engineer with over 13 years of experience across startups and large organizations. She has a background in testing, software development, and SRE, and is known for driving scalable solutions, improving system reliability, and mentoring engineering teams. Passionate about problem-solving and observability, she helps teams deliver high-quality, impactful software.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Laura&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/profile_photo_matej_strasek-Matej-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatej Stra\u0161ek\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Exoticca<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Matej Stra\u0161ek drives AI transformation within his teams at Exoticca, where he currently leads engineers building intelligent customer experiences and empowers operations with AI\u2014from voicebots and chatbots to automated travel processes. He helps people evolve into problem solvers, creating outcome-driven groups that use AI to multiply their impact. His teams align around company moonshots, combining a technical mindset with the real world to deliver real impact. His way of resetting? Singing and flying over the landscapes of Slovenia.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Matej &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/16861\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/IMG_20240604_080703-1-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElif Schaefer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Data Engineering Manager<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elif Schaefer is a distinguished Data Engineering Manager with over a decade of managerial experience in the tech industry. With a passionate focus on people leadership, her strength lies in mentoring, coaching and cultivating high-performing (data) engineering teams. Shifting from hands-on technical work early in her career, Elif has flourished in roles that allow her to guide, inspire and influence those around her.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/16861\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Elif &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/07\/1552312814441-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Thomas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Software Engineer &amp; TLM (Tech Lead Manager) <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Invisible Technologies Inc. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily is not just an engineer or a manager, but a problem solver, focused on creating creative efficiency both in and out of code. She rapidly grew her career at hustling startups, experienced management at a massively scaling pre-IPO unicorn, and is now dedicated to solving the next big problem &#8211; the balance of humans and technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Emily&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1757\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-the-author\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the author: Sam Newman<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_575,h_575\/next\/2025\/04\/me_in_iceland-e1748612852712.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Newman\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Tech Consultant &amp; Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sam Newman &amp; Associates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"fv8Dhml4Tjmp\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"fv8Dhml4Tjmp\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the author: Sam Newman<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sam will be signing copies of his book &#8216;<strong>Building Microservices<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/04\/me_in_iceland-e1748612852712-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Newman\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Tech Consultant &amp; Author<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sam Newman &amp; Associates<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sam Newman is an independent consultant who loves solving problems with technology. Focusing primarily in the areas of cloud, microservice architecture and continuous delivery, Sam works with companies big and small all over the world. He is also an experienced conference speaker, and author of the O\u2019Reilly books Monolith To Microservices, Building Microservices, and the forthcoming Building Resilient Distributed Systems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sam&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #fba058; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2787\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-networking-coffee\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p 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stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>DirectorPlus Networking Coffee<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A warm, casual coffee break where senior engineering leaders connect, share experiences, and spark meaningful conversations.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/adelina-persa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" 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Throughout her career, she has partnered with a wide range of companies at different growth stages, hiring, developing, and mentoring engineers, technical leads, and both new and experienced engineering managers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/adelina-persa\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Adelina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Limor-Bergman-Gross-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLimor Bergman Gross\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Leadership Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LBG Consulting<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Limor&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/dilip1000-Dilip-Saha-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDilip Saha\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloFresh<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9ibf\" data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\">Dilip Saha is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience shaping AI, IoT, and cloud-native software development. As Senior Director of Engineering at HelloFresh, he leads 90 engineers developing AI-driven personalization and scalable platforms serving millions, achieving 99.9% platform availability and delivering \u20ac400M+ revenue growth. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"db54j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"db54j-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9ibf\" data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\">Previously at Bosch and Honeywell, Dilip spearheaded global engineering teams of 200+ engineers leading AI and IOT solutions. A visionary tech leader and passionate AI advocate, he regularly speaks at international forums including AI and Data Summit, CTO Craft Con, and Generative AI Summit, sharing insights on building high-performing teams, making organizations AI-ready, and driving digital transformation with purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Dilip &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/08\/gisela-rossi-1-e1748594613343-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGisela Rossi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Trustpilot<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Gisela is an Engineering Director leading the B2B engine at Trustpilot. She enjoys leading and improving complex organisations and systems. Her colleagues have described her as a \u201cforce for change\u201d, and she treasures that. She is devoted to helping people in the tech community grow and reach their full potential. 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stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How do you keep learning even when you&#8217;re short on time?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000023431,\"width\":\"184px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px-9.png\" alt=\"O'Reilly x LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023431\" style=\"width:184px;height:auto\" 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniela Matheis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief of Staff to the CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">In her role as Chief of Staff to the CTO, she drives practical transformations in engineering culture, ensuring continuous learning is integrated into workflows. 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He built teams from the ground up, like growing a startup from 1 to 30 engineers. And he led product-driven engagement at Babbel, where his team boosted retention year over year. At PandaDoc, he shaped growth-focused engineering teams and sustainable processes. Today, he&#8217;s part of On, continuing his journey of building high-performing teams, strong product partnerships, and preparing the next generation of leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ciro-anunciacao\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ciro&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/niall-johnson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/e85a9d19-8120-47b3-a98d-cba90302f4f9-Maria-Tripodi-e1729681542456-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNiall Johnson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Strategic Account Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">O&#039;Reilly Media Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Niall Johnson sits within the international team at O\u2019Reilly and is responsible for leading partnerships with key enterprise accounts across EMEA. In this role, he provides support and strategic vision to to ensure his customers maximise value throughout their learning journeys across O&#8217;Reilly. Niall has a passion for lifelong learning. He has spent the last 6 years in the technology sector and brings extensive knowledge of working with large organisations to implement transformational projects to deliver successful business outcomes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/niall-johnson\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Niall &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2334\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table 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class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Warzok\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Parto Group GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1796,h_1796\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"RUpSEySAU1t6\"><span>+<\/span> 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class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027369,\"width\":\"232px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"CircleCI Logo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027369\" style=\"width:232px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Dusan-Warzok-e1759507832378-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Warzok\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Parto Group GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Du\u0161an Warzok is Head of Engineering at Parto. He spent five years at Trade Republic, joining early and staying through the company&#8217;s growth to unicorn status and 20x customer expansion. He led engineering teams in the Growth area through hypergrowth phases across multiple platforms. Du\u0161an takes a direct approach to leadership, prioritizing honest feedback and product quality. His philosophy centers on transparency, persistence, and learning through difficult problems rather than avoiding them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Du\u0161an&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olaf is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the software industry, excelling in both technical and leadership roles. He has a strong foundation in software development, architecture, and consulting, with a focus on aligning business challenges with cutting-edge technology solutions. As the founder and former CTO of Vamp.io, he played a key role in developing DevOps tools for containers, Kubernetes, and microservices. Following Vamp&#8217;s acquisition by CircleCI, Olaf now serves as a Technology Advisor, working closely with CTO Rob Zuber to advance CircleCI&#8217;s offerings. His expertise continues to drive technical innovation and excellence for the company and its customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Olaf&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anna Kurylo is Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform at SentinelOne. She leverages deep technical expertise and leadership to manage complex cybersecurity engineering projects, champion accessibility, and build resilient, user-friendly platforms. Her leadership follows a \u201cpeople first\u201d motto, grounded in the belief that kindness is fundamental to fostering strong technical teams. Outside of work, she enjoys running and walking outdoors with her husband, making matcha for friends, and spending time with her cat, Cory.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2344\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to mentor effectively?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_952,h_904\/next\/2025\/10\/SayakSaha-Sayak-Saha-e1759506978589.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSayak Saha\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Auto1 Group<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1310,h_1462\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2560,h_1920\/next\/2024\/10\/profile_photo_matej_strasek-Matej-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMatej Stra\u0161ek\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Exoticca<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1796,h_1796\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"nbwvviqnV945\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"nbwvviqnV945\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How to mentor effectively?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/SayakSaha-Sayak-Saha-e1759506978589-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSayak Saha\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Auto1 Group<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sayak Saha leads engineering for Auto1 Group, Europe\u2019s top digital car platform with over \u20ac6B in annual revenue and 600,000+ cars sold each year. His 100+ member team across the EU powers technology for B2B business, logistics, and refurbishments. Sayak previously built products at Amazon, Dell Digital, and Astro Malaysia, reaching customers in India, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Passionate about turning data insights, AI, and automation into value for e-commerce and fintech\u2014both B2B and D2C\u2014he thrives on delivering impact. When not working, you\u2019ll find him exploring Berlin or playing chess with his 10-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sayak&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Irene Anggreeni is a mental fitness coach and leadership speaker bridging the technical mind and the thriving heart.<br \/>\nA former engineer with over 12 years in software development and research across Indonesia, Sweden, and the Netherlands, she is passionate about helping tech leaders build strong, resilient teams. You can talk to her about any aspects of it, including sustainable performance, psychological safety, and bouncing back after burnout.<br \/>\nOutside of work, Irene is also an active mentor and trainer in the Toastmasters community.<br \/>\nBased in Rotterdam with her husband and their cat, she enjoys dancing Argentinian tango, swimming, and doing nothing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Irene&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/profile_photo_matej_strasek-Matej-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatej Stra\u0161ek\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Exoticca<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Matej Stra\u0161ek drives AI transformation within his teams at Exoticca, where he currently leads engineers building intelligent customer experiences and empowers operations with AI\u2014from voicebots and chatbots to automated travel processes. He helps people evolve into problem solvers, creating outcome-driven groups that use AI to multiply their impact. His teams align around company moonshots, combining a technical mindset with the real world to deliver real impact. His way of resetting? Singing and flying over the landscapes of Slovenia.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/matej-strasek\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Matej &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anna Kurylo is Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform at SentinelOne. She leverages deep technical expertise and leadership to manage complex cybersecurity engineering projects, champion accessibility, and build resilient, user-friendly platforms. Her leadership follows a \u201cpeople first\u201d motto, grounded in the belief that kindness is fundamental to fostering strong technical teams. Outside of work, she enjoys running and walking outdoors with her husband, making matcha for friends, and spending time with her cat, Cory.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2350\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">I\u2019m burning out and it feels like there\u2019s never enough time. What can I do?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"CvlThe1mowT4\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"CvlThe1mowT4\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>I\u2019m burning out and it feels like there\u2019s never enough time. What can I do?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You\u2019re constantly balancing competing demands \u2013 supporting your team, meeting delivery expectations, advocating for engineering health, responding to leadership and general admin. The result can be a relentless cycle of context switching, long hours, and the sense that you\u2019re never quite doing enough.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You may suffer from irritability, concentration difficulties, or even resentment toward the role you once enjoyed. At the same time, the constant stream of meetings, messages, and tickets in your work management systems can leave you feeling like you\u2019re drowning in tasks, with no clear way to prioritize. How can you step back when the demands never stop? What happens when the guilt of letting others down keeps you pushing past your limits?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of us will recognize this scenario from our own careers. In this session we\u2019ll explore the dynamics that make burnout so common in leadership roles, share experiences of how it shows up in day-to-day work, and surface ideas about what can be done to create a healthier balance.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with 25+ years of software engineering experience. She specialises in TDD, refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration and other eXtreme Programming (XP) practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare taught the Coding Black Females\u2019 Return to Tech programme and co-ran Made Tech\u2019s academy \u2013 coaching inexperienced engineers to learn on the job. She has a passion for helping under-represented groups to flourish in tech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare hosted Season One of the acclaimed Making Tech Better podcast and publishes content on Medium (\u201cA Woman in Technology\u201d) and her own site (\u201cIn Simple Terms\u201d). She is the author of the Stupidity Manifesto, has written about trunk-based development and refactoring for O\u2019Reilly and for Martin Fowler\u2019s site, and regularly presents workshops and keynotes at events all over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to Clare\u2019s newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748608747645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bYtsrQk2ihrEOBhsJuCrR\">https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Clare&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1183\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Mathias Meyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_948\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"ZsQQlyCcMWVS\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"ZsQQlyCcMWVS\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Mathias Meyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathias is Founding Parter and Executive Coach at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they\u2019re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he\u2019s co-authoring the forthcoming book \u201cThe Intentional Organization.\u201d Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mathias&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 55 \/ 56;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2336\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do you foster structured support and connection for managers in distributed work environments?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/michelle-torres\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_240,h_240\/next\/2025\/10\/r3rBqeOVkQ5czIO4SHfi3BVY5m1381KgJfGg.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/michelle-torres\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Torres\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-khawase\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Sam-Khawase-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-khawase\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Khawas\u00e9\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/george-kihara\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_599,h_599\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_1480A-George-Kihara-e1761174085220.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/george-kihara\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Kihara\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Software Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cellulant<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_560,h_560\/next\/2023\/10\/1648836538474.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTatsiana Mihai\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Tractable<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"LAypVjsmT1vu\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"LAypVjsmT1vu\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How do you foster structured support and connection for managers in distributed work environments?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000025003,\"width\":\"244px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Cloudflare LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000025003\" style=\"width:244px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2023\/09\/Cloudflare-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/michelle-torres\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/r3rBqeOVkQ5czIO4SHfi3BVY5m1381KgJfGg.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Torres\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michelle is a queer Latina engineering leader with over two decades of experience in web technologies, open source, and infrastructure. She\u2019s worn many hats \u2014 software engineer, tech lead, manager, director, and spent a decade teaching Computer Science at both Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s levels. Along the way, she worked on CI systems at GitLab and, more recently, on transport layer protocols at Cloudflare \u2014 contributing to making the internet better while building and scaling thriving teams.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/michelle-torres\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Michelle&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-khawase\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Sam-Khawase-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Khawas\u00e9\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sam Khawas\u00e9 is an Engineering Leader with over two decades of experience dedicated to creating rock-solid software. Classically trained in Computer Science and Engineering, his expertise is centred on designing and securing complex, high-performance mission-critical systems. He is a technical leader known for driving engineering excellence and leading cross-functional teams across complex domains. Sam brings a unique global perspective, having lived and worked across 3\u00bd continents. Fluent in six languages, he is an expert in cross-cultural communication, leveraging this skill to effectively lead diverse, high-performing distributed engineering teams. Passionate about making a difference in society, Sam has also founded CoderDojo DSM and continues to mentor underrepresented people through initiatives like Django Girls and NavGurukul. Based in Berlin, Sam channels the same tenacity he applies to engineering into his personal life. He is an avid runner and trekker, constantly seeking out challenging trails and mountain routes. When he\u2019s not on the trail, you\u2019ll find him reading a book, donning the chef\u2019s hat for his daughter, or shaking a leg to Bollywood tunes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-khawase\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sam &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/george-kihara\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_1480A-George-Kihara-e1761174085220-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Kihara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cellulant<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">George Chege is the Head of Software Engineering at a leading fintech organization, where he drives the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and innovative software solutions across Africa\u2019s digital payments landscape. With over a decade of experience spanning software engineering and senior technical leadership, George has successfully led high-performing teams in building systems that power trusted financial services and value-added platforms across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his commitment to technical excellence, operational resilience, and collaborative leadership, George is passionate about advancing Africa\u2019s fintech ecosystem through technology that enables inclusion, reliability, and sustainable growth.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/george-kihara\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View George&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/10\/1648836538474-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTatsiana Mihai\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Tractable<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tatsiana Mihai, a skilled Staff Engineer at Tractable, brings over 12 years of expertise in crafting sophisticated software solutions across diverse industries\u2014Automotive, AdTech, Education, Travel, E-commerce, and Gaming. As a leader with diverse capabilities, she excels not only in developing customer-facing products and nuanced software design but also in transforming challenges into successes. Tatsiana&#8217;s visionary approach, coupled with her adept problem-solving, is complemented by a unique ability to integrate engineering practices seamlessly with team management strategies. From startups to industry giants, her strategic decisions reflect a commitment to excellence and innovation in every venture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tatsiana &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2797\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How can you strategically balance resilience and innovation velocity?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_253,h_253\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-e1761649003511.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1310,h_1462\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-garkavyi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2210,h_2210\/next\/2025\/10\/Andrey_Garkaviy_avatar-Andrew-Garkavyi-scaled-e1761175675347.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-garkavyi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Garkavyi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Grammarly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"viPjWj0qSJDK\"><span>+<\/span> 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is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000025686,\"width\":\"276px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/LaunchDarkly.png\" alt=\"LaunchDarkly LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000025686\" style=\"width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/LaunchDarkly.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2020\/10\/LaunchDarkly.png 300w, 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kevin Holler is an Enterprise Solutions Engineer at LaunchDarkly, working with the companies biggest customers in the DACH region to de-risk their software and AI-driven product releases.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kevin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Irene Anggreeni is a mental fitness coach and leadership speaker bridging the technical mind and the thriving heart.<br \/>\nA former engineer with over 12 years in software development and research across Indonesia, Sweden, and the Netherlands, she is passionate about helping tech leaders build strong, resilient teams. You can talk to her about any aspects of it, including sustainable performance, psychological safety, and bouncing back after burnout.<br \/>\nOutside of work, Irene is also an active mentor and trainer in the Toastmasters community.<br \/>\nBased in Rotterdam with her husband and their cat, she enjoys dancing Argentinian tango, swimming, and doing nothing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Irene&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-garkavyi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Andrey_Garkaviy_avatar-Andrew-Garkavyi-scaled-e1761175675347-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Garkavyi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Grammarly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Andrew is an Engineering Leader with over 15 years of experience building software products and leading teams. At Grammarly, he helped scale engineering teams in user platforms to support tens of millions of daily users and improved the operations of the engineering team as the company tripled in size. His past work includes launching award-winning mobile apps, as well as building IoT solutions for hospitality. Andrew is interested in how AI\/ML can impact real-world products and enjoys supporting teams in continuous improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/andrew-garkavyi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Andrew&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2343\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How can AI practically deliver value to engineering teams?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2112,h_1970\/next\/2025\/10\/Dusan-Warzok-e1759507832378.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Warzok\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Parto Group GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/viktor-stojanov\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_827,h_843\/next\/2025\/10\/me-Viktor-Stojanov-e1759506286378.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/viktor-stojanov\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tViktor Stojanov\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1076,h_1128\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"v4gAt5EJPvV9\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"v4gAt5EJPvV9\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How can AI practically deliver value to engineering teams?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Dusan-Warzok-e1759507832378-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Warzok\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Parto Group GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Du\u0161an Warzok is Head of Engineering at Parto. He spent five years at Trade Republic, joining early and staying through the company&#8217;s growth to unicorn status and 20x customer expansion. He led engineering teams in the Growth area through hypergrowth phases across multiple platforms. Du\u0161an takes a direct approach to leadership, prioritizing honest feedback and product quality. His philosophy centers on transparency, persistence, and learning through difficult problems rather than avoiding them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Du\u0161an&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/viktor-stojanov\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/me-Viktor-Stojanov-e1759506286378-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tViktor Stojanov\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Viktor Stojanov is an Engineering Manager at Babbel and Flutter app founder in his free time. He&#8217;s an avid learner with a passion for building beautiful, functional apps that tackle real-world problems while being a net positive in users&#8217; lives.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/viktor-stojanov\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Viktor&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Senior software engineer, with background in Enterprise publishing platforms, leading high performing teams, open source contributions, and building AI-assisted platforms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Shadi &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2351\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Talented engineers on my team want to advance their careers but there are not as many opportunities available, how do I keep them motivated?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"fbh2NuPET68o\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"fbh2NuPET68o\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Talented engineers on my team want to advance their careers but there are not as many opportunities available, how do I keep them motivated?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You are fortunate to lead a team of bright and ambitious engineers who are eager to grow. They want new responsibilities, visible projects, and a clear path to advancement. But maybe promotion opportunities are limited, or senior roles are scarce, or career ladders are not always well-defined. The gap between your team\u2019s aspirations and what the company can offer is becoming harder to bridge.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You want to support their ambitions, but you don\u2019t want to make promises you can\u2019t keep. How do you keep them motivated when opportunities are unevenly distributed? What can you do to prevent frustration, stagnation, or even attrition when your most capable engineers are eager for more?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of us have wrestled with this challenge. In this session we\u2019ll share stories, explore different approaches, and consider how to foster growth and engagement even when advancement paths are not immediately available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with 25+ years of software engineering experience. She specialises in TDD, refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration and other eXtreme Programming (XP) practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare taught the Coding Black Females\u2019 Return to Tech programme and co-ran Made Tech\u2019s academy \u2013 coaching inexperienced engineers to learn on the job. She has a passion for helping under-represented groups to flourish in tech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare hosted Season One of the acclaimed Making Tech Better podcast and publishes content on Medium (\u201cA Woman in Technology\u201d) and her own site (\u201cIn Simple Terms\u201d). She is the author of the Stupidity Manifesto, has written about trunk-based development and refactoring for O\u2019Reilly and for Martin Fowler\u2019s site, and regularly presents workshops and keynotes at events all over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to Clare\u2019s newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748608747645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bYtsrQk2ihrEOBhsJuCrR\">https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Clare&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1183\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Mathias Meyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_948\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"KMrAmAjeYPqE\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"KMrAmAjeYPqE\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Mathias Meyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathias is Founding Parter and Executive Coach at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they\u2019re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he\u2019s co-authoring the forthcoming book \u201cThe Intentional Organization.\u201d Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mathias&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 61 \/ 62;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2302\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers-0\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_934,h_934\/next\/2025\/10\/2108_German_0476-2-German-Fuentes-Capella-scaled-e1761125409620.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGerm\u00e1n Fuentes Capella\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder, CISO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">trigosec<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/10\/Ryan-Lucht.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_252,h_252\/next\/2025\/07\/Diane-Lee-Pretorius-e1752191292752.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane-Lee Pretorius\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1181,h_1181\/next\/2025\/07\/Saman_Jafari.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaman Jafari\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO and Seasoned Leader<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"gaz5TeSRMJHN\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"gaz5TeSRMJHN\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the speakers \u2013 Day 1, 12:45<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our <strong>Office Hours<\/strong> area, where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/2108_German_0476-2-German-Fuentes-Capella-scaled-e1761125409620-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGerm\u00e1n Fuentes Capella\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder, CISO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">trigosec<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Germ\u00e1n Fuentes Capella is a CISO focused on automation, with 15 years of experience working in FinTech companies across Europe. Throughout his career, he has tackled the challenge of automating security and compliance workflows that traditionally required manual intervention and disrupted development cycles. He has built DevSecOps practices that treat security controls as code, integrating them directly into CI\/CD pipelines. Germ\u00e1n now leads trigosec, where he continues to explore how to make governance processes as automated and developer-friendly as any other engineering system. He is passionate about eliminating toil and making compliance invisible to product teams.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/german-fuentes-capella\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Germ\u00e1n&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Ryan-Lucht-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ryan Lucht is a Senior Technical Advocate at Eppo by Datadog.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ryan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Diane-Lee-Pretorius-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiane-Lee Pretorius\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Diane Lee Pretorius is an engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of people, systems, and delivery. With over a decade of experience across startups and global organisations, she specialises in building empowered, high-performing teams that ship complex technical products in distributed environments. D-Lee is known for her human-first approach to leadership, pairing strong technical judgement with inclusive collaboration and asynchronous ways of working. Passionate about mentoring and growing future leaders, she shares practical lessons from real-world delivery to help engineering teams work better together.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/diane-lee-pretorius\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Diane-Lee&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Saman_Jafari-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaman Jafari\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO and Seasoned Leader<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saman Jafari is a seasoned leader and strategist with nearly two decades of experience guiding teams, systems, and businesses through meaningful transformation. He began his career in Iran, where he built and ran a digital agency blending software, media, and storytelling. Now based in Germany, he serves as a CTO, helping organizations modernize architecture, grow people, and rethink how they work.<\/p>\n<p>Across roles and borders, Saman has led more than just code changes. He\u2019s helped people lead better, reshaped team cultures, and guided businesses toward more thoughtful, human-centered ways of working. His leadership spans startups and mature companies alike, always focused on building systems that scale and teams that thrive.<\/p>\n<p>What drives him most is seeing people grow and watching businesses become more human, more resilient, and more aligned with their purpose.