{"id":1521,"date":"2025-07-23T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/?page_id=1521"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:47:10","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/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: 2; --agenda-time-rows: 121;\" class=\"ld-agenda show-times 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-8b1b451b0e641387e21af7e1c2d0210e\" id=\"h-friday-october-17-2025\" 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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Grey Box (unchecked) -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"checkbox-svg__border\" x=\"0.5\" y=\"-0.5\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 -1 0.546875 17)\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-opacity=\"0.25\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Checkmark (checked) -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"checkmark\" d=\"M4.44922 9.644L7.78756 12.9823L15.577 5.19287\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Director+<\/span><\/label><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-content__mobile-actions\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button filter-content__mobile-actions__button apply-agenda-filters\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"wp-block-button__link agenda-filter-trigger trigger-resize\">Apply filters<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"filter-content__mobile-actions__button  clear-agenda-filters trigger-resize\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"15\" height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M18.304 7.416L14.416 12.456L18.736 18H15.472L12.784 14.472L10.096 18H7.072L11.32 12.576L7.408 7.416H10.648L12.952 10.536L15.28 7.416H18.304Z\" fill=\"#999999\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tClear all filters<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<button class=\"filter-content__mobile-actions__button  clear-agenda-filters trigger-resize\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"15\" height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M18.304 7.416L14.416 12.456L18.736 18H15.472L12.784 14.472L10.096 18H7.072L11.32 12.576L7.408 7.416H10.648L12.952 10.536L15.28 7.416H18.304Z\" fill=\"#999999\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tClear all filters<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <div class=\"ld-agenda__day-wrapper\" style=\"--agenda-column-count: 2; --agenda-time-rows: 139; --agenda-mobile-column-count: 1.2;\" data-scroll-position=\"0\">\n\t<div class=\"ld-agenda__day-scroll-anchor\" id=\"Agenda_1_Day_1\"><\/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=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 1; --grid-row: 1;\" 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-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb39807419dc6cecb67dd8c8f2cad437\" id=\"h-main-track\" 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\">MAIN TRACK<\/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\">08:30&ndash;09:30<\/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: 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=\"432\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\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>Director+<\/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 LeadingEng New York 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A welcome from the host.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\">\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\/2021\/09\/Nivia-Henry.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\/nivia-henry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNivia Henry\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=\"5hqh1hRaAjGV\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"5hqh1hRaAjGV\" 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 LeadingEng New York 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>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 welcome from the host.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\">\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\/09\/Nivia-Henry-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\tNivia Henry\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 dir=\"ltr\">Nivia is a technologist with over 20 years of engineering and leadership experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her career path has included nearly every role in tech; but her true passion is inspiring people to do their best work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These days Nivia applies her talents as the Defiantly Sparkly Director of Engineering for Netflix\u2019s Growth Product Experiences; the organization that enables Netflix\u2019s multibillion dollar commerce and subscription business. Prior to that she spent 8 years at Spotify, building ads and listener experiences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nivia gives back to the tech community by speaking at, chairing and attending tech conferences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her hobbies include: mentoring Black engineering leaders; reading; and relaxing on her farm with her hubby Andre and their feline overlord Zuko.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nivia&#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: #ff9d52; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 18 \/ 20;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1629\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"icebreaker\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">09:55<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Icebreaker<\/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\">Icebreaker activity<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Start the day by connecting with your peers in a short exercise designed to spark conversation and build rapport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"430zRHxLIJOp\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"430zRHxLIJOp\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #ff9d52;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Icebreaker<\/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>Icebreaker activity<\/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>Start the day by connecting with your peers in a short exercise designed to spark conversation and build rapport.<\/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\n\t<\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 20 \/ 25;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1507\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Taking a seat in the C-Suite: Transitioning from the highest-level operational roles to the executive team<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A look at the transition to executive leadership, examining the skills, mindset, and priorities needed to succeed.<\/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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\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_610,h_610\/next\/2025\/03\/Jeremy-Bowers-LeadDev-e1742402814413.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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJeremy Bowers\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\">POLITICO<\/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=\"OA2JZud6yup3\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"OA2JZud6yup3\" 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>Taking a seat in the C-Suite: Transitioning from the highest-level operational roles to the executive 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>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>There&#8217;s significant literature around the topic of engineering management \u2013 we&#8217;re in a golden age of understanding operational roles in the technology disciplines. However, there&#8217;s scant writing or discussion about moving from those operational roles, e.g., Director or VP across the thermocline to executive roles like CTO, CIO or Head of Engineering.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What skills and behaviors that make a strong manager will also support a successful executive \u2013 and what can hold you back? How should you balance operational versus strategic concerns? Should you spend more time with your team, your peers, your boss(es) or your supervisory board? How have others met this challenge?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk will address all of these concerns, as well as deliver the fundamentals of a roadmap to navigating the transition from manager to executive successfully.<\/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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\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\/Jeremy-Bowers-LeadDev-e1742402814413-300x300.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\tJeremy Bowers\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\">POLITICO<\/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>Jeremy Bowers is POLITICO\u2019s global Chief Technology Officer, where he manages the globally distributed technology team.Bowers comes to POLITICO from the Washington Post where he served as Director of Engineering, leading a team of 40+ engineers supporting newsroom engineering and publishing tools. Prior to the Washington Post, he held various roles at the New York Times, NPR and the St. Petersburg Times.<\/p>\n<p>Bowers was one of the core developers behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning\u00a0PolitiFact.com\u00a0and was on the team that won an Emmy for his work on \u201cPlanet Money Makes a T-Shirt.\u201d He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Becky, and two daughters.<\/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\/jeremy-bowers\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jeremy&#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 \/ 31;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1591\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">10:35<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Transforming tradition: The journey to product-led growth<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how Dow Jones is embracing a product-first mindset to drive radical transformation and deliver innovative customer and consumer experiences.<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\">\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_463,h_463\/next\/2025\/07\/Artem-Fishman-e1752077526946.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\/artem-fishman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArtem Fishman\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\">Dow Jones<\/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=\"NVOwwSYKxzrA\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"NVOwwSYKxzrA\" 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>Transforming tradition: The journey to product-led growth<\/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 {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Learn how Dow Jones is embracing a product-first mindset to drive radical transformation and deliver innovative customer and consumer experiences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For decades, Dow Jones has been a trusted leader in global business and financial news. However, as a legacy organization that continues to experience significant growth in the digital era, its technology org is evolving its operating model from a project-centric approach to a dynamic, product-led culture. In this presentation, Chief Technology Officer Artem Fishman will share how he\u2019s evolved the organization during his tenure and the guiding principles behind its product transformation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artem will share what a product-first mindset means in practice, going beyond simple platitudes to discuss the tangible shifts in approach that have led to positive business outcomes. He will dive into how he\u2019s redesigned teams to be more autonomous and empowered, and cover the strategic and executional elements required to scale change across a large, established organization.<\/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>Ignoring tech debt slows down delivery and increases risk.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Use system health scores to align teams on where to invest.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Operational excellence enables faster, safer innovation.<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\">\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\/Artem-Fishman-e1752077526946-300x300.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\tArtem Fishman\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\">Dow Jones<\/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>Artem Fishman is chief technology officer at Dow Jones. He oversees a global team of engineers responsible for technology and product rollouts across Dow Jones brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron\u2019s and the company\u2019s business intelligence products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Artem is a veteran technology executive with a long track record of spearheading premier consumer products in the news, media and financial services industries. Prior to joining Dow Jones, he served as senior director of engineering at LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company\u2019s homepage surface and content experiences. He also served as the research &amp; development lead at LinkedIn in New York. Artem has also held senior leadership roles at SoundCloud, Yahoo, Thomson Reuters and The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of New York University, Artem currently serves as co-chair of the New York CTO Club, an independent, not-for-profit group of senior technologists.<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Artem &#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: #ff326e; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 31 \/ 33;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1604\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\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\">Talk<\/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\">Leadership in AI-assisted engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore proven leadership strategies for AI-assisted engineering, fostering adoption, productivity, psychological safety, and measurable organizational impact.