Webinar: AI Is Ready. Is Your Data? by Techstrong Learning

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AI Is Ready. Is Your Data?

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Key Takeaways:
1. The AI bottleneck is your data bottleneck — Why incremental pipeline optimization won't close the gap between how fast AI operates and how slowly enterprises deliver data today.
2. Where agents are production-ready now — A grounded look at real customer use cases: automated pipeline construction, pipeline operations and optimization, and AI-enforced governance standards.
3. What responsible adoption actually looks like — The governance and observability considerations that separate a compelling demo from something you can trust at enterprise scale.

Presenters

Jared Harris

Webinar Host

Justin Yan

Senior Product Manager - IBM

Justin Yan is a product leader at IBM focused on data integration, where he is responsible for driving the product direction for Agentic Data Integration. His work sits at the intersection of enterprise data engineering and emerging AI capabilities, with a current focus on bringing agentic approaches to data pipeline automation at scale.

Justin works closely with enterprise customers navigating the shift from traditional data engineering workflows to AI-assisted integration, helping organizations move from experimentation to production without compromising governance or reliability.

Brad Shimmin

VP Practice Lead Data and Analytics - Futurum Group

Alan Shimel

Founder & CEO

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.