AGENDA
The Annual DevOps, DevSecOps, MLOps User Conference
A full day of keynotes, technical sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking focused on DevOps, security, and AI-driven software delivery – stay tuned for the full agenda after our CFP process is complete!
September 8-10, 2025
Training Day
September 8th
Conference Day 1
September 9th (coming soon)
Conference Day 2
September 10th (coming soon)
1
7:30 AM
Registration
MON 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
The swamp
2
8:30 AM
Full Day
Secure & Streamline Your Software Supply Chain with JFrog
Asaf Barkan
Selva Sabapathy
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Solutions Architect
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Started as a Software Engineer, Selva spent the past 2 decades in distributed enterprise application and devops architectures. Currently partnering with Enterprise customers in their DevSecOps journey as a trusted advisor.
Eli Kopelevitch
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Eli is a Professional Services DevOps architect @ JFrog
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Eli is a DevOps Architect at JFrog, with a strong background in software development, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD automation. Before joining JFrog, he spent five years as a DevOps consultant and architect at TrickyTech, helping companies optimize their development pipelines and scale their infrastructure.
Beyond his professional work, he is passionate about technology, problem-solving, and staying at the forefront of industry trends. He regularly engages with the DevOps community, attending meetups, exploring new tools, and sharing insights on best practices.
Outside of work, Eli enjoys gaming, snowboarding, and playing basketball. He also loves outdoor adventures with his wife and three kids, often spending weekends camping, traveling, and enjoying sports together.
MON 8:30 AM - 4:40 PM
Salon G
Effective Release Lifecycle Management is key to ensuring secure, traceable, and efficient software delivery. Join us for this workshop with hand-on practice to learn how JFrog’s platform can help you automate workflows, improve collaboration, and ensure security and compliance throughout your software supply chain.
Key Skills you can Expect to Learn:
• Tracking and managing software artifacts throughout the lifecycle
• Automating release processes with CI/CD pipeline integration
• Implementing immutable releases and ensuring security compliance
• Enhancing team collaboration for smoother software delivery
• Exclusive Preview of JFrog’s upcoming product features
Who Should Attend?
• DevOps & Software Engineers
• Release Managers & QA Professionals
• Security Engineers & CISOs
• Technology Leaders (CTOs, CIOs)
Don’t miss out on transforming your software delivery process.
Sign up today!
3
Full Day
From Code to Runtime: Protecting Your Software Supply Chain
Jimmy Caldwell
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Strategic Solution Architect, JFrog
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Jimmy Caldwell is a Strategic Solutions Architect at JFrog. Being a developer turned architect, Jimmy has extensive experience both as a creator of software as well as an administrator of software policies to secure the SDLC. When he is not helping large enterprises with their SDLC, he is usually planning his next travel destination.
Gowtham Neerukonda
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Solutions Architect
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Gowtham is a Solution Architect with vast experience in system architecture & design, solution brainstorming, and whiteboarding in the areas of DevOps, CI/CD workflows, artifact & SDLC management, cloud migrations, software supply chain management, and DevSecOps best practices.
He has been helping JFrog customers since 2019 with deep-dive evaluations, large-scale multi-region and multi-cloud enterprise deployments, and integrations for enhancing developer experience. He is well-versed in building technical & business champions and turning tactical customers into strategic partners.
Chris Whateley
MON 8:30 AM - 4:40 PM
Salon F
Managing your software supply chain from code inception to runtime deployment is crucial for security, compliance, and efficiency. This workshop will guide you through best practices to serve as the gatekeeper of your supply chain, embedding security, automating processes, and ensuring compliance throughout the SDLC.
Key Skills Learned:
• Understand the essentials of securing your software supply chain.
• Identify and mitigate common risks and vulnerabilities in the supply chain.
• Integrate security practices throughout your SDLC (e.g., code review, dependency management, artifact scanning).
• Leverage JFrog tools like Xray and JFrog Advanced Security for secure artifact management.
• Automate security and compliance checks, and streamline deployment.
• Implement real-time monitoring and incident response strategies.
Who Should Attend?
• Software Developers and Engineers
• DevOps Professionals
• Security Engineers
• Project Managers & Team Leaders
Take control of your software supply chain - secure, streamline, and safeguard the journey from code to runtime.
