Webinar: Building the AI Factory: CI/CD, GitOps, and Delivery for GenAI by Techstrong Learning

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Building the AI Factory: CI/CD, GitOps, and Delivery for GenAI

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The webinar is part of a sponsored whitepaper package with Futurum on GitOps. The core thesis of the paper is that GenAI operationalization is fundamentally a distributed systems and platform engineering challenge, rather than just a data science problem. The paper addresses the "Shadow AI" crisis. DevOps leaders are actively dealing with the operational, security, and cost risks created when isolated teams bypass enterprise controls to stand up AI silos. It argues that organizations should not build separate AI stacks, but instead extend their existing disciplines, like GitOps, CI/CD, policy-as-code, and declarative delivery, to manage GenAI. The goal would be for the panel to provide actionable, engineering-focused solutions for a DevOps.com and techstrong.ai audience.

When

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Presenters

Jared Harris

Webinar Host

Christopher Nuland

Chief AI Architect - Red Hat

Christopher Nuland currently serves as a Chief AI Architect at Red Hat. His background includes spearheading machine learning and big data analytics initiatives across different industries and verticals. During his tenure in Red Hat Consulting, he specialized in cloud-native migrations, AI adoption, and metrics-driven transformations. He has been a keynote speaker and spoken at conferences worldwide, including KubeCon US/EU, and PyTorch Con. Currently involved within the PyTorch community.

Natale Vinto

Technical Director, Hybrid Cloud and Enterprise AI - Red Hat

Natale Vinto is a seasoned Software Engineer, Solutions Architect, and tech evangelist with well over a decade of expertise in IT and ICT technologies. He possesses a deeply consolidated background in telecommunications, Linux operating systems, DevOps, and cloud-native architecture. Currently serving as a Technical Director and Evangelism Director at Red Hat, Natale focuses heavily on helping developers, open-source communities, and enterprise customers successfully navigate and implement their Kubernetes, GitOps, and Cloud-Native AI strategies.

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.