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saman-jafari\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Saman&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2310\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_1000\/next\/2024\/10\/dilip1000-Dilip-Saha-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDilip Saha\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloFresh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/priyanka-syal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/08\/1735334137175.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/priyanka-syal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPriyanka Syal\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">BCG Digital 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At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Ricardo-Yasuda-2-Ricardo-Yasuda-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRicardo Yasuda\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">GotPhoto<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ricardo is an engineering leader with 25+ years in the software development industry. Currently an Engineering Manager at GotPhoto, he leads cross-functional teams building technology that empowers photographers to focus on their craft. Ricardo previously led teams at SumUp handling millions of transactions at scale. He is passionate about people-first and culture-aware leadership, creating environments where engineers thrive while delivering products that truly serves people and makes a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ricardo&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/dilip1000-Dilip-Saha-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDilip Saha\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloFresh<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9ibf\" data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1pus4-0-0\">Dilip Saha is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience shaping AI, IoT, and cloud-native software development. As Senior Director of Engineering at HelloFresh, he leads 90 engineers developing AI-driven personalization and scalable platforms serving millions, achieving 99.9% platform availability and delivering \u20ac400M+ revenue growth. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"db54j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"db54j-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9ibf\" data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"860ia-0-0\">Previously at Bosch and Honeywell, Dilip spearheaded global engineering teams of 200+ engineers leading AI and IOT solutions. A visionary tech leader and passionate AI advocate, he regularly speaks at international forums including AI and Data Summit, CTO Craft Con, and Generative AI Summit, sharing insights on building high-performing teams, making organizations AI-ready, and driving digital transformation with purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dilip-saha\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Dilip &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/priyanka-syal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/1735334137175-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPriyanka Syal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">BCG Digital Ventures<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Priyanka Syal currently works at Senior Engineer at BCG Digital Ventures, Berlin. She has previously worked as a Software Engineer at multiple places including Microsoft and Dell EMC across different domains like CRM, cloud storage and AdTech. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion in tech and has worked as a part of various initiatives to support women in technology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/priyanka-syal\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Priyanka&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 64 \/ 67;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:00<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2140\" 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_671,h_671\/next\/2025\/11\/Gergo-Halmi-e1762158552541.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergo-halmi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGerg\u0151 Halmi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lean-vilas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1024,h_1024\/next\/2025\/10\/lean_vilas-Leandro-Vilas.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lean-vilas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLean Vilas\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Software Engineering Team Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2560,h_2560\/next\/2024\/10\/mahdi-pourziaei-Mahdi-Pourziaei-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMahdi Pourziaei\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fashion Cloud<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_200,h_200\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/theresa-robinson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1534,h_1534\/next\/2022\/10\/theresa_robinson-Theresa-Robinson-e1729675048233.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/theresa-robinson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTheresa Robinson\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead, Digital Innovation Cell at Rolls-Royce<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Rolls Royce<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"GOeMKgWobrIY\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"GOeMKgWobrIY\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" 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Director of Engineering at Kilo Health.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergo-halmi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/11\/Gergo-Halmi-e1762158552541-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGerg\u0151 Halmi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pleo<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gerg\u0151 Halmi is a Technical Lead at Pleo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gergo-halmi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Gerg\u0151&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lean-vilas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/lean_vilas-Leandro-Vilas-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLean Vilas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Software Engineering Team Lead<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lean Vilas is a Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead, and mentor with over a decade of experience helping developers grow into confident, high-impact contributors.<br \/>\nKnown for blending technical expertise with a deep focus on people, he teaches software engineers how to navigate career transitions, especially the leap from individual contributor to engineering manager.<br \/>\nThrough his newsletter &#8220;From IC to EM&#8221; and conference talks, he shares practical, human-centered leadership insights that resonate with devs who want to lead without losing themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lean-vilas\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lean&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/mahdi-pourziaei-Mahdi-Pourziaei-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMahdi Pourziaei\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Tech Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fashion Cloud<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tech Lead (Staff) at Fashion Cloud, driving platform engineering and leading post-startup architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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Currently she is the technical lead for Engine Network, a tool to help Rolls-Royce analyse, visualize, forecast the behaviour of in-service aircraft engines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/theresa-robinson\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Theresa&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2319\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"industry-interest-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Industry Interest Groups<\/p>\n\t<p 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Product &amp; Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Allegro<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/wojciech-poniatowski\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Wojciech&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/SayakSaha-Sayak-Saha-e1759506978589-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSayak Saha\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Auto1 Group<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sayak Saha leads engineering for Auto1 Group, Europe\u2019s top digital car platform with over \u20ac6B in annual revenue and 600,000+ cars sold each year. His 100+ member team across the EU powers technology for B2B business, logistics, and refurbishments. Sayak previously built products at Amazon, Dell Digital, and Astro Malaysia, reaching customers in India, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Passionate about turning data insights, AI, and automation into value for e-commerce and fintech\u2014both B2B and D2C\u2014he thrives on delivering impact. When not working, you\u2019ll find him exploring Berlin or playing chess with his 10-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sayak-saha\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sayak&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ashwin-aggarwal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Ashwin-Aggarwal-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAshwin Aggarwal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zalando<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ashwin is an Engineering Manager at Zalando where he leads a team of talented web and app engineers building GenAI powered experiences for Zalando\u2019s 50M active customers. He is passionate about building healthy &amp; resilient teams with open feedback culture and efficient practices.<\/p>\n<p>With over a decade of experience in software engineering and leadership, his expertise spans various industries, including Fashion eCommerce, Aviation, Enterprise Project &amp; Portfolio Management, and eLearning Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Having grown up in a small Himalayan town he enjoys hiking and listening to non-fiction audiobooks during his evening walks.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ashwin-aggarwal\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ashwin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 73 \/ 74;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time 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class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1630,h_1580\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_20221104_225154-Natalia-Gorchakova.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Gorchakova\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/serhii-vasylenko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1440,h_1954\/next\/2025\/10\/serhii-vasylenko-Serhii-Vasylenko-scaled-e1759487687767.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/serhii-vasylenko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSerhii Vasylenko\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Platform Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Grammarly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_1200\/next\/2025\/10\/Bild-9-Daniel-Schniepp.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Schniepp\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"8WPbuZDU9pJb\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"8WPbuZDU9pJb\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" 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<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/phil-bennett-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phil Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, Experienced Engineering Leader &amp; Former Director of Engineering at Kilo Health.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/merlin-bogershausen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Merlin-Bogershausen-e1761873793162-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMerlin B\u00f6gershausen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Moderne Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Merlin is a migration engineer and software architect. He helps teams to adopt modern Java and frameworks with ease using tools. For his contributions to communites and confeerneces, he was acknowledged as an Oracle Ace.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/merlin-bogershausen\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Merlin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_20221104_225154-Natalia-Gorchakova-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Gorchakova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Natalia is a Staff Engineer at Google Cloud, driven by her passion for data. She specializes in collecting data and turning it into useful insights for both customers and internal product development. In her role on the Dataplex team, she sets the technical direction for Data Lineage.<br \/>\nNatalia brings over 18 years of software engineering experience, including more than a decade in technical leadership, guiding teams and managing the full software lifecycle from architecture to production.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-gorchakova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/serhii-vasylenko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/serhii-vasylenko-Serhii-Vasylenko-scaled-e1759487687767-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSerhii Vasylenko\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Platform Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Grammarly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Serhii Vasylenko is a staff engineer for the Infrastructure FA at Grammarly. With over a decade of platform engineering experience, he designs cloud-native infrastructure foundations, CI\/CD stacks, and developer experience tooling that enable hundreds of engineers to ship faster and more securely. Active in the BLN DevOps and AWS Community Builders communities, Serhii is passionate about pragmatic solutions that scale. When away from the keyboard, he can be found hiking mountain trails.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/serhii-vasylenko\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Serhii&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Bild-9-Daniel-Schniepp-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Schniepp\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Staff Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Daniel is as a Senior Staff Engineer working on various platform and software engineering topics as well as engineering culture initiatives at Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG.<br \/>\nBefore joining the corporate world, he co-founded two startups and worked as a freelance software engineer.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-schniepp\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 79 \/ 80;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2335\" 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/10\/Ryan-Lucht.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1015,h_917\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIvelina Dimova\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Web Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Awesome Motive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/candost-dagdeviren\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1920,h_1766\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_0979-2-Candost-Dagdeviren-scaled-e1762013340861.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/candost-dagdeviren\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCandost Da\u011fdeviren\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SumUp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"aX7JgyZseLbG\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"aX7JgyZseLbG\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Lucht\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Senior Technical Advocate<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Eppo by Datadog<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ryan Lucht is a Senior Technical Advocate at Eppo by Datadog.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ryan-lucht\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ryan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIvelina Dimova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Web Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Awesome Motive<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ivelina is a Senior Web Developer at Awesome Motive, bringing over a decade of experience to crafting powerful back-end solutions. Proficient in PHP and WordPress, she excels at API integration and developing scalable products, with a portfolio including complex systems for international banks and booking platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Research and Development team, Ivelina develops internal products leveraging Google Cloud for infrastructure solutions and is at the forefront of exploring AI agents using Python and Laravel. Her commitment to quality is evident in her dedication to automated testing and DevOps.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not immersed in code, Ivelina enjoys yoga, exploring new destinations through travel, and photography. She\u2019s also passionate about contributing to the tech community through speaking engagements and organizing WordPress events.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ivelina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/candost-dagdeviren\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_0979-2-Candost-Dagdeviren-scaled-e1762013340861-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCandost Da\u011fdeviren\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SumUp<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Candost works towards creating great, high-performing systems and organizations whose members work in sync, communicate well, share common principles, and are aligned on the same mission.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/candost-dagdeviren\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Candost&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2340\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How can you solve the problem of technical debt when you\u2019re scaling up?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/florian-mierzejewski\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_820,h_820\/next\/2025\/10\/250723_Qonto_Mitarbeiterinnen18Florian_Mierzejewski_web-Florian-Mierzejewski-e1761173612428.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/florian-mierzejewski\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFlorian Mierzejewski\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Qonto<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/hardeep-bath\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1600,h_1300\/next\/2025\/03\/HardeepProfilePic.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/hardeep-bath\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHardeep Bath\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Field CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/07\/1552312814441.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Thomas\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Software Engineer &amp; TLM (Tech Lead Manager) <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Invisible Technologies Inc. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"mq9RZUpDTvMw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"mq9RZUpDTvMw\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How can you solve the problem of technical debt when you\u2019re scaling up?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000023823,\"width\":\"194px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png\" alt=\"Harness LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023823\" style=\"width:194px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/florian-mierzejewski\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/250723_Qonto_Mitarbeiterinnen18Florian_Mierzejewski_web-Florian-Mierzejewski-e1761173612428-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFlorian Mierzejewski\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Qonto<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Software engineer with 10+ YoE and a strong mobile background. I\u2019ve worked in agencies and startups for widely different clients from various countries, on an even wider range of projects. From greenfield to enormous untested legacy codebases, I\u2019ve seen horror and glory while repeatedly managing to have a positive impact. I aim to always write simple and readable code, apply best practices, share knowledge, pair program, and mentor with a good dose of empathy and compromises.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/florian-mierzejewski\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Florian&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/hardeep-bath\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/03\/HardeepProfilePic-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHardeep Bath\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Field CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With 25 years in the technology industry, Hardeep brings a wealth of experience in driving transformative change. For the past 15 years, he held senior leadership roles at Barclays Bank in London, most recently as Group Head of DevSecOps. In this role, he led key initiatives across the bank, including DevOps transformation, security in the SDLC, cloud security posture management, vulnerability management, and secrets management, shaping the future of secure, scalable SDLC platform. A proven leader, Hardeep is passionate about bridging the gap between technology and security to drive innovation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/hardeep-bath\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Hardeep&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/07\/1552312814441-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Thomas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Software Engineer &amp; TLM (Tech Lead Manager) <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Invisible Technologies Inc. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily is not just an engineer or a manager, but a problem solver, focused on creating creative efficiency both in and out of code. She rapidly grew her career at hustling startups, experienced management at a massively scaling pre-IPO unicorn, and is now dedicated to solving the next big problem &#8211; the balance of humans and technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emily-thomas\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Emily&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2345\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do you embed observability into your engineering culture?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1028,h_1028\/next\/2025\/10\/A748243-Tomasz-D-scaled-e1761207844373.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1440,h_1440\/next\/2025\/10\/Ricardo-Yasuda-2-Ricardo-Yasuda.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRicardo Yasuda\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">GotPhoto<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li 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Hero<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"gqpSMzWDmgul\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"gqpSMzWDmgul\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/A748243-Tomasz-D-scaled-e1761207844373-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTomasz Dacewicz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Klarna<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tomasz Dacewicz is a seasoned engineering leader with deep expertise in building scalable, high-impact software systems. With experience spanning startups and global organizations, he combines technical excellence with a people-first leadership style, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within his teams. Passionate about clean architecture, mentoring, and delivering customer-focused solutions, Tom drives engineering cultures that balance innovation with reliability \u2014 helping teams ship better software, faster.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tomasz&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/swati-bansal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/swatiProfile-Swati-bansal-263x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSwati Bansal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zendesk<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Swati bansal is an Engineering Manager with extensive experience building and scaling SaaS products and engineering teams. She currently leads teams at Zendesk, where she focuses on developing AI-powered agents and automation solutions that transform customer experience at scale.<\/p>\n<p>With a background spanning product engineering and leadership, Swati thrives on creating systems \u2014 both technical and human \u2014 that enable teams to deliver with clarity, speed, and impact. She\u2019s passionate about the intersection of technology, collaboration, and continuous learning.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/swati-bansal\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Swati&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Ricardo-Yasuda-2-Ricardo-Yasuda-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRicardo Yasuda\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">GotPhoto<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ricardo is an engineering leader with 25+ years in the software development industry. Currently an Engineering Manager at GotPhoto, he leads cross-functional teams building technology that empowers photographers to focus on their craft. Ricardo previously led teams at SumUp handling millions of transactions at scale. He is passionate about people-first and culture-aware leadership, creating environments where engineers thrive while delivering products that truly serves people and makes a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ricardo-yasuda\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ricardo&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/08\/Arjit-scaled-Arjit-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArjit Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Arjit is the Engineering Lead for Quick Commerce domain at Delivery Hero. A software engineer at heart, he thrives at the intersection of leadership and technology, bringing a wealth of experience from various industries. Arjit is passionate about building intentional team culture and operational excellence. He excels in chaotic situations, finding clarity and direction. Outside of work, Arjit enjoys reading, playing video games, and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Arjit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2352\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">There are many things that only I know how to do and I feel like I am becoming a bottleneck for my team &#8211; what can I do?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"UWcIV0KARBEC\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"UWcIV0KARBEC\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>There are many things that only I know how to do and I feel like I am becoming a bottleneck for my team &#8211; what can I do?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You often find yourself stepping in to solve the toughest problems or handle the parts of the system that no one else fully understands. Over time, this can leave you as the single point of knowledge for critical areas, while the rest of the team depends on you to unblock their work. The result is long hours, constant interruptions, and the feeling that progress slows down whenever you\u2019re not available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You want to enable your team to be more independent, but deadlines and delivery pressure make it difficult to slow down and share knowledge. How do you stop being the bottleneck when it feels faster to just do it yourself? What happens when your own workload becomes unsustainable and your team\u2019s growth stalls?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of us have been in this position. In this session, we\u2019ll discuss how others have faced these challenges, what patterns emerge, and how teams can grow beyond a single point of dependency.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with 25+ years of software engineering experience. She specialises in TDD, refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration and other eXtreme Programming (XP) practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare taught the Coding Black Females\u2019 Return to Tech programme and co-ran Made Tech\u2019s academy \u2013 coaching inexperienced engineers to learn on the job. She has a passion for helping under-represented groups to flourish in tech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare hosted Season One of the acclaimed Making Tech Better podcast and publishes content on Medium (\u201cA Woman in Technology\u201d) and her own site (\u201cIn Simple Terms\u201d). She is the author of the Stupidity Manifesto, has written about trunk-based development and refactoring for O\u2019Reilly and for Martin Fowler\u2019s site, and regularly presents workshops and keynotes at events all over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to Clare\u2019s newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748608747645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bYtsrQk2ihrEOBhsJuCrR\">https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Clare&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 88 \/ 89;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"589\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Lena Reinhard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1967,h_1967\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"vV9xeVabOSdh\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"vV9xeVabOSdh\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Lena Reinhard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lena Reinhard is a seasoned technology leader, currently helping leaders and their teams succeed through her work as a leadership coach, organizational developer, and facilitator. Having served the majority of her 20-year career in leadership roles, such as VP Engineering with CircleCI, Travis CI, and a SaaS startup co-founder &amp; CEO, she has partnered with a variety of remote, hybrid, and co-located companies at all stages, from startups, to scale-ups, corporations, and NGOs. Lena loves to paint, read, and ride her bike around the forests and lakes of her home, Berlin, in Germany. She hosts O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Tech Leadership Tuesday podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lena&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 98 \/ 99;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2304\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:50<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers-1\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2027,h_2027\/next\/2025\/10\/Denzil-scaled-e1759912279645.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDenzil Correa\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager of AI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_389,h_389\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Wagner-Hall.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Wagner-Hall\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Technical Education<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CodeYourFuture<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1200,h_1200\/next\/2025\/07\/Roei-Berkovich-LeadDev.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_223,h_223\/next\/2025\/07\/James-Barnes-e1752185346795.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Barnes\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; Co-Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">StatusCake<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" 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15:50<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our <strong>Office Hours<\/strong> area, where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Denzil-scaled-e1759912279645-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDenzil Correa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager of AI<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cloudflare<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Denzil Correa is a Senior Manager of AI at Cloudflare, where he leads teams developing large-scale machine learning solutions. With over 19 years in the field, Denzil&#8217;s work is underpinned by a deep academic background in machine learning, natural language processing, text mining, and graph theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a qualification he occasionally uses to justify why he&#8217;s &#8220;still talking about ML algorithms.&#8221; His research has been cited, but he insists that these days, he just &#8220;pretends to know something about Machine Learning.&#8221; Fortunately, his professional focus on detecting and mitigating web attacks is serious business, combining his extensive experience with his passions for machine learning and cybersecurity to keep the internet slightly less chaotic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/denzil-correa\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Denzil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Wagner-Hall-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Wagner-Hall\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Technical Education<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CodeYourFuture<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Wagner-Hall is the Director of Technical Education at CodeYourFuture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-wagner-hall\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Roei-Berkovich-LeadDev-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoei Berkovich\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Software Team Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Riverside<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/roei-berkovich\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Roei&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/James-Barnes-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Barnes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; Co-Founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">StatusCake<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-barnes\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View James&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/humera-noor\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/06\/Humera-Noor-Minhas-scaled-e1748850870400-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHumera Noor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Digital Munich Tech GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Humera Noor is an academician, an entrepreneur and a senior leader with over 25 years of experience. With a PhD in Machine Learning, she has led successful ML-based projects, including pioneering commercial-scale ad filtering. As the CTO of Digital Munich, she drives innovation in AI, AR\/VR and IoT. She is the founder of Lumen, a bootcamp aimed at helping individuals break into data and AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Humera is passionate about empowering others in tech, helping individuals reach their full potential. Dr. Humera finds peace in nature, starting her day at sunrise with a book on a bench by the fields \u2014 of course with coffee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/humera-noor\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Humera&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 100 \/ 103;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:00<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2312\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting Neurodivergent leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Connect with other leaders who have similar backgrounds and experiences to yours, and build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/margarita-litkevych\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_900\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_4813-Margarita-Litkevych-e1759425989149.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/margarita-litkevych\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMargarita Litkevych\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SumUp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-boswell\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2560,h_2560\/next\/2025\/10\/SB-Profile-Medium-Sam-Boswell-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-boswell\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Boswell\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">terralayr<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2560,h_2560\/next\/2024\/10\/mahdi-pourziaei-Mahdi-Pourziaei-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMahdi Pourziaei\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Tech Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fashion Cloud<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"ToBTinFFuwpI\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"ToBTinFFuwpI\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connecting Neurodivergent leaders<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but some have a unique set of challenges that they need to navigate through. At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/margarita-litkevych\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_4813-Margarita-Litkevych-e1759425989149-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMargarita Litkevych\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SumUp<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Margarita Litkevych is an Engineering Manager at SumUp, where she is building innovative solutions that empower small businesses around the world. With extensive experience in software engineering and team leadership, she has a track record of delivering scalable, high-quality products while fostering collaboration and growth within her teams. Margarita is passionate about creating inclusive engineering cultures, mentoring talent, and supporting initiatives that encourage more women to pursue careers in technology.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/margarita-litkevych\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Margarita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-boswell\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/SB-Profile-Medium-Sam-Boswell-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Boswell\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">terralayr<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sam leads technology teams at terralayr, an energy tech company providing flexibility-as-a-service through virtual storage capacity to address the massive deficit in global energy storage. He has worked and consulted on technical projects in energy, high-risk cybersecurity, industrial and commercial sectors. He\u2019s currently focusing on building high-performing tech teams, and backing companies in the climate space.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-boswell\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sam&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/mahdi-pourziaei-Mahdi-Pourziaei-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMahdi Pourziaei\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Tech Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fashion Cloud<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tech Lead (Staff) at Fashion Cloud, driving platform engineering and leading post-startup architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mahdi-pourziaei\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mahdi &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Jonathan is a Principal Engineer at Legend, focusing on building systems that scale with the company\u2019s growth. Previously, he\u2019s held individual contributor and management roles, including acting principal engineer at both Spendesk and RVU and engineering manager at Beamly, allowing him to have a broad understanding of the technical and business sides of working in tech.<\/p>\n<p>What drives Jonathan is creating inclusive, empowered teams. He loves working with teams to simplify complex technical problems in ways that bring everyone along for the journey. When he\u2019s not coding or coaching, he\u2019s a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion, launching successful Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across multiple companies to support underrepresented voices and build more connected workplaces. He\u2019s a frequent speaker in the tech community, whether sharing insights on modern system design or advocating for equity in tech spaces<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jonathan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2317\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting Black leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Connect with other leaders who have similar backgrounds and experiences to yours, and build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/olalekan-fuad-elesin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_666,h_666\/next\/2025\/11\/Olalekan-Fuad-Elesin.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/olalekan-fuad-elesin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOlalekan Fuad Elesin\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HRS Group<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-samuel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_760,h_743\/next\/2022\/02\/Headshot-1-e1761819973318.