Stream: Wellington A
Time: 15:30 - 16:15
AI doesn't fix broken processes. It amplifies them. And it does not get easier if these processes do not align with modern cloud native principles. And right now, most organizations are learning that the hard way. This talk reframes the conversation: engineering culture is the real constraint, not tooling. DevEx is the signal. Platform Engineering is the lever. You need both before humans and agents can operate effectively. Agentic workflows don't wait for you to get your house in order. They expose weak foundations at speed and scale. Strong DevEx and platform capabilities become a multiplier. Everything else just gets louder.
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Julia is a Software Global Black Belt at Microsoft, helping large-scale organizations accelerate dev workflows through pragmatic, end-to-end platform engineering. With a background as a Software Engineer, Dev Lead, and Cloud Solution Architect, she speaks fluent developer and management—and knows how to bridge the gap without losing either side in translation. She’s a big-picture thinker who also loves to understand the details. Web and frontend will always have a place in her ❤️. Outside work, Julia is a gamer, a proud fahrradmaus, and a former quarterback for a women’s American football team (yes, really).
Global black belt software architect Senior Solution Engineer GBB | Modernise | Microsoft Gustav Kaleta is a Senior Solution Engineer in Microsoft’s Migrate & Modernize Global Black Belt organisation, based in Denmark. With an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Napier University of Edinburgh, he helps enterprise customers modernise legacy platforms and design cloud-native architectures on Microsoft Azure. Gustav been a speaker at through out his 17 years at Microsoft and he works closely with customers on proofs of concept, technical architecture, building MVP PoC products in early research, drive workshops, enable field-driven product feedback and helping bridge customer requirements with engineering priorities. Gustav contributes to Microsoft enablement, customer strategy, and modernisation guidance across complex transformation programmes. He is recognised for combining deep hands-on engineering expertise with clear communication, practical delivery focus, and the ability to guide organisations through cloud and application modernisation journeys.
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