Charles Crowder is a Senior Engineering Manager at Cisco on Splunk’s SDLC Infrastructure team, and has been with Splunk for 6 years working both as an IC delivering cloud infrastructure, and now as a leader within SDLC. When not at work, he enjoys family time with his daughter and hobbies like 3D printing, photography, and mountain biking.

Krishna Nadiminti leads Developer Experience at NVIDIA, focusing on improving developer productivity and application lifecycle efficiency. She is an award-winning leader recognized across the tech industry for her contributions to engineering excellence and innovation.

Tariq Shaukat is CEO of Sonar, the leading provider of code quality and code security solutions, and is a member of Sonar’s Board of Directors. Tariq has extensive experience in growing and scaling private and public companies across many domains, including cloud computing, social media, travel, and entertainment.

Rahul Tripathi leads ServiceNow’s flagship IT Service Management business, driving innovation with AI to modernize enterprise IT operations. With over 25 years in cloud, SaaS, and infrastructure, he’s held leadership roles at Skytap, Nutanix, HPE, and Cisco. At swampUP, Rahul will share how AI-powered ITSM is accelerating DevSecOps outcomes, aligning development, security, and operations teams at scale.

Anand Ahire leads the Product Management organization for IT Service Management and DevOps at ServiceNow. In this role, he shapes and delivers the strategic roadmap for ServiceNow’s DevOps and Value Stream Management (VSM) offerings, empowering enterprises to accelerate release velocity while maintaining rigorous governance. With over 20 years of experience in technology, Anand has dedicated his career to developing market-leading solutions for developers and IT teams. Prior to ServiceNow, he was Vice President and General Manager at Electric Cloud (acquired by CloudBees) and held product leadership positions at BMC Software, driving innovation and growth across multiple product lines.

Shlomi is Co-Founder and CEO of JFrog, creators of the universal DevOps platform. He brings over 20 years of experience in building profitable, high-growth information technology companies. Prior to JFrog, Shlomi was the CEO of AlphaCSP (acquired in 2005 by MalamTeam) and a Major in the Israeli Air Force. Shlomi holds an MS from Clark University (Massachusetts, USA) and a BA from Ben-Gurion University (Israel).

Demetrios founded the largest community dealing with productionizing AI and ML models. In April 2020 he fell into leading the MLOps community (more than 75k ML practitioners come together to learn and share experiences) which aims to bring clarity around the operational side of Machine Learning. Since diving into the nitty gritty of Machine Learning he has felt a strong calling to explore the ethical issues surrounding the new tech he covers. In his free time he can be found building stone stackings in the woods with his daughters

Eyal Dyment leads Security at JFrog, where he is responsible for driving the company’s security product strategy and innovation across the software supply chain. With a deep background in AI, machine learning, and data-driven product development, Eyal brings a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen to the evolving DevSecOps landscape.

Jiong Liu leads the product marketing team for Wiz, working closely with customers to securely accelerate their cloud journeys. Prior to that, Jiong led the GTM strategy and product marketing team for Okta’s customer identity products and Business Value practice. Jiong holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.

Jeremy is a senior leader with both a technical and a strategic streak. Passionate about people and entrepreneurship, integration and automation. Through technical/business roles at Dagger, GitHub, Twistlock, and Puppet, Jeremy has both zoomed in and zoomed out a lot, acquiring an appreciation for the details and an ever-broader sense of the big architectural picture.

Yuval Fernbach is VP and CTO of MLOps at JFrog, where he leads the integration of a fully managed ML platform following JFrog’s acquisition of Qwak, which he co-founded. With deep expertise in AI and infrastructure, Yuval helps teams streamline the entire ML lifecycle, from data prep to deployment, bridging the worlds of MLOps and DevOps for secure, scalable AI delivery.

Vishal Raina is an engineering manager at Adobe, leading the Developer Velocity & Tooling team. With over 20 years of experience in platform engineering and developer productivity, he has led large-scale initiatives across GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, and CircleCI. Vishal specializes in scaling DevOps platforms and delivering impactful migrations that boost performance and reliability.

