Digital Transformation: The Critical Role of Architecture

September 23, 2021 @ 12:30PM PT
Zoom

Webinar Details

High on every technology executive’s punch list is enabling and accelerating digital transformation. Architecture plays a critical role in digital transformation -- just as you can’t build a sturdy house on a weak foundation, so too is software architecture a necessary foundation for tomorrow’s applications.

This webinar will cover the role of architecture in the digital business of tomorrow and discuss how to ensure a tech organization can put the right architectures in place to support cloud native applications. Specific topics covered include:
  • The first steps a technology leader should take in implementing cloud native architectures
  • Major challenges in moving to modern software architectures
  • How to balance implementing cloud native architectures while maintaining existing legacy applications
  • How to ensure new architectures support company requirements in security, compliance, and pipeline automation
Anyone interested in learning about these topics from been-there, done-that executives who have led moves to cloud native architectures as part of company digital transformations.

Agenda


8:30–9:00 Welcome & Breakfast
9:30–11:00 Super fun talk here
11:00–12:00 An early lunch

Speakers

Bernard Golden, Executive Technical Advisor at VMware is a technology visionary. Proven ability to accelerate market success for innovative software companies. Named by Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing. Author/co-author of five books on open source, virtualization, and cloud computing. Cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine. Blog named to over a dozen "best of cloud computing" lists. Highly regarded keynote speaker at conferences across the globe.

JT Perry is a Tanzu Value Advisor at VMware. He is Innovative executive who translates business vision into capabilities and improved member experiences. High performing communicator effective in a business or technology environment. Empowering leader who thrives on tough challenges with broad expertise in strategy development, DevOps, technology modernization, enterprise architecture, operational efficiency, technology portfolio development and team growth.


Carl Coryell-Martin, Advisory Platform Architect at VMware. It turns out there is a massive positive sum change in relationships possible for many teams and companies. When our work goes well, the lives of people building software improves because high performing teams are usually fun and rewarding places to work. The lives of the business stakeholders paying for the software development usually improves because the economics improves and deadlines and expectations are met by the delivery team. Finally the lives of the customers improve because they get to use software that better serves their needs with fewer defects.

I engage with our customers to provide consultation, service and product selection, strategic mapping and situational awareness tools, and practices for systematically removing conflicts from stakeholders and unlocking the economic value of software products and teams.

Jesse Bean, Director of Solutions Engineering and Executive Advisory Team at VMware, is a talented executive with over 20 years of experience in Financial Services and Insurance technology. He brings a wealth of expertise with particular strengths in areas such as strategy, innovation and driving change at an enterprise level.

Currently, Jesse operates as an Executive Advisor and head of the Value Advisory Team. In this role he is responsible for working with top-level executives at our clients, providing timely advice and strategy on top-of-mind problems that our clients are facing in how they move forward in a cloud native world.

Henri van den Bulk is an Executive Technical Advisor at VMware. He is a proven Technology Exec and Enterprise Architect with solid communication skills focused on delivering solutions that focus on lean principles that drive business outcomes.

I have a broad range of vertical experience in Oil & Gas, Energy Marketing & Trading, Financial Trading, System Engineering and Government. This experience has helped me discover and apply patterns across verticals.

Mark Carlson, Principal Platform Architect at VMware is passionate about helping large organizations implement the technological, cultural and organizational changes to accelerate their cloud-native journey.

Convinced that leveraging open source cloud native platforms like Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes represents a fantastic advantage over attempting to build your own "science project" platform.
IT organizations exist to enable the primary missions of the businesses or agencies to which they belong, not to be custodians of infrastructure or implementers of large packaged solutions. In today's world, IT can't enable the business without regaining its expertise in custom software development.
Rick Clark, Executive Advisor at VMware brings more than 20 years of technology and leadership experience in Cloud, Open Source, and Linux. He is a well known expert speaker. He frequently advises industry analysts on the future of cloud computing and data center automation

More than a “thought leader” he actively built the next generation of technology. He led development of the Ubuntu Server, led engineering for the Rackspace Cloud, where he founded Openstack, worked in the CTO’s office at Cisco Systems, and built a cloud in India as a part of the largest greenfield telco project in the world.

Gautham Pallapa, Ph.D., Principal Platform Architect for VMware is a Business transformation leader, trusted advisor for Global 2000 organizations. Digital, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare senior leader, executive advisor, keynote speaker, advisor, and board member.

16+ years in engineering and operations, R&D, product strategy, transformations, value stream management, business outcomes, generative culture, and employee empathy. Operating experience leading global teams of 160+ people. 2018 Tech leader of the year for transformative contributions and community engagements.

E or π-shaped strategist driving Lean, Agile, and DevOps methodologies for sustainable and successful business and digital transformations. Advise organizations on their app modernization, cloud migration, Kubernetes adaption, value stream optimization, and organizational restructuring initiatives. Focus on People, Culture, Process, and Technology.

Passionate about improving the quality of life of humans, reflected by the mantra “Transform with Empathy” and Ph.D. in smart technologies for assisted healthcare. Ambassador for the DevOps Institute, Agile coach, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, SAFe Agilist, Master Coach. Talk, write, and work on empathy, workforce empowerment, helping underprivileged people, and giving back to the community.

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