Register now!
4
Morning
Artifactory Foundations: Optimize & Secure Your Software Pipeline
Oren Katz
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Director of Professional Services, Americas @JFrog
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Oren is an experienced technology leader, currently leading the Americas Professional Services organization at JFrog. With deep expertise in DevOps, software development, and security architecture, he specializes in helping enterprises optimize their software supply chain and achieve seamless digital transformation. Passionate about solving complex challenges, Oren has a strong track record of driving customer success and innovation.
Beyond his professional life, he enjoys snowboarding, traveling, and exploring new experiences around the world
Marco Morales
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Solutions Engineering
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Marco Morales is a Solutions Engineer at JFrog, helping customers achieve better DevSecOps at scale.
Jacob Kelly
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Jfrog, Sr. Solution Engineer.
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Jacob Kelly s a Solutions Engineer at JFrog based in Nashville, TN. He has a Bachlors in Computer Science from ETSU. He is a technical leader who has over 10 years of software development, SRE, and DevOps experience starting with hands-on development to global leadership roles for large Enterprises. At JFrog, he enjoys helping customers with creative and innovative soutions to solve their DevOps-related problems. He spends his spare time with his wife playing card games, and loves Rock Climbing and hiking.
MON 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon K
Development teams struggle with securing artifacts, automating complex workflows, and maintaining compliance across various stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This workshop addresses those challenges by showing you how to effectively use JFrog tools - Artifactory and Xray - to streamline and secure your SSC, making it easier to automate processes, identify vulnerabilities, and integrate security from start to finish.
Key Skills Learned:
• Use JFrog tools to manage, secure, and automate your software supply chain.
• Set up and manage repositories and automate CI/CD pipelines efficiently.
• Implement security best practices across your software lifecycle.
Who Should Attend?
• DevOps Engineers looking to integrate security into their workflows.
• Security Engineers focused on strengthening their software supply chain.
• Software Engineers interested in automating and securing their delivery pipelines.
Join us to improve your DevSecOps practices and secure your software supply chain from start to finish.
Sign Up Now!
5
Morning
Mastering Scalable Architectures for Global Enterprises with JFrog
Shira Ben-Dor
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Product Manager @JFrog
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Shira is a senior product manager with JFrog Artifactory. She led the MLOps packages and now is the product manager for the core platform of JFrog Artifactory. Previously, she was a product manager in the DevOps domain at a startup, worked in a security company, and earlier served as an R&D manager. In her free time, Shira enjoys traveling and hiking, and spending time with her family of husband, four boys, a dog, and a lot of cats.
Shubha Gururaja Rao
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Director of Solutions Engineering
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Shubha is a Director of Solutions Engineering with JFrog. With more than a decade of experience working on different technologies and verticals, she is passionate about helping customers achieve the best. Prior to JFrog, she was a Solutions Architect helping some of the largest customers build their end to end IoT Products.
Having been trained in Indian classical Dance and Music, she loves to teach music to kids in her spare time. On the weekends, she is also a volunteer teacher at an Indian language school.
Eldad Assis
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Senior DevOps Architect, JFrog CTO office
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More than 20 years doing software and infrastructure development. CM/ALM/DevOps/PlatformEngineering.
Advocating DevOps, CI/CD and automation everywhere.
Rami Zilberstien
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Head of Professional Services Architecture
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Rami is currently leading the Professional Services Architects group globally at JFrog, a role he has held for the past two years. Before this, he served as a Solution Engineering Manager at JFrog for four years. With over 20 years of experience in engineering, consulting, training, and enterprise change management, Rami brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the tech industry.
An appreciated speaker, Rami is passionate about sharing insights from his extensive career. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring topics such as history, economics, geo-politics, nature, and sports.
MON 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon J
As enterprises scale their operations globally, creating architectures that are resilient, available, and adaptable to hybrid and multi-cloud environments becomes critical. This workshop dives into designing scalable, enterprise-level SDLC architectures, leveraging JFrog tools to meet the complex needs of modern digital ecosystems. You’ll gain hands-on experience in addressing performance, redundancy, and global collaboration challenges while ensuring operational efficiency.
