Summary
The seismic shift to an AI-first world means engineering leaders must immediately rethink how and where value is created. Craig McLuckie will share observations from senior leaders embracing an 'AI maximalist' philosophy and provide practical advice for successfully navigating this epoch transition.
You will learn how to:
- Rethink Value Creation: Understand where and how engineering value is created in an AI-first world.
- Adapt Your Team: Get practical advice on reshaping team structures and roles to work effectively with AI.
- Adjust Your Processes: Discover new execution practices that integrate generative AI and agents for maximum efficiency.
- Operationalize AI: Learn how top leaders are successfully moving from AI experimentation to full-scale adoption.
Speakers
Craig is the CEO and co-founder of Stacklok, where his team is working to tip AI code generation on its side, from vertical, closed solutions to horizontal, aligned systems. Craig was previously CEO and co-founder of Heptio, which was acquired by VMware in 2018; he has also led product and engineering teams at Google and Microsoft. Craig is a co-creator of Kubernetes and he bootstrapped and chaired the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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