<\/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-reock\/\">\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\/05\/Justin-Reock.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\/justin-reock\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy 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\">DX<\/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=\"7HV1SpXttCJw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"7HV1SpXttCJw\" 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>Leadership in AI-assisted engineering<\/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\":10000023422,\"width\":\"188px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png\" alt=\"DX x LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023422\" style=\"width:188px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.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\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.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\">An overview of the leadership strategies employed by top AI-assisted engineering organizations.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To realize meaningful returns on AI investments, leadership must take accountability and ownership of establishing best practices, enabling engineers, and ensuring proper guardrails are in place. When prompting practice and reflexive AI use is driven from the top down, engineers can align on the highest value use cases and experience peak productivity gains.In this session, Justin Reock, Deputy CTO at DX, will explain what the most effective leaders of AI enabled engineering organizations are doing to drive satisfactory utilization, augmentation, and psychological safety across their teams. Based on interviews, use cases, and data, leaders will walk away with an understanding of how to best lead their teams through mature AI rollouts.<\/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>Measuring and improving AI adoption and efficacy<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Nurturing a psychologically safe AI engineering culture<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Driving adoption through grassroots initiatives and 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\/justin-reock\/\">\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\/Justin-Reock-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\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">DX<\/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=\"C0987BZ3XCH-1757515283.898619-thread-list-Thread_1759427032.694829\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" role=\"listitem\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1759427032.694829\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered c-message_kit__background--labels c-message_kit__background--labels--later c-message_kit__message c-message_kit__thread_message\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\" data-qa-label=\"later\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered\" role=\"document\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__labels c-message_kit__labels--light\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Justin Reock is the Deputy CTO of DX (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">getdx.com<\/a>), and is an engineer, speaker, writer, and software practice evangelist with over 20 years of experience working in various software roles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">He is an outspoken thought leader, delivering enterprise solutions, numerous keynotes, technical leadership, various publications and community education on developer experience and productivity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\/justin-reock\/\" 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: #a84df7; 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--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\">11:25&ndash;12:10<\/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 \/ 50;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1508\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:10<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Building a cost-conscious culture: Technical and team strategies<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover proven strategies to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and build a cost-aware engineering culture without slowing 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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\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_1044,h_1044\/next\/2021\/03\/elyse-headshot-1-e1760083900901.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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElyse Kolker Gordon\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\">Strava<\/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=\"cfW46tfzIKOB\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"cfW46tfzIKOB\" 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 a cost-conscious culture: Technical and team strategies<\/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>Practical tips on technical and process strategies to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and create cultural change leading to a more cost-aware team.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From managing escalating cloud costs to achieving significant savings, this talk will cover the proven strategies Strava implemented to optimize our cloud infrastructure costs over the last 18 months. We&#8217;ll share effective approaches across networking, compute, and data storage that delivered meaningful reductions in cloud spending. Beyond the technical details, you&#8217;ll learn how we successfully aligned our engineering teams around cost optimization while maintaining focus on core product delivery. Whether you&#8217;re looking to trim cloud expenses or just build a more cost-aware engineering culture, this session provides actionable insights.<\/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>Key metrics to track cloud cost drivers and optimization progress over time<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Systematic approaches to identify and prioritize cost reduction opportunities across your tech stack<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Strategies to build cost awareness into your engineering culture without compromising overall development velocity<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A practical framework for evaluating cost-benefit tradeoffs in future-looking architectural decisions<\/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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\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\/03\/elyse-headshot-1-e1760083900901-300x300.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\tElyse Kolker Gordon\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\">Strava<\/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>Elyse Kolker Gordon is a senior engineering leader with extensive experience building and scaling platform teams in consumer technology and cloud software. As a Senior Director leading Strava&#8217;s horizontal and platform teams, she specializes in bridging the intersection of business strategy and engineering execution, helping organizations build strong technical foundations that drive product innovation. A sought-after speaker and published author, Elyse shares insights on engineering leadership and building high-performing technical 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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Elyse&#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 \/ 56;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1510\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">12:35<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Build features, not fragile foundations<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction to maintain system health, velocity, and long-term stability.<\/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\/andre-henry-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_737,h_737\/next\/2025\/09\/Andre-Henry-LD.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\/andre-henry-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndr\u00e9 Henry\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, Platform 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\">Fleetio<\/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=\"slW2YF5L0m7L\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"slW2YF5L0m7L\" 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>Build features, not fragile foundations<\/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 {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Learn how balancing feature work with technical debt remediation leads to sustainable software delivery.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Engineering teams often face intense pressure to deliver features fast, but building on a shaky foundation eventually slows things down. This talk explores the hidden cost of neglecting operational excellence and shows how technical debt, if left unmanaged, compromises security, scalability, and team velocity. We\u2019ll unpack why brittle systems are harder to change, debug, and maintain, and how they quietly erode customer trust and developer morale.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Attendees will learn how to assess the health of their systems using qualitative and quantitative inputs, including developer sentiment, customer experience feedback, and usage patterns. We&#8217;ll introduce a simple, actionable framework for assigning system health scores and using those scores to drive investment decisions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rather than choosing between feature velocity and technical stability, we&#8217;ll explore how to balance both, ensuring teams can innovate without trading away long term 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\/andre-henry-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\/2025\/09\/Andre-Henry-LD-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\tAndr\u00e9 Henry\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, Platform Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fleetio<\/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>Andr\u00e9 Henry is an Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience across reliability, network engineering, infrastructure, and software. He drives business value by simplifying platforms, reducing technical debt, and enabling high-performing teams. Known for clear communication and pragmatic strategy, Andr\u00e9 excels in startups and enterprises alike, aligning tech with business goals. He\u2019s passionate about developer productivity, systems performance, and making complex topics actionable for diverse audiences.<\/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\/andre-henry-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Andr\u00e9&#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: 56 \/ 58;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1606\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/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 playbook, 2025: Three lessons every engineering leader needs this year<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn three key lessons to lead AI adoption, build remote teams, and strengthen engineering culture.<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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_914,h_835\/next\/2025\/05\/LucasMendesHeadshot.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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Mendes\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 and 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\">Revelo<\/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=\"zuEepnya5Rgw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"zuEepnya5Rgw\" 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 playbook, 2025: Three lessons every engineering leader needs this year<\/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\":10000025004,\"width\":\"180px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Revelo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000025004\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-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\">Three lessons every engineering leader needs this year \u2013 from pacing AI adoption to building resilient, remote-first teams.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2025 is the first year where every engineering leader is also an AI leader, and the ground is still shifting. After interviewing dozens of VPs and CTOs for&nbsp;<em>Tech Teams Today<\/em>, Revelo CEO Lucas Mendes identified patterns that separate thriving teams from those treading water.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this 10-minute lightning talk, Lucas focuses on three of the most urgent lessons:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to pace AI adoption deliberately, balancing ROI with risk tolerance and team readiness<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why ownership beats output, and how that mindset powers rituals that strengthen remote teams and reduce Zoom fatigue<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Why top leaders stay close to the work, not by micromanaging but by reinforcing principles \u2013 especially for junior engineers<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He\u2019ll briefly reflect on why AI alone doesn\u2019t unlock productivity. Human judgment still matters most. Attendees leave with a pragmatic audit worksheet and a 30-day action plan to future-proof culture, process, and team design, with no product pitch.