Key Skills Learned:
• Articulate the key components and benefits of an enterprise-scale architecture for your organization.
• Implement scalable solutions that enhance reliability and resilience across multi-cloud environments.
• Select and design deployment topologies that meet enterprise-specific requirements.
• Anticipate and address potential operational, security, and compliance challenges.
• Create a blueprint that supports operational continuity and global collaboration.
Who Should Attend:
• DevOps and IT Architects.
• Principal and Senior Engineers.
• Systems Administrators.
• Network Engineers.
• IT Decision-Makers.
Register now to secure your spot and start architecting for the future of enterprise-scale success with JFrog!
6
Morning
Accelerate Dev with AI: GitHub Copilot & JFrog
Maharshi Patel
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JFrog, DevOps Acceleration Engineer
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Maharshi is an Engineer on the DevOps Acceleration Team at JFrog. Maharshi has around 12+ years of experience working across all the phases of SDLC process building web/mobile, infrastructure services. In his free time, he likes to play sports, hike, and travel.
Suresh Venkatesan
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Sr. DevOps Professional Services Engineer @JFrog
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Suresh Venkatesan is a Sr. DevOps Professional Services Engineer at JFrog with 20+ years of experience in DevSecOps, CI/CD, and cloud automation. He helps Fortune 100 companies streamline software delivery by integrating GitHub Actions and JFrog Artifactory. With expertise in Python, Kubernetes, and AI-driven workflows, Suresh specializes in automating complex processes to boost productivity and code quality. In this session, he explores how GitHub Copilot and JFrog can transform development workflows through smart automation and AI-powered coding. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his wife and son, exploring AI topics, working out, and swimming.
Tom Johander
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JFrog, Strategic Solutions Architect
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Tom Johander is a Strategic Solutions Architect at JFrog. Always interested in helping organizations design, build and implement a wide range of DevSecOps solutions. Having worn many hats in his 16 year-long technology career, Tom has the breadth of experience to tackle a wide range of challenges, and serve his customers with empathy and professionalism. When not building something fun in his IDE, he enjoys Kitesurfing, cooking and a road-tripping.
MON 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon H
Automation is the key to boost productivity and ensure high-quality code. This workshop explores how GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered code completion tool, can be integrated with GitHub Actions and JFrog to streamline your development workflow. Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot to automate repetitive tasks, enhance collaboration, and improve coding efficiency. This session will cover best practices for using AI tools effectively, while also demonstrating how integrating these tools with JFrog can elevate your development processes.
Key Skills Learned:
• Master GitHub Copilot: Learn the core features of GitHub Copilot and how to integrate it into your coding environment.
• Automate Coding Tasks: Discover how GitHub Copilot can handle repetitive coding tasks, allowing you to focus on more critical development areas.
• Leverage GitHub Actions: Understand how to automate workflows with GitHub Actions and connect them seamlessly to the JFrog platform.
• Maintain Code Quality: Apply best practices for keeping code clean, readable, and maintainable while using AI tools.
• Enhance Team Collaboration: Utilize GitHub Copilot’s features to foster better collaboration among developers and accelerate team productivity.
• Integrate JFrog Tools: Learn how to incorporate JFrog’s platform into your development processes for better artifact management, CI/CD, and deployment.
Transform your coding workflows and leverage GitHub Copilot with JFrog to automate tasks, boost productivity, and enhance collaboration. Register today and start coding smarter, not harder!
7
12:00 PM
Training Day Lunch
MON 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The swamp
8
1:00 PM
Afternoon
Foundations of DevSecOps - Avoiding Software Supply Chain Attacks
Marcelo Litovsky
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Strategic Solutions Architect
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An experienced Information Technology professional with a diverse background in Enterprise Architecture, systems/database management, and programming. Extensive experience in multiple industries: financial, entertainment, and Information Technology. Proven success record of improving infrastructure by identifying requirements and solving complex integration problems.
Pranjul Sharma
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Solution Engineering Leader at JFrog
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Pranjul is Director of Solution Engineering at Jfrog and has been a leader in pre and post sales technical solutioning for majority of her career. She is passionate about building robust, innovative and cost effective architectures for her customers to drive success. She has led Women in tech groups, mentored Solution Engineers at NSSE and contributed in TARA program to bring in women back in workplace in India. Outside work, she loves to dance, travel and explore new eating joints.