An accomplished software engineering leader based in Austin, Texas, currently serving as Engineering Manager at Sonar. With more than a decade of experience, Erin specializes in guiding backend development and helping teams build innovative code-quality and security solutions Erin blends technical expertise with strategic vision. At Sonar, she shapes high-performing backend teams, mentors’ engineers, and oversees the development of robust, scalable services that empower developers and organizations to elevate code quality. Jens Eckels – JFrog VP Communications Jens is a proud tech marketeer with a love for developers and development communities. His usual habitat is near a small desk, smithing words to the sound of his ever-humming laptop fan.

Co-Founder and CTO of JFrog, Yoav is the visionary behind Artifactory, the universal artifact repository manager. Prior to founding JFrog, he spent over a decade as a senior consultant specializing in Distributed Computing and Enterprise Build Systems and held several senior technical roles in global organizations. Yoav holds a master’s degree in computing from RMIT University and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Haifa.

Once heavily focused on infrastructure, his current interests are now in Software Configuration Management (SCM) and DevOps.

Asaf Karas is the Chief Technology Officer for Security at JFrog, where he leads the vision and development of advanced DevSecOps solutions that secure the software supply chain from code to runtime. With over two decades of experience, including 14 years in Israel’s Defense Forces and as co-founder of embedded security startup VDOO, Asaf brings deep expertise in vulnerability research and real-world threat mitigation. At JFrog, he has spearheaded innovations like JFrog Runtime for cloud-native security and partnered with Hugging Face to secure open-source ML models. A recognized thought leader, Asaf is passionate about bridging DevOps and security through intelligent, scalable tools.

Tina is a Senior Product Manager at GitHub. She leads strategic initiatives across build integrity, SDLC security, and secure developer and DevOps workflows. Tina plays a key role in developing products that empower customers to adopt security best practices, such as SLSA provenance, and enforce security policies with minimal disruption to developer workflows. Her work enables organizations to strengthen their security posture while maintaining the agility and efficiency that modern software development demands.

Yossi Shaul is the Senior Vice President of DevOps Core at JFrog, where he leads the development of the company’s core DevOps platform. With a career spanning over two decades in software engineering and leadership, Yossi has been instrumental in shaping JFrog’s comprehensive solutions that integrate DevOps, DevSecOps, and MLOps practices.

Dave is a seasoned technology leader with deep expertise in cloud-native application engineering, full-stack development, IT automation, and zero trust security. As a Staff Sales Engineer at Coder, he advises clients of all sizes, driving developer experience improvements, cloud transformations, and DevOps best practices. Previously, he led key initiatives at VMware, contributing to Tanzu and IT automation solutions. Dave has designed secure, scalable, and automated environments across industries like finance, non-profit, and academia. A lifelong learner, he holds a BS in Computer Science from Texas State University and regularly shares insights through workshops and conferences.

Naveen Kumar is a Tech Lead at Fidelity Investments. With extensive experience in DevOps, Artifact management and software delivery pipelines, Naveen helps enable secure, efficient and reliable software delivery across the organisation. Passionate about automation and developer productivity, Naveen has driven several large-scale modernisation initiatives to support growing engineering needs.

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, and Observability.

Ricardo is making daily impactful contributions as an AI Infrastructure Lead at Snowflake. He’s passionate about open source in various roles, such as co-chairing the CNCF TAG-Runtime and leading the Cloud Native AI Working Group. With over 25 years of experience in the tech industry and a diverse professional background, he has held various roles at major companies such as Rakuten, Cisco, and VMware, as well as startups like Branch Metrics, Coupa, HyTrust, Exablox, and SnapLogic. His most recent role at Truera involved automating cloud infrastructure for a large-scale AI/ML Observability solution.

Richard is a Senior Solutions Architect with JFrog. He is also an entrepreneur/inventor, having previously run a startup in the Internet of Things space, where he holds technology patents and has been a key member of several M&A startups. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and traveling with his wife and two girls, working on projects with them in his garage-turned makerspace and is also an experienced winemaker.