<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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\/LucasMendesHeadshot-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\tLucas Mendes\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 and CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Revelo<\/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>Lucas Mendes is the founder and CEO of Revelo, the leading platform that helps US companies find, hire and pay full-time remote software engineers in Latin America. Revelo boasts a network of 400,000 pre-vetted engineers, and has placed developers from 15 LatAm countries in hundreds of US companies. Holding a Computer Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Lucas previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain &amp; Company. He holds an MBA from Stanford University.<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lucas&#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: #a84df7; --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=\"1631\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"group-discussion\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">13:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Group Discussion<\/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\">Group discussion<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"GzttIMY9CNLo\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"GzttIMY9CNLo\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a84df7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Group Discussion<\/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>Group discussion<\/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>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\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 \/ 77; --inner-content-row: 8; --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\">13:30&ndash;14:50<\/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: 77 \/ 80;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1666\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">14:50<\/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><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Uncovering silent struggles in leadership roles<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A candid session revealing common hidden leadership challenges, with practical strategies to address and overcome them effectively.<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\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_1122,h_1122\/next\/2024\/11\/Headshot-Fiona-Siseman-FrankEddy-Fiona-Siseman-scaled-e1760636063267.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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFiona Siseman\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, Coach &amp; 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<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\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_1604,h_1604\/next\/2024\/11\/IMG_6448-Alia-Connor-scaled-e1760636129978.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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlia Rose Connor\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, Coach &amp; 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<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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=\"VgT1qEOTi2Qs\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"VgT1qEOTi2Qs\" 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>Uncovering silent struggles in leadership roles<\/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>Following <em>The Biggest Issue<\/em>, Alia and Fiona will share the results of the challenges surfaced in the room. They\u2019ll reveal the most common themes leaders are facing and provide practical guidance to help you tackle the issues that matter most.<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\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\/Headshot-Fiona-Siseman-FrankEddy-Fiona-Siseman-scaled-e1760636063267-300x300.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\tFiona Siseman\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, Coach &amp; Facilitator<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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>Fiona is the cofounder of Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership. She is passionate about fostering authentic, self-aware, and collaborative leadership teams through coaching and facilitating. Prior to founding Frank &amp; Eddy, she spent 7 years at Spotify supporting product and engineering leaders (Sr, Director, VP) to lead through fast-paced change, and building a high-performing senior leadership team in a large Platform Engineering organization (for a period, leading a cross-functional organization of 130 people).<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Fiona&#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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\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\/IMG_6448-Alia-Connor-scaled-e1760636129978-300x300.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\tAlia Rose Connor\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, Coach &amp; Facilitator<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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>Alia is the cofounder of Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership and is passionate about building collaborative cross-functional product development teams. She is a coach and facilitator, and has been a founder and engineer. Prior to founding Frank &amp; Eddy, she coached at Spotify during 7 years of explosive growth, where she supported product and engineering leaders (Sr, Director, VP) to lead through continual change.<\/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\/alia-rose-connor\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alia&#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: 80 \/ 86;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1509\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:05<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/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-augmented team: Rethinking roles, skills, and leadership<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Explore how AI assistants and agents are reshaping team structures, required skills, and leadership in modern engineering organizations.<\/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\/darva-satcher\/\">\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_614,h_614\/next\/2025\/05\/Darva-Satcher-e1748511671527.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\/darva-satcher\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDarva Satcher\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\">GitLab<\/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=\"Xe1w9CyJWrvQ\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Xe1w9CyJWrvQ\" 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 AI-augmented team: Rethinking roles, skills, and leadership<\/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 {\"className\":\"is-style-standfirst\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-standfirst has-large-font-size\">Discover how AI assistants and agents are transforming software teams, roles, and leadership models<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI is no longer just a tool \u2013 it\u2019s becoming a true collaborator on software teams. In this session, Darva Satcher explores how AI Assistants and Agents are reshaping engineering teams, dissolving traditional role boundaries, and redefining what it means to lead in a modern tech organization.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Attendees will learn how to structure AI-augmented teams that operate more efficiently, embrace new patterns of hybrid human-AI collaboration, and adopt agent-based workflows that scale productivity without scaling headcount. The session dives into the emerging skill sets engineers need \u2013 including AI fluency, systems thinking, and critical review of AI-generated work \u2013 while also outlining leadership frameworks that foster trust, ethical oversight, and adaptive performance metrics.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through practical examples, this talk prepares engineering leaders to integrate AI not just as an assistant, but as a working team member. <\/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\/darva-satcher\/\">\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\/Darva-Satcher-e1748511671527-300x300.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\tDarva Satcher\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\">GitLab<\/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>Darva Satcher is the Director of Engineering at GitLab.<\/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\/darva-satcher\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Darva&#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: 86 \/ 90;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1529\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:35<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">\u2060\u2060Making AI work for you: Examining and enhancing your developers\u2019 workflows<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Learn how to assess, adapt, and optimize developer workflows with AI to enhance collaboration, productivity, and measurable impact.<\/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\/neha-batra\/\">\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\/Neha-Batra.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\/neha-batra\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNeha Batra\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\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=\"Vufm5xcHYwLm\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Vufm5xcHYwLm\" 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>\u2060\u2060Making AI work for you: Examining and enhancing your developers\u2019 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>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>AI has already had an impact on your developers\u2019 workflow with code competition and now is expanding its footprint on the developer lifecycle. The question is: how will your company adopt and adapt to the changes and how do you develop a methodical approach for improving and measuring productivity? This talk proposes an approach to understanding the individual and collaborative developer workflows, modifying them, and finally measuring productivity as you change each piece.<\/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\/neha-batra\/\">\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\/Neha-Batra-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\tNeha Batra\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>\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>Neha Batra is a self-taught programmer that fell into leadership and found her calling. Formerly the VP of Engineering at GitHub, she led Product Engineering across the web, desktop, mobile, and cli and worked on key AI features like Copilot Code Review. Her passion lies in making the tech industry easier to break into and be productive, which is why she focuses her talks and blogs on tactical tips and tricks, like Facilitation 202, Managing your Mentorship, and Delegation.<\/p>\n<p>She enjoys foodie adventures, planning trips, and collecting national park magnets. If you want to hear her ramble on a topic, ask her about experimenting with manager processes and playbooks or how much she misses Miami and its cafecitos.<\/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\/neha-batra\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Neha&#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: #a84df7; --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=\"1631\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"group-discussion\" 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\">Group Discussion<\/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\">Group discussion<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"C0IdquDTeg0W\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"C0IdquDTeg0W\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a84df7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Group Discussion<\/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>Group discussion<\/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>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\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 \/ 101; --inner-content-row: 4; --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\">16:10&ndash;16:50<\/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: 101 \/ 107;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1506\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">16:50<\/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><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Lessons learned using Generative AI for product development<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discover practical lessons on applying generative AI to product development, including model choices, evaluation methods, integration challenges, and innovation strategies.<\/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\/natalie-glance\/\">\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_668,h_668\/next\/2025\/03\/Natalie-Glance-e1742402474290.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\/natalie-glance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalie Glance\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 Engineering 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\">Duolingo<\/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=\"4e6HguB1bmXI\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"4e6HguB1bmXI\" 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>Lessons learned using Generative AI for product 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>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>Generative AI is changing how we build and what&#8217;s possible for our users. In this session, <strong>Natalie Glance<\/strong>, Chief Engineering Officer at Duolingo, will share lessons learned based on real-world case studies.