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-samuel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Samuel\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Reddit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"xyg75X06n4MQ\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"xyg75X06n4MQ\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connecting Black leaders<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but some have a unique set of challenges that they need to navigate through. At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/olalekan-fuad-elesin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/11\/Olalekan-Fuad-Elesin-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlalekan Fuad Elesin\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HRS Group<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olalekan Fuad Elesin is the VP of Engineering at HRS Group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/olalekan-fuad-elesin\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Olalekan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-samuel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/02\/Headshot-1-e1761819973318-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Samuel\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Reddit<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>James Samuel is an Engineering manager at Reddit specializing in scaling software teams and software architectures. Prior to joining the mobility sector, he had worked in Fintech, EdTech, and PropTech. He\u2019s also a co-organiser of the @AWS UserGroup Berlin Meetup. James is passionate about empowering engineers through his blog, presentations, and monthly newsletter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/james-samuel\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View James&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 99 \/ 100;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2367\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:55<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Preparing for the role of Principal Engineer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for preparing for the role of a Principal Engineer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bartosz-ocytko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1470,h_1470\/next\/2025\/10\/BartoszOcytko-Bartosz-Ocytko-e1761208169679.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bartosz-ocytko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBartosz Ocytko\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Executive Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zalando<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1728,h_1728\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_2726-Laura-Ureche-scaled-e1761876455597.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Ureche\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One Entertainment Group<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1076,h_1128\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_200,h_200\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lais-oliveira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_736,h_736\/next\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-10-at-17.50.15-Lais-Oliveira-e1729678030186.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lais-oliveira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLa\u00eds Oliveira\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nubank<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"OpuzirHVPmcC\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"OpuzirHVPmcC\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Preparing for the role of Principal Engineer<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for<strong>\u00a0preparing for the role of a Principal Engineer<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moderated by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/phil-bennett-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phil Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, Experienced Engineering Leader &amp; Former Director of Engineering at Kilo Health.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bartosz-ocytko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/BartoszOcytko-Bartosz-Ocytko-e1761208169679-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBartosz Ocytko\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Executive Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zalando<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Bartosz is an Executive Principal Engineer at Zalando\u2019s eCommerce Platform, where he is responsible for group-wide B2C business and Developer Platforms that serve over 50m customers. Bartosz leads and contributes to strategic and group-wide engineering initiatives for platform capabilities, customer-facing products, and more recently focused on engineering productivity, GenAI, and Machine Learning. In the past 8+ years, he has role modeled the senior individual contributor track at Zalando, mentored engineers throughout their senior IC growth journeys, and helped set up Zalando&#8217;s Principal Engineering Community.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bartosz-ocytko\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Bartosz&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_2726-Laura-Ureche-scaled-e1761876455597-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Ureche\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One Entertainment Group<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Laura Ureche is a Principal Engineer with over 13 years of experience across startups and large organizations. She has a background in testing, software development, and SRE, and is known for driving scalable solutions, improving system reliability, and mentoring engineering teams. Passionate about problem-solving and observability, she helps teams deliver high-quality, impactful software.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-ureche\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Laura&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Senior software engineer, with background in Enterprise publishing platforms, leading high performing teams, open source contributions, and building AI-assisted platforms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Shadi &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lais-oliveira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-10-at-17.50.15-Lais-Oliveira-e1729678030186-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLa\u00eds Oliveira\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Nubank<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born and raised in Brazil, based in Berlin, La\u00eds Oliveira\u00a0is a marathonist, outdoor sports enthusiast and a Principal Engineer at Nubank. She holds a bachelor in Computer Science and a MBA in Software Engineering both graduated in S\u00e3o Paulo. Over the years she has built large scale systems for retail and financial industries, including building Nubank since early days from 12 thousand to 70 million customers. As a technical leader her areas of interest are functional programming, software architecture and cloud Infrastructure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lais-oliveira\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View La\u00eds&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 121 \/ 122;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2305\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the speakers \u2013 Day 1, 17:45<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/07\/Limor-Bergman-Gross.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLimor Bergman Gross\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Leadership Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LBG Consulting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_404,h_404\/next\/2025\/07\/Natalia-Nazaruk-e1752187377998.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalia Nazaruk\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Squad Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kingfisher<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; 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She focuses on building strong team culture, trust, and effective collaboration in remote-first environments. In her day-to-day work, she combines practical leadership patterns with a human-centred approach to engineering management. Natalia is active in engineering communities and regularly speaks at internal and external events, sharing real-world leadership lessons grounded in hands-on experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/natalia-nazaruk\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charity Majors is the co-founder and CTO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/honeycomb.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/honeycomb.io&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736409797839000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2x-8aeE_L0xiu8Nm2SpEhJ\">honeycomb.io<\/a>. She pioneered the concept of modern Observability, drawing on her years of experience building and managing massive distributed systems at Parse (acquired by Facebook), Facebook, and Linden Lab building Second Life. She is the co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering (O&#8217;Reilly). She loves free speech, free software and single malt scotch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Charity&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 124 \/ 127;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">18:00<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"705\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"contributor-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Contributor AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Become a LeadDev Contributor AMA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join the LeadDev content team to explore ways to share your experience and get involved as a contributor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_609,h_609\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/08\/Ruth-Yarnit-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRuth Yarnit\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; 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You will learn how to create strong speaker submissions and engaging article proposals, and discover how to take your first step toward becoming a LeadDev contributor.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scott Carey is the Editor in Chief at LeadDev. An experienced technology journalist, he has covered software development for Computerworld, CIO, and InfoWorld before joining LeadDev.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Scott&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/08\/Ruth-Yarnit-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuth Yarnit\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO &amp; Co-founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ruth Yarnit co-founded White October Events with Dave Fletcher in 2013 to run human-centred events for the tech industry. The White October Events team creates content and conferences for the leaders and changemakers in software engineering teams around the world, developing their tech, team and tools to advance their businesses. Lead Dev is their flagship event with conferences in London, New York, Berlin and San Francisco. Ruth is interested in human beings and teams, both in her own business and in the wider tech industry. Outside of work she is particularly interested in two small human beings, aged 1 and 3.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ruth-yarnit\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ruth&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2773\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-the-author\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the author: Mathias Meyer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_948\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"xS5ExSEn6BZa\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"xS5ExSEn6BZa\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the author: Mathias Meyer<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sam will be signing copies of his book &#8216;<strong>The Intentional Organization<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathias is Founding Parter and Executive Coach at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they\u2019re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he\u2019s co-authoring the forthcoming book \u201cThe Intentional Organization.\u201d Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mathias&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-dbe9510335061a1bd05a144ed1fea9e4\" id=\"h-workshops\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.1\">WORKSHOPS<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3; --grid-times-row: 45 \/ 61;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2356\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Reading your systems: Using technical skills to drive software delivery excellence<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn to \u201cread\u201d your engineering systems using data and technical insight to uncover bottlenecks, optimize flow, and accelerate software delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_900\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"AR6uk6pgygGw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"AR6uk6pgygGw\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Reading your systems: Using technical skills to drive software delivery excellence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027369,\"width\":\"200px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"CircleCI Logo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027369\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a CTO or a rising engineering leader, you&#8217;re likely under immense pressure to ship more value, faster. Yet, you know that jumping in and contributing code is unlikely to be the path to success. So, as a technical leader, how do you help your teams? They are likely dealing with increasing system complexity, siloed knowledge, and mounting technical debt. Many engineering metrics (DORA, DX Core 4, etc) can confirm there&#8217;s a problem. You should definitely talk to your people, but they have biases and will either tell you what they think you want to hear, or tell you what they have concluded is the problem. So how do you get past the gut feeling and put your skills to work to optimize your org and systems for software delivery excellence?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The answer lies in reframing the technical understanding you already have at a system level, using the strategies of systems thinking. It\u2019s not about applying technical knowledge to solve technical problems (e.g., rewriting code), but rather paying attention to the flow of code and information to remove blockers in systems. By analyzing how code and PRs are structured, understanding how feedback flows through systems, and identifying where breakdowns occur, you can unlock the full potential of your software delivery system.<br>No matter how big or small your systems are, this workshop will help you develop the superpower of reading your systems\u2019 vital signs to create environments where teams can deliver software quickly, confidently, and effectively.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\">What will you learn?<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to use your technical expertise to identify hidden system issues by analyzing code patterns, PR structures, and team interactions.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to measure and quantify technical bottlenecks rather than relying on subjective assessments when prioritizing improvements.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Tips for designing team structures based on evidence of what actually enables faster delivery vs. relying on intuition.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olaf is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the software industry, excelling in both technical and leadership roles. He has a strong foundation in software development, architecture, and consulting, with a focus on aligning business challenges with cutting-edge technology solutions. As the founder and former CTO of Vamp.io, he played a key role in developing DevOps tools for containers, Kubernetes, and microservices. Following Vamp&#8217;s acquisition by CircleCI, Olaf now serves as a Technology Advisor, working closely with CTO Rob Zuber to advance CircleCI&#8217;s offerings. His expertise continues to drive technical innovation and excellence for the company and its customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Olaf&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rob Zuber is a 20-year veteran of software startups; a three-time founder, and a five-time CTO. Since joining CircleCI, Rob has seen the company through its Series F funding and delivered on product innovation at scale while leading a team of 150+ engineers distributed worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Rob&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #fe336d; --grid-column: 3; --grid-times-row: 64 \/ 76;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2790\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"lunch-and-learn\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Lunch and Learn<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Lunch and Learn with women leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Grab lunch, meet your peers and discuss core engineering challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mareike-ziese\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1560,h_1560\/next\/2025\/10\/MareikeZiese-Mareike-Ziese-e1761925817463.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-jansen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCamille Jansen\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">University of Saskatchewan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1703,h_1684\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_1578-2-Daniela-e1759505148161.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniela Matheis\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief of Staff to the CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li 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Consulting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"j1YFEfhowxNR\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"j1YFEfhowxNR\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #fe336d;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Lunch and Learn<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" 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class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Grab lunch, meet your peers and discuss core engineering challenges<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finding the right solution to complex engineering issues isn\u2019t about isolated thinking \u2013 it\u2019s about building your support network and leveraging the power of peer learning through diverse experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join us for a relaxed, drop-in Lunch &amp; Learn session where women leaders in engineering will discuss key challenges, share their experiences, and learn from one another. The session will be facilitated by five experienced women engineering leaders who will guide the conversation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Join conversations focused on<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Building strong partnerships and upward influence to drive success for you and your teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Preventing burnout for yourself and your teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Evolving your leadership approach and identifying the skills your team needs to thrive in the age of AI<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mareike-ziese\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/MareikeZiese-Mareike-Ziese-e1761925817463-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMareike Ziese\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Software Engineering | Data Platforms &amp; Outbound Commerce<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">momox SE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mareike Ziese is Head of Software Engineering for Data Platforms &amp; Outbound Commerce at momox, a leading European recommerce company. She leads teams building modern data and AI platforms that power pricing, marketing optimization, and large-scale commerce operations.<\/p>\n<p>A mother of two young girls and the owner of three horses \u2014 plus countless plants in her garden \u2014 she often connects lessons from nature and family life to her leadership approach. She believes great technology and strong teams grow under the same conditions: trust, clarity, and patience.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mareike-ziese\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mareike&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-jansen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Camille-Jansen-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCamille Jansen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\"> Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">University of Saskatchewan<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camille Jansen is an Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator at the University of Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/camille-jansen\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Camille&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIvelina Dimova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Web Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Awesome Motive<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ivelina is a Senior Web Developer at Awesome Motive, bringing over a decade of experience to crafting powerful back-end solutions. Proficient in PHP and WordPress, she excels at API integration and developing scalable products, with a portfolio including complex systems for international banks and booking platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Research and Development team, Ivelina develops internal products leveraging Google Cloud for infrastructure solutions and is at the forefront of exploring AI agents using Python and Laravel. Her commitment to quality is evident in her dedication to automated testing and DevOps.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not immersed in code, Ivelina enjoys yoga, exploring new destinations through travel, and photography. She\u2019s also passionate about contributing to the tech community through speaking engagements and organizing WordPress events.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ivelina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_1578-2-Daniela-e1759505148161-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniela Matheis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief of Staff to the CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">In her role as Chief of Staff to the CTO, she drives practical transformations in engineering culture, ensuring continuous learning is integrated into workflows. Using systemic coaching, she supports leaders in designing initiatives, improving team practices, and creating measurable impact across the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniela&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Limor-Bergman-Gross-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLimor Bergman Gross\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Leadership Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LBG Consulting<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/limor-bergman-gross\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Limor&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/1535307258257-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Rathi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Taxfix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nikita Rathi is a dog-mum, a wife, a foodie amongst other things, and an engineering manager by day. She has spent her career in the tech industry between Illinois, New York, Dublin and Berlin solving problems, writing code, and managing engineering teams and now is a Senior Engineering Manager at Taxfix, a tax startup in Berlin that reduces the complexity of tax filing and helps save it&#8217;s users time and money. She has found herself ever-curious about human relationships and brings that curiosity to her work. Her thoughts and research have led her to think about different perceptions that folks might have based on past experiences and years of socialization and how that impacts the careers of those that are marginalized.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nikita-rathi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nikita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 79 \/ 95;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2357\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Navigating difference and disagreement<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how to turn differences and disagreements into opportunities for growth by practicing healthy conflict and effective team communication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_901,h_901\/next\/2021\/01\/round-smiling-Joel-Chippindale.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Chippindale\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Monkey&#039;s Thumb Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"4wpSxH2GRTUY\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"4wpSxH2GRTUY\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Navigating difference and disagreement<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our differences in opinion, experience and approach can be a difficult source of tension in teams, and if ignored and overlooked people will feel demotivated, excluded and undervalued.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the same time productive conflict is important to help us grow and find the best solutions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll explore what unhealthy or healthy conflict looks like &#8211; and how your own experiences of conflict shape the way you engage when there is disagreement within a team. We\u2019ll also practice conversational frameworks for both group and 1-2-1 settings that you can use to improve your team\u2019s interactions with one another and ensure you\u2019re building environments where everyone can work together towards shared goals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our differences in opinion, experience and approach can be a difficult source of tension in teams, and if ignored and overlooked people will feel demotivated, excluded and undervalued.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the same time productive conflict is important to help us grow and find the best solutions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll explore what unhealthy or healthy conflict looks like &#8211; and how your own experiences of conflict shape the way you engage when there is disagreement within a team. We\u2019ll also practice conversational frameworks for both group and 1-2-1 settings that you can use to improve your team\u2019s interactions with one another and ensure you\u2019re building environments where everyone can work together towards shared goals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\">What will you learn?<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Understand what has shaped your own experiences of conflict<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify you and your teams&#8217; relationship with conflict<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Use conversational frameworks and facilitation practices in both group and 1-2-1 settings to improve your team&#8217;s interactions with one another<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/round-smiling-Joel-Chippindale-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Chippindale\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Monkey&#039;s Thumb Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Joel Chippindale is a CTO Coach who supports talented start-up and scale-up CTOs to successfully navigate the many changes in their roles as their companies evolve.<\/p>\n<p>He also has over 20 years experience building, scaling and leading software development teams, including CTO roles at Econsultancy, FutureLearn and Unmade.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Joel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2549\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Designing an actionable tech strategy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn to define what a good strategy looks like, how to make it live and evolve with your team, and how to connect it to day-to-day decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_618,h_618\/next\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2025-04-27-at-4.15.14-PM-Najla-Elmachtoub-e1760626954427.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNajla Elmachtoub\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Squadformers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"68eB96tHfxYV\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"68eB96tHfxYV\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Designing an actionable tech strategy<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many of us, it feels like there\u2019s no time to be strategic with our technical planning. Reorgs, incidents, market shifts, increasing competition, scope changes, personnel issues, and other factors at work mean that we have to be reactive rather than following out carefully laid plans. There is increasing pressure to deliver value with the promise to \u201cclean up\u201d, \u201cunify\u201d, and \u201ctest\u201d code later.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this workshop, we will take a big step back from all of these distractions to design a technical strategy for your team that is immediately actionable, yet flexible enough to adapt over time. We\u2019ll center around the problems that your team actually has to solve in the coming 12+ months and evaluate how initiatives in people, process, and technology can get you there. Together, we\u2019ll define what a good strategy looks like, how to make it live and evolve with your team, and how to connect it to day-to-day decision-making. You will walk away with practical next steps for your team. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why not bring your team along and start thinking collaboratively about your tech strategy?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\"><strong>What will you learn?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Define what a technical strategy is (and isn\u2019t) \u2014 and when to create one<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify the most impactful technical problems your team should solve<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Build a plan that adapts as priorities and technology evolve<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Establish a feedback loop for refining and executing your strategy<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2025-04-27-at-4.15.14-PM-Najla-Elmachtoub-e1760626954427-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNajla Elmachtoub\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Squadformers<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-leaddev-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"contextual-region node node--type-contributor node--view-mode-full\" data-history-node-id=\"7241\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Najla is a fractional engineering leader and leadership coach. She previously served as a Director of Engineering at companies like Etsy, where she led teams across New York, Mexico City, and Berlin. Her work focuses on coaching managers and teams to grow in alignment with their values and business goals, while building systems that support operational excellence. Najla is passionate about positioning teams for high leverage, fostering strong communities, and delivering meaningful value to customers. She leads with empathy, believes in transparent decision-making, and is a committed advocate for the people she works with.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Najla&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3; --grid-times-row: 106 \/ 121;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2551\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The AI amplifier: A hands-on workshop on the DORA 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Harnessing AI&#8217;s power without amplifying chaos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/1736242030520.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUrsula L\u00f6bbert-Passing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Value Realization Lead, AI Transformation EMEA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Galloro.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Galloro\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Application Modernization Solution Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"v8PlLt1qMp7D\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"v8PlLt1qMp7D\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The AI amplifier: A hands-on workshop on the DORA 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artificial Intelligence is no longer on the horizon; it&#8217;s in our IDEs, our pipelines, and our workflows. The 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development report reveals a critical paradox: while 90% of developers now use AI and throughput is finally increasing, software delivery instability is also on the rise. How can we harness AI&#8217;s power without amplifying chaos?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The answer lies in a fundamental insight from the DORA research team: AI is an amplifier. It magnifies the strengths of high-performing organizations and the dysfunctions of struggling ones. Success with AI isn&#8217;t a tools problem\u2014it&#8217;s a systems problem.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this highly interactive workshop, we will move beyond the hype and dive into the data. We won&#8217;t just share the report&#8217;s findings; we will help you apply them to your own teams. We will explore and discuss some of the competencies identified in the new DORA AI Capabilities Model<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-will-leave-this-session-with\">You will leave this session with:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A clear understanding of foundational capabilities that unlock AI&#8217;s true potential.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Actionable advice to diagnose your team&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A framework to ensure your AI strategy translates into measurable improvements in performance and stability, not just localized pockets of productivity.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1736242030520-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUrsula L\u00f6bbert-Passing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Value Realization Lead, AI Transformation EMEA<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ursula&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Galloro-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Galloro\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Application Modernization Solution Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Giovanni Galloro has been working at Google since 2017 as a Customer Engineer specialising in software delivery tools and practices and container-based runtimes.<\/p>\n<p>Currently focused on helping multiple organizations across EMEA to improve developer productivity and software delivery performance using AI and Continuous Delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni is a Community Ambassador for the Continuous Delivery Foundation and is a frequent speaker at developer conferences.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Giovanni&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 4; 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--grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 37 \/ 38;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2325\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Harness \u2013 Break the bottleneck: AI and the new era of software delivery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_536,h_536\/next\/2025\/10\/Oliver-Oehlenberg-e1761648454779.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOliver Oehlenberg\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Sales Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"dYCWvfKIroxH\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"dYCWvfKIroxH\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Harness \u2013 Break the bottleneck: AI and the new era of software delivery<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000023823,\"width\":\"178px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png\" alt=\"Harness LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023823\" style=\"width:178px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI has changed how code is written, but the real bottleneck is getting this code to your customers in production. Join Harness for a look at how AI is transforming the entire software delivery lifecycle, from how teams test, secure, deploy, and optimize software at scale. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll unveil Harness\u2019 latest AI innovations and show what\u2019s now possible when intelligent workflow orchestration meets your software delivery data. Through live demos, you\u2019ll see how Harness turns AI innovation into concrete results\u2014accelerating delivery, improving security and reliability, and unlocking developer productivity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Oliver-Oehlenberg-e1761648454779-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOliver Oehlenberg\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Sales Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Oliver believes that IT makes our lives easier and smarter. Digitalization is one of our biggest advantages, but it also drives many challenges. Over the last 20 years, Oliver worked in different positions at consultancy companies and software vendors to help customers to generate business value and drive innovation with software. With his experiences as Field-CTO for Observability and a founder of a software company, he supports organizations to modernize the DevOps value stream to operate with more efficiency but also to fulfill the governance, compliance, and data privacy targets.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Oliver&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 40 \/ 41;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2326\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Incident.io &#8211; Incident response in the AI Era<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_379,h_379\/next\/2025\/10\/Alex-Turley-Pound-e1761929626815.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Turley-Pound\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Incident<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"mSg6YckcNbfN\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"mSg6YckcNbfN\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Incident.io &#8211; Incident response in the AI Era<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000028102,\"width\":\"200px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png\" alt=\"Incident io logo\" class=\"wp-image-10000028102\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 2000w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_1024,w_1024\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 1024w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_1536,w_1536\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 1536w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See how AI can transform incident management from chaos to clarity. In this 10-minute demo, we\u2019ll show how incident.io\u2019s new AI SRE autonomously diagnoses issues, assists with investigations, and empowers teams to resolve incidents faster &#8211; without replacing the human judgment that matters most.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Alex-Turley-Pound-e1761929626815-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Turley-Pound\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Incident<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Alex is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Incident.io, working with large enterprises to assess and augment their incident response flows with the introduction of AI and automation.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alex&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 43 \/ 45;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2825\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: CircleCI \u2013 Meet Chunk: Your agent to ship at AI speed with confidence<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1114,h_1114\/next\/2024\/10\/Derry-Bradley-scaled-e1761924714386.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDerry Bradley\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"RCnLgtRq4Y9P\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"RCnLgtRq4Y9P\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: CircleCI \u2013 Meet Chunk: Your agent to ship at AI speed with confidence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027369,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"CircleCI Logo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027369\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As AI-generated code accelerates development, teams face an impossible choice: ship what you haven&#8217;t fully validated, leading to buggy production and mounting tech debt, or lose all your AI productivity gains by creating validation checkpoints that feel like finding a needle in a haystack. Enter Chunk, CircleCI&#8217;s new autonomous agent (beta) that works 24\/7 to fix the critical but time-consuming parts of your software delivery process that everyone knows are important but no one has time to maintain. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this demo, we&#8217;ll focus on Chunk&#8217;s flaky test capability, demonstrating how it autonomously analyzes and fixes non-deterministic tests while learning your team&#8217;s patterns and best practices. We\u2019ll explain why Chunk is a fundamental shift to proactive CI\/CD processes that free engineers to focus on creative problem-solving and building features that differentiate your product.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Derry-Bradley-scaled-e1761924714386-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDerry Bradley\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Derry is a software delivery specialist helping organizations optimize development through CI\/CD solutions. He translates complex technical concepts into business value, solving implementation challenges for engineering teams. Previously at Fidelity Investments, he architected automated deployment pipelines and cloud infrastructure. Derry&#8217;s expertise spans cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and continuous delivery<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Derry &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 64 \/ 65;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2327\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Honeycomb \u2013 From chaos to clarity: Fast, full-fidelity debugging without the guesswork<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Martin-Thwaites.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" 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In this demo, we&#8217;ll show how feature flags, progressive rollouts, and real-time impact measurement work together to let you move from idea to production in minutes, not weeks. Perfect for teams dealing with increased code velocity from AI tools or looking to modernise their deployment practices without adding risk.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kevin Holler is an Enterprise Solutions Engineer at LaunchDarkly, working with the companies biggest customers in the DACH region to de-risk their software and AI-driven product releases.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kevin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 73 \/ 74;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2330\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Checkly \u2013 Shift-left monitoring with Playwright &amp; AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_512,h_512\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Rago.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Rago\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Customer Solutions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"QYduOCHCRUFy\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"QYduOCHCRUFy\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Checkly \u2013 Shift-left monitoring with Playwright &amp; AI<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000028770,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Checkly LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000028770\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In one workflow, see how your team can write, run, and scale Playwright tests as production synthetic monitors. In 10 minutes, you\u2019ll learn how to cut costs, boost reliability, and use AI to setup and maintain of your observability code.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Rago-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Rago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Customer Solutions<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Giovanni Rago is Head of Customer Solutions at Checkly. He helps development teams and organizations ship quality software and increase reliability through the use of state-of-the-art synthetic monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>He is passionate about bridging the gap between testing and monitoring and creating more efficient workflows for software development teams.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Giovanni &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 76 \/ 78;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2332\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Pandorian \u2013 The code enforcement magic show<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_495,h_495\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Avital-e1761649581839.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Avital\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CEO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pandorian<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"PEaxbadEbLsX\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"PEaxbadEbLsX\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Pandorian \u2013 The code enforcement magic show<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027651,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Pandorian LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027651\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instantly transforms your engineering guidelines, standards and best practices into live system-wide enforcement with Pandorian<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Avital-e1761649581839-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Avital\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pandorian<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Daniel Avital is a former co-founder of cybersecurity unicorn CHEQ, where for 8 years he lead Product and GTM from zero to over $60M of ARR. He is now emerging from stealth with his second company, Pandorian, this time as co-founder and CEO &#8211; to give dev leaders enforcement superpowers in the age of AI-written code.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 100 \/ 102;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2331\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Vercel \u2013 From idea to web: Building at the speed of thought<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_373,h_373\/next\/2025\/10\/Leo-Reuter-e1761649383711.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeo Reuter\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Sales Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Vercel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"HHGtvaDTiGEe\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"HHGtvaDTiGEe\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Vercel \u2013 From idea to web: Building at the speed of thought<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000026928,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10000026928\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 642w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See how v0 is changing the way we prototype and build products. In this session, Leo will show how to combine v0, the Vercel AI SDK and the AI Gateway to build a fully functional, modern chatbot with agentic tool calls in just ten minutes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Leo-Reuter-e1761649383711-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeo Reuter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Sales Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Vercel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Leo Reuter is a Sales Engineer at Vercel with a background in software development and a long history of building with Next.js. These days, he helps teams across Europe create, ship, and scale modern web apps using Vercel\u2019s platform and new AI tools like v0.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Leo&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 5; --grid-row: 1;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 5; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-0cd2d79ae6b2a7352c99a0dc333cc744\" id=\"h-directorplus\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.1\">DIRECTORPLUS<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 49 \/ 64;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 5;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2358\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-roundtable\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to effectively stay aware of everything going on in multiple teams<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on how to position yourself most effectively as a leader and drive your teams towards success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/raz-schweiger-shuty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_750,h_750\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_6885-Raz-Razzz-scaled-e1761832282113.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/raz-schweiger-shuty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRaz Schweiger-Shuty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">auxmoney GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"nsPbHWRFPMCn\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"nsPbHWRFPMCn\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00dcbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How to effectively stay aware of everything going on in multiple teams<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Conversations on how to position yourself most effectively as a leader and drive your teams towards success.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discussion-will-include\">Discussion will include:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Avoiding communication bottlenecks<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Counterbalancing alignment and autonomy for teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Monitoring and course correcting as the project progresses.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/raz-schweiger-shuty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_6885-Raz-Razzz-scaled-e1761832282113-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaz Schweiger-Shuty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">auxmoney GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Raz Schweiger-Shuty is CTO at auxmoney, author of Somehow We Manage, and co-founder of the Tech Leadership Exchange community. Known for his candid and sometimes humorous takes on tech culture and leadership, Raz has built and led engineering organizations at scale across fintech and logistics. His work focuses on turning chaos into a bit less chaos by adding some structure, building great teams, and leading with empathy and accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/raz-schweiger-shuty\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Raz&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 5;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2359\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-roundtable\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t<p 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class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYenny Cheung\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Bluefish<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"T1mHZd1fj3xi\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"T1mHZd1fj3xi\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00dcbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg 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insights to your leadership team.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discussion-will-include\">Discussion will include:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Defining the right metrics to measure productivity gains<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Crafting a compelling narrative that balances realism with optimism<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Exploring real-world business cases for GenAI<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/yenny-cheung-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYenny Cheung\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Bluefish<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yenny Cheung is Vice President of Engineering at Bluefish, where she leads the development of the marketing platform in the age of generative search.<\/p>\n<p>She 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She is known for her clarity of thought, operational rigor, and ability to empower teams with the strategic context to lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Yenny&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 82 \/ 97;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:30<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 5;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2360\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-roundtable\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to move fast while building resilient systems<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on how to balance innovation with system resilience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/colin-burke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_314,h_325\/next\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-09.04.26-e1761920990802.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/colin-burke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tColin Burke\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Customer Success \u2013 EMEA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"ZRmp6nxAkWBK\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"ZRmp6nxAkWBK\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00dcbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How to move fast while building resilient systems<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000023838,\"width\":\"222px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Honeycomb-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Honeycomb LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023838\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Honeycomb-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2020\/10\/Honeycomb-LeadDev.png 300w, 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-->\n<li>Getting teams ready for AI and LLMs<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Driving speed, resilience, and ROI across the software cycle<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Connecting engineering to business value<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/colin-burke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-09.04.26-e1761920990802-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColin Burke\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Customer Success \u2013 EMEA<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Colin Burke is the Director of Customer Success for EMEA at Honeycomb.io, where he helps engineering and technology leaders harness the full potential of observability to drive business outcomes. With more than a decade of experience at industry leaders like VMware and Pivotal, Colin has worked at the intersection of enterprise platforms, developer productivity, and system resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Colin has partnered closely with product and engineering teams to scale modern platforms and improve velocity &#8211; always with a sharp focus on connecting technical excellence to strategic advantage. At Honeycomb, he empowers teams to shift observability from a reactive tool to a proactive driver of innovation and performance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/colin-burke\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Colin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 5;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2361\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-roundtable\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Roundtable<\/p>\n\t<p 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-->\n<p>Conversations on how senior engineering leaders can evaluate and manage technical debt to drive long-term engineering effectiveness and organizational impact.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discussion-includes\">Discussion includes:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identifying and categorizing different types of technical debt across systems and teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Quantifying the cost and trade-offs of tech debt for better decision-making<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Communicating debt impact to executives and stakeholders in business terms<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Establishing frameworks for prioritizing when to pay down debt versus when to defer<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/chris-jimenez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/06\/Chris-Jimenez-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Jimenez\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Platform Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chris is the Director of Platform Engineering at Zenjob, bringing over 15 years of experience leading Platform and Infrastructure teams across Latin America, the United States, and Europe<\/p>\n<p>With a genuine passion for mentoring engineering managers and fostering supportive communities, Chris is passionate about enabling engineers to successfully transition into leadership roles while promoting growth and support within organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Chris actively contributes to open-source projects, embracing collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the developer community.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, Chris leads non-profit initiatives dedicated to wildlife conservation in Latin America and Asia. Chris also finds joy in photography, running, and cycling, sometimes mixing them all at the same time. &#8220;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/chris-jimenez\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Chris&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00dcbe; --grid-column: 5; --grid-times-row: 124 \/ 130;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2821\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"directorplus-meetup\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">18:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Meetup<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">DirectorPlus Underrepresented Leaders Meetup<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A networking meetup for DirectorPlus leaders from underrepresented groups to connect, share experiences, and build community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1967,h_1967\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"6nz68KMfUDsk\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"6nz68KMfUDsk\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00dcbe;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">DirectorPlus Meetup<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>DirectorPlus Underrepresented Leaders Meetup<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join fellow DirectorPlus leaders from underrepresented communities to connect, share experiences, and build community. This informal meetup offers space for open conversation among LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC leaders, neurodivergent and disabled professionals, women, and anyone who identifies as underrepresented at senior levels in tech.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guiding discussion prompts will help spark meaningful exchanges about leadership, belonging, and navigating challenges as \u201cthe first\u201d or \u201cone of few\u201d at your level.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If your identity or experience isn\u2019t explicitly mentioned but you feel underrepresented, you\u2019re warmly invited to join us.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can also take part in the Community Representation Groups running throughout the day as part of LeadDev.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lena Reinhard is a seasoned technology leader, currently helping leaders and their teams succeed through her work as a leadership coach, organizational developer, and facilitator. Having served the majority of her 20-year career in leadership roles, such as VP Engineering with CircleCI, Travis CI, and a SaaS startup co-founder &amp; CEO, she has partnered with a variety of remote, hybrid, and co-located companies at all stages, from startups, to scale-ups, corporations, and NGOs. Lena loves to paint, read, and ride her bike around the forests and lakes of her home, Berlin, in Germany. She hosts O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Tech Leadership Tuesday podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lena&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"ld-agenda__day-wrapper desktop-scrollbar\" style=\"--agenda-column-count: 5; --agenda-time-rows: 121; --agenda-desktop-column-count: 4.2; --agenda-tablet-column-count: 2.2; --agenda-mobile-column-count: 1.2;\" data-scroll-position=\"0\">\n\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-scroll-anchor\" id=\"Agenda_1_Day_2\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-titles-wrapper\"><div class=\"ld-agenda__day-titles-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-scroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__day show-times wp-block-pbc-agenda-day\" data-day=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 1; --grid-row: 2;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 1; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-0565581574e4169921213b6368ff8591\" id=\"h-talk-schedule-0\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.1\">TALK SCHEDULE<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">08:00&ndash;09:00<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-arrival-amp-coffee-0\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Arrival &amp; Coffee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 13 \/ 18;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2373\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A welcome from the host, Pat Kua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"12AIvJsrLglA\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"12AIvJsrLglA\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2025<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A welcome to LeadDev Berlin 2024 from the host, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/pat-kua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pat Kua<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pat Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the <strong>CTO<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chief Scientist<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/n26.com\/\">N26<\/a>\u00a0(Berlin, Germany) and as a\u00a0<strong>Technical Principal Consultant<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtworks.com\/\">ThoughtWorks<\/a>. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/retrobook\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/twtl\">Talking with Tech Leads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/evolarch\">Building Evolutionary Architectures<\/a>\u00a0and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \u201cLevel Up\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com\/\">http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com<\/a>) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techlead.academy\/\">Tech Lead Academy<\/a>, offering online training for technical leaders. You can find him online on Twitter as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patkua\">@patkua<\/a>\u00a0or running his very popular \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patkua.com\/shortcut-to-tech-leadership\/\">Shortcut to Tech Leadership<\/a>\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Pat&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 18 \/ 19;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2811\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">What happened last night? Highlights of LeadDev\u2019s first AI Hackathon<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Hackathon host Yenny Cheung takes us behind the scenes.  Get the inside story on what unfolded at the first-ever LeadDev AI Hackathon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1683,h_1683\/next\/2020\/07\/yenny-cheung-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYenny Cheung\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Bluefish<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"zeB49WsB1uh3\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"zeB49WsB1uh3\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>What happened last night? Highlights of LeadDev\u2019s first AI Hackathon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hackathon host Yenny Cheung takes us behind the scenes. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get the inside story on what unfolded at the first-ever LeadDev AI Hackathon.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/yenny-cheung-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYenny Cheung\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Bluefish<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yenny Cheung is Vice President of Engineering at Bluefish, where she leads the development of the marketing platform in the age of generative search.<\/p>\n<p>She has built and scaled global teams across conversational commerce, developer platforms, and Adtech, with a proven record of translating complex technology into measurable business outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>An experienced B2B SaaS leader, Yenny specializes in guiding startups through enterprise-grade transformations: aligning product, engineering, and go-to-market functions for rapid growth. She is known for her clarity of thought, operational rigor, and ability to empower teams with the strategic context to lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yenny-cheung\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Yenny&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 19 \/ 25;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2102\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The joy of being wrong<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover how rethinking assumptions drives better decisions, strengthens leadership, and builds more adaptive, collaborative teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/01\/profile-picture-Emma-Bostian.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Bostian\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Spotify<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"R2Vvh5Y8dcXo\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"R2Vvh5Y8dcXo\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The joy of being wrong<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You spend a lot of your workday thinking, but how much time do you spend rethinking? Failure to challenge our own assumptions can lead us to miss big opportunities. Sometimes, failure to rethink can even have deadly consequences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through real-world examples from NASA\u2019s Challenger explosion to Blackberry\u2019s failure to thrive, we\u2019ll examine how thinking like a scientist can make us a better leader and improve team dynamic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You\u2019ll learn how to challenge your assumptions, encouraging you to actively seek out information that challenges your views.<br>You\u2019ll learn how to inspire a learning mindset in our teams through a strong foundation of psychological safety and promoting constructive conflict.<br>And you\u2019ll learn why we should replace a culture of \u201cbest practices\u201d with a learning culture.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019re quick to update our possessions. When our clothes are out of style, we go shopping. When our phones are old, we replace them. So why shouldn\u2019t we update our opinions and assumptions? It\u2019s time we stop listening to views that make us feel good and seek out views that make us think hard.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Frequently updating our own views makes us a stronger leader.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Challenging others to open their minds and potentially change their views strengthens team bonds and allows for healthy discussions.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Replacing \u201cbest practice\u201d culture with a learning culture at work improves psychological safety and efficiency.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/01\/profile-picture-Emma-Bostian.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Bostian\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Spotify<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emma Bostian is an Engineering Manager at Spotify in Stockholm. She is an instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters and Co-Host of the Ladybug Podcast.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Emma&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 25 \/ 27;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2379\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director,experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Measuring system performance in 2026<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Insights from the inaugural LeadDev Engineering Performance Report, with Honeycomb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Martin-Thwaites.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Thwaites\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Developer Advocate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julie-neumann\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2025\/10\/julie.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julie-neumann\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJulie Neumann\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief Marketing Officer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_609,h_609\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"dGwxTDtXXdrH\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"dGwxTDtXXdrH\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Measuring system performance in 2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Insights from the inaugural <strong>LeadDev Engineering Performance Report<\/strong>, with <em>Honeycomb<\/em>. Find out how organizations measure the performance of their software and systems, the impact AI is having on that performance, and the most impactful ways to unblock performance bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Martin-Thwaites-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Thwaites\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Developer Advocate<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Martin is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. With over 20 years experience in development in the .NET ecosystem, he\u2019s worked with many companies on scaling up engineering teams and products. The past few years have been spent working on solving complex problems with some of the UK\u2019s big names, including e-commerce retailers and credit lenders.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Martin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julie-neumann\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/julie-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulie Neumann\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief Marketing Officer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Julie Neumann is the Chief Marketing Officer at Honeycomb.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julie-neumann\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View  profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scott Carey is the Editor in Chief at LeadDev. An experienced technology journalist, he has covered software development for Computerworld, CIO, and InfoWorld before joining LeadDev.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Scott&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 28 \/ 33;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2121\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Migrations done right: Success stories and lessons learned<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn proven strategies for executing large-scale system migrations safely, using incremental rollouts, clear planning, and strong stakeholder communication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_564,h_564\/next\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Francisco-Cristiani-e1752191937895.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFernando Cristiani\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Vice President User Growth &amp; Lifecycle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"qq7uNq6I5zLC\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"qq7uNq6I5zLC\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Migrations done right: Success stories and lessons learned<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Learn how to perform large-scale migrations and rewrites of complex systems safely. An experienced engineering leader will share his learnings from leading teams that have successfully performed multiple migrations over the past few years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Performing large-scale migrations, rewrites, and sunsetting systems in software engineering is inevitable. They are an organic part of continuously growing, improving, and evolving the systems we work on. Teams and organizations that master these tasks successfully have a competitive advantage when it comes to adapting to changes and innovation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk will share hard-earned lessons and insights on how to successfully migrate key functionalities safely and without negatively impacting users. It will first explore common reasons why teams usually need to undertake these projects. Then, it will present and assess different execution strategies, focusing in particular on different techniques that enable having incremental progress instead of a big bang switchover. Finally, it will cover how to effectively measure and communicate the progress of the migration, as well as how to build trust with stakeholders.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Key techniques discussed in this talk will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Learning how to break down your problem and set up an incremental delivery plan<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Partial rollouts that provide faster feedback loops and avoid risky releases<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Dual-read approaches, on-the-fly migrations, and hard cuts<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Traffic splitting through feature flags and load balancing<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The speaker will share his firsthand experience and learnings after having migrated several complex systems during the last years. Attend this session to gain valuable knowledge on ensuring your migrations are both safe and successful.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Understand common triggers for large-scale migrations and rewrites<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Learn strategies for executing migrations successfully and understand their trade-offs<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Discover techniques for planning and implementing incremental rollouts<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Learn how to build trust and effectively communicate the progress of the migration to your stakeholders<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Explore methods for traffic splitting at both application and infrastructure levels<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Francisco-Cristiani-e1752191937895-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFernando Cristiani\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Vice President User Growth &amp; Lifecycle<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Fernando&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 33 \/ 42; --inner-content-row: 5; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">10:40&ndash;11:25<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-morning-break-0\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Morning Break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 42 \/ 48;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2111\" data-tax-session-topic=\"leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Leveling up engineers in an AI-driven world<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to mentor junior engineers in an AI-driven world by reinforcing core skills and balancing AI-assisted workflows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"pTmIzGHnlHCO\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"pTmIzGHnlHCO\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Leveling up engineers in an AI-driven world<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">How can senior ICs and managers strategically guide junior engineers to develop critical engineering skills amid the rise of AI coding assistants?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a landscape where generative AI and coding assistants are increasingly prevalent, how do we ensure that junior engineers develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to progress to senior roles?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk explores how senior ICs can foster a learning environment that leverages AI tools without allowing them to become crutches. We will discuss frameworks for evaluating when AI can accelerate learning versus when it might obscure skill gaps, and share case studies on effective mentorship strategies in this new paradigm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Attendees will leave with actionable insights on balancing AI-assisted workflows with traditional engineering skill development, ensuring that emerging engineers are prepared to thrive as senior ICs in the future.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify key skill areas that AI tools may obscure and strategies for reinforcing them.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Implement mentorship frameworks that balance AI use with traditional problem-solving techniques.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Develop actionable plans to assess junior engineers\u2019 readiness for senior roles amid AI-driven workflows.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Jonathan is a Principal Engineer at Legend, focusing on building systems that scale with the company\u2019s growth. Previously, he\u2019s held individual contributor and management roles, including acting principal engineer at both Spendesk and RVU and engineering manager at Beamly, allowing him to have a broad understanding of the technical and business sides of working in tech.<\/p>\n<p>What drives Jonathan is creating inclusive, empowered teams. He loves working with teams to simplify complex technical problems in ways that bring everyone along for the journey. When he\u2019s not coding or coaching, he\u2019s a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion, launching successful Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across multiple companies to support underrepresented voices and build more connected workplaces. He\u2019s a frequent speaker in the tech community, whether sharing insights on modern system design or advocating for equity in tech spaces<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jonathan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 48 \/ 50;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2546\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:55<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">From code tsunami to controlled innovation: Launching software in the age of AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>How to harness the explosive speed of AI-driven development without losing control, compromising safety, or putting customer experience at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_253,h_253\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-e1761649003511.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"En7iko3WK8EX\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"En7iko3WK8EX\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>From code tsunami to controlled innovation: Launching software in the age of AI<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How to harness the explosive speed of AI-driven development without losing control, compromising safety, or putting customer experience at risk.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI is rewriting the rules of software delivery. Features that once took weeks to design and build now appear in minutes with the help of copilots. Prototypes rapidly morph into production-ready code, and the volume of changes flooding into systems feels like an unstoppable tsunami.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While this acceleration is a gift, it also introduces new risks \u2014 moving too fast without the right guardrails can compromise safety, reliability, and customer trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll explore how leading engineering teams are evolving their delivery practices for the AI era. You\u2019ll learn how to separate deployment from release to maintain control, and walk away with actionable practices to launch software at AI speed \u2014 safely.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Separating Deployment from Release \u2014 controlling exposure without slowing innovation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Actionable Practices \u2014 concrete steps to launch software at AI speed, safely.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kevin Holler is an Enterprise Solutions Engineer at LaunchDarkly, working with the companies biggest customers in the DACH region to de-risk their software and AI-driven product releases.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kevin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 50 \/ 53;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2120\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Machine learning in production. The hidden effort<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Uncover the hidden engineering work behind real-world ML products, from scaling and orchestration to cost control and team alignment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_480,h_480\/next\/2024\/10\/Maciej.