Saumya Patra is an accomplished professional in the field of information technology, known for expertise in software development, DevOps, and cloud technologies. With a strong background in managing large-scale IT projects and implementing modern software delivery practices, Saumya has contributed to the success of various organisations by driving innovation and operational excellence. Recognised for leadership, technical acumen, and a commitment to continuous learning, Saumya Patra is dedicated to advancing technology solutions that deliver business value and foster team growth at Fidelity Investments.

Stephen Chin is VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j, member of the Open AI Alliance, and author of several titles with O’Reilly, Apress, and McGraw Hill. He has keynoted numerous conferences around the world including AI DevSummit, Devoxx, DevNexus, JNation, Shift, JavaOne, Joker, swampUP, and Open Source India. Stephen is an avid motorcyclist who has done evangelism tours in Europe, Japan, and Brazil, interviewing developers in their natural habitat. When he is not traveling, he enjoys teaching kids how to do AI, embedded, and robot programming together with his daughters.

Shimi is an experienced consultant and developer who specializes in building performant DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Before his current role as a Strategic DevOps Acceleration Solution Architect @ JFrog, Shimi was the CTO of Trainologic responsible for high profile consulting and training about DevOps, architecture and performance tuning.

Vijay Soni is the Expert Architect & Engineer at Discover’s business technology department. He architected and designed Discover’s Open banking and Click to Pay ecommerce Digital Wallet Payments platforms. He is seasoned software engineer and passionate about solving complex emerging finance, digital payment, identity and payment product problems using secure, futureproof and innovative approach. Vijay also led multiple EMVCo, eCommerce, Mobile SE/HCE Payments technology initiatives as lead architect and engineer. Vijay has worked on large financial services & payments technology integration projects including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Click to Pay and FDX Open Banking integrations, Pay with Rewards, Contactless Mass Transit acceptance etc..

A software developer with rich experience spanning over 12 years. For the past 7.5 years, I have been a valuable member of the JFrog team, a prominent tech company. Over the years, I progressed through the organization and eventually found my place within the Infrastructure group. I have a genuine passion for technology, which has been a guiding force throughout my 12-year career. My work at JFrog has included significant contributions to the development of the JFrog Platform. My journey is a testament to my dedication and the opportunities that the tech industry offers to those who are eager to learn and grow. As a speaker, I am excited to share my experiences and insights with others in the tech community.

Nicholas Shine is a Principal Software Development Engineer at Cisco on Splunk’s SDLC Infrastructure team, and has been with the team for 4 years innovating several critical components within our SDLC systems supporting engineering as a whole. When not at work, he enjoys family time with his wife and two daughters and hobbies like homelab / automation, woodworking, and drone photography.

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.

I am a Lead Software Engineer and Artifactory administrator at CapitalOne with 18 years of experience in developing enterprise solutions in the Financial Tech and Insurance domains. I hold a patent for a Business-to-Enterprise application developed for StateFarm Insurance, showcasing my innovative approach and technical expertise. My role involves designing and managing scalable solutions, ensuring robust artifact governance. Outside of work, I enjoy cycling, which keeps me energized and focused. Originally from the southern part of India, I bring a diverse perspective to problem-solving and team collaboration.

Ronny is a Product Director at JFrog, where he leads strategic initiatives across DevSecOps and SDLC innovation. With a strong background in cloud-native technologies and application lifecycle management, Ronny plays a key role in shaping products that empower enterprise engineering teams to build and release software more quickly and securely. Prior to JFrog, Ronny was the VP of Product at Titan, where he scaled product organizations, launched market-leading solutions, and drove enterprise adoption globally. He brings over 15 years of experience in building impactful software products, combining technical depth with strategic vision.

AI security and cloud-native pipeline expert with about a decade of experience in building scalable, secure ML platforms. Currently leading Payment Integrity and Automation efforts at CVS Health with a focus on ML governance and infrastructure. Frequent speaker on GCP, AI/ML and enterprise-scale MLOps.

