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Laying the Groundwork for Observability

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Sponsored by RED HAT marketplace


Wednesday, July 21, 2021
1 p.m. ET

Building modern applications that provide flexibility and portability can present monitoring challenges if developers don’t adopt an instrumentation first approach. Join Colin Fallwell and Jamil Mina on a discussion on how to shift observability practices left, and bake-in observability as part of the SDLC. In this session, we will explore key practices around: Adopting open standards Shifting left the activities required for observability, and Empowering developers to think about observability earlier in the SDLC.

Colin Fallwell
Director, Offerings Development and Solution Portfolio - Sumo Logic
Colin has devoted his career to building software and services that increase agility and innovation across the enterprise. He has a deep and broad expertise in enterprise software development and IT process maturity across many perspectives - designing, delivering, managing and selling. His goal has always been to deliver software solutions that return exponential value on investments by helping people achieve success through guiding principals and shared vision. Organizations he's made a positive impact at include Sumo Logic, AppDynamics/Cisco Systems, Intuit, Compuware Corporation, Affiliated Computer Systems/Xerox, and eConsortian, LLC.
Jamil Mina
Chief Solutions Architect - Red Hat
Jamil is a 20+ years technology veteran in the Financial Services industry. He is passionate about the value of open source and how it can help Financial institutions be successful in achieving their Digital Transformation objectives. As Chief Architect for Financial Services at Red Hat, his goal is to be a strategic partner and trusted adviser to his clients, which means investing a lot of time listening to their needs and concerns. He acts as their champion in the open source community and ensure Red Hat's product roadmaps reflects their interests.
Caleb Hailey
Co-founder and CEO - Sensu
Caleb Hailey is the co-founder and CEO of Sensu (acquired by Sumo Logic), where he helps businesses solve their stickiest monitoring challenges. Before founding Sensu, Caleb was President at Heavy Water Operations as well as Director of Product Development at Novitas Data, where he rebuilt their software development division, shortened development cycles from years to weeks, and cemented deals with several Fortune 500 companies. An Oregon native, Caleb loves contributing to open source projects, wine tasting, and cheering the Portland Timbers to victory.
MITCH ASHLEY
CEO - Accelerated Strategies Group
Mitchell Ashley is a renowned strategist and technology executive. Mitchell has led successful IT, SaaS, and cybersecurity transformations. He’s led multiple teams in developing and bringing to market successful online services, cybersecurity, and networking products and services.
Mitch serves as CEO & Managing Analyst of Accelerated Strategies Group where he leads a team of preeminent experts in digital transformation, DevOps, cloud-native, and cybersecurity. In this role, Mitch works with companies to align digital transformation and technology strategies to achieve disruptive goals and high impact results. Mitch is in high demand as a speaker at conferences the world over, and his popular DevOps Chats podcast engaging with digital leaders is one of the most widely followed in the field.

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