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Laying the groundwork for AI agent development

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Developing AI agents is the fastest-growing trend in software development, but how do development and testing teams prepare to make it happen? Whether you’re exploring AI-driven automation, virtual assistants, or autonomous decision-making systems, understanding the fundamentals is crucial. This roundtable will demystify AI agents and provide a practical roadmap for teams looking to build and deploy them effectively.

Join us for an interactive discussion with industry experts as we break down the core concepts, types of AI agents, and essential skills needed to embark on AI agent development.

What You’ll Learn:
• What AI agents are and why they matter – Understand how AI agents differ from traditional software and explore their real-world applications.
• Different types of AI agents – Learn about reflex, goal-based, utility-based, and learning agents, with examples of how they are used in various domains.
• Building the right team – Identify the key skills required for AI agent development, from machine learning expertise to software testing.
• How to get started – Learn practical steps for ideation, experimentation, and defining a pilot project with clear scope and success metrics.
• Live audience discussion – Bring your questions and insights to engage with peers and experts on the challenges and opportunities of AI agent development.

Who Should Attend? This roundtable is designed for developers, QA engineers, data engineers, platform engineers, and technical leaders looking to understand the practical aspects of AI agent development and deployment. If you’re preparing your team for the AI-driven future, this session is for you.

"Laying the groundwork for AI agent development" is the first of our four-part DevOps Unbound series on Getting Ready for AI Agent Development.

Secure your spot now and take the first step in AI agent development!

Tracy Ragan
Creator & CEO - DeployHub
Tracy is CEO and Co-Founder of DeployHub. DeployHub is the first microservice catalog designed to facilitate the sharing, relationship mapping and versioning of microservices. Tracy is expert in configuration management and pipeline life cycle practices with a hyper focus on microservices and cloud native architecture. She currently serves as a board member of the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) where she is the elected General Member Representative. Tracy is a recognized evangelist in microservices and the continuous delivery pipeline. She is the creator of the Continuous Delivery Foundation Interactive Landscape, a blog contributor for the CDF and speaks at many DevOps events such as KubeCon and DevOpsWorld. Tracy is also a DevOps Institute Ambassador and speaks at AWS Marketplace webinar educational events.
Dave Colwell
VP - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Tricentis

David Colwell is a credible voice in the field of AI, having built Tricentis’ AI team from the ground up and with over a decade of deep experience in developing, testing, and deploying AI, Machine Learning and neural networks to production. He is the co-inventor of the Vision AI product, an AI-based test automation feature in Tricentis’ flagship intelligent test automation product, Tosca, for which he received a patent from the USPTO for a new method for single-pass optical character recognition, with the aim of accelerating and enabling faster AI text recognition.

Guy Currier
Analyst - The Futurum Group
Guy is the CTO at Visible Impact, responsible for positioning, GTM, and sales guidance across technologies and markets. He has decades of field experience describing technologies, their business and community value, and how they are evaluated and acquired. Guy’s specialty areas include AI, DevOps/cloud-native/12-factor, enterprise applications, application integration, Big Data, governance-risk-compliance, containerization, virtualization, HPC, CPUs-GPUs, xPUs, and systems lifecycle management.
MITCH ASHLEY
Chief Technology Advisor, The Futurum Group
CTO, Techstrong Group
Mitch Ashley is a technology executive and entrepreneur who is an advisor, analyst, product creator and tech leader, bringing 30+ years in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, product development, software engineering and networking. Mitch is Chief Technology Advisor with The Futurum Group and CTO of Techstrong Group’s tech media platforms covering digital leadership, DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, cloud native, cloud infrastructure, platforms and ITSM. A highly sought-after advisor, analyst, CTO, CIO and head of engineering, Mitch’s analyst research is available on  TechstrongResearch.com and FuturumGroup.com.
Alan Shimel
Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group
Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.

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