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaciej Rz\u0105sa\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Backend Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Chattermill<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"cWhSwVkiMMHp\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"cWhSwVkiMMHp\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Machine learning in production. The hidden effort<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">The gap between AI demo and AI product is full of hard engineering work. I&#8217;m sharing 10 years of experience involving scaling, orchestration and cost optimisation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How much does it take to go from a shiny AI demo to a deployed application? Everyone&#8217;s excited about new AI capabilities, but few talk about the engineering work required to use ML models in production. Getting this hidden part right is what separates successful AI projects from failed ones. In my talk I&#8217;ll show what it takes to turn ML experiments into robust, scalable products.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Chattermill we&#8217;ve spent 10 years bringing ML to production. I&#8217;ll share hard-won lessons on orchestration of a dozen self-hosted ML services. We&#8217;ve had to tame the unpredictability of LLMs at scale, bridge the velocity gap between engineering and data science, and drive down both processing time and infrastructure costs. Have you ever thought that innocent retries could cost you hundreds of dollars?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll walk away with methods to iterate faster and deliver more reliably in a heterogeneous environment of data scientists and software engineers. Whether you are a tech lead, architect or manager, this talk will prepare you to ship real-world ML applications, not just experiments.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Dealing with pace differences between data science and engineering<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Methods to iterate faster with ML products<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Awareness of the hidden effort required to bring ML to production and differences between regular software projects and ML ones<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Maciej-300x300.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaciej Rz\u0105sa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Backend Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Chattermill<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-leaddev-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-contributor node--view-mode-full\" data-history-node-id=\"26196\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p>Software engineer with 10+ years of experience. He started applications from scratch, dealt with legacy, extracted services from a monolith and led teams. Strong proponent of diving deep into black boxes, he focuses on distributed systems and database internals. Has a strange hobby of writing regular expressions by hand and discussing their performance. Knowledge-sharing advocate: after work, he&#8217;s a university instructor, public speaker and meetup organiser. Bookworm, hiker and history buff (ask him about Napoleon!).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-contributorsinteractionsblock\" class=\"block block-leaddev-general block-contributors-interactions-block\">\n<div class=\"box js-section box--grid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 box__grid-col\">\n<div class=\"box__content\">\n<div class=\"box__item js-box-item\">\n<div class=\"box__media\">\n<div class=\"box__img\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Maciej&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 53 \/ 58;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2125\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:20<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Couple\u2019s therapy for product and tech<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to build a strong, lasting partnership between product and tech through alignment, trust, and intentional collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_637,h_637\/next\/2025\/07\/Laura-Dietze-e1752193191999.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Dietze\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Fractional Product Leader and Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Product and Change<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"YLhpdt3jt1Yp\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"YLhpdt3jt1Yp\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Couple\u2019s therapy for product and tech<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter what your org chart says, if you&#8217;re building a lasting product, you&#8217;re in a product and tech relationship. Make it a good one.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Good means effective and efficient, but also enjoyable. That kind of partnership takes time, care, and intention.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are the three pillars of a strong product and tech relationship:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Alignment<\/strong> \u2013 Are you actually on the same page? Leadership styles, ways of working, and long-term goals need to match before you can make real progress.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Date Night<\/strong> \u2013 Keep the spark alive with regular check-ins, syncs, and collaborative rituals to ensure ongoing alignment \u2014 especially at the leadership level.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Best Friend to Moan To<\/strong> \u2013 No relationship is without its challenges. Have a trusted partner to vent, troubleshoot, and work through friction before it turns into conflict.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Tools and best practices for alignment and collaboration<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to create moments of being human to develop trust and make your relationship stronger<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A laugh or two as I share stories from the messy reality at the intersection between product and tech and what we can learn from them.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Laura-Dietze-e1752193191999-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Dietze\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Fractional Product Leader and Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Product and Change<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Laura&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 58 \/ 76; --inner-content-row: 9; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">12:45&ndash;14:15<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-lunch-0\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 76 \/ 82;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2115\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Journeys in diversity &#8211; what difference really means<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover what true inclusion means by exploring practical ways to support neurodivergent colleagues and create genuinely diverse teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"TqOrXXEnkZ7Q\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"TqOrXXEnkZ7Q\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Journeys in diversity &#8211; what difference really means<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">What does it really mean to support people who are different and create an inclusive working environment for all neurotypes? Learn the difference between lip service and real diversity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is about the difference between paying superficial support to diversity and inclusion, versus truly understanding how different colleagues, team members, and employees have varying challenges and needs. From the small, everyday details to the bigger picture, this talk includes practical ideas and examples of how your behaviour and the support you offer can have a major impact on whether you and those around you are able to thrive.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Clare draws on years of experience supporting people with a wide range of needs as a mentor, tutor, interviewer, and line manager. She also shares her own perspective as a middle-aged autistic woman with ADHD navigating menopause. Through personal stories, she highlights the challenges she has faced and what has made a real difference.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Small actions can have a big impact.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a grounded and honest look at what it really means to be different, with practical advice and insights on how greater awareness can lead to meaningful change.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to identify the needs and strengths of all your team members<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to create a supportive working environment for people with differing needs<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>What neurodivergence means<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The strengths of neurodivergent team members<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with 25+ years of software engineering experience. She specialises in TDD, refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration and other eXtreme Programming (XP) practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare taught the Coding Black Females\u2019 Return to Tech programme and co-ran Made Tech\u2019s academy \u2013 coaching inexperienced engineers to learn on the job. She has a passion for helping under-represented groups to flourish in tech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare hosted Season One of the acclaimed Making Tech Better podcast and publishes content on Medium (\u201cA Woman in Technology\u201d) and her own site (\u201cIn Simple Terms\u201d). She is the author of the Stupidity Manifesto, has written about trunk-based development and refactoring for O\u2019Reilly and for Martin Fowler\u2019s site, and regularly presents workshops and keynotes at events all over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to Clare\u2019s newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748608747645000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bYtsrQk2ihrEOBhsJuCrR\">https:\/\/queen-of-questions.kit.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Clare&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 82 \/ 85;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2124\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">We brought AI into our sprints, here\u2019s what changed<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how integrating AI into product sprints changed team habits, improved delivery, and revealed what works and what breaks in practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_576,h_576\/next\/2025\/07\/Omar-Diop-e1752192677383.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOmar Diop\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Learnn<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"KNNsZO8oanvb\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"KNNsZO8oanvb\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>We brought AI into our sprints, here\u2019s what changed<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">A real-world story of how we integrated AI into our product development workflow, what broke, what worked, and how it\u2019s changing our sprints, our quality, and our team habits.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How do you bring AI into your product development workflow without slowing your team down or making things worse?<br>At Learnn, an italian EdTech startup with over 200,000 users, we set out to do just that.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll walk you through how we introduced AI into our engineering process, not as a shiny tool, but as part of how we build, test, and deliver product. You\u2019ll see what worked, what failed, and how AI is now helping us write code, deliver features, generate tests, improve documentation, and even speed up product discovery.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll look at the impact on sprint velocity, product quality, and team dynamics with honest lessons from the trenches.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re leading a small team or scaling a large org, this talk will give you practical ideas (and cautionary tales) on how to adopt AI in a way that\u2019s sustainable, measurable, and team-friendly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A practical framework to start integrating AI into your workflow.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Key insights into what AI is good at and where it breaks.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How AI adoption changed our sprint dynamics and team mindset.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Strategies to introduce AI without losing control or quality.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A real-world use case of AI\u2019s impact on our product delivery<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Omar-Diop-e1752192677383-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOmar Diop\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Learnn<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Omar Diop is a Technical Lead at Learnn.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Omar&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 85 \/ 90;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2114\" data-tax-session-topic=\"hiring\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Rethinking interviewing in an AI era<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how to redesign technical interviews for an AI era by focusing on real-world thinking, communication, and human-centered evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1100,h_1100\/next\/2025\/07\/IMG_8800-e1759233061768.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Lee\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Notion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"Ax15o3ew0DE2\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Ax15o3ew0DE2\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Rethinking interviewing in an AI era<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">AI is reshaping what\u2019s easy to solve in technical interviews, prompting us to revisit what we ask and why. This talk explores how more thoughtful, human interviews can lead to deeper signal and better hiring.AI is reshaping what\u2019s easy to solve in technical interviews, prompting us to revisit what we ask and why. This talk explores how more thoughtful, human interviews can lead to deeper signal and better hiring.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI is changing the landscape of technical interviews. With tools that can generate code, explanations, and solutions in seconds, many traditional formats are losing their ability to surface meaningful signal. At the same time, AI is becoming a natural part of how engineers work \u2013 so why design interviews that ignore it?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk explores how we can adapt interviews to this new reality. Rather than relying on questions that are easy to offload, we\u2019ll focus on ways to uncover deeper qualities: how candidates think through ambiguity, weigh trade-offs, and communicate their decisions. It\u2019s not about avoiding AI\u2014it\u2019s about designing interviews that reveal what it <em>can\u2019t<\/em> answer for someone.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll dig into practical strategies for structuring interviews around your team\u2019s actual workflows, crafting questions that invite thoughtful discussion, and creating an environment where candidates feel comfortable showing how they approach real problems. You\u2019ll also learn how interviewer tone and feedback can elevate \u2013 not dilute \u2013 evaluation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More humane interviews don\u2019t just feel better for candidates \u2013 they give your team a clearer signal, more honest conversations, and ultimately,<br>stronger hires.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/IMG_8800-e1759233061768-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Lee\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Notion<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Justin Lee is a Senior Software Engineer at Notion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Justin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 90 \/ 93;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2110\" data-tax-session-topic=\"culture,leadership,management\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Latency, load, and leadership: Building a team nervous system<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover how to build feedback systems that detect early stress signals, enabling healthier, more resilient, and productive teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1031,h_1031\/next\/2025\/07\/sabakhurram-Saba.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaba Khurram\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Hypha Labs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"JhTwnAJivepy\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"JhTwnAJivepy\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Latency, load, and leadership: Building a team nervous system<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Discover a system that monitors your team\u2019s stress signals, staves off burnout, and evolves leadership into a dynamic and adaptive framework.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering teams face challenges that traditional KPIs often overlook. In this talk, I share practical lessons learned from creating systems to detect early signs of burnout, stress, and misalignment across teams. I compare how we monitor code performance with the way we notice subtle signals in team behavior, such as variations in energy, mood, or engagement that typically remain unseen.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I will outline straightforward methods for implementing regular check-ins and feedback loops that capture early warning signs. You\u2019ll learn simple practices that encourage transparent communication and prompt the reporting of issues before they escalate into burnout or operational disarray.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk is geared toward anyone who leads engineering teams, whether managing a small group or an entire department. The techniques I share are practical and straightforward, focusing on establishing routine assessments that serve as health-checks for your organization. By shifting from a reactive approach to proactive management, leaders can maintain steady progress while ensuring team well-being.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ultimately, you\u2019ll come away with actionable insights that help you build a self-regulating team system: one that detects early stress signals and enables timely intervention. This approach not only boosts productivity, but also helps create a sustainable, supportive work environment where innovation can thrive.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to track subtle signals of stress and low energy in your team.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Practical steps for setting up regular feedback and check-in processes.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Methods for addressing issues before they escalate into burnout.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to balance productivity with the ongoing well-being of your team.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/sabakhurram-Saba-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaba Khurram\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Hypha Labs<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Saba is an engineer who has wiggled her way through teams both big and small. She is fascinated by the hidden systems that either help teams work together smoothly, or cause them to fall apart. Through years in fast-paced environments and a non-linear journey into engineering, Saba has learned practical methods to spot early warning signs of stress and misalignment. By drawing exciting parallels from seemingly-unrelated domains, she applies a data &amp; systems-based approach to fine-tune team dynamics, anticipate falling productivity, and maintain alignment. When she is not coding, you might find her chasing her dog to save her shoes or diving into watercolour &#8220;alchemy&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View  profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); --agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary); --grid-times-row: 93 \/ 102; --inner-content-row: 5; --grid-column: 1;\" class=\"ld-agenda__break breakout-version-1 wp-block-pbc-agenda-break has-text-color has-tertiary-color has-background has-primary-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakout-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__breakout-times\">15:40&ndash;16:25<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-heading has-24-px-font-size has-text-color\" id=\"h-afternoon-break-0\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Afternoon Break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ld-agenda__break-paragraph has-text-color has-18-px-font-size\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 102 \/ 108;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2119\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:25<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Building AI into critical systems: Lessons learned<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how the Financial Times built AI into paywalls and retention systems, navigating trade-offs, risks, and real-world complexity at scale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_399,h_399\/next\/2025\/05\/Tatiana-Stantonian.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTatiana Stantonian\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Financial Times<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"w1rmLykpOeSN\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"w1rmLykpOeSN\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Building AI into critical systems: Lessons learned<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Discover how the Financial Times used AI to personalise paywalls and reduce churn \u2013 along with the architecture, trade-offs, and unexpected side effects of applying machine learning to real business-critical decisions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the past year, the FT has partnered with two external AI providers to deliver large-scale machine learning projects focused on subscriber acquisition and retention. By using predictive models to personalise user journeys on FT.com, we\u2019ve more than doubled our projected lifetime revenue per customer. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll walk through the real-world implementation of AI at a media organisation \u2013 what worked, what didn\u2019t, and what we\u2019d do differently. You\u2019ll get a behind-the-scenes look at our architecture for integrating Sub(X) into the paywall, and how we navigated unintended consequences, like a risk to advertising revenue we initially handled the wrong way. I\u2019ll also share how we tackled churn reduction with a different AI model built by VectorLabs, which runs on our own infrastructure \u2013 and the unique technical and operational challenges that came with that. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally, I\u2019ll offer hard-earned lessons on evaluating and maintaining AI in production: how to adapt to disruptions like price changes, what to monitor during model training, and how we revisited our approach to testing to cope with the explosion of possible user journeys AI introduced. Whether you&#8217;re considering an AI initiative or already running one, this talk will give you a clear-eyed look at the trade-offs, stakeholder dynamics, and surprising complexity that come with applying machine learning in a real business context.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Strategies to minimise risk and build stakeholder confidence when integrating AI into critical user journeys<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Practical techniques for evaluating models that continuously adapt and evolve<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why we chose different AI providers and model architectures for acquisition vs. retention \u2013 and what we learned from that decision<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/05\/Tatiana-Stantonian-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTatiana Stantonian\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Financial Times<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tatiana Stantonian is a Principal Engineer and engineering manager at the Financial Times, based in London. She works across teams to shape the systems and direction for FT.com\u2019s Customer Lifecycle area, including subscription growth and retention. With a background at the Government Digital Service and over a decade in software engineering, she\u2019s passionate about the intersection of user experience, business impact, and technical systems. She recently led the implementation of two major AI projects at the FT, and loves helping teams find the highest value work they can deliver.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tatiana&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 108 \/ 110;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2109\" data-tax-session-topic=\"career-development,hiring\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"experienced-manager,new-manager,staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:55<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">No promotion. Now what!?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how to navigate promotion denial with resilience, clarity, and strategy to reignite career growth and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_661,h_661\/next\/2025\/07\/Jenny-Warnke-e1752185812559.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJenny Warnke\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"BxqXZgRI24ir\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"BxqXZgRI24ir\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>No promotion. Now what!?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Experienced Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>New Manager<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Promotion denial stings. Discover strategies for bouncing back, effectively managing expectations, and reigniting your career growth and fulfillment, with insights on effective communication and managerial support.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rejection stings. Especially when it&#8217;s a promotion a person was aiming for and putting significant effort in. So what happens when that &#8216;next step&#8217; doesn&#8217;t happen?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This presentation dives into the different aspects of navigating this challenging situation, offering valuable insights for both employees and managers. Understanding the emotional impact of rejection, the potential loss of trust, and the various ways disappointment can manifest are crucial first steps in effectively addressing the aftermath of a denied promotion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This session will dive into the critical questions and decision-making process an employee faces after a promotion denial:<br>\u201cWho am I without this promotion?\u201d Having a promotion denied often feels like a personal rejection instead of a professional one. We will look into how to reframe success beyond the title.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIs it me or the company?\u201d It\u2019s important to get clarity why the promotion was denied. We will examine common reasons, such as personal factors, role preparedness, or simply unfair treatment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cShould I stay or should I go?\u201d Should the person remain with the organization (double down on any growth areas or pursue alternative paths internally) or to seek new challenges elsewhere? We will analyze the factors that might influence this decision and provide frameworks for evaluating different options.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We will also explore the importance of well-defined promotion pathways. Transparent communication throughout the promotion process is crucial, ensuring that employees understand the criteria of performance and promotion, and have clarity on their progress. The role of managerial support in providing constructive feedback, guidance, plans, and ongoing development opportunities is key for navigating the situation successfully.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Furthermore, we will focus on the essential skill of resilience in case of a career setback. We will discover practical strategies for bouncing back from a missed promotion, effectively managing expectations and adapting to unexpected turns in their career trajectory. We will explore how to transform disappointment into renewed focus on personal and professional development, ultimately reigniting career growth and fostering a sense of fulfillment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Techniques to transform promotion denial to an opportunity of personal and career growth<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>30-day comeback plan after promotion denial<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Mini-resilience self assessment<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Jenny-Warnke-e1752185812559-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJenny Warnke\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jenny Warnke is the Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jenny&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 110 \/ 115;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2106\" data-tax-session-topic=\"software-quality\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"staff,tech-lead\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Try, try again<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn why intelligent retries are essential for resilient systems, and how to implement them safely with proper limits and timing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_575,h_575\/next\/2025\/04\/me_in_iceland-e1748612852712.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Newman\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Tech Consultant &amp; Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sam Newman &amp; Associates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"xNt5kw1JyNr3\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"xNt5kw1JyNr3\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Try, try again<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Staff+<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span>Tech Lead<\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again\u201d &#8211; this quote attributed to Einstein warns us of the danger of magical thinking, hoping that trying something just one more time will achieve success when before we failed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this talk, I\u2019ll argue that retrying things actually does make a lot of sense, and is in fact key to improving the resilience of a distributed system. Along the way, I\u2019ll explain the importance of timeouts, retry limits and knowing when giving up does make sense. I\u2019ll also show how retries can be made safe (and help avoid draining your bank account), and perhaps we\u2019ll get to examine that Einstein quote in a bit more detail\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/04\/me_in_iceland-e1748612852712-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Newman\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Tech Consultant &amp; Author<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sam Newman &amp; Associates<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sam Newman is an independent consultant who loves solving problems with technology. Focusing primarily in the areas of cloud, microservice architecture and continuous delivery, Sam works with companies big and small all over the world. He is also an experienced conference speaker, and author of the O\u2019Reilly books Monolith To Microservices, Building Microservices, and the forthcoming Building Resilient Distributed Systems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sam&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 115 \/ 118;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"939\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">End of day wrap-up<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Closing thoughts from the host, Pat Kua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"JTs03yLKJ8XD\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"JTs03yLKJ8XD\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff326e;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>End of day wrap-up<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst\">Closing thoughts from the host, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/pat-kua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pat Kua<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Pat-Kua-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Kua\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Seasoned Technology Leader &amp; Coach<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pat Kua is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience. His current mission is accelerating the growth of technical leaders through coaching, mentoring and training. He has had many years of hands-on experience, leading, managing and improving complex organisations and software systems as the <strong>CTO<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chief Scientist<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/n26.com\/\">N26<\/a>\u00a0(Berlin, Germany) and as a\u00a0<strong>Technical Principal Consultant<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtworks.com\/\">ThoughtWorks<\/a>. He is a frequent keynote and conference speaker, author of three books including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/retrobook\">The Retrospective Handbook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/twtl\">Talking with Tech Leads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.io\/evolarch\">Building Evolutionary Architectures<\/a>\u00a0and runs the free popular newsletter for leaders in tech, \u201cLevel Up\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com\/\">http:\/\/levelup.patkua.com<\/a>) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techlead.academy\/\">Tech Lead Academy<\/a>, offering online training for technical leaders. You can find him online on Twitter as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patkua\">@patkua<\/a>\u00a0or running his very popular \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patkua.com\/shortcut-to-tech-leadership\/\">Shortcut to Tech Leadership<\/a>\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/pat-kua\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Pat&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 2; --grid-row: 2;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 2; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-d8639cc801a541ff8dba7a1c55e292d4\" id=\"h-hallway-activities-0\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.1\">HALLWAY ACTIVITIES<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 25 \/ 26;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1183\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Mathias Meyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_948\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"f4qVJRgUR2ZO\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"f4qVJRgUR2ZO\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Mathias Meyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathias is Founding Parter and Executive Coach at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they\u2019re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he\u2019s co-authoring the forthcoming book \u201cThe Intentional Organization.\u201d Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mathias&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 28 \/ 33;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2353\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do I stop firefighting and make space for long-term improvements?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"63sAdEGcfdje\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"63sAdEGcfdje\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How do I stop firefighting and make space for long-term improvements?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\u2019s easy to get stuck in constant firefighting. One production issue after another. Stakeholders demanding quick fixes. Urgent requests that feel impossible to ignore. This session is about breaking the cycle. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How do you push back on \u201curgent\u201d tasks that aren\u2019t truly urgent? What techniques help you make time for long-term work without losing trust from the business? We\u2019ll talk about how to set boundaries, prioritise effectively, and win support for technical health. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring your experiences, frustrations, and tactics. Together, we\u2019ll explore how to build breathing room into team life and move from reactive to proactive.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna Jean&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 33 \/ 34;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2306\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:40<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers-2\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_564,h_564\/next\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Francisco-Cristiani-e1752191937895.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFernando Cristiani\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Vice President User Growth &amp; Lifecycle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/01\/profile-picture-Emma-Bostian.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Bostian\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Spotify<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_609,h_609\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"2JEicPzuCWOQ\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"2JEicPzuCWOQ\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the speakers \u2013 Day 2, 10:45<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our <strong>Office Hours<\/strong> area, where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Francisco-Cristiani-e1752191937895-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFernando Cristiani\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Vice President User Growth &amp; Lifecycle<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Seven.One<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/fernando-cristiani\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Fernando&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/01\/profile-picture-Emma-Bostian.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Bostian\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Spotify<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emma Bostian is an Engineering Manager at Spotify in Stockholm. She is an instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters and Co-Host of the Ladybug Podcast.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/emma-bostian\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Emma&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/10\/1705506333818-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Carey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Editor in Chief<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LeadDev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scott Carey is the Editor in Chief at LeadDev. An experienced technology journalist, he has covered software development for Computerworld, CIO, and InfoWorld before joining LeadDev.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/scott-carey\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Scott&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 34 \/ 35;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2313\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laetitia-delvaux\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2315,h_2315\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_9498-Laetitia-A-Delvaux.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laetitia-delvaux\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tL\u00e6titia Delvaux\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">G\u00c9ANT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sasha-gobbels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2316,h_2316\/next\/2025\/10\/Avatar41-Sasha-Goebbels.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sasha-gobbels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSasha G\u00f6bbels\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"DBXBVVUZ9TqO\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"DBXBVVUZ9TqO\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connecting Trans and Gender Non-conforming leaders<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but some have a unique set of challenges that they need to navigate through. At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/katrin-kirchert\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Kirchert-Katrin-Leipzig-2025-klein-Katrin-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKatrin Kirchert\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Lead Consultant<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">]init[ AG f\u00fcr digitale Kommunikation<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Katrin Kirchert is a neurodivergent and queer senior lead consultant at ]init[ AG in Berlin. Since 2023, they have been working on digitalisation projects for public administration in Germany. Previously, they were a freelance data protection officer and solicitor specialising in data protection law. Katrin has a Master of Laws degree, but is very tech-savvy and deals with topics such as artificial intelligence and digital sovereignty. They identify themselves as non-binary.