Hariharan Ragothaman is a Software Engineer at AMD, leading server validation for AI and GPU platforms. Prior to this, he served as a Lead Software Engineer – System Design and Architecture (Manager) at athenahealth where he designed and developed ‘Unified Deployment Pipeline’ to integrate multiple tech stacks, enhancing service visibility and improving release and product quality. His work in commercializing the macro-service hybrid cloud (Amazon EKS, AWS Local Zones, and AWS Outposts) was a major step towards modernizing the athenaOne platform. At Bose, he developed scalable firmware for wireless audio products and led AVS/GVA integrations. He received his Masters degree at Northeastern University, Boston.

2022 – now: Senior Product Manager, JFrog 2021-2022: R&D team leader, Orbit Communication Systems 2018-2021: System engineer, Orbit Communication Systems 2014-2018: Student position, Intel 2005-2014: Naval combat officer, IDF

25+ years if experience as an IT Systems Engineer. I lectured in various conferences in Israel and abroad. Bootstrapped my career as a systems administrator in a small StartUp, and a few years later learned about my passion to learn & teach 😉 , My Day job was running production for a small ISP running various sub-systems, which quickly grew in demand, my journey continued when I joined Tikal ~16 years ago as a Configuration Manager and grew from there into the DevOps field. I’m not the traditional geek 😉 I am very passionate about what I do ♾️. HagZag

Software Architect/Engineer/Developer with 25+ years of experience. Specialties: Event Driven Automation, Continuous Integration/Delivery/Testing/Deployment, Supply Chain Security Expertise: Linux, packaging, and tool design. Currently Engineering and Securing the Supply Chain with Event Driven CI/CD gitOps Pipeline Architectures that leverage Kafka, Go, and Python running in Containers on Kubernetes and SBOMs.

Luis is an Electronics and Computer Engineer, currently working a R&D Team Lead in the Conan Team at JFrog. He started his journey with C++ in university doing research in the field of Computer Vision. Since 2015 he has been based in the UK and has worked in the field of 3D Scanning, and more recently in the field of Robotics (Autonomous Driving) at Oxbotica, before joining the Conan team at JFrog in 2022. Over the years, Luis has become concerned with the problem of enabling C++ Software Development at scale, working on the tooling and processes that enable large teams of C++ developers to focus on writing code.

Aman Sardana is a technology professional in the financial services and payments domain. He is a hands-on technology leader, enabling business capabilities by implementing cutting-edge, modernized technology solutions. He is skilled in designing, developing, and implementing innovative financial technology solutions that drive business results and establish best-in-class operations. Aman did his Masters in Information Technology from Northwestern University. This unique program straddles between the business and technical side of information technology, focusing on data mining, information security, enterprise architecture, statistics, innovation, marketing and finance.

Ciro Greco – founder and CEO at Bauplan, a serverless computing platform for complex data workloads. Developers can write complex, multi-language data pipelines with zero environment management and infrastructure configuration and the same instantaneous feedback loop as running code locally. Formerly, he was the founder of Tooso, an NLP startup based in San Francisco. Tooso was acquired by Coveo in 2019 and Ciro was in the management team that brought Coveo to IPO in 2021. In a previous life he got a PhD in Neuroscience at Milan-Bicocca, a postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University and he was visiting scientist at MIT.

Kunal Mazumdar is a seasoned software professional specializing in full-stack web solutions and scaling web applications. With expertise across DevOps, Aviation, and Developer Experience, he brings a unique blend of technical depth and industry insights. He has contributed to enterprise and commercial SaaS applications, leveraging Java, JavaScript, Go, and Python. His DevOps expertise helps streamline workflows, automate deployments, and enhance software reliability. Beyond tech, Kunal is a passionate singer who finds harmony in both music and software architecture. His talks are engaging, practical, and packed with real-world insights, making complex topics accessible to developers and architects.

Rahul Srivastava is a Lead Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Adobe, where he has been driving critical initiatives to enhance the end-to-end resiliency of large-scale, distributed systems deployed across multiple regions and cloud environments since 2019. A core part of his work includes operating and scaling JFrog Artifactory services in a multi-cloud, multi-region infrastructure. With over two decades of experience in software engineering and infrastructure reliability, Rahul Srivastav holds an M.S. in Software Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) recognized by the Project Management Institute.