Narasimha Pai
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Solution Engineer @JFrog
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Narasimha Pai is a Solution Engineer at JFrog, where he collaborates with large strategic enterprises to facilitate faster and more reliable software releases. He helps clients understand the value of JFrog solutions from both technical and business perspectives. As a trusted advisor, Narasimha partners with existing JFrog customers to ensure their satisfaction and optimize product usage and performance by adopting best practices in DevSecOps. Before this, Narasimha was a Product Manager for JFrog Artifactory product.
Narasimha holds a master's degree in IT Management and Consulting and has 15 years of experience in software development and delivery. In his spare time, he enjoys biking with his 4-year-old son and working on home improvement projects.
MON 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Salon K
With software supply chain attacks on the rise, security risks have never been more critical. This hands-on workshop focuses on JFrog’s tools—Artifactory and Xray—and how to integrate them into your DevSecOps strategy. We’ll explore how to secure your software supply chain, reduce vulnerabilities, and automate key workflows, ensuring your artifacts and dependencies are safe throughout the development lifecycle.
Key Skills Learned:
• Understand how JFrog tools like Artifactory, Xray, and Distribution accelerate your DevSecOps goals.
• Use JFrog Xray to scan and identify vulnerabilities in your stored artifacts.
• Gain hands-on experience in configuring repositories, scanning for vulnerabilities, and automating delivery pipelines.
• Implement best practices to secure your software supply chain, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities and improving compliance.
• How to shift security left by embedding security measures early in your SDLC.
Who Should Attend:
• Engineers working across SDLC phases—Development, Automation, DevOps, and SRE.
• Security Engineers focused on securing the software supply chain with the JFrog platform.
Join us to deepen your DevSecOps knowledge and enhance your organization’s security posture with JFrog’s trusted tools.
Sign Up Today!
9
Afternoon
MLOps in Action: From Experimentation to Production
Bill Manning
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Bill is a Senior Solution Architect ML @JFrog
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Bill is a Senior Solutions Architect ML with JFrog. He is also a mentor with TechStars (Nike Incubator), Matter, and NestGSV. He has successfully exited 3 companies and took one public in Australia. He also currently helping various startups as an advisor. In his spare time, he likes to travel with his wife and two boys. He also plays guitar, loves gadgets & IOT, lives for the beach, rides skateboards, and is an avid cyclist.
Pavel Klushin
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Senior Manager of Solution Engineering @JFrog
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Pavel Klushin is an ML expert with over ten years of expertise in cloud engineering. His work focuses on integrating AI with cloud infrastructures, enhancing performance and driving innovation across various industries.
Roshan Kadasani
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Senior Solutions Engineer | JFrog
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Experienced DevSecOps enthusiast and a strong advocate of cloud-native technologies and robust automation that drive enterprises to deliver highly scalable and resilient solutions at a large scale.
MON 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Salon J
Integrating machine learning with DevOps practices is essential for organizations to stay competitive. This hands-on workshop will introduce you to JFrog ML and its capabilities, empowering data scientists and DevOps teams to seamlessly manage the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle. Learn to securely build, deploy, and maintain machine learning models with JFrog’s powerful platform, while enhancing collaboration between data scientists and DevOps teams.
Key Skills Learned:
• Seamlessly manage the full ML lifecycle, from experimentation to production, on a single platform.
• Track, compare, and version model experiments for optimized decision-making.
• Leverage JFrog’s advanced security features to scan models for vulnerabilities and ensure compliance.
• Automate training, validation, and deployment processes for faster, more reliable ML results.
• Collaborate effectively between data science and DevOps teams to accelerate model development and deployment.
Who Should Attend:
• Data Scientists.
• DevOps Engineers.
• IT Professionals & Project Managers.
Don’t miss the chance to take your machine learning deployments to the next level. Register now and learn how JFrog ML can transform your MLOps processes for greater speed, security, and efficiency.
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4:30 PM
Welcome Reception
MON 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The swamp