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/katrin-kirchert\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Katrin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laetitia-delvaux\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_9498-Laetitia-A-Delvaux-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tL\u00e6titia Delvaux\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">G\u00c9ANT<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">L\u00e6titia Delvaux holds an M.Sc.Eng. degree in Computer Science from the University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. She is working as task leader of the network monitoring activity for the G\u00c9ANT project through PCSS, the Pozna\u0144 Supercomputing and Networking Center. She leads 4 software development and DevOps teams. She has participated in different high-speed network and service monitoring projects, both on the operational and the software development sides, in the Research &amp; Education Community (NREN).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laetitia-delvaux\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View L\u00e6titia &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sasha-gobbels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Avatar41-Sasha-Goebbels-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSasha G\u00f6bbels\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">With a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry Sasha never worked as a chemist but went straight into software development. After writing software for telco providers, airports and federal German police she fell for web development.<br \/>\nFirst as an individual contributor, then as a tech\/team lead and senior engineering manager because she discovered that working with people is even more awesome than working with tech alone. On her way she also co-founded two companies and currently is working as a (senior) engineering manager at Overleaf\/Digital Science. But still she couldn\u2019t let go of writing software. Sasha is trans femme.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sasha-gobbels\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sasha&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2309\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting Disabled leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Connect with other leaders who have similar backgrounds and experiences to yours, and build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julian-fink\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_321,h_321\/next\/2025\/10\/Julian-Fink-e1761867758297.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julian-fink\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJulian Fink\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Doctolib<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alexander-reichert\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_582,h_582\/next\/2025\/10\/PXL_20231202_205115425-Alexander-Reichert-e1761867496313.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alexander-reichert\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlexander Reichert\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Doctolib<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1703,h_1684\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_1578-2-Daniela-e1759505148161.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniela Matheis\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief of Staff to the CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sergio-laranjeira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2024\/07\/1645482165605.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sergio-laranjeira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tS\u00e9rgio Laranjeira\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Metacore<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"1orw7UALpymc\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"1orw7UALpymc\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Connecting Disabled leaders<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Connect with folks over shared experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey into leadership is tough, but some have a unique set of challenges that they need to navigate through. At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julian-fink\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Julian-Fink-e1761867758297-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulian Fink\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Doctolib<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Julian is a versatile and passionate engineering leader with over 15 years of experience in developing complex software systems in highly regulated environments, specializing in AI\/ML and digital health.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/julian-fink\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Julian&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alexander-reichert\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/PXL_20231202_205115425-Alexander-Reichert-e1761867496313-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlexander Reichert\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Doctolib<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Alexander Reichert is an Engineering Manager with over 13 years of experience , currently serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Doctolib, a health-tech platform. He has experience in guiding teams through legacy system migrations and transitioning monolithic applications towards service-oriented architectures.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, he was a founding team member at ArtificialIndustries LLC, implementing search and RAG systems. He also held senior leadership roles at the meal-kit service MarleySpoon AG, including VP of Consumer Engineering , and at heycar, an online car marketplace. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Technische Universit\u00e4t &#8211; Darmstadt.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alexander-reichert\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alexander&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_1578-2-Daniela-e1759505148161-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniela Matheis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief of Staff to the CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">In her role as Chief of Staff to the CTO, she drives practical transformations in engineering culture, ensuring continuous learning is integrated into workflows. Using systemic coaching, she supports leaders in designing initiatives, improving team practices, and creating measurable impact across the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniela-matheis\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniela&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sergio-laranjeira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/1645482165605-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tS\u00e9rgio Laranjeira\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Metacore<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>S\u00e9rgio is passionate about engineering management, leadership and software delivery. He strives to make a meaningful impact on organizations by delivering exceptional experiences to both internal and external customers. In parallel, he is deeply committed to the cause of Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I). He believes that fostering D&amp;I is not just a moral imperative but also a strategic advantage, and actively works to create inclusive workplaces, promote D&amp;I at various events, and drive recruitment activities that promote diversity. He dedicates his time to working with people, building a culture where individuals can be themselves and bringing great results to the business.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sergio-laranjeira\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View S\u00e9rgio &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2147\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_200,h_200\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"KDHmxeUs9dbl\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"KDHmxeUs9dbl\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" 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-->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-mindra\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1517683594471.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDmytro Mindra\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Grammarly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-mindra\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Dmytro&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marta-kedzior-krasoczko\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/20230104_091842-Marta-Kedzior-Krasoczko-scaled-e1729677829877-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarta K\u0119dzior-Krasoczko\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Backbase<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/marta-kedzior-krasoczko\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Marta&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rui-posse\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/08\/Rui-Posse-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRui Posse\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Raaft<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Engineering Manager and Full-Stack engineer with 10+ years\u2019 experience leading remote teams, Rui specialises in JavaScript\/TypeScript, Vue.js and Node.js. Passionate about mentoring and team culture, he focuses on clear direction, modern engineering practices and pragmatic delivery that balances business impact with technical quality. He is passionate about tech communities and actively engages in sharing knowledge and supporting other engineers.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rui-posse\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Rui&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anna Kurylo is Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform at SentinelOne. She leverages deep technical expertise and leadership to manage complex cybersecurity engineering projects, champion accessibility, and build resilient, user-friendly platforms. Her leadership follows a \u201cpeople first\u201d motto, grounded in the belief that kindness is fundamental to fostering strong technical teams. Outside of work, she enjoys running and walking outdoors with her husband, making matcha for friends, and spending time with her cat, Cory.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 37 \/ 43;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2774\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-the-author\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the author: Charity Majors<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"dyDcnhhmFcbw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"dyDcnhhmFcbw\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the author: Charity Majors<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charity will be signing copies of her book &#8216;<strong>Observability Engineering<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/12\/Charity-Majors-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharity Majors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charity Majors is the co-founder and CTO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/honeycomb.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/honeycomb.io&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736409797839000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2x-8aeE_L0xiu8Nm2SpEhJ\">honeycomb.io<\/a>. She pioneered the concept of modern Observability, drawing on her years of experience building and managing massive distributed systems at Parse (acquired by Facebook), Facebook, and Linden Lab building Second Life. She is the co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering (O&#8217;Reilly). She loves free speech, free software and single malt scotch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/charity-majors\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Charity&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 43 \/ 44;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:30<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"589\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Lena Reinhard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1967,h_1967\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"GC5XWyPi1TkJ\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"GC5XWyPi1TkJ\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Lena Reinhard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lena Reinhard is a seasoned technology leader, currently helping leaders and their teams succeed through her work as a leadership coach, organizational developer, and facilitator. Having served the majority of her 20-year career in leadership roles, such as VP Engineering with CircleCI, Travis CI, and a SaaS startup co-founder &amp; CEO, she has partnered with a variety of remote, hybrid, and co-located companies at all stages, from startups, to scale-ups, corporations, and NGOs. Lena loves to paint, read, and ride her bike around the forests and lakes of her home, Berlin, in Germany. She hosts O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Tech Leadership Tuesday podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lena&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2354\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">What\u2019s the best way to get engineers more interested in the business side of things?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"ukDZUfosMO62\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"ukDZUfosMO62\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>What\u2019s the best way to get engineers more interested in the business side of things?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some engineers love diving deep into technical puzzles. But business context? Not so much. When engineers connect their work to business goals, they make smarter trade-offs and feel more invested in outcomes. Without that link, teams risk building technically elegant solutions that don\u2019t move the needle for customers or the company. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, how do you get them interested without it feeling like homework? We\u2019ll share ways to make business knowledge engaging and relevant. This room is a chance to swap ideas, test assumptions, and learn how to spark curiosity in the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna Jean&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2794\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to ensure software quality and reliability can keep pace with AI powered development velocity?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/subhamoy-sengupta\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1814,h_1814\/next\/2025\/10\/Subhamoy-Sengupta.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/subhamoy-sengupta\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSubhamoy Sengupta\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariana-pasichnyk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1807,h_2560\/next\/2025\/10\/Mariana_Pasichnyk_portrait-Mariana-Pasichnyk-scaled.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariana-pasichnyk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMariana Pasichnyk\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Director <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">IDEMIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mudit-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Mudit-Singh.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mudit-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMudit Singh\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Product and Growth<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LambdaTest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"vLVCGbChXKJM\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"vLVCGbChXKJM\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How to ensure software quality and reliability can keep pace with AI powered development velocity?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000024532,\"width\":\"244px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LambdaTest.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10000024532\" style=\"width:244px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LambdaTest.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/06\/LambdaTest.png 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She drives engineering excellence while ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure digital identity solutions. Deeply committed to talent development and team engagement, she focuses on building high-performing teams and nurturing leadership growth. Mariana brings a collaborative, people centric approach to engineering. She combines strategic vision with strong execution to deliver impactful solutions. Outside of work, she enjoys running, swimming, hiking in the mountains, learning tennis, and mentoring others.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariana-pasichnyk\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mariana&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mudit-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Mudit-Singh-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMudit Singh\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Product and Growth<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LambdaTest<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mudit Singh, VP of Growth &amp; Product at LambdaTest, is a dynamic force in the world of software innovation. With over a decade of expertise in building and scaling remarkable software products, Mudit has played a pivotal role in LambdaTest\u2019s mission to transform the software testing landscape. His strategic vision is centered around shifting testing ecosystems to the cloud, optimizing efficiency, and driving tangible business outcomes. Known for his hands-on approach to product development, Mudit thrives on creating solutions that deliver immense value to customers. When he&#8217;s not pushing the boundaries of product and growth, Mudit enjoys exploring the intersection of technology and business trends, always staying ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mudit-singh\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mudit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2334\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How to go from code reviewer to AI leader and confidently deploy AI generated code?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_2112,h_1970\/next\/2025\/10\/Dusan-Warzok-e1759507832378.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1796,h_1796\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"RpEkCEimlCSq\"><span>+<\/span> 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class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Dusan-Warzok-e1759507832378-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDu\u0161an Warzok\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Parto Group GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Du\u0161an Warzok is Head of Engineering at Parto. He spent five years at Trade Republic, joining early and staying through the company&#8217;s growth to unicorn status and 20x customer expansion. He led engineering teams in the Growth area through hypergrowth phases across multiple platforms. Du\u0161an takes a direct approach to leadership, prioritizing honest feedback and product quality. His philosophy centers on transparency, persistence, and learning through difficult problems rather than avoiding them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dusan-warzok\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Du\u0161an&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olaf is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the software industry, excelling in both technical and leadership roles. He has a strong foundation in software development, architecture, and consulting, with a focus on aligning business challenges with cutting-edge technology solutions. As the founder and former CTO of Vamp.io, he played a key role in developing DevOps tools for containers, Kubernetes, and microservices. Following Vamp&#8217;s acquisition by CircleCI, Olaf now serves as a Technology Advisor, working closely with CTO Rob Zuber to advance CircleCI&#8217;s offerings. His expertise continues to drive technical innovation and excellence for the company and its customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Olaf&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/anna-kurylo-Anna-Kurylo-scaled-e1761875627451-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Kurylo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">SentinelOne<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anna Kurylo is Senior Manager of Software Engineering, Platform at SentinelOne. She leverages deep technical expertise and leadership to manage complex cybersecurity engineering projects, champion accessibility, and build resilient, user-friendly platforms. Her leadership follows a \u201cpeople first\u201d motto, grounded in the belief that kindness is fundamental to fostering strong technical teams. Outside of work, she enjoys running and walking outdoors with her husband, making matcha for friends, and spending time with her cat, Cory.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-kurylo\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 52 \/ 58;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2339\" 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1758,h_1697\/next\/2025\/10\/mariia.punda-Mariia-Punda-scaled-e1759505907980.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariia-punda\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMariia Punda\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Limehome<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-basan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Dmytro-Basan.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-basan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDmytro Basan\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Klarna<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/mariia.punda-Mariia-Punda-scaled-e1759505907980-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMariia Punda\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Limehome<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mariia is an Engineering Manager at Limehome with a background in frontend engineering. She leads a team focused on creating seamless digital booking experiences. Mariia enjoys bringing structure and clarity to complex challenges while helping people and products grow.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariia-punda\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mariia&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-basan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Dmytro-Basan-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDmytro Basan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Klarna<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Driving the future of engineering leadership, Dmytro combines extensive experience in<br \/>\nuniting business and technology to drive impactful results. At Klarna, he managed multiple teams across cross-functional areas, delivering scalable business solutions, optimizing high-load applications, and integrating cutting-edge AI innovations. He is a strong advocate for empathy and growth in tech careers, with a passion for building high-performing teams and fostering innovation.<br \/>\nBeyond Klarna, Dmytro contributes to industry dialogue through speaking engagements and podcasts, shaping trends in engineering and leadership excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/dmytro-basan\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Dmytro&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/Ferit-Topcu-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFerit Topcu\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Engineering Management<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob SE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ferit Topcu is a Berlin-based Engineering Manager at Zenjob SE, where he leads the Mobile &amp; Marketing Platform Team. With over a decade of software engineering expertise, he&#8217;s passionate about exploring AI&#8217;s intersection with current engineering roles, its impact on the future of work and React Native. Known for his humor, often derived from his adventures raising three kids, Ferit brings authenticity and humanity to technical leadership. As an active community contributor, he is co-host of the LeadDev Meetup in Berlin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ferit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2338\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How can you facilitate valuable post-incident reviews?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1702,h_1702\/next\/2025\/10\/fav_T4A9117-Christian-Dewein-scaled-e1761208408362.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChristian Dewein\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief Technology Officer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alicia-collymore\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_460,h_460\/next\/2023\/03\/1657791192496-e1730721273915.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alicia-collymore\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlicia Collymore\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">incident.io<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_600,h_600\/next\/2022\/08\/Arjit-scaled-Arjit.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArjit Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"JqRmbZYWsvLv\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"JqRmbZYWsvLv\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How can you facilitate valuable post-incident reviews?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p 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wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/fav_T4A9117-Christian-Dewein-scaled-e1761208408362-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristian Dewein\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Chief Technology Officer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">ioki GmbH<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Christian Dewein is a software engineer and CTO based in Frankfurt am Main. He leads the development of innovative mobility solutions for public transport at ioki GmbH, a Deutsche Bahn subsidiary. Passionate about technology, community building, and elegant software design, he actively contributes to open-source projects and local developer meetups. Christian values simplicity, craftsmanship, and the intersection of code and real-world impact. Besides that, he organizes Europe&#8217;s biggest conference for mechanical computer keyboards, a free community-event for fans of the hobby.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christian-dewein\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Christian&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alicia-collymore\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/03\/1657791192496-e1730721273915-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlicia Collymore\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">incident.io<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alicia has been an engineering managing for over 2 years, with experience working in many different industries, from biotech where she lead a team of molecular biologist to fintech where she helped build out the pay later space. Alicia is currently an EM at <a href=\"http:\/\/incident.io\/\">incident.io<\/a>, who build software to help companies manage incidents more easily, helping her teams to get shit done and have fun doing it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alicia-collymore\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alicia &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/08\/Arjit-scaled-Arjit-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArjit Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Arjit is the Engineering Lead for Quick Commerce domain at Delivery Hero. A software engineer at heart, he thrives at the intersection of leadership and technology, bringing a wealth of experience from various industries. Arjit is passionate about building intentional team culture and operational excellence. He excels in chaotic situations, finding clarity and direction. Outside of work, Arjit enjoys reading, playing video games, and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Arjit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2391\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How can AI be leveraged in day to day workflows?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/samuel-okoth\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_696,h_696\/next\/2025\/10\/leaddev-Samuel-e1761174866432.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/samuel-okoth\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSamuel Okoth\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ilya-savin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Ilya-Savin.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ilya-savin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIlya Savin\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Qonto<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ciro-anunciacao\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1788,h_1788\/next\/2024\/10\/Ciro-Anunciacao-e1761175449469.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ciro-anunciacao\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCiro Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">On<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"KUNsCwCTW0z5\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"KUNsCwCTW0z5\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How can AI be leveraged in day to day workflows?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/samuel-okoth\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/leaddev-Samuel-e1761174866432-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSamuel Okoth\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Samuel is an Engineering Manager based in Berlin, deeply passionate about the intersection of people and technology. His career journey began as a software engineer in Kenya, where he honed his technical skills before transitioning into leadership. Samuel now excels at guiding high-performing teams, empowering engineers to achieve their full potential. He is a strong advocate for leveraging cutting-edge advancements in AI and Cloud technologies to drive innovation and create meaningful impact in the tech landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/samuel-okoth\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Samuel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ilya-savin\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Ilya-Savin-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIlya Savin\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Qonto<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ilya-savin\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ilya&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ciro-anunciacao\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Ciro-Anunciacao-e1761175449469-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCiro Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">On<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ciro is a senior engineering manager with over 20 years in software, from hands-on coding to scaling teams and organizations. He built teams from the ground up, like growing a startup from 1 to 30 engineers. And he led product-driven engagement at Babbel, where his team boosted retention year over year. At PandaDoc, he shaped growth-focused engineering teams and sustainable processes. Today, he&#8217;s part of On, continuing his journey of building high-performing teams, strong product partnerships, and preparing the next generation of leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ciro-anunciacao\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ciro&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 58 \/ 59;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2307\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers-3\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_253,h_253\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-e1761649003511.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_637,h_637\/next\/2025\/07\/Laura-Dietze-e1752193191999.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLaura Dietze\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Fractional Product Leader and Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Product and Change<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_480,h_480\/next\/2024\/10\/Maciej.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaciej Rz\u0105sa\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Backend Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Chattermill<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"v8C5Zev2HfVh\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"v8C5Zev2HfVh\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the speakers \u2013 Day 2, 12:50<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re inspired by a talk, want to learn more, or just want to chat about it with other folks, head to our <strong>Office Hours<\/strong> area, where our speakers will be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" 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software and AI-driven product releases.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kevin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/laura-dietze\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Laura-Dietze-e1752193191999-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 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years of experience. He started applications from scratch, dealt with legacy, extracted services from a monolith and led teams. Strong proponent of diving deep into black boxes, he focuses on distributed systems and database internals. Has a strange hobby of writing regular expressions by hand and discussing their performance. Knowledge-sharing advocate: after work, he&#8217;s a university instructor, public speaker and meetup organiser. Bookworm, hiker and history buff (ask him about Napoleon!).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-contributorsinteractionsblock\" class=\"block block-leaddev-general block-contributors-interactions-block\">\n<div class=\"box js-section box--grid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 box__grid-col\">\n<div class=\"box__content\">\n<div class=\"box__item js-box-item\">\n<div class=\"box__media\">\n<div class=\"box__img\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/maciej-rzasa\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Maciej&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/Jonathan-Fielding-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Fielding\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Legend<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Jonathan is a Principal Engineer at Legend, focusing on building systems that scale with the company\u2019s growth. Previously, he\u2019s held individual contributor and management roles, including acting principal engineer at both Spendesk and RVU and engineering manager at Beamly, allowing him to have a broad understanding of the technical and business sides of working in tech.<\/p>\n<p>What drives Jonathan is creating inclusive, empowered teams. He loves working with teams to simplify complex technical problems in ways that bring everyone along for the journey. When he\u2019s not coding or coaching, he\u2019s a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion, launching successful Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across multiple companies to support underrepresented voices and build more connected workplaces. He\u2019s a frequent speaker in the tech community, whether sharing insights on modern system design or advocating for equity in tech spaces<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jonathan-fielding\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jonathan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 61 \/ 67;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:00<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2314\" 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rolando-angelini\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2024\/11\/RolandoAngelini-Rolando-Angelini.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rolando-angelini\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRolando Angelini\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Software Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Affirm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/steven-langbroek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_876,h_876\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_0036_3247-Steven-Langbroek-e1729678764794.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/steven-langbroek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteven Langbroek\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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Marks\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zalando SE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"c0O0ZxOJ6XIl\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"c0O0ZxOJ6XIl\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 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At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/david-gomez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/David_Gomez-David-Gomez-Bermejo-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid G\u00f3mez\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Flix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">David G\u00f3mez is an Engineering Manager with a past life as a Head of QA and developer \u2014 which means he\u2019s spent years both building things and breaking them on purpose. He\u2019s passionate about creating inclusive spaces where LGBTQ+ professionals can show up as their full selves and lead with confidence. For David, inclusion is just good engineering: fewer blind spots, better systems, stronger teams. Better together!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/david-gomez\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View David&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rolando-angelini\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/11\/RolandoAngelini-Rolando-Angelini-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRolando Angelini\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Software Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Affirm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rolando is currently working in the world of agile product development in FinTech, with a focus on Developer Productivity. He has extensive experience in Tech Leadership, Software Engineering, Project Management, Strategic Planning, and IT Coaching across various industries: Finance\/Banking\/FinTech, People &amp; Talent, TELCO, EdTech, Retail, and eCommerce (OTA\/Travel industry). He considers himself a seasoned Tech Leader and Software Engineer. He is also an enthusiast of TDD, Kubernetes (k8s), Kotlin, Golang, and DevSecOps. Building teams and crafting software are not just duties of my profession, they are two of his greatest passions. Rolando also loves learning new things, mentoring, coaching, researching, and traveling.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rolando-angelini\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Rolando &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/steven-langbroek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/IMG_0036_3247-Steven-Langbroek-e1729678764794-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteven Langbroek\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Software Development<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Cuculus<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Steven has over 15 years of experience building teams across interfaces, APIs, and developer tools, balancing curiosity with pragmatism. Passionate about equity and inclusion, he creates psychologically safe environments where people thrive. Steven specializes in helping organizations shift from project-based delivery to product thinking, bringing DevOps and systems thinking to bureaucratic, siloed environments. He participates regularly in community events, like QueerJS and LeadDev. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/steven-langbroek\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Steven &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/janina-kim-marks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/janinakimmarks-Janina-Kim-Marks-e1729676557458-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanina Kim Marks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zalando SE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Janina Kim Marks is an Engineering Manager at Zalando SE with over seven years of full-stack software engineering experience, experienced in Java, Kotlin, and the Spring Framework. She has a strong track record in leading projects that enhance customer experience and is skilled in cross-functional collaboration. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Janina actively contributes to Zalando\u2019s Women in Tech ERG and is proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community as a woman in engineering leadership. As a dedicated mentor and advocate for continuous learning, she aims to inspire growth within her team and the broader tech community.