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-will-learn-about\">You will learn about:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The importance of communicating clear principles on the use of AI\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Trade-offs in using model APIs vs self-hosting vs on-device<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Buy vs build vs wait decisions in the face of rapid change<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Minimizing switching costs, how to decide which model to use and the importance of evals<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Pros and cons of fine-tuning and custom models<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The technical and change management challenges of retrofitting systems to use AI<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How AI turbo-charges 0 to 1 innovation\u00a0<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Natalie&#8217;s experience leading engineering at Duolingo, where AI has transformed the product and user experience, makes her uniquely qualified to share these insights. This session will help you build a new operational model for the AI era.<\/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\/natalie-glance\/\">\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\/Natalie-Glance-e1742402474290-300x300.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\tNatalie Glance\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 Engineering Officer<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Duolingo<\/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>Natalie is a lifelong learner and seasoned leader with extensive experience at startups and established companies. She\u2019s currently the Chief Engineering Officer at Duolingo.<\/p>\n<p>At Duolingo, Natalie ensures engineers can help set product direction and strategy. She\u2019s championed a culture of extensive A\/B testing, and is excited about the ways generative AI can both build new features and accelerate content creation for these features. She oversees many of the efforts dedicated to scaling Duolingo\u2019s technology to new subjects, like Math and Music.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie is passionate about mentorship and education. She co-founded the Int\u2019l AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), which offers an annual Adamic-Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award for a promising young independent researcher in the field computational social science in the early stage of their career.<\/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\/natalie-glance\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalie&#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: 107 \/ 112;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1530\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:20<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">Talk<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"session-levels\"><span>Director+<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"ld-card__title wp-block-pbc-card-title\"><a  target=\"\"  class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Beyond sentiment: A practical framework for evaluating and growing the leaders who report to you<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>A practical framework for evaluating and growing the people managers who report to you through impact, competencies, and systems.<\/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\/meg-adams\/\">\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_1920\/next\/2023\/05\/Meg-adams.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\/meg-adams\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeg Adams\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\">The New York 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=\"vUtOGi4rtjzw\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"vUtOGi4rtjzw\" 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>Beyond sentiment: A practical framework for evaluating and growing the leaders who report to you<\/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>This talk offers a practical, opinionated framework for evaluating and growing the people managers who report to you, using a model that goes beyond sentiment and 360s to focus on observable impact, leadership competencies, and the systems you all operate within.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Engineering leaders are often asked to evaluate and develop managers based on indirect signals: team sentiment, 360 feedback, engagement surveys, or the occasional skip-level. But these signals\u2014while valuable\u2014rarely tell the full story. Managers who are well-liked may be avoiding hard conversations; those delivering results may be holding their teams together with unsustainable effort. Without direct observation, senior leaders risk rewarding surface-level traits while missing the deeper work of effective management.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This talk introduces a practical framework for evaluating leadership against impact and competencies. We\u2019ll explore how to embed observational shadowing as a leadership development tool, offering a clearer view into how managers are actually leading day-to-day. We\u2019ll talk about translating team metrics into actionable feedback. Finally, we\u2019ll cover how to translate those insights into high-leverage coaching, targeted interventions, and systemic improvement. Attendees will walk away with language, structure, and tools for developing stronger leaders\u2014and stronger teams\u2014at 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 matters when assessing leadership performance?<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>What observable competencies should I expect from my managers\u2014and how do I coach to them?<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How can shadowing be used to gain real insight into someone\u2019s leadership system?<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How do I manage developing individuals and improving the systems they\u2019re building in real-time (rather than waiting for the results of long feedback cycles)?<\/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\/meg-adams\/\">\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\/Meg-adams-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\tMeg Adams\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\">The New York 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><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Meg Adams is an experienced technology leader sought out by multi-billion dollar companies like Est\u00e9e Lauder, Etsy, and Cond\u00e9 Nast to create cultures of high performance and high engagement within their engineering teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She is passionate about deepening the community of workplaces and infusing the everyday with joy and purpose, all while increasing profitability. Meg is also a trusted advisor to remarkable women when it comes to career development and negotiation.<\/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\/meg-adams\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Meg&#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: #a84df7; --grid-column: 1; --grid-times-row: 112 \/ 113;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1631\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"group-discussion\" 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\">Group Discussion<\/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\">Group discussion<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__more\">\n\t<a class=\"modal-trigger\" data-modal=\"aMuBc0GKYJdi\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"aMuBc0GKYJdi\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #a84df7;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">Group Discussion<\/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>Group discussion<\/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>Reflect on what you\u2019ve just learned, and exchange insights and perspectives with the people at your table.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<hr>\n\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=\"939\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"talk\" data-tax-session-level=\"director\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">17:50<\/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><\/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.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\">\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\/2021\/09\/Nivia-Henry.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\/nivia-henry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNivia Henry\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=\"O2NrhJ2AgISJ\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"O2NrhJ2AgISJ\" 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>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>Closing thoughts from the host.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\">\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\/09\/Nivia-Henry-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\tNivia Henry\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 dir=\"ltr\">Nivia is a technologist with over 20 years of engineering and leadership experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her career path has included nearly every role in tech; but her true passion is inspiring people to do their best work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These days Nivia applies her talents as the Defiantly Sparkly Director of Engineering for Netflix\u2019s Growth Product Experiences; the organization that enables Netflix\u2019s multibillion dollar commerce and subscription business. Prior to that she spent 8 years at Spotify, building ads and listener experiences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nivia gives back to the tech community by speaking at, chairing and attending tech conferences.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her hobbies include: mentoring Black engineering leaders; reading; and relaxing on her farm with her hubby Andre and their feline overlord Zuko.<\/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\/nivia-henry\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Nivia&#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: 115 \/ 127; --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\">18:00&ndash;19:00<\/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-networking-mixer\" style=\"color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary)\">Networking Mixer<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div style=\"--grid-column: 2; 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--grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 38 \/ 39;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1595\" 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\">11:35<\/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\/melissa-young\/\">\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_2000,h_2295\/next\/2025\/09\/Melissa-Young-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\/melissa-young\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMelissa Young\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\">SVP, 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\">Vox Media<\/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\/boomie-odumade\/\">\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_2553\/next\/2025\/09\/Boomie-Odumade-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\/boomie-odumade\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoomie Odumade\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 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<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">TechBees<\/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\/shawn-gandhi\/\">\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_1528,h_1521\/next\/2023\/11\/P1C7896-Shawn-Gandhi.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\/shawn-gandhi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShawn Gandhi\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\"> SVP Customer Engineering &amp; Country Managing Director, Canada<\/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\">Pythian<\/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\/taofeek-rabiu\/\">\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_1696,h_2560\/next\/2020\/08\/Taofeek-Rabiu-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\/taofeek-rabiu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTaofeek Rabiu\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\">Etsy<\/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=\"7n7uolX66uHR\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"7n7uolX66uHR\" 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>Becoming a VP of Engineering<\/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>Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for\u00a0<strong>Becoming a VP of Engineering<\/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\/melissa-young\/\">\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\/09\/Melissa-Young-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\tMelissa Young\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\">SVP, Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Vox Media<\/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\">Melissa Young is SVP of Engineering at Vox Media, where she leads a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning publishing platforms, infrastructure, advertising technology, data, consumer revenue, and commerce. She has over 15 years of experience working and leading in media technology enterprises ranging from small private publishers to large media conglomerates. Melissa thrives at the intersection of technical strategy, operational optimization and organizational leadership and will forever champion empowering engineers and leaders to create and support high-trust, high-performing 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\/melissa-young\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Melissa&#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\/boomie-odumade\/\">\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\/09\/Boomie-Odumade-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\tBoomie Odumade\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 Leader<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">TechBees<\/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\">Boomie Odumade is a dynamic senior software engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in technology, including building teams, scaling systems, and growing organizations. She also provides career coaching. She was most recently Senior Director of Engineering at a small company. Previously, she led engineering teams at NPR, Capital One, and Accenture, and co-founded Nexercise, a mobile fitness startup. Boomie is passionate about mentoring youth and supporting future STEM leaders. She holds a Bachelor\u2019s in Mechanical Engineering, a Master\u2019s in Computer Science, and an MBA from Wharton.