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/janina-kim-marks\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Janina &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2369\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1947,h_1947\/next\/2022\/03\/Anita-Anita-Singh-e1761174330606.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnita Singh\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of 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&amp; Former Director of Engineering at Kilo Health.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariana-pasichnyk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Mariana_Pasichnyk_portrait-Mariana-Pasichnyk-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMariana Pasichnyk\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Director <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">IDEMIA<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mariana is a Senior Engineering Director of the Digital ID Platform at IDEMIA, where she leads cross-functional teams across development, QA, DevOps, and delivery. She drives engineering excellence while ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure digital identity solutions. Deeply committed to talent development and team engagement, she focuses on building high-performing teams and nurturing leadership growth. Mariana brings a collaborative, people centric approach to engineering. She combines strategic vision with strong execution to deliver impactful solutions. Outside of work, she enjoys running, swimming, hiking in the mountains, learning tennis, and mentoring others.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mariana-pasichnyk\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mariana&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/08\/gisela-rossi-1-e1748594613343-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGisela Rossi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Director<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Trustpilot<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Gisela is an Engineering Director leading the B2B engine at Trustpilot. She enjoys leading and improving complex organisations and systems. Her colleagues have described her as a \u201cforce for change\u201d, and she treasures that. She is devoted to helping people in the tech community grow and reach their full potential. Outside work, she enjoys oil painting, exercising, and quiet weekends at home with her husband and her cat.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/gisela-rossi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Gisela&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/chris-jimenez\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/06\/Chris-Jimenez-1-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Jimenez\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Platform Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chris is the Director of Platform Engineering at Zenjob, bringing over 15 years of experience leading Platform and Infrastructure teams across Latin America, the United States, and Europe<\/p>\n<p>With a genuine passion for mentoring engineering managers and fostering supportive communities, Chris is passionate about enabling engineers to successfully transition into leadership roles while promoting growth and support within organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Chris actively contributes to open-source projects, embracing collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the developer community.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, Chris leads non-profit initiatives dedicated to wildlife conservation in Latin America and Asia. Chris also finds joy in photography, running, and cycling, sometimes mixing them all at the same time. &#8220;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/chris-jimenez\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Chris&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/03\/Anita-Anita-Singh-e1761174330606-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnita Singh\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">FreeNow<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anita is an engineering leader and international speaker with more than a decade of experience building mobile products that users love. After starting her career at Microsoft and Intuit, she has spent the past several years scaling startups in both Silicon Valley and Berlin. She is passionate about building great products, fostering strong engineering cultures and mentoring emerging leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 70 \/ 76;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #7864ff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2315\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" 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Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1158,h_1380\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_9866-Kimberly-Schmitt-rotated-e1759506075333.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKimberly Schmitt\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering 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At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sebastian-gerhardt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/FullSizeRender-2-Sebastian-Gerhardt-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSebastian Gerhardt\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Flea<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sebastian Gerhardt is the co-founder and CEO of Flea, a Berlin-based startup that helps engineering leaders surface hidden friction and improve developer experience in the AI era. He also founded the Dev Leaders Lunch Club, a peer community that hand-matches senior engineering leaders for monthly 1:1 lunch conversations. Coming from a business background, Sebastian had to immerse himself deeply in the engineering world to build Flea. That journey makes him one of many leaders who\u2019ve taken a non-traditional path into tech leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sebastian-gerhardt\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sebastian&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Irene-Anggreeni-headshot-Irene-Anggreeni-e1759506808833-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIrene Anggreeni\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Mental Fitness Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Whole Person Leaders<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Irene Anggreeni is a mental fitness coach and leadership speaker bridging the technical mind and the thriving heart.<br \/>\nA former engineer with over 12 years in software development and research across Indonesia, Sweden, and the Netherlands, she is passionate about helping tech leaders build strong, resilient teams. You can talk to her about any aspects of it, including sustainable performance, psychological safety, and bouncing back after burnout.<br \/>\nOutside of work, Irene is also an active mentor and trainer in the Toastmasters community.<br \/>\nBased in Rotterdam with her husband and their cat, she enjoys dancing Argentinian tango, swimming, and doing nothing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/irene-anggreeni\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Irene&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_9866-Kimberly-Schmitt-rotated-e1759506075333-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKimberly Schmitt\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kimberly Schmitt, Engineering Manager has led the development of a data-driven platform to combat homelessness and the creation of innovative products at Babbel.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly\u2019s drive to develop high performing and quality data platforms and related services began when she led efforts to use data to first understand and then address the challenge of homelessness. She led a team of data analysts and engineers to develop a centralized means of identifying those experiencing homelessness and in connecting them to the appropriate housing resource.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly has transformed experiences gained from developing strategies to work with diverse individuals and communities to building consensus to create change, improving teams and engineering practices.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kimberly&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2370\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Becoming a VP of Engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for\u00a0Becoming a VP of Engineering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shobhna-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1068,h_1006\/next\/2025\/10\/DSC_0038-copy-shobhna-srivastava-e1759491670197.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shobhna-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShobhna Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Accredible<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-paulus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/11\/Daniel-Paulus.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-paulus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Paulus\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_200,h_200\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anthony-mayer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_500,h_500\/next\/2022\/01\/picture_square-Anthony-Mayer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anthony-mayer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnthony Mayer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP 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at Kilo Health.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shobhna-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/DSC_0038-copy-shobhna-srivastava-e1759491670197-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShobhna Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Accredible<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Shobhna Srivastava is Vice President of Engineering at Accredible, with over 23 years of experience in technology leadership, architecture, and data &amp; search platforms. She brings deep expertise in scaling engineering teams, building resilient systems, and driving organisational change. With a background spanning Elsevier, The Economist, and Thomson Reuters, Shobhna combines high-level strategic vision with hands-on architectural thinking. An architect at heart, she uses principles like Lean Architecture and Conway\u2019s Law to align systems, teams, and culture. Her leadership style emphasises trust, ownership, and long-term impact\u2014making her a respected voice in transforming organisations through both technology and people.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shobhna-srivastava\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Shobhna&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-paulus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/11\/Daniel-Paulus-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Paulus\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Paulus has taken a unique journey from military officer to tech leader, and he\u2019s now the VP of Engineering at Checkly. Along the way, he\u2019s worn many hats\u2014 from engineering lead to director \u2014learning how to build strong teams and solve tough challenges. Outside of work, Daniel lives near Berlin with his family and four kids, while also finding time to maintain an open-source project. Whether it\u2019s scaling teams or debugging code, he\u2019s passionate about technology and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-paulus\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anthony-mayer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/01\/picture_square-Anthony-Mayer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnthony Mayer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">VP Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">charles<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anthony is the VP Engineering at <a href=\"http:\/\/hello-charles.com\">charles, <\/a>focused on expanding conversational commerce on top of WhatsApp across Europe. He was previously at Getsafe, working on modernizing the consumer insurance experience in Europe. Having grown up between the US and Germany and after having worked for US based tech companies like NextRoll and Yelp, he&#8217;s excited to now be a part of the German and broader European tech scene.<\/p>\n<p>When he&#8217;s not working on being the best engineering leader he can be and helping his team to grow, Anthony spends his time obsessing over his 2 dogs, 1 cat, and rotating cast of foster cats.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anthony-mayer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anthony&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 76 \/ 77;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span 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class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1158,h_1380\/next\/2025\/10\/IMG_9866-Kimberly-Schmitt-rotated-e1759506075333.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKimberly Schmitt\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1076,h_1128\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_600,h_600\/next\/2022\/08\/Arjit-scaled-Arjit.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArjit Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"hqlJnMedI01V\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"hqlJnMedI01V\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" 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class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Babbel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kimberly Schmitt, Engineering Manager has led the development of a data-driven platform to combat homelessness and the creation of innovative products at Babbel.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly\u2019s drive to develop high performing and quality data platforms and related services began when she led efforts to use data to first understand and then address the challenge of homelessness. She led a team of data analysts and engineers to develop a centralized means of identifying those experiencing homelessness and in connecting them to the appropriate housing resource.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly has transformed experiences gained from developing strategies to work with diverse individuals and communities to building consensus to create change, improving teams and engineering practices.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kimberly-schmitt\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kimberly&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Shadi-Sharaf-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadi Sharaf\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Clave<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Senior software engineer, with background in Enterprise publishing platforms, leading high performing teams, open source contributions, and building AI-assisted platforms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/shadi-sharaf\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Shadi &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/08\/Arjit-scaled-Arjit-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArjit Srivastava\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Arjit is the Engineering Lead for Quick Commerce domain at Delivery Hero. A software engineer at heart, he thrives at the intersection of leadership and technology, bringing a wealth of experience from various industries. Arjit is passionate about building intentional team culture and operational excellence. He excels in chaotic situations, finding clarity and direction. Outside of work, Arjit enjoys reading, playing video games, and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/arjit-srivastava\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Arjit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2342\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do you manage your team&#8217;s workload spikes?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/smit-thakkar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_612,h_612\/next\/2025\/10\/Gemini_Generated_Image_pjumhfpjumhfpjum-Smit-Thakkar-e1761873173466.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/smit-thakkar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSmit Thakkar\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Site Reliability Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Coralogix<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1028,h_1028\/next\/2025\/10\/A748243-Tomasz-D-scaled-e1761207844373.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTomasz Dacewicz\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Klarna<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"qyBQpDEZiK8N\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"qyBQpDEZiK8N\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button 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engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/smit-thakkar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Gemini_Generated_Image_pjumhfpjumhfpjum-Smit-Thakkar-e1761873173466-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSmit Thakkar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Site Reliability Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Coralogix<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Smit recently began his journey as a Site Reliability Engineer at Coralogix, drawn to the unique scalability challenges of building a modern observability product. He loves to geek out about all things Observability, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry. Based in Berlin, Smit enjoys hiking and is also a licensed private pilot who dreams of one day exploring all of Europe in his own little plane.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/smit-thakkar\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Smit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/A748243-Tomasz-D-scaled-e1761207844373-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTomasz Dacewicz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Klarna<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tomasz Dacewicz is a seasoned engineering leader with deep expertise in building scalable, high-impact software systems. With experience spanning startups and global organizations, he combines technical excellence with a people-first leadership style, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement within his teams. Passionate about clean architecture, mentoring, and delivering customer-focused solutions, Tom drives engineering cultures that balance innovation with reliability \u2014 helping teams ship better software, faster.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tomasz-dacewicz\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tomasz&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #00beff; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2349\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"table-talks\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do you manage your workload with your parenthood duties, without burning out?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1015,h_917\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_560,h_560\/next\/2023\/10\/1648836538474.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTatsiana Mihai\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Tractable<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/08\/Ferit-Topcu.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFerit Topcu\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Engineering Management<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob SE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"XqfLaiCXaA7h\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"XqfLaiCXaA7h\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #00beff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Table Talks<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How do you manage your workload with your parenthood duties, without burning out?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIvelina Dimova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Web Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Awesome Motive<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ivelina is a Senior Web Developer at Awesome Motive, bringing over a decade of experience to crafting powerful back-end solutions. Proficient in PHP and WordPress, she excels at API integration and developing scalable products, with a portfolio including complex systems for international banks and booking platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Research and Development team, Ivelina develops internal products leveraging Google Cloud for infrastructure solutions and is at the forefront of exploring AI agents using Python and Laravel. Her commitment to quality is evident in her dedication to automated testing and DevOps.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not immersed in code, Ivelina enjoys yoga, exploring new destinations through travel, and photography. She\u2019s also passionate about contributing to the tech community through speaking engagements and organizing WordPress events.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ivelina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/10\/1648836538474-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTatsiana Mihai\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Staff Engineer <\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Tractable<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tatsiana Mihai, a skilled Staff Engineer at Tractable, brings over 12 years of expertise in crafting sophisticated software solutions across diverse industries\u2014Automotive, AdTech, Education, Travel, E-commerce, and Gaming. As a leader with diverse capabilities, she excels not only in developing customer-facing products and nuanced software design but also in transforming challenges into successes. Tatsiana&#8217;s visionary approach, coupled with her adept problem-solving, is complemented by a unique ability to integrate engineering practices seamlessly with team management strategies. From startups to industry giants, her strategic decisions reflect a commitment to excellence and innovation in every venture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatsiana-mihai\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tatsiana &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/Ferit-Topcu-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFerit Topcu\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Engineering Management<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob SE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ferit Topcu is a Berlin-based Engineering Manager at Zenjob SE, where he leads the Mobile &amp; Marketing Platform Team. With over a decade of software engineering expertise, he&#8217;s passionate about exploring AI&#8217;s intersection with current engineering roles, its impact on the future of work and React Native. Known for his humor, often derived from his adventures raising three kids, Ferit brings authenticity and humanity to technical leadership. As an active community contributor, he is co-host of the LeadDev Meetup in Berlin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ferit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2355\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"solution-swap\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">How do I build trust with a new team?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"NMkKBn2BiXWK\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"NMkKBn2BiXWK\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Solution Swap<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>How do I build trust with a new team?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walking into a new team as leader is tricky. You inherit old habits, relationships, and maybe a few scars from past managers. The question is: how do you quickly earn trust without overplaying your hand? How do you build psychological and challenger safety? <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll talk about what worked, what backfired, and what helped people shift from seeing you as \u201cthe new boss\u201d to a trusted partner.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Anna-Jean-McDougall-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Jean McDougall\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Manager<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">HelloBetter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anna-jean-mcdougall\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anna Jean&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #a94ef7; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 82 \/ 83;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"589\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"speed-coaching\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Speed Coaching<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0Lena Reinhard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1967,h_1967\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"pOLGGrilw9eh\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"pOLGGrilw9eh\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a94ef7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Speed Coaching<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Speed Coaching<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching with\u00a0<strong>Lena Reinhard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Lena-Reinhard-headshot-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLena Reinhard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Engineering Leader, Organizational Developer, Coach, Facilitator<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Lena Reinhard is a seasoned technology leader, currently helping leaders and their teams succeed through her work as a leadership coach, organizational developer, and facilitator. Having served the majority of her 20-year career in leadership roles, such as VP Engineering with CircleCI, Travis CI, and a SaaS startup co-founder &amp; CEO, she has partnered with a variety of remote, hybrid, and co-located companies at all stages, from startups, to scale-ups, corporations, and NGOs. Lena loves to paint, read, and ride her bike around the forests and lakes of her home, Berlin, in Germany. She hosts O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Tech Leadership Tuesday podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/lena-reinhard\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lena&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 93 \/ 94;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:40<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2308\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"office-hours\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Office Hours<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-speakers-4\">Meet the speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Chat with speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1031,h_1031\/next\/2025\/07\/sabakhurram-Saba.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaba Khurram\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Hypha Labs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_576,h_576\/next\/2025\/07\/Omar-Diop-e1752192677383.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOmar Diop\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technical Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Learnn<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1100,h_1100\/next\/2025\/07\/IMG_8800-e1759233061768.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/justin-lee\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Lee\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Software Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Notion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_661,h_661\/next\/2025\/07\/Jenny-Warnke-e1752185812559.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jenny-warnke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJenny Warnke\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Delivery Hero<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_399,h_399\/next\/2025\/05\/Tatiana-Stantonian.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/tatiana-stantonian\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTatiana Stantonian\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Financial Times<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_575,h_575\/next\/2025\/04\/me_in_iceland-e1748612852712.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Newman\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Tech Consultant &amp; Author<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sam Newman &amp; Associates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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She is fascinated by the hidden systems that either help teams work together smoothly, or cause them to fall apart. Through years in fast-paced environments and a non-linear journey into engineering, Saba has learned practical methods to spot early warning signs of stress and misalignment. By drawing exciting parallels from seemingly-unrelated domains, she applies a data &amp; systems-based approach to fine-tune team dynamics, anticipate falling productivity, and maintain alignment. When she is not coding, you might find her chasing her dog to save her shoes or diving into watercolour &#8220;alchemy&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/saba-khurram\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View  profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/omar-diop\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/07\/Omar-Diop-e1752192677383-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Focusing primarily in the areas of cloud, microservice architecture and continuous delivery, Sam works with companies big and small all over the world. He is also an experienced conference speaker, and author of the O\u2019Reilly books Monolith To Microservices, Building Microservices, and the forthcoming Building Resilient Distributed Systems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/sam-newman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Sam&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/clare-sudbery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2020\/07\/Clare-Sudbery-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Sudbery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Independent Technical Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with 25+ years of software engineering experience. 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class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2316\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"community-representation-groups\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Connecting Parent leaders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Connect with other leaders who have similar backgrounds and experiences to yours, and build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" 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Motive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2023\/08\/Ferit-Topcu.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFerit Topcu\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Engineering Management<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob SE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1947,h_1947\/next\/2022\/03\/Anita-Anita-Singh-e1761174330606.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnita Singh\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">FreeNow<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"bFR753Bv7LHf\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"bFR753Bv7LHf\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #7864ff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Community Representation Groups<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" 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At times it can lead to leaders feeling isolated in their experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We welcome you to the community representation groups, where you\u2019ll be able to connect with folks who might have similar experiences to yours, where you\u2019ll be able to build a peer network for support throughout your leadership journey.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/54527261450_389579f7b9_o-Ivelina-Dimova-scaled-e1759505530155-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIvelina Dimova\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Web Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Awesome Motive<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ivelina is a Senior Web Developer at Awesome Motive, bringing over a decade of experience to crafting powerful back-end solutions. Proficient in PHP and WordPress, she excels at API integration and developing scalable products, with a portfolio including complex systems for international banks and booking platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Research and Development team, Ivelina develops internal products leveraging Google Cloud for infrastructure solutions and is at the forefront of exploring AI agents using Python and Laravel. Her commitment to quality is evident in her dedication to automated testing and DevOps.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not immersed in code, Ivelina enjoys yoga, exploring new destinations through travel, and photography. She\u2019s also passionate about contributing to the tech community through speaking engagements and organizing WordPress events.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ivelina-dimova\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ivelina&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/08\/Ferit-Topcu-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFerit Topcu\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Manager, Engineering Management<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Zenjob SE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ferit Topcu is a Berlin-based Engineering Manager at Zenjob SE, where he leads the Mobile &amp; Marketing Platform Team. With over a decade of software engineering expertise, he&#8217;s passionate about exploring AI&#8217;s intersection with current engineering roles, its impact on the future of work and React Native. Known for his humor, often derived from his adventures raising three kids, Ferit brings authenticity and humanity to technical leadership. As an active community contributor, he is co-host of the LeadDev Meetup in Berlin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ferit-topcu\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ferit&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2022\/03\/Anita-Anita-Singh-e1761174330606-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnita Singh\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">FreeNow<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Anita is an engineering leader and international speaker with more than a decade of experience building mobile products that users love. After starting her career at Microsoft and Intuit, she has spent the past several years scaling startups in both Silicon Valley and Berlin. She is passionate about building great products, fostering strong engineering cultures and mentoring emerging leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/anita-singh\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Anita&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 94 \/ 100;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:45<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #1d67ea; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2371\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"next-steps-ama\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The path to CTO<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for the path to CTO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jan-scheffler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1024,h_1024\/next\/2025\/10\/Jan-Scheffler.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jan-scheffler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJan Scheffler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">qodev<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nasreen-abduljaleel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_300,h_300\/next\/2025\/10\/1516312048137.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nasreen-abduljaleel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNasreen AbdulJaleel\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO &amp; CPO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Marley Spoon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christine-pinto\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1376,h_1376\/next\/2025\/02\/Christine-Pinto-e1739962034402.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christine-pinto\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChristine Pinto\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTPO and Co-Founder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Epic Test Quest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_200,h_200\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bernie-miles\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_800,h_800\/next\/2024\/07\/1647097366215.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bernie-miles\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBernie Miles\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">PPRO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"CjG45Hm78v9W\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"CjG45Hm78v9W\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #1d67ea;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Next Steps AMA<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The path to CTO<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for\u00a0<strong>the path to CTO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moderated by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/community\/phil-bennett-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phil Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, Experienced Engineering Leader &amp; Former Director of Engineering at Kilo Health.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jan-scheffler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Jan-Scheffler-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJan Scheffler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">qodev<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Jan Scheffler is the founder of qodev, a German startup where he\u2019s building an AI coworker that helps developers tackle technical debt before it piles up. After more than a decade in software engineering &#8211; from early-stage startups to Google &#8211; Jan saw how much creativity gets lost fixing yesterday\u2019s code. His work now focuses on giving that time back to developers, empowering teams to ship cleaner code faster and focus on what really matters: building great products.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/jan-scheffler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jan&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nasreen-abduljaleel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1516312048137.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNasreen AbdulJaleel\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO &amp; CPO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Marley Spoon<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/nasreen-abduljaleel\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nasreen&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christine-pinto\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/02\/Christine-Pinto-e1739962034402-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristine Pinto\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTPO and Co-Founder<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Epic Test Quest<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Christine Pinto is a Berlin-born female tech leader with nearly two decades of experience in software testing. As the Co-founder and CTPO at Epic Test Quest, she combines her extensive testing expertise with strategic product leadership.<br \/>\nThroughout her 18-year journey from manual tester to tech founder, Christine has worked across diverse environments &#8211; from dynamic startups to complex government organizations &#8211; both in Germany and worldwide. She specializes in AI-enhanced testing practices and test automation, with particular expertise in bridging traditional testing methodologies with emerging technologies.<br \/>\nA passionate advocate for quality engineering, Christine regularly shares her insights at international conferences and meetups, focusing on practical applications of AI in testing, public sector quality assurance, and the evolution of testing leadership in modern tech organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/christine-pinto\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View  profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Phil-Bennett.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Kilo Health<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/phil-bennett-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Phil&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bernie-miles\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/1647097366215-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBernie Miles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">PPRO<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Bernie Miles is a technology exec with over 20 years of experience in the e-commerce and fintech sectors. He has held leadership roles at prominent companies, including Expedia, Hotels.com, Klarna, and Wayfair. In December 2021, he was appointed CTO at PPRO, a global provider of local payments infrastructure. In this role, Bernie oversees a global engineering team across Munich, Berlin, London, S\u00e3o Paulo, C\u00f3rdoba, Luxembourg and Singapore, focusing on scaling PPRO&#8217;s platform to support the company&#8217;s rapid growth trajectory. His extensive technology leadership and product development background has been instrumental in advancing cross-border payment technologies and fostering financial inclusion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bernie also advises tech scale-ups, guiding investors, CTOs, CPOs, and founders. With experience in e-commerce, payments, re-platforming, and scaling teams, he offers expertise in navigating scaling tech whilst supporting global growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/bernie-miles\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Bernie &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 2;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2773\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"meet-the-author\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Meet the author: Mathias Meyer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1000,h_948\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"f5kms5MrKLwy\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"f5kms5MrKLwy\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Meet the Author<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Meet the author: Mathias Meyer<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sam will be signing copies of his book &#8216;<strong>The Intentional Organization<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring a book and get it signed &#8211; or just have a chat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/B994A0B1-CF97-4C4A-99A3-1C329B709087_1_201_a-Mathias-Meyer.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMathias Meyer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Founding Partner &amp; Executive Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">The Intentional Organization<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathias is Founding Parter and Executive Coach at The Intentional Organization and executive coach to founders, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders. He supports his clients and their leadership teams in their personal and professional growth as they\u2019re scaling out their business and their departments. Together with his business partner Sara, he\u2019s co-authoring the forthcoming book \u201cThe Intentional Organization.\u201d Starting his career as an engineer, Mathias has later worked in founder, CEO, and CTO roles across different companies, including Travis CI and Reaction Commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/mathias-meyer\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Mathias&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --grid-row: 2;\" class=\"wp-block-pbc-agenda-single-track\">\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"--grid-column: 3; --header-background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--dark-blue-indigo); padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"ld-agenda__heading wp-block-pbc-agenda-track-heading has-background has-dark-blue-indigo-background-color\">\n<div class=\"heading-background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heading-background-inner clip-right-corner-small\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-682367cf1350559a3cc3fd7784907e1d\" id=\"h-workshops-0\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.1\">WORKSHOPS<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 16 \/ 32;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1542\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Learning from failure: How to adapt your leadership style to lead effectively through uncertainty<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to adapt your leadership style, embrace failure, and build trust to lead teams confidently through uncertainty and change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_900\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"qIxHAyR7KC03\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"qIxHAyR7KC03\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Learning from failure: How to adapt your leadership style to lead effectively through uncertainty<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learning from failure can provide you with impactful outcomes. It enables your teams to experiment, iterate quickly, and deliver business impact. But it\u2019s hard enough to create \u201cgood\u201d conditions for experimentation in tolerant market conditions, let alone in today\u2019s turbulent tech landscape, where people are burned out, risk-averse, and operating from a place of fear and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As technical leaders, it\u2019s crucial to understand that different market environments require different leadership styles to help teams build trust and deliver business value.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This workshop will cover how to lead through uncertainty and how to build a culture where failure is accepted \u2013 even when times are tough. We\u2019ll talk about examples of failure, the insights gained from them, and learn how to reinforce psychological safety as a leader to foster trust and confidence among team members. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What will you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to adapt your leadership toolkit to market change<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Tactics to build comfort with failure even when teams face fear and uncertainty<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Strategies to rebuild trust without becoming a distraction or long-term dependency<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rob Zuber is a 20-year veteran of software startups; a three-time founder, and a five-time CTO. Since joining CircleCI, Rob has seen the company through its Series F funding and delivered on product innovation at scale while leading a team of 150+ engineers distributed worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Rob&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2551\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">The AI amplifier: A hands-on workshop on the DORA 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Harnessing AI&#8217;s power without amplifying chaos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/1736242030520.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUrsula L\u00f6bbert-Passing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Value Realization Lead, AI Transformation EMEA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Galloro.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Galloro\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Application Modernization Solution Lead<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"nWrqDTlVdJWn\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"nWrqDTlVdJWn\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>The AI amplifier: A hands-on workshop on the DORA 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artificial Intelligence is no longer on the horizon; it&#8217;s in our IDEs, our pipelines, and our workflows. The 2025 State of AI-assisted Software Development report reveals a critical paradox: while 90% of developers now use AI and throughput is finally increasing, software delivery instability is also on the rise. How can we harness AI&#8217;s power without amplifying chaos?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The answer lies in a fundamental insight from the DORA research team: AI is an amplifier. It magnifies the strengths of high-performing organizations and the dysfunctions of struggling ones. Success with AI isn&#8217;t a tools problem\u2014it&#8217;s a systems problem.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this highly interactive workshop, we will move beyond the hype and dive into the data. We won&#8217;t just share the report&#8217;s findings; we will help you apply them to your own teams. We will explore and discuss some of the competencies identified in the new DORA AI Capabilities Model<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-will-leave-this-session-with\">You will leave this session with:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A clear understanding of foundational capabilities that unlock AI&#8217;s true potential.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Actionable advice to diagnose your team&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A framework to ensure your AI strategy translates into measurable improvements in performance and stability, not just localized pockets of productivity.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1736242030520-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUrsula L\u00f6bbert-Passing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Value Realization Lead, AI Transformation EMEA<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/ursula-lobbert-passing\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Ursula&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Galloro-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Galloro\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Application Modernization Solution Lead<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Google<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Giovanni Galloro has been working at Google since 2017 as a Customer Engineer specialising in software delivery tools and practices and container-based runtimes.<\/p>\n<p>Currently focused on helping multiple organizations across EMEA to improve developer productivity and software delivery performance using AI and Continuous Delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni is a Community Ambassador for the Continuous Delivery Foundation and is a frequent speaker at developer conferences.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-galloro\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Giovanni&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3; --grid-times-row: 43 \/ 59;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2549\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:30<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Designing an actionable tech strategy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn to define what a good strategy looks like, how to make it live and evolve with your team, and how to connect it to day-to-day decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_618,h_618\/next\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2025-04-27-at-4.15.14-PM-Najla-Elmachtoub-e1760626954427.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNajla Elmachtoub\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Squadformers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"L2sgPO5RArNi\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"L2sgPO5RArNi\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Designing an actionable tech strategy<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many of us, it feels like there\u2019s no time to be strategic with our technical planning. Reorgs, incidents, market shifts, increasing competition, scope changes, personnel issues, and other factors at work mean that we have to be reactive rather than following out carefully laid plans. There is increasing pressure to deliver value with the promise to \u201cclean up\u201d, \u201cunify\u201d, and \u201ctest\u201d code later.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this workshop, we will take a big step back from all of these distractions to design a technical strategy for your team that is immediately actionable, yet flexible enough to adapt over time. We\u2019ll center around the problems that your team actually has to solve in the coming 12+ months and evaluate how initiatives in people, process, and technology can get you there. Together, we\u2019ll define what a good strategy looks like, how to make it live and evolve with your team, and how to connect it to day-to-day decision-making. You will walk away with practical next steps for your team. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why not bring your team along and start thinking collaboratively about your tech strategy?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\"><strong>What will you learn?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Define what a technical strategy is (and isn\u2019t) \u2014 and when to create one<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify the most impactful technical problems your team should solve<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Build a plan that adapts as priorities and technology evolve<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Establish a feedback loop for refining and executing your strategy<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2025-04-27-at-4.15.14-PM-Najla-Elmachtoub-e1760626954427-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNajla Elmachtoub\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Director of Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Squadformers<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-leaddev-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"contextual-region node node--type-contributor node--view-mode-full\" data-history-node-id=\"7241\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Najla is a fractional engineering leader and leadership coach. She previously served as a Director of Engineering at companies like Etsy, where she led teams across New York, Mexico City, and Berlin. Her work focuses on coaching managers and teams to grow in alignment with their values and business goals, while building systems that support operational excellence. Najla is passionate about positioning teams for high leverage, fostering strong communities, and delivering meaningful value to customers. She leads with empathy, believes in transparent decision-making, and is a committed advocate for the people she works with.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/najla-elmachtoub-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Najla&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 76 \/ 92;\" class=\"ld-agenda__group wp-block-pbc-agenda-group has-text-color has-base-color\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:15<\/span>\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2356\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Reading your systems: Using technical skills to drive software delivery excellence<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn to \u201cread\u201d your engineering systems using data and technical insight to uncover bottlenecks, optimize flow, and accelerate software delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_900,h_900\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"zmfYLYdv184a\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"zmfYLYdv184a\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Reading your systems: Using technical skills to drive software delivery excellence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027369,\"width\":\"200px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CircleCI-Logo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"CircleCI Logo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027369\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" 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rising engineering leader, you&#8217;re likely under immense pressure to ship more value, faster. Yet, you know that jumping in and contributing code is unlikely to be the path to success. So, as a technical leader, how do you help your teams? They are likely dealing with increasing system complexity, siloed knowledge, and mounting technical debt. Many engineering metrics (DORA, DX Core 4, etc) can confirm there&#8217;s a problem. You should definitely talk to your people, but they have biases and will either tell you what they think you want to hear, or tell you what they have concluded is the problem. So how do you get past the gut feeling and put your skills to work to optimize your org and systems for software delivery excellence?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The answer lies in reframing the technical understanding you already have at a system level, using the strategies of systems thinking. It\u2019s not about applying technical knowledge to solve technical problems (e.g., rewriting code), but rather paying attention to the flow of code and information to remove blockers in systems. By analyzing how code and PRs are structured, understanding how feedback flows through systems, and identifying where breakdowns occur, you can unlock the full potential of your software delivery system.<br>No matter how big or small your systems are, this workshop will help you develop the superpower of reading your systems\u2019 vital signs to create environments where teams can deliver software quickly, confidently, and effectively.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\">What will you learn?<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to use your technical expertise to identify hidden system issues by analyzing code patterns, PR structures, and team interactions.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to measure and quantify technical bottlenecks rather than relying on subjective assessments when prioritizing improvements.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Tips for designing team structures based on evidence of what actually enables faster delivery vs. relying on intuition.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Olaf-Molenveld-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlaf Molenveld\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Technology Advisor<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olaf is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the software industry, excelling in both technical and leadership roles. He has a strong foundation in software development, architecture, and consulting, with a focus on aligning business challenges with cutting-edge technology solutions. As the founder and former CTO of Vamp.io, he played a key role in developing DevOps tools for containers, Kubernetes, and microservices. Following Vamp&#8217;s acquisition by CircleCI, Olaf now serves as a Technology Advisor, working closely with CTO Rob Zuber to advance CircleCI&#8217;s offerings. His expertise continues to drive technical innovation and excellence for the company and its customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/21567\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Olaf&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2023\/05\/rob-9c2e8ea95040f77263b31996f06c55881107645078d6fc78d0108ca306c8d190-Summer-Falgiano.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Zuber\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rob Zuber is a 20-year veteran of software startups; a three-time founder, and a five-time CTO. Since joining CircleCI, Rob has seen the company through its Series F funding and delivered on product innovation at scale while leading a team of 150+ engineers distributed worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/rob-zuber\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Rob&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff9e53; --grid-column: 3;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2357\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"workshop\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Navigating difference and disagreement<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how to turn differences and disagreements into opportunities for growth by practicing healthy conflict and effective team communication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_901,h_901\/next\/2021\/01\/round-smiling-Joel-Chippindale.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Chippindale\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO Coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Monkey&#039;s Thumb Ltd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"VLcV9qUqMS2c\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"VLcV9qUqMS2c\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9e53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Workshop<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Navigating difference and disagreement<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our differences in opinion, experience and approach can be a difficult source of tension in teams, and if ignored and overlooked people will feel demotivated, excluded and undervalued.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the same time productive conflict is important to help us grow and find the best solutions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll explore what unhealthy or healthy conflict looks like &#8211; and how your own experiences of conflict shape the way you engage when there is disagreement within a team. We\u2019ll also practice conversational frameworks for both group and 1-2-1 settings that you can use to improve your team\u2019s interactions with one another and ensure you\u2019re building environments where everyone can work together towards shared goals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our differences in opinion, experience and approach can be a difficult source of tension in teams, and if ignored and overlooked people will feel demotivated, excluded and undervalued.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the same time productive conflict is important to help us grow and find the best solutions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this session, we\u2019ll explore what unhealthy or healthy conflict looks like &#8211; and how your own experiences of conflict shape the way you engage when there is disagreement within a team. We\u2019ll also practice conversational frameworks for both group and 1-2-1 settings that you can use to improve your team\u2019s interactions with one another and ensure you\u2019re building environments where everyone can work together towards shared goals.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-you-learn\">What will you learn?<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Understand what has shaped your own experiences of conflict<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Identify you and your teams&#8217; relationship with conflict<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Use conversational frameworks and facilitation practices in both group and 1-2-1 settings to improve your team&#8217;s interactions with one another<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2021\/01\/round-smiling-Joel-Chippindale-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Chippindale\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">CTO Coach<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Monkey&#039;s Thumb Ltd<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Joel Chippindale is a CTO Coach who supports talented start-up and scale-up CTOs to successfully navigate the many changes in their roles as their companies evolve.<\/p>\n<p>He also has over 20 years experience building, scaling and leading software development teams, including CTO roles at Econsultancy, FutureLearn and Unmade.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joel-chippindale\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Joel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 4; 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--grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 34 \/ 35;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2325\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Harness \u2013 Break the bottleneck: AI and the new era of software delivery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_536,h_536\/next\/2025\/10\/Oliver-Oehlenberg-e1761648454779.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOliver Oehlenberg\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Sales Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"8sVsGfTFdbjC\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"8sVsGfTFdbjC\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Harness \u2013 Break the bottleneck: AI and the new era of software delivery<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000023823,\"width\":\"178px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png\" alt=\"Harness LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023823\" style=\"width:178px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/04\/Harness.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI has changed how code is written, but the real bottleneck is getting this code to your customers in production. Join Harness for a look at how AI is transforming the entire software delivery lifecycle, from how teams test, secure, deploy, and optimize software at scale. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll unveil Harness\u2019 latest AI innovations and show what\u2019s now possible when intelligent workflow orchestration meets your software delivery data. Through live demos, you\u2019ll see how Harness turns AI innovation into concrete results\u2014accelerating delivery, improving security and reliability, and unlocking developer productivity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Oliver-Oehlenberg-e1761648454779-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOliver Oehlenberg\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Sales Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Harness<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Oliver believes that IT makes our lives easier and smarter. Digitalization is one of our biggest advantages, but it also drives many challenges. Over the last 20 years, Oliver worked in different positions at consultancy companies and software vendors to help customers to generate business value and drive innovation with software. With his experiences as Field-CTO for Observability and a founder of a software company, he supports organizations to modernize the DevOps value stream to operate with more efficiency but also to fulfill the governance, compliance, and data privacy targets.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/oliver-oehlenberg\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Oliver&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 37 \/ 38;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2326\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Incident.io &#8211; Incident response in the AI Era<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_379,h_379\/next\/2025\/10\/Alex-Turley-Pound-e1761929626815.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Turley-Pound\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Incident<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"wi18Q9bAeOe1\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"wi18Q9bAeOe1\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Incident.io &#8211; Incident response in the AI Era<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000028102,\"width\":\"200px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png\" alt=\"Incident io logo\" class=\"wp-image-10000028102\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 2000w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_1024,w_1024\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 1024w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_1536,w_1536\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 1536w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2025\/09\/wordmark-colour-dark.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See how AI can transform incident management from chaos to clarity. In this 10-minute demo, we\u2019ll show how incident.io\u2019s new AI SRE autonomously diagnoses issues, assists with investigations, and empowers teams to resolve incidents faster &#8211; without replacing the human judgment that matters most.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Alex-Turley-Pound-e1761929626815-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Turley-Pound\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Incident<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Alex is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Incident.io, working with large enterprises to assess and augment their incident response flows with the introduction of AI and automation.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/alex-turley-pound\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alex&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 40 \/ 42;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2332\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">11:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Pandorian \u2013 The code enforcement magic show<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_495,h_495\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Avital-e1761649581839.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Avital\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CEO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pandorian<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"ZwovKEXW4NFm\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"ZwovKEXW4NFm\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Pandorian \u2013 The code enforcement magic show<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000027651,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Pandorian LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027651\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2025\/08\/Pandorian-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instantly transforms your engineering guidelines, standards and best practices into live system-wide enforcement with Pandorian<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Daniel-Avital-e1761649581839-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Avital\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Co-Founder &amp; CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pandorian<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Daniel Avital is a former co-founder of cybersecurity unicorn CHEQ, where for 8 years he lead Product and GTM from zero to over $60M of ARR. He is now emerging from stealth with his second company, Pandorian, this time as co-founder and CEO &#8211; to give dev leaders enforcement superpowers in the age of AI-written code.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/daniel-avital\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Daniel&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 61 \/ 62;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2327\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Honeycomb \u2013 From chaos to clarity: Fast, full-fidelity debugging without the guesswork<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_400,h_400\/next\/2025\/10\/Martin-Thwaites.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Thwaites\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Developer Advocate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"GB7FHJjAOzGX\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"GB7FHJjAOzGX\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" 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Each carefully curated 10 minute demo will show the very best engineering solutions available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/martin-thwaites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Martin-Thwaites-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Thwaites\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Principal Developer Advocate<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Honeycomb<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Martin is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. 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https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2020\/10\/LaunchDarkly.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2020\/10\/LaunchDarkly.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See how LaunchDarkly enables teams to deploy continuously whilst maintaining complete control over what users experience. In this demo, we&#8217;ll show how feature flags, progressive rollouts, and real-time impact measurement work together to let you move from idea to production in minutes, not weeks. Perfect for teams dealing with increased code velocity from AI tools or looking to modernise their deployment practices without adding risk.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/1739979901937-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Holler\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Enterprise Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">LaunchDarkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Kevin Holler is an Enterprise Solutions Engineer at LaunchDarkly, working with the companies biggest customers in the DACH region to de-risk their software and AI-driven product releases.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/kevin-holler\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kevin&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 70 \/ 71;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2330\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Checkly \u2013 Shift-left monitoring with Playwright &amp; AI<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_512,h_512\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Rago.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Rago\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Customer Solutions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"23RHLwzRKa66\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"23RHLwzRKa66\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Checkly \u2013 Shift-left monitoring with Playwright &amp; AI<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000028770,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Checkly LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000028770\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2023\/11\/Checkly-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In one workflow, see how your team can write, run, and scale Playwright tests as production synthetic monitors. In 10 minutes, you\u2019ll learn how to cut costs, boost reliability, and use AI to setup and maintain of your observability code.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Giovanni-Rago-300x300.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiovanni Rago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Head of Customer Solutions<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Checkly<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Giovanni Rago is Head of Customer Solutions at Checkly. He helps development teams and organizations ship quality software and increase reliability through the use of state-of-the-art synthetic monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>He is passionate about bridging the gap between testing and monitoring and creating more efficient workflows for software development teams.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/giovanni-rago\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Giovanni &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 73 \/ 74;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2331\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Vercel \u2013 From idea to web: Building at the speed of thought<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_373,h_373\/next\/2025\/10\/Leo-Reuter-e1761649383711.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeo Reuter\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Sales Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Vercel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"91wMBHr9VntX\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"91wMBHr9VntX\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: Vercel \u2013 From idea to web: Building at the speed of thought<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000026928,\"width\":\"260px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leaddev-berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10000026928\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 642w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2023\/02\/Vercel-Logotype-blk-1.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See how v0 is changing the way we prototype and build products. In this session, Leo will show how to combine v0, the Vercel AI SDK and the AI Gateway to build a fully functional, modern chatbot with agentic tool calls in just ten minutes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2025\/10\/Leo-Reuter-e1761649383711-300x300.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeo Reuter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Sales Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Vercel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Leo Reuter is a Sales Engineer at Vercel with a background in software development and a long history of building with Next.js. These days, he helps teams across Europe create, ship, and scale modern web apps using Vercel\u2019s platform and new AI tools like v0.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/leo-reuter\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Leo&#8217;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 94 \/ 96;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2825\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:45<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: CircleCI \u2013 Meet Chunk: Your agent to ship at AI speed with confidence<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_1114,h_1114\/next\/2024\/10\/Derry-Bradley-scaled-e1761924714386.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDerry Bradley\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"MIQ7YU2jQkxh\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"MIQ7YU2jQkxh\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff6a53;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t\t<button class=\"modal-close\" autofocus><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"16.5\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 16.5\" class=\"svg_icon no-transition\">\n  <line id=\"Line_82\" data-name=\"Line 82\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"0.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"0.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(45deg) translate(3px, 0)\"><\/line>\n  <line id=\"Line_84\" data-name=\"Line 84\" x1=\"0.5\" y1=\"15.5\" x2=\"20.5\" y2=\"15.5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"1\" style=\"transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-11px, -2px)\"><\/line>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<h2>Live demo: CircleCI \u2013 Meet Chunk: Your agent to ship at AI speed with confidence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"session-suitable-for\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This session is suitable for:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__modal__post-content post-content\">\n\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image 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Enter Chunk, CircleCI&#8217;s new autonomous agent (beta) that works 24\/7 to fix the critical but time-consuming parts of your software delivery process that everyone knows are important but no one has time to maintain. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this demo, we&#8217;ll focus on Chunk&#8217;s flaky test capability, demonstrating how it autonomously analyzes and fixes non-deterministic tests while learning your team&#8217;s patterns and best practices. We\u2019ll explain why Chunk is a fundamental shift to proactive CI\/CD processes that free engineers to focus on creative problem-solving and building features that differentiate your product.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors__item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner ld-card__contributors__item__image\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_lfill,h_300,w_300,g_faces\/next\/2024\/10\/Derry-Bradley-scaled-e1761924714386-300x300.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__label\">FEATURING<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDerry Bradley\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__role\">Senior Solutions Engineer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">CircleCI<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Derry is a software delivery specialist helping organizations optimize development through CI\/CD solutions. 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Derry&#8217;s expertise spans cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and continuous delivery<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/derry-bradley\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Derry &#8216;s profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff6a53; --grid-column: 4; --grid-times-row: 97 \/ 99;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"2839\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"demo\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:00<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Demo Stage<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Live demo: Uptime Labs \u2013 Incident response training through simulation<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore solutions for your technical issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"ld-card__contributors\">\n\t\t\t<li class='ld-card__contributors-item'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor_image\" href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/joe-mckevitt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clip-right-corner-small\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_773,h_773\/next\/2025\/11\/Joe-McKevitt-e1762243742518.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ld-card__contributor-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ld-card__contributor ld-card__contributors__item__name\" 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He has held leadership roles at prominent companies, including Expedia, Hotels.com, Klarna, and Wayfair. In December 2021, he was appointed CTO at PPRO, a global provider of local payments infrastructure. In this role, Bernie oversees a global engineering team across Munich, Berlin, London, S\u00e3o Paulo, C\u00f3rdoba, Luxembourg and Singapore, focusing on scaling PPRO&#8217;s platform to support the company&#8217;s rapid growth trajectory. His extensive technology leadership and product development background has been instrumental in advancing cross-border payment technologies and fostering financial inclusion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bernie also advises tech scale-ups, guiding investors, CTOs, CPOs, and founders. 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