<\/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\/boomie-odumade\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Boomie&#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\/shawn-gandhi\/\">\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\/11\/P1C7896-Shawn-Gandhi-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\tShawn Gandhi\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\"> SVP Customer Engineering &amp; Country Managing Director, Canada<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Pythian<\/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\">Shawn is a distinguished technology executive with a proven track record of scaling businesses from startup to hypergrowth. He founded and led AWS Canada, building its business and data centers to enable Canadian enterprises to transition to the cloud. His career highlights also include leading enterprise adoption for Amazon Web Services in New York and serving as chief architect for the Royal Bank of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Returning to Ottawa, he established the AWS Solutions Global AI Hub and ran engineering for multiple businesses at Shopify. Currently, as the Canadian Country Manager for Pythian, Shawn helps businesses leverage data, AI, and cloud services for transformational growth. He is a recognized community leader, recognized for his contributions to both business and non-profits.<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\/shawn-gandhi\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Shawn&#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\/taofeek-rabiu\/\">\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\/Taofeek-Rabiu-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\tTaofeek Rabiu\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\">Etsy<\/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\">Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Taofeek is a veteran technology leader and brings more than 25 years of experience building high performance teams and award winning products across multiple industries. Currently, Taofeek is VP Engineering and interim VP Product for Etsy\u2019s Enablement groups &#8211; which are the core platforms that support Etsy\u2019s Buyer and Seller apps, and it\u2019s Data, ML and Experimentation platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Etsy Taofeek was Chief Technology Officer for Maker\u2019s Row, a marketplace startup.<\/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\/taofeek-rabiu\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Taofeek&#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: 39 \/ 45;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1511\" 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\">11:40<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\">\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_463,h_463\/next\/2025\/07\/Artem-Fishman-e1752077526946.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\/artem-fishman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArtem Fishman\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\">Dow Jones<\/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-reock\/\">\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\/05\/Justin-Reock.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\/justin-reock\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy 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\">DX<\/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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\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_610,h_610\/next\/2025\/03\/Jeremy-Bowers-LeadDev-e1742402814413.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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJeremy Bowers\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\">POLITICO<\/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=\"wi2byocYXe2n\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"wi2byocYXe2n\" 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 11:40<\/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>Chat with the speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\">\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\/Artem-Fishman-e1752077526946-300x300.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\tArtem Fishman\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\">Dow Jones<\/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>Artem Fishman is chief technology officer at Dow Jones. He oversees a global team of engineers responsible for technology and product rollouts across Dow Jones brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron\u2019s and the company\u2019s business intelligence products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Artem is a veteran technology executive with a long track record of spearheading premier consumer products in the news, media and financial services industries. Prior to joining Dow Jones, he served as senior director of engineering at LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company\u2019s homepage surface and content experiences. He also served as the research &amp; development lead at LinkedIn in New York. Artem has also held senior leadership roles at SoundCloud, Yahoo, Thomson Reuters and The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of New York University, Artem currently serves as co-chair of the New York CTO Club, an independent, not-for-profit group of senior technologists.<\/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\/artem-fishman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Artem &#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\/justin-reock\/\">\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\/Justin-Reock-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\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">DX<\/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=\"C0987BZ3XCH-1757515283.898619-thread-list-Thread_1759427032.694829\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" role=\"listitem\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1759427032.694829\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered c-message_kit__background--labels 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dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Justin Reock is the Deputy CTO of DX (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">getdx.com<\/a>), and is an engineer, speaker, writer, and software practice evangelist with over 20 years of experience working in various software roles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">He is an outspoken thought leader, delivering enterprise solutions, numerous keynotes, technical leadership, various publications and community education on developer experience and productivity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\/justin-reock\/\" 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<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\/jeremy-bowers\/\">\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\/Jeremy-Bowers-LeadDev-e1742402814413-300x300.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\tJeremy Bowers\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\">POLITICO<\/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>Jeremy Bowers is POLITICO\u2019s global Chief Technology Officer, where he manages the globally distributed technology team.Bowers comes to POLITICO from the Washington Post where he served as Director of Engineering, leading a team of 40+ engineers supporting newsroom engineering and publishing tools. Prior to the Washington Post, he held various roles at the New York Times, NPR and the St. Petersburg Times.<\/p>\n<p>Bowers was one of the core developers behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning\u00a0PolitiFact.com\u00a0and was on the team that won an Emmy for his work on \u201cPlanet Money Makes a T-Shirt.\u201d He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Becky, and two daughters.<\/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\/jeremy-bowers\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jeremy&#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: 47 \/ 59;\" 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\">12:20<\/span>\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=\"1597\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"roundtable\" 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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\/05\/Justin-Reock.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\/justin-reock\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy 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\">DX<\/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\/annyce-davis\/\">\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_1001,h_1500\/next\/2022\/11\/latest_head_shot-Annyce-Davis.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\/annyce-davis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnnyce Davis\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\">MeetUp<\/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=\"8nqUySptwgwA\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"8nqUySptwgwA\" 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\">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 measure the impact of GenAI tooling investments?<\/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\":10000023422,\"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\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png\" alt=\"DX x LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000023422\" style=\"width:194px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.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\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/06\/Sponsor-Logo-template-Website-250-x-125-px.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Conversations on quantifying the impact of GenAI investments and how to communicate those 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 -->\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\/justin-reock\/\">\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\/Justin-Reock-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\tJustin Reock\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\">Deputy CTO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">DX<\/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=\"C0987BZ3XCH-1757515283.898619-thread-list-Thread_1759427032.694829\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" role=\"listitem\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1759427032.694829\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered c-message_kit__background--labels c-message_kit__background--labels--later c-message_kit__message c-message_kit__thread_message\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\" data-qa-label=\"later\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered\" role=\"document\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__labels c-message_kit__labels--light\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Justin Reock is the Deputy CTO of DX (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/getdx.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">getdx.com<\/a>), and is an engineer, speaker, writer, and software practice evangelist with over 20 years of experience working in various software roles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">He is an outspoken thought leader, delivering enterprise solutions, numerous keynotes, technical leadership, various publications and community education on developer experience and productivity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\/justin-reock\/\" 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<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\/annyce-davis\/\">\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\/11\/latest_head_shot-Annyce-Davis.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\tAnnyce Davis\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\">MeetUp<\/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>Annyce is currently&nbsp;Vice President of Engineering<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/\">Meetup<\/a>. At Meetup, she helps create the future of real community where people show up, do things, and actually talk to each other.&nbsp;Previously, Annyce was the Software Group Lead at a social impact startup, Zola Electric. There they provided clean, transformative energy to households that suffered from expensive, unreliable grids. Annyce got to help impact the lives of people across Africa by developing a high-quality Android application that was used by the entire sales and service force.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Annyce is currently in Maryland, USA. However, she travels around the world speaking at conferences; so if you happen to cross paths, she is always up for a coffee!<\/p>\r\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\/annyce-davis\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Annyce&#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=\"1647\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"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\">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 can you leverage AI to improve the developer experience across your organization?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on how senior engineering leaders can apply AI tools and practices to elevate the developer experience, unlock productivity, and reduce friction across 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\/chris-kelly\/\">\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\/09\/Chris-Kelly.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\/chris-kelly\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Kelly\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 Developer Experience<\/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\">Augment Code<\/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=\"cIYhRYUjuMjA\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"cIYhRYUjuMjA\" 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\">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 can you leverage AI to improve the developer experience across your organization?<\/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\":10000027164,\"width\":\"236px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Augment-Code-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Augment Code LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000027164\" style=\"width:236px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Augment-Code-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\/07\/Augment-Code-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2025\/07\/Augment-Code-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2025\/07\/Augment-Code-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2025\/07\/Augment-Code-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\/07\/Augment-Code-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A roundtable on how senior engineering leaders can apply AI tools and practices to elevate the developer experience, unlock productivity, and reduce friction across teams.<\/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 where AI can provide the greatest impact on developer workflows and satisfaction<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Balancing innovation with trust, governance, and responsible use of AI<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Aligning AI adoption with organizational goals and engineering culture<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Scaling AI-enabled practices sustainably across large and distributed teams<\/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-kelly\/\">\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\/09\/Chris-Kelly-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\tChris Kelly\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 Developer Experience<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Augment Code<\/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 head of developer experience, working across Augment to make building software better for every developer. Chris has been making developers happier and more productive for 15 years at innovative companies like New Relic, GitHub, Salesforce, and FireHydrant.<\/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-kelly\/\" 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\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=\"1600\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"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\">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\">Managing managers: How to become an organizational multiplier<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on evolving your leadership style when managing managers.<\/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\/suzan-bond\/\">\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_499,h_499\/next\/2020\/08\/Suzan-Bond-e1739970504770.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\/suzan-bond\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSuzan Bond\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 &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\">Constellary<\/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=\"q4ZdQoAY7tTE\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"q4ZdQoAY7tTE\" 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\">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>Managing managers: How to become an organizational multiplier<\/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 evolving your leadership style when managing managers.<\/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>Shifting your approach from \u201chands-on manager\u201d to guide or coach<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Finding the balance between empowerment and accountability<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Learning how to delegate effectively<\/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\/suzan-bond\/\">\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\/Suzan-Bond-e1739970504770-300x300.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\tSuzan Bond\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 &amp; CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Constellary<\/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>Suzan Bond is the founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/constellaryhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constellary<\/a>. With nearly two decades in tech, Suzan has worked with hundreds of engineering leaders and leadership teams to help them navigate change and meet the challenges of organizational leadership. Her work these days includes preparing new directors for the role, coaching senior engineering leaders and creating cohesive leadership 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\/suzan-bond\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Suzan&#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=\"1672\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"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\">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\">Dispelling the speed vs safety myth<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on balancing speed and safety in engineering while removing bottlenecks, scaling with AI, and measuring meaningful business impact.<\/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\/jemiah-sius\/\">\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\/2023\/04\/jaesius-1000-Jemiah-Sius.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\/jemiah-sius\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJemiah Sius\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, Market Strategy and Developer Relations<\/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\">New Relic<\/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\/michael-winslow\/\">\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_444,h_444\/next\/2021\/02\/Michael-Winslow-e1742404111665.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\/michael-winslow\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Winslow\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\">Amazon Music<\/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=\"8Q801931Adng\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"8Q801931Adng\" 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\">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>Dispelling the speed vs safety myth<\/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\":10000024530,\"width\":\"214px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10000024530\" style=\"width:214px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2023\/02\/New-Relic-4.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\/New-Relic-4.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AI has changed the game, and you can now move fast and not break things, but only with a solid plan and guardrails, and not just vibes.<\/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>Identifying and removing bottlenecks to engineering velocity<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Balancing speed with resilience and long-term reliability<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Where automation and AI can (and can\u2019t) help you scale effectively<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Metrics that demonstrate real impact across engineering and the business<\/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\/jemiah-sius\/\">\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\/04\/jaesius-1000-Jemiah-Sius-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\tJemiah Sius\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, Market Strategy and Developer Relations<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">New Relic<\/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>Jemiah Sius is the VP of Market Strategy and Developer Relations at New Relic, within the Growth team. He leads a global organization focused on improving developer enablement and advocating for the importance of building and maintaining reliable software systems. His current areas of expertise include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Scaling developer engagement programs and partnerships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Developing open-source applications and code examples<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Creating technical content and documentation<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/jemiah-sius\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Jemiah&#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\/michael-winslow\/\">\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\/02\/Michael-Winslow-e1742404111665-300x300.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\tMichael Winslow\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\">Amazon Music<\/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>Michael Winslow picked up his love for programming when he was 10 years old writing GW-Basic code on his Tandy-1000. With his passion for designing simple solutions to complex problems, Michael has played key roles at companies like Aramark, Ortho-McNeil, Oracle and Xfinity Mobile. He is a seasoned international public speaker who enjoys using his platform to uplift engineers and create powerfully diverse teams in technology. Michael is currently a DevOps advocate, Agile enthusiast, and transformational people-leader in the Technology industry.<\/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\/michael-winslow\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Michael&#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: 64 \/ 70;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1622\" 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\">13:45<\/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-0\">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\/andre-henry-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_737,h_737\/next\/2025\/09\/Andre-Henry-LD.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\/andre-henry-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndr\u00e9 Henry\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, Platform 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\">Fleetio<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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_914,h_835\/next\/2025\/05\/LucasMendesHeadshot.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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Mendes\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 and 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\">Revelo<\/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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\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_1044,h_1044\/next\/2021\/03\/elyse-headshot-1-e1760083900901.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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElyse Kolker Gordon\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\">Strava<\/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=\"NfDF0y1tn8VO\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"NfDF0y1tn8VO\" 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 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to chat about it with other folks, head to our Office Hours area where our speakers will be waiting for you.<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\/andre-henry-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\/2025\/09\/Andre-Henry-LD-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\tAndr\u00e9 Henry\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, Platform Engineering<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Fleetio<\/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>Andr\u00e9 Henry is an Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience across reliability, network engineering, infrastructure, and software. He drives business value by simplifying platforms, reducing technical debt, and enabling high-performing teams. Known for clear communication and pragmatic strategy, Andr\u00e9 excels in startups and enterprises alike, aligning tech with business goals. He\u2019s passionate about developer productivity, systems performance, and making complex topics actionable for diverse audiences.<\/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\/andre-henry-2\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Andr\u00e9&#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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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\/LucasMendesHeadshot-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\tLucas Mendes\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 and CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Revelo<\/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>Lucas Mendes is the founder and CEO of Revelo, the leading platform that helps US companies find, hire and pay full-time remote software engineers in Latin America. Revelo boasts a network of 400,000 pre-vetted engineers, and has placed developers from 15 LatAm countries in hundreds of US companies. Holding a Computer Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Lucas previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain &amp; Company. He holds an MBA from Stanford University.<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Lucas&#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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\">\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\/03\/elyse-headshot-1-e1760083900901-300x300.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\tElyse Kolker Gordon\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\">Strava<\/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>Elyse Kolker Gordon is a senior engineering leader with extensive experience building and scaling platform teams in consumer technology and cloud software. As a Senior Director leading Strava&#8217;s horizontal and platform teams, she specializes in bridging the intersection of business strategy and engineering execution, helping organizations build strong technical foundations that drive product innovation. A sought-after speaker and published author, Elyse shares insights on engineering leadership and building high-performing technical 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\/elyse-kolker-gordon\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Elyse&#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: 70 \/ 76;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1609\" 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\">14:15<\/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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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/25035\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDilip Krishna\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\">Managing Director and Global CTO for Sustainability<\/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\">Deloitte<\/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\/allison-mchenry\/\">\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_2048\/next\/2022\/03\/2023_1221-Allison-McHenry0650_crop-allison-mchenry-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\/allison-mchenry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAllison McHenry\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\">Daily Kos<\/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\/tramale-turner\/\">\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\/09\/Tramale-Turner.webp\" 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\/tramale-turner\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTramale Turner\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\">Float Financial<\/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\/kevin-goldsmith\/\">\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_1854,h_1854\/next\/2020\/07\/bermanphotos_02202023_KevinGoldSmith_Headshot_0088_SQUARE_halfsize-Kevin-Goldsmith.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\/kevin-goldsmith\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Goldsmith\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\">DistroKid<\/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=\"Mpc0c7TXK8x4\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Mpc0c7TXK8x4\" 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 -->\n<p>Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for the path to <strong>CTO<\/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\/25035\/\">\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\/Dilip-Krishna-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\tDilip Krishna\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\">Managing Director and Global CTO for Sustainability<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Deloitte<\/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>Dilip Krishna is a Managing Director and Global CTO for Sustainability, responsible for setting Deloitte\u2019s technology vision as well as engineering and operating software solutions using the latest Gen AI, automation and cloud technology to serve clients with their sustainability initiatives. Dilip also leads Greenspace Tech, an AI-enabled climate-tech advisory that Deloitte uses to help clients execute climate strategies.<\/p>\n<p>In these roles, he brings his 30 years of technology, analytics, consulting and industry experience to helping clients effectively apply new and disruptive technology to effect transformative business changes using AI\/analytics\/big data, cloud and cyber security. Prior to Deloitte, Dilip served as a partner at Teradata Corporation where he oversaw the Professional Services practice in financial services, working closely with large banking clients to implement<br \/>\nsome of its largest analytics systems. He has worked with government agencies in regulation and transparency, including being called upon to offer expert testimony to the Financial Services Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dilip has been widely published and quoted in the areas of sustainability technology, AI and automation. He is a senior editor and contributing author of the Handbook of Financial Data and Risk Information (Cambridge University Press).<\/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\/25035\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Dilip&#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\/allison-mchenry\/\">\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\/2023_1221-Allison-McHenry0650_crop-allison-mchenry-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\tAllison McHenry\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\">Daily Kos<\/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\">Allison McHenry is the CTO at Daily Kos. She has been a technical people leader at companies such as The Daily Beast, Meta, and The New York Times over the last ten years.<\/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\/allison-mchenry\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Allison&#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\/tramale-turner\/\">\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\/09\/Tramale-Turner-300x300.webp\" 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\tTramale Turner\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\">Float Financial<\/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\">Tramale Turner is a distinguished technology leader and engineering manager with extensive experience in building and scaling high-performing teams. Known for innovative leadership approaches and deep technical expertise, Tramale has made significant contributions to the software 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\/tramale-turner\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Tramale&#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\/kevin-goldsmith\/\">\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\/bermanphotos_02202023_KevinGoldSmith_Headshot_0088_SQUARE_halfsize-Kevin-Goldsmith-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\tKevin Goldsmith\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\">DistroKid<\/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 data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"286\">Kevin Goldsmith is the Chief Technology Officer at DistroKid with over 28 years of experience as a developer, software architect, technology manager, and senior technology executive.<\/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-goldsmith\/\" 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\t<div style=\"--agenda-text-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); --agenda-group-border-color: ; --grid-times-row: 77 \/ 82;\" 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\">14:50<\/span>\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=\"1599\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"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\">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\">Building and leading tech teams in 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Conversations on navigating the strategic shifts redefining engineering leadership, from AI-driven productivity to global talent access and evolving workplace mandates.<\/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\/kathleen-yanolatos\/\">\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_1230,h_1230\/next\/2025\/10\/Kathleen-Yanolatos-scaled-e1759395772618.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\/kathleen-yanolatos\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKathleen Yanolatos\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\">SVP Technology<\/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\">Exos<\/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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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_914,h_835\/next\/2025\/05\/LucasMendesHeadshot.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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Mendes\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 and 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\">Revelo<\/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=\"lqYsoLWNG2wy\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"lqYsoLWNG2wy\" 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\">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>Building and leading tech teams in 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><strong>Sponsored by<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000025004,\"width\":\"196px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Revelo LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000025004\" style=\"width:196px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2024\/10\/Revelo-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A roundtable on navigating the strategic shifts redefining engineering leadership, from AI-driven productivity to global talent access and evolving workplace mandates.<\/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>Leveraging AI tools to build and scale high-performing teams<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Securing and scaling access to world-class talent in an uncertain policy environment<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Aligning leadership approaches to sustain performance through return-to-office pressures and changing team 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\/kathleen-yanolatos\/\">\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\/Kathleen-Yanolatos-scaled-e1759395772618-300x300.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\tKathleen Yanolatos\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\">SVP Technology<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Exos<\/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\">Kathleen is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience leading teams at startups and large organization. She is currently the SVP of Technology at Exos, the global leader in human performance. Kathleen is passionate about helping engineering teams understand their business so that they can drive significant business impact.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen holds a bachelor&#8217;s in Computer Science from Boston University. Outside of work, she enjoys fitness, cooking, studying Mandarin, and all there is in her hometown of New York City.<\/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\/kathleen-yanolatos\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Kathleen&#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\/lucas-mendes\/\">\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\/LucasMendesHeadshot-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\tLucas Mendes\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 and CEO<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Revelo<\/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>Lucas Mendes is the founder and CEO of Revelo, the leading platform that helps US companies find, hire and pay full-time remote software engineers in Latin America. Revelo boasts a network of 400,000 pre-vetted engineers, and has placed developers from 15 LatAm countries in hundreds of US companies. Holding a Computer Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Lucas previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain &amp; Company. 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class=\"ld-card__title-link\">Training jet pack pilots, not building drones: How to build AI-enabled teams<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Discussion on how engineering leaders can build \u201cjet pack pilot\u201d teams \u2013 engineers skilled at using AI to move faster and smarter without losing control of quality or direction.<\/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\/luke-stevens\/\">\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_1923,h_2560\/next\/2023\/03\/Luke_Stevens-Luke-Stevens-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\/luke-stevens\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLuke Stevens\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\">Jellyfish<\/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\/allison-malloy\/\">\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_1242,h_2208\/next\/2021\/01\/Allison-Malloy.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\/allison-malloy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAllison Malloy\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\">Shopify<\/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=\"Qxw0wFpEJidD\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"Qxw0wFpEJidD\" 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\">Roundtable<\/p>\n\t\t<button 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\/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10000024564,\"width\":\"206px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png\" alt=\"Jellyfish LeadDev\" class=\"wp-image-10000024564\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/leadingeng-new-york\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 900w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_300,w_300\/next\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_768\/next\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 768w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_580\/next\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 580w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,w_275\/next\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 275w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/leaddev\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto:best\/dpr_auto\/c_limit,h_100,w_100\/next\/2021\/10\/Jellyfish-LeadDev.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Discussion on how engineering leaders can build \u201cjet pack pilot\u201d teams \u2013 engineers skilled at using AI to move faster and smarter without losing control of quality or direction.<\/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>How to upskill engineers to effectively use AI tools in daily workflows<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Frameworks for adapting downstream processes (PR reviews, testing, architecture) for increased code generation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>How to rethink project planning and execution to leverage AI\u2019s strengths while mitigating weaknesses<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Tip for balancing speed, effectiveness, and long-term maintainability in an AI-driven environment<\/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\/luke-stevens\/\">\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\/Luke_Stevens-Luke-Stevens-scaled.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\tLuke Stevens\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\">Jellyfish<\/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>Luke is a Director of Engineering at Jellyfish, where he talks constantly about words, curiosity, and caching. He believes in you.<\/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\/luke-stevens\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Luke&#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\/allison-malloy\/\">\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\/Allison-Malloy-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\tAllison Malloy\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\">Shopify<\/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>Allison Malloy is the Director of Engineering for Shopify&#8217;s Merchandising product area which includes the search &amp; discovery experience, products and pricing, and supporting merchants&#8217; selling strategies. Over the course of her 4 years at Shopify, she had led a few different areas: the Inventory Management team and Shopify Fulfillment Network&#8217;s Delivery Infrastructure team focused on providing 2-day delivery through advanced inventory management and distribution. Prior to joining Shopify, Allison spent many years in the defence and aerospace sector, including leading the engineering effort at SkyDrop (prev. Flirtey), a drone delivery company; working in a variety of leadership and development roles at Kongsberg Geospatial and General Dynamics.<\/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\/allison-malloy\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Allison &#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\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--card-border-color: #0ebdff; --grid-column: 2; --grid-times-row: 82 \/ 94;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1601\" data-tax-session-topic=\"\" data-tax-session-type=\"the-trusted-trio\" data-tax-session-level=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"ld-card__time wp-block-pbc-card-time\">15:15<\/span>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__session-tags\">\n\t<p class=\"session-type\">The Trusted Trio<\/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 Trusted Trio<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"ld-card__excerpt wp-block-pbc-card-excerpt\"><p>Bring a challenge, share your experience, and gain practical insights from fellow leaders facing similar questions<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\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_1122,h_1122\/next\/2024\/11\/Headshot-Fiona-Siseman-FrankEddy-Fiona-Siseman-scaled-e1760636063267.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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFiona Siseman\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, Coach &amp; 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<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\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_1604,h_1604\/next\/2024\/11\/IMG_6448-Alia-Connor-scaled-e1760636129978.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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlia Rose Connor\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, Coach &amp; 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<span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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=\"mkjGyg9wL7wp\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"mkjGyg9wL7wp\" class=\"ld-card__modal\">\n\t<div class=\"backdrop\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"modal-content\" style=\"--session-type-colour: #0ebdff;\">\n\t\t<p class=\"session-type\">The Trusted Trio<\/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 Trusted Trio<\/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\">Bring a challenge, share your experience, and gain practical insights from fellow leaders facing similar questions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this structured peer-consulting session, you\u2019ll bring a real leadership challenge and work it through with a small group of peers. Together, you\u2019ll exchange perspectives, share hard-won lessons, and uncover new approaches. You\u2019ll leave with fresh ideas to take back to your team, and a stronger sense of connection with fellow leaders facing similar challenges<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\">\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\/Headshot-Fiona-Siseman-FrankEddy-Fiona-Siseman-scaled-e1760636063267-300x300.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\tFiona Siseman\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, Coach &amp; Facilitator<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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>Fiona is the cofounder of Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership. She is passionate about fostering authentic, self-aware, and collaborative leadership teams through coaching and facilitating. Prior to founding Frank &amp; Eddy, she spent 7 years at Spotify supporting product and engineering leaders (Sr, Director, VP) to lead through fast-paced change, and building a high-performing senior leadership team in a large Platform Engineering organization (for a period, leading a cross-functional organization of 130 people).<\/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\/fiona-siseman\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Fiona&#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\/alia-rose-connor\/\">\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\/IMG_6448-Alia-Connor-scaled-e1760636129978-300x300.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\tAlia Rose Connor\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, Coach &amp; Facilitator<\/span><span class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__company\">Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership<\/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>Alia is the cofounder of Frank &amp; Eddy Leadership and is passionate about building collaborative cross-functional product development teams. She is a coach and facilitator, and has been a founder and engineer. Prior to founding Frank &amp; Eddy, she coached at Spotify during 7 years of explosive growth, where she supported product and engineering leaders (Sr, Director, VP) to lead through continual change.<\/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\/alia-rose-connor\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Alia&#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: 96 \/ 100;\" class=\"ld-card ld-card--has-time ld-card--event-session is-style-ld-card--padded wp-block-pbc-card\" data-filter-id=\"1623\" 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\">16:25<\/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 16:25<\/a><\/h3>\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\/darva-satcher\/\">\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_614,h_614\/next\/2025\/05\/Darva-Satcher-e1748511671527.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\/darva-satcher\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDarva Satcher\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\">GitLab<\/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\/natalie-glance\/\">\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_668,h_668\/next\/2025\/03\/Natalie-Glance-e1742402474290.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\/natalie-glance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalie Glance\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 Engineering 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\">Duolingo<\/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\/meg-adams\/\">\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_1920\/next\/2023\/05\/Meg-adams.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\/meg-adams\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeg Adams\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\">The New York 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\" 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\/>\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\tDarva Satcher\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\">GitLab<\/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>Darva Satcher is the Director of Engineering at GitLab.<\/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\/darva-satcher\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Darva&#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 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She\u2019s currently the Chief Engineering Officer at Duolingo.<\/p>\n<p>At Duolingo, Natalie ensures engineers can help set product direction and strategy. She\u2019s championed a culture of extensive A\/B testing, and is excited about the ways generative AI can both build new features and accelerate content creation for these features. She oversees many of the efforts dedicated to scaling Duolingo\u2019s technology to new subjects, like Math and Music.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie is passionate about mentorship and education. She co-founded the Int\u2019l AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), which offers an annual Adamic-Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award for a promising young independent researcher in the field computational social science in the early stage of their career.<\/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\/natalie-glance\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Natalie&#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\/meg-adams\/\">\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\/Meg-adams-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\tMeg Adams\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\">The New York 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><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Meg Adams is an experienced technology leader sought out by multi-billion dollar companies like Est\u00e9e Lauder, Etsy, and Cond\u00e9 Nast to create cultures of high performance and high engagement within their engineering teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She is passionate about deepening the community of workplaces and infusing the everyday with joy and purpose, all while increasing profitability. Meg is also a trusted advisor to remarkable women when it comes to career development and negotiation.<\/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\/meg-adams\/\" class=\"ld-card__contributors__item__profile-link\">View Meg&#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\/neha-batra\/\">\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\/Neha-Batra-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\tNeha Batra\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>\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>Neha Batra is a self-taught programmer that fell into leadership and found her calling. 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Previously he was an Engineering Director at Squarespace. He loves learning and teaching in a collaborative environment and solving both the technical and people problems of shipping software. 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href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/contributor\/yvette-pasqua\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYvette Pasqua\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\">Yvette Tech <\/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=\"VlQUHzn01OM1\"><span>+<\/span> More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<dialog id=\"VlQUHzn01OM1\" 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\">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 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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>Communicating and building relationships with your CEO and executive team peers<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Effectively influencing the Board<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Influencing organizational goals, strategies, and outcomes<\/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\/yvette-pasqua\/\">\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\/09\/Yvette-Pasqua-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\tYvette Pasqua\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\">Yvette